Vision2020 offers our portfolio companies the means to success: a sound reputation, financial resources, seasoned business experience, and a strong network. Our long-term orientation and value-added approach to venture investing distinguishes the firm from most others in the industry. Some of Vision2020’s key value-added functions include:
Customer Introductions.
Helping young innovators to succeed demands customers, collaboration, and visibility. We have strategic relationships with potential sources for product and service sales, allowing portfolio companies to benefit from strategic relationships that will accelerate a company’s revenue.
Strategic Introductions.
Introductions to Key Organizations and Individuals. We leverage our strong, regional relationships in the financial, media, research, and corporate communities to create successful, sustainable and market-innovating businesses.
Portfolio Company Alliances.
We attempt to perfect business practices such that our portfolio companies are highly efficient and competitive. We place special emphasis on sales (to ensure that we have clients) and service (to ensure that clients are satisfied and that our reputation is strong enough to allow us to easily secure new business).
Recruitment & Hiring.
We assist our portfolio companies in building their management team and Board of Directors.
Marketing & PR.
We assist our portfolio companies through internal resources and our network of services providers with advertising, marketing, promotion, public relations and publicity, and sales.
Financial Management.
We assist in meeting the company’s financing needs by providing capital, by advising our portfolio companies on financial structures and strategy, and by tapping into our extensive network of investor contacts.
Product Development.
We actively apply our experience and expertise to support our portfolio companies and their management teams as they build the next generation of technology leading product.
Real Estate.
We capitalize on the scope of Summit East Industrial Park and other incubator and corporate parks to ensure our portfolio companies have the appropriate office space to allow for the ideal working environment.
Strategy Development/Counsel.
We use the strengths of our teaming partners in management consulting, accounting and finance to assist management with strategic decisions. We provide additional assistance in other areas where the entrepreneurs feel we can contribute.
Technology.
We partner with talented entrepreneurs to build market-leading technology companies. We focus on early and growth stage enterprises in the Financial Technology, Healthcare IT, Enterprise Software and Information Security markets.
