Venture Catalysts
With over 12 years combined experience raising capital for businesses and not-for-profits, Venture Co’s founders live their passion for creativity, innovation and invention. Whether you need a team around you to seek investment in your venture, perform rigorous due diligence on your behalf, or to bring you investment opportunities - Venture Co’s founder’s lead a team of seasoned, experienced associates to give unparalleled service and expertise.
Yvonne McLaren - Founder, DirectorPrevious Roles include:
Yvonne has spent seven years building a strong company based on the ‘venture catalyst’ development model that grew out of Silicon Valley. The next stage in the process is moving to the UK in 2008 to establish Venture Co’s London office. Yvonne’s strong core talents include deal procurement, strategic alignment, stakeholder-focused business modelling and high net-worth and seasoned-investor relations. Her incredibly accurate intuitive analysis has been honed by a vast range of varied deals - all in the capital and fund raising sectors. This level of intellect raises Yvonne’s contribution in these situations to far above what could be gained through purely numerical analysis. Clients quickly realise her talents and networks are a real asset to any developing venture. Her key focus in the venture capital market has been to promote New Zealand high net-worth and seasoned investors to take equity positions in New Zealand’s fast growing start-up market. She has been a member of New Zealand Venture Capital Association for 5 years and has recently been accepted to Oxford University, Saiid Business School to complete her executive MBA. |