Startup leaders discussing their work with laptops and notes

For leadership teams of venture-backed companies

Accepting venture money
raises expectations.

VEN is an operational support community. Learn from peers at your company's stage and from experienced operators in sessions and 1:1s.

Can we help?How it works

By role

Delivering the company plan is hard.

We help ease the pressure.

Each raise lifts the targets, and your part of the plan still has to land with the time and people you have. Talk it through with leaders who carry the same weight.

CEOsThe expectations keep rising. How do you keep the company moving?See support for your role Sales & revenueGrowth expectations keep rising. How do you help your team deliver?See support for your role Product & technologyThe business keeps changing. How do you lead your team through it?See support for your role

AlsoFinance Marketing Operations People leadership Other leadership roles All roles

How VEN supports you

Insight from people who know the job.

Peers at your company’s stage. Leaders and operators whose experience differs from yours.

Personalized support

A VEN Partner who knows your situation.

Your Partner learns your priorities, shares context before making introductions and follows up.

VEN is a complement to your existing Board, coach or peer network.

Meet a VEN Partner

Your peers

Peers who understand the pressure.

Learn from their experience to test your thinking and consider other options.

We match you with peers at your company's stage, then consider leadership experience and topic.

How sessions work

Leaders in conversation around a walnut table

Built from FounderNexus. For you and your leadership team. Each leader applies individually. For your team

How a conversation works

Bring your own priorities.

Two examples. Yours will be different.

A major deal would delay the roadmap.

A large customer wants custom work. Is the deal worth delaying a release other customers need?

Work through the example

The work in front of you

Take the deal, or protect the roadmap?

What you’re facing

An expansion deal needs a custom integration that would delay a promised release.

How we could help

We could connect you with a peer or advisor who has weighed that trade-off.

Your next questions

What is the deal worth, what slips, and can you renegotiate the scope?

Sales & revenue

A situation you might face. You decide what to act on.

Operational advisors

Learn from experienced advisors.

Hear how experienced operators and specialists approach challenges like yours, in peer sessions and 1:1 conversations.

Court LorenziniFounding CEO, DocuSign

Jordan TiganiFounder & CEO, MotherDuck

Shareen CorlettCPA · Principal, Clark Nuber

Thach “Tak” NguyenFounder, Plenty Search

Meet the advisors

Gayathri Venkataraman, FounderNexus member, on deciding when to stay the course and when to adjust.

Hear from FounderNexus members

Your executive community

Small peer sessions, formed around your priorities.

Between sessions, use the members-only library and community channels.

Company eligibility: $1M+ raised from venture firms.
Partner check-in: A 15-minute monthly check-in on your top challenges, with more support as needed.
Pricing: Determined by stage of company and individual experience.

Trial participation is FREE. Common questions and how to try VEN

Next step

What’s putting you
under pressure?

Tell us what you’re facing. FREE trial. If your company qualifies, we’ll reply personally within 24 hours.

Can we help?

Accepting venture money raises expectations.