Shift Left Ventures

SLV focuses exclusively on early-stage B2B startups, providing a unique combination of prototype development, market validation, and pre-seed funding to help entrepreneurs progress from concept to paying customers in 7 months.

Check Size

Up to $250K

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed

Focus Areas

Enterprise Saas, Cybersecurity, Ai Ml

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Investment Thesis

Shift Left Ventures is dedicated to supporting early-stage B2B entrepreneurs beyond just capital investment. Founded by industry experts and entrepreneurs, they believe in helping founders build their MVP product and navigate the early stages with hands-on execution support. Their philosophy centers on the principle that founders need real execution capacity, not just advice, to transform ideas into validated products with paying customers.

What Sets Them Apart

Proprietary 777 Strategy: structured 7-day/7-week/7-month framework from idea to paying customers
No equity taken for prototype development: founders retain 100% ownership of their prototype
StandOut Design Sprint Program: 2-week intensive with less than 10 hours of founder time to deliver functional prototypes
Hands-on execution support beyond capital: design and product expertise with co-investment up to $250k
Methodologies from Google Ventures Design Sprint and Amazon Working Backwards
Expert network access to product designers, researchers, and industry experts
Multi-location support: Dallas, San Francisco, and Hyderabad offices with virtual option
Founder-led team with proven track record: co-founders are serial entrepreneurs with unicorn investment experience