Welcome To Girardeau Ventures

We believe in entrepreneurs. And in the competitive spirit. Girardeau Ventures, LLC was formed with a singular focus: to partner with talented entrepreneurs in seed, early-stage and growth businesses who offer the most promising products and services. We collaborate with founders to combine strategy with capital, and to reinforce business plans with our extensive network of resources and our many years of relevant entrepreneurial and management experience. Recognizing unique opportunities with each venture, Girardeau Ventures works closely with founders and management teams to provide value-added support during the most critical stages of business development.

 

 

About Us

The Girardeau Ventures team is comprised of a group of highly talented and experienced individuals from widely varied backgrounds. The common denominators that bring all of the Girardeau Ventures members together are a history of proven success, a track record of breaking out of the norm and a desire to contribute to the growth of partner ventures.

We truly engage and partner with our ventures using a highly structured coaching process that enables rapid growth and high levels of effectiveness and sustainability.

Girardeau Ventures seeks both minority and control investments in ventures with strong growth potential. Our focus as investors is in seed, early-stage, and growth businesses that are capital efficient companies oriented in the consumer, healthcare, manufacturing and technology markets.

Girardeau Ventures operates by some very simple, but powerful principles:

• Establishing an Environment of Respect
• Belief in the Power of Direct Communication
• A Practice of Honoring Commitments
• An Insistence on Excellence
• A History of Valuing Differences
• A Commitment to Foster Innovation
• Placing Value in Exploration

 

Team

As successful business people from a wide array of backgrounds, industries and perspectives, the Girardeau Ventures team of investors, entrepreneurs and operators is uniquely positioned to identify strategic opportunities and effectively tackle tactical challenges. The collective experience of the team covers every facet of business, including sales, strategic planning, financial analysis, product design and development, logistical planning and marketing. Members of the Girardeau Ventures team work together to evaluate opportunities, allocate resources effectively and grow venture businesses.

 

Why Partner?

The Girardeau Ventures approach is to take an active role in our investments, building value through providing expertise, perspective and resources. This approach is proven to accelerate growth and minimize risk. We partner with entrepreneurs who are not only growable, but also coachable and committed to success, recognizing their own strengths and weaknesses. Our collaborative coaching environment provides structural elements to partner organizations to grow value, leadership and effectiveness.

Not dissimilar to bootstrapping, the Girardeau Ventures approach is also to constrain unnecessary expenses, focus on only high value tasks and work with lean operations. This method enforces prudent, but strategic decision-making and habits, while developing a platform for sustainable growth.