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ABOUT US

We back great ideas for vast markets with passionate visionaries.
We facilitate the rapid creation of life-transforming businesses, help invent
or re-invent critical industries and move the frontier of progress for the good of humankind.

INVESTMENT PRINCIPLES

The Explorer Group primarily invests in companies whose impact is disproportionately large compared to their peers because of the use of new techniques that leverage accelerating technologies. Characterized by a life-changing impact, they aim at solving the following problems:

  • Reduce cost of and facilitate access to environmentally friendly natural resources
  • Improve life quality in metropolitan areas through advanced transportation, delivery methods and modern urbanism
  • Improve and expand education
  • Advance healthcare and solutions to aging
  • Enhance communications and connected devices
  • Artificial Intelligence, Data and Machine Learning
  • Automate financial transactions
  • Improve government and administration efficiency

OUR INNOVATION ACCELERATOR

WHAT WE DO:

We start, source and seed startups or teams which businesses are compatible with the fund’s investment criteria in line with the exponential organization concept. More than financing we help companies with their strategic vision, their product roadmap and their business plan. We provide advisory services, mentorship and sales, marketing, technical and administrative support.

FOCUS

We are extremely sensitive to speed of execution. We believe founders should be able to focus the vast majority of their 80-hour work weeks on developing great products, and not be side-tracked by non-core corporate tasks. We gathered extraordinary partners to help founders and their teams rid themselves from a series of non-strategic tasks.

HOW WE INVEST:

In general we provide small investments to allow founding teams to take their projects to the first round of funding and often do it in the form of a convertible note at a 20% discount to the next round of financing and a negotiated valuation cap.

SERVICES

Mentorship, strategy, product ideation, definition and roadmap, fund raising, recruiting, legal, IT, web design and creation, sales and marketing, international reach and expansion.

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FROM THE BLOG

22 October, 2015 / Venture Capital / Comments are Closed

THE EMERGING SECTOR EVERYONE

Most people I talk to are genuinely confused by eSports.  I often hear, “who in their right mind watches this stuff?”, or “those nerdy dudes make how much money!?”  The incredulity goes on.  The fact is, eSports is happening and it’s happening in a big way.  Some quick facts: 200-300M global viewers according to NewZooRead more >

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22 October, 2015 / tech news, Venture Capital / Comments are Closed

WHY I STOPPED ANGEL INVESTING

I started angel investing almost by accident, which sounds strange to say. Who “accidentally” invests tens of thousands of dollars into highly speculative ventures? Well, I did. A friend introduced me to Clayton Christopher, who was raising money for his new liquor company Deep Eddy. Their first product, a sweet tea vodka, was amazing andRead more >

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22 October, 2015 / Venture Capital / Comments are Closed

RIPE FOR DISRUPTION

We live in an age of disruption – and that’s a good thing. Industries will be transformed. Major companies will fall. Old systems will collapse as entrepreneurs figure out how to optimize and reinvent inefficient businesses, products, and services to provide consumers (us) with all things better, faster and cheaper. According to the Olin SchoolRead more >

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