Progress Ventures is a sector-focused investment fund, specialized in the advertising, commerce, marketing, and media technology markets. We capitalize on a legacy of transactional work in these markets and the network built from two decades of M&A advisory work from Progress Partners. We use our expertise and relationships to actively add value to our portfolio, taking a hands-on approach to accelerate its growth.
Our experience leading the transformation of advertising, commerce, marketing and media technology sits at the heart of our investment ethos. This transformation is driven by commercial and financial guidance. As strategic investors, we not only want to help our companies grow commercially, we also appreciate and provide financial guidance to best prepare and propel our early-stage to growth-stage investments. We help our investments interpret market dynamics in the context of their businesses to proactively anticipate financial head-winds and accelerate growth.
We utilize the full resources of our ecosystem, including direct access to our extensive expert network of Executives-in Residence – an esteemed group of professionals bringing relevant experience and insights. Together we are available to solve difficult problems, connect with a global network, discover top talent, and provide perspective with the singular goal of helping our portfolio strengthen and grow their businesses.
Additionally, our portfolio companies are able to take advantage of our extensive capital markets expertise, especially helpful for longer term capital planning. Our relationships, knowledge, and skill have the benefit of helping our companies navigate the myriad of financing options as they scale.