Creative Thinking Ventures

We build on original ideas in businesses and search for the creativity in the approach to market. Creative Thinking Ventures helps to start up new companies providing initial capital such as pre-seed funding, an advisory service for startups and business development consultancy for SMEs.

Check Size

Not specified

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Marketplace, E Commerce, Edtech

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Investment Thesis

Creative Thinking Ventures operates as a micro-venture capital firm specializing in early-stage pre-seed and seed investments. They focus on original ideas and creative approaches to market problems, believing that business success is built on originality combined with practical execution. Their approach is both strategic and hands-on, willing to ‘get their hands dirty’ in developing sales, digital marketing, and business development for their portfolio companies.

What Sets Them Apart

Very early stage intervention: They intervene at the pre-seed stage 'when there is almost nothing but ideas and where the startup, most of the times, is not even formed'
Hands-on approach: Not just capital providers but actively involved in sales development, marketing, and business organization
Founding investor model: They aim 'to be part of the founding investors team, and participate to and assist the startup team from the earliest stage'
Mentoring and acceleration support through LAB Creative Thinking, described as 'a virtual business accelerator, lean as the lean startups'
Focused on Italy with international expansion potential
Close relationship with CEOs and founding teams to assess risk and convert it into advantages