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Venture Building, what is it exactly? Venture Builders are organizations fully dedicated to launching, developing, and scaling digital startups. Venture Builders are also known as Venture Studios or Startup Studios. The venture building landscape is growing rapidly and is increasingly being recognized as a new asset class in the investment landscape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this article, we take a close look at the venture building landscape. What is the history of venture builders? What do venture builders do and how do they differentiate themselves from, for example, incubators, VC’s, and accelerators? What types of venture builders exist? What does the venture building landscape look like in the Netherlands? In short, all your questions about venture builders will be answered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE HISTORY <\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When we talk about the history of venture builders, we refer to different ‘waves’. The first venture builder was Idealab, founded in 1996. Under the leadership of Bill Gross, the company created more than 150 businesses, of which 45 have been sold or are now publicly traded. The second wave of venture builders emerged around 2007, with the founding of well-known entities like Rocket Internet and Betaworks. We are currently in the fourth wave of venture builders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: The Origin and Evolution of the Startup Studio, Jules Ehrhardt <\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n


At the time of writing (November 2022), according to the
Enhance Venture Studio database<\/a>, there are 824 Venture Builders worldwide. Out of these 824, 50% have been launched since 2016. This indicates substantial growth. In terms of geographical distribution, we observe 282 venture builders in North America, 280 in Europe, and 86 in Asia. When zooming in on cities, New York, London, Paris, and Singapore can be considered the Venture Building hotspots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WHAT DOES A VENTURE BUILDER DO?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A venture builder is constantly engaged in conceiving, developing, and scaling new startups. The majority of venture builders generally follow the same ‘roadmap.’ This can naturally vary per venture builder, and their ‘specialization’ can differ. At Duodeka, we follow the phases outlined below with our ventures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n