How We Work

We work best with entrepreneurs who welcome our involvement as well as our venture capital funding, those whose vision and sense of mission is both compelling and pragmatic. We value entrepreneurs who identify impressive market opportunities and are not afraid to go after them. We look for those who inspire and attract other first-class people.

Groupe Du-Lion, in turn, contributes an unparalleled set of skills and experience. We believe that having dedicated resources available to help very early stage ventures get off on the right foot is key to building and growing companies that lead in their category. We apply a cross discipline approach to our work calling upon the varied technical and business expertise in house as well as tapping into a broad and well-respected industry network.

We also know firsthand that early stage companies require a great deal of time and cultivation and that the real work begins after the investment. As a result, we limit the number of venture capital financing investments we make so that each company gets the attention it needs and deserves.

We are not afraid to roll up our sleeves and dive inwhether it's collaborating on winning product and marketing strategies, developing smooth operations, establishing effective distribution strategies, or fine-tuning business models. We make use of our knowledge and experience to help our portfolio venture capital companies solve their day-to-day problems quickly and effectively.

Our post-investment activity involves:

Business and marketing strategy reviewsregular team meetings with our partners to develop effective business and market strategies for entering a market and maintaining a leadership position.

Management team recruitingassisting you to build the best team at the executive level.

Strategic partner and customer developmentconnecting you with key industry players and assisting you in securing strategic partners and, ultimately, helping to land early adopter customers.

 

Where We Invest

We adhere to a disciplined investment strategy of backing entrepreneurs creating businesses and technologies in sectors that we fundamentally understand and where we can contribute. Those sectors and what we bring include:

Internet Services: expertise in developing and marketing web-enabled applications and services for use at work or home or on-the-road (mobile); significant understanding of consumer technology adoption models.