What do we mean when we say 'Venture Studio'?

Usually when I tell people I work for a venture studio it is met with an understandably blank stare. It's a reasonably new phenomenon in Australia. For us at Paloma, we help with all aspects of building startups—from idea validation to fundraising. But the core of what we do is building the tech and teams behind ventures.

Why? Let's take a step back

Only 0.6% of Australia's population has the job title "software engineer" and so the fight for great technical talent is fierce. The two major challenges founders face on repeat: I need capital, and I need technical capability.

So where do venture studios come in?

Whether you're a pre-product founder or a later stage scaleup, venture studios like Paloma can BUILD for you. None of the hiring hassle, none of the uncertainty, just a world class team guaranteed to build you a world class product, fast. We built the first version of Afterpay's app in just 12 weeks.

Does the Paloma model actually work?

• 10 early stage ventures in flight, with a combined portfolio value of $200m+ AUD
• 87% of ventures built from scratch have reached the $1m ARR milestone
• 90% of ventures built from scratch have raised over $1m at Seed Round