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While access to capital
is vital, the defining elements in a company’s long-term success
have even more to do with access to expertise, partners and customers—in
the U.S. and abroad.
Worldview
is a leading venture capital firm that provides international
business development services.
Our dedicated team approach to business development has helped our
portfolio companies generate hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue
from major U.S. and international accounts.
The
Worldview advantage: we accelerate value creation by making smart
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Worldview
Services At-a-Glance
Board-Level
Strategy
International
Business Development
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Below are two broad areas where we
help our portfolio companies win:
Board-Level
Strategy
Worldview plays an active role
on the boards of our portfolio companies, providing:
- a unique perspective on global markets, technology
and competition
- assistance recruiting executives from our global
network of entrepreneurs and managers
- key fundraising capabilities through extensive
relationships with top-tier financial partners in the U.S. and abroad
International Business Development
Worldview offers international business development
services to our portfolio companies. We have a demonstrated track record of helping generate
significant global revenues for Worldview’s portfolio companies.
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International Business Advisory
Worldview’s business development team has
engaged with portfolio companies at an early stage to:
- provide crucial feedback to product development
engineers on international interfaces, protocols and standards
as early as possible in the development cycle
- initiate relationships with distributors,
resellers, system integrators and customers to understand the
level of product demand, the customer profile and competitive
landscape
- help develop a global strategic plan that
includes market prioritization, product requirements, sales strategy
(direct and/or indirect) and timing of market entry
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Strategic Global Partners
U.S. start-ups typically find it challenging
to initiate discussions with global leaders. Leveraging our network
of senior-level executives, and facilitating one-on-one meetings,
special events and trade shows, Worldview has helped portfolio companies
build manufacturing, OEM and technology partnerships with leaders
such as:
- NEC
- Sony
- Samsung
- LG
- TSMC
- Charter
- Siemens
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Product Development and Manufacturing
The right international partnerships drive
cost and time-to-market advantages, but these partnerships are difficult
for start-ups to establish. Worldview's business development team has collaborated
with portfolio companies to:
- initiate and negotiate technology partnerships
- source components
- secure manufacturing and fab partners
- find localization partners
- find software development outsourcing partners
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Sales and Marketing
We have built our business development
reputation by helping our portfolio companies generate significant
revenues from Japan, Korea, China, Singapore, the U.K., Netherlands and
Germany. Worldview has evangelized our portfolio companies’ technologies
in key markets, identified opportunities, and helped build sales pipelines
and close deals.
Over the past fifteen years, Worldview’s aggressive and focused global
business development efforts have helped drive hundreds of millions
of dollars in revenues for our portfolio companies. Some of the activities
we have undertaken include:
- customer and partner visits to help filter immediate opportunities
- global road shows where we introduce the portfolio company to
20+ customers and partners in multiple regions over several days
- global distribution and reseller alliances
- trade shows and “Carrier Days” where we introduce
Worldview portfolio companies to our global business partners
- follow-up with prospects to build an international sales pipeline
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International Recruiting and
Incubation
Worldview has helped our portfolio companies:
- recruit country managers, sales managers,
developers, system engineers and other key executives—resulting
in the successful hiring of over 50 executives in Japan, Asia
and Europe during the past decade
- incubate international subsidiaries in Japan,
China and Singapore, enabling them to enter these markets rapidly
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Business Development Events
Worldview has hosted events around the world
that enable portfolio companies at all stages of growth to engage
with international customers. Here are some examples:
- Trade Shows: CommunicAsia (1999-2002); Tokyo
N+I 2001
- Carrier Days: Hosting NTT, Singapore Telecom,
Dacom, Chunghwa Telecom, Starhub
- Enterprise Days: Hosting Siemens, Samsung,
and NTT Research
- CIO Roundtable: Hosting key CIOs from around
Europe
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Tokyo Office
Worldview maintains a business
development office in Tokyo:
6F, Hatsudai Center Building,
1-51-1, Hatsudai, Shibuya-ku,
Tokyo, 151-0061 Japan
Phone: 81-3-5350-7888
Fax: 81-3-5350-7889
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