For Founders

Partnership isn't defined by the investment.

Our relationships with founders often begin before we're on the cap table and continue through the years that follow. We've built the firm around the moments where our experience, network, and resources can make a meaningful difference.

01

Go-to-Market Acceleration

704
Total LPs
1,339
Intros made

The right introduction starts with knowing what the company actually needs. We work with founders to understand their priorities, map target customers and partners against our LP, portfolio, and broader network, and find the strongest path into the relationships that will move the needle. When an opportunity calls for more than an introduction, our team stays involved to help move the conversation forward.

Grayson Kinsella
Grayson Kinsella
Partner, Chief Portfolio Officer
With training as a partner in a16z’s value-add team, Grayson leads MVP’s portfolio support, working directly with founders to turn company priorities into opportunities across our LP, portfolio, and broader network.
Organizations our LPs are connected to
02

Positioning & Storytelling

A great company does not automatically make for a great story. Founders know their businesses better than anyone, but positioning, storytelling, and media come with their own language, rhythms, and rules. MVP helps founders find the story within what they’re building, sharpen the narrative and hooks that make it resonate, and turn that foundation into a thoughtful strategy for when, where, and how the story reaches the market.

Lizette Chapman
Lizette Chapman
Partner, Founder Narrative
Lizette brings years of experience covering technology, startups, and venture at two of the best tech news outlets, WSJ and Bloomberg, with a career spent breaking news and covering the companies shaping the industry.
Press and media connections
03

Talent & Hiring

200+
Candidate introductions
60%
Supported across multiple talent engagements

Great teams are built by getting the critical hires right. MVP works alongside founders to scope roles, map talent markets, benchmark compensation, and build targeted search strategies before putting our network to work. From specialized technical searches to executive hiring, our support focuses on the roles that are most critical to a company’s next stage of growth.

Cecilia Ng
Cecilia Ng
Partner, Talent & People
After years working inside companies as recognizable as Whirlpool, Google, Instagram and Robinhood, Cecilia takes a consultative approach to talent, working directly with founders to understand the role, the market, and the challenge behind the search before determining the right recruiting strategy.
Roles supported
CFOCOOVP of EngineeringHead of AIHead of AI/MLHead of HardwareHead of R&DHead of Software EngineeringHead of DesignHead of TalentDirector of MarketingPrincipal Product ManagerAI ScientistSenior RoboticistFounding EngineerFounding Forward Deployed EngineerIndustrial Design EngineerCarbon-Carbon Engineer
04

Government Advisory

338
Individual government connections
37
Connections facilitated in the last twelve months

Founders shouldn’t have to become Washington DC insiders to understand how government could affect their business. MVP brings that expertise to the table, helping companies understand the landscape, know when and where to engage, and build meaningful relationships across government. Our dedicated government advisory team and growing advisory board make that expertise available across the portfolio.

Jonathan Rue
Jonathan Rue
Partner, Government
Having spent years working in the halls of Congress and the Pentagon, JR leads MVP’s government advisory work, drawing on deep experience across technology, policy, and national security to help founders understand the people, institutions, and decisions shaping their industries.
Offices and committees we work with
Office of the Secretary of WarDept of the ArmyDept of the NavyDept of the Air ForceMissile Defense AgencySenate Armed Services CommitteeHouse Armed Services CommitteeOffice of Management and Budget
05

Capital Strategy

$27B+
Raised by portfolio companies after MVP invested
1,259
Firms that invested alongside us or later

Fundraising is one moment in a much longer capital strategy. MVP works with founders to think through what they’re raising for, when to enter the market, how to position the opportunity, and which investors make sense for the company’s next stage. When it’s time to raise, we stay close through the process, helping shape the materials, navigate decisions, and build momentum around the round.

Andre de Baubigny
Andre de Baubigny
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Andre leads MVP’s capital strategy work, bringing decades of experience across banking, capital markets, and venture investing to help founders navigate financing decisions.
VC firms we co-invest with
Founder Resources

When we see a need, we build for it.

We’ve incubated companies around needs we see across the portfolio, creating dedicated resources built specifically for the challenges early-stage founders face.

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