Skip to content
  • Manifesto
  • Secrets
  • Portfolio
  • OG’s
  • Squad
  • Manifesto
  • Secrets
  • Portfolio
  • OG’s
  • Squad

01 / {{total_slide_count}} Avoid Mediocrity As a founder, you have more options for capital partners than ever before. But the truth is, most VC firms are mediocre. The problem with accepting mediocrity onto your cap table is that it eventually becomes a part of who you are. Founders dedicated to building world-changing companies should pick their business partners judiciously. Our approach from day one was to become and remain elite by offering world class company-building expertise. We partner with founders and help them navigate key inflection points in building and scaling their business. We are not cheerleaders, but your partners. 02 / {{total_slide_count}} Go for broke “To risk everything in the hope of having great success” The founders we back embody this mentality. We care deeply about partnering with founders who will stop at nothing to fulfill their ambitious missions. Many will be immigrants. Many will be outsiders. Many will have persevered through extreme adversity. Many will be overachievers who were mistaken for troublemakers in their past. All of them will exhibit an obsessive intensity to solve a pain point. All of them will be willing to sacrifice everything to achieve the impossible. All of them will be willing to go the distance and go for broke. 03 / {{total_slide_count}} Only outliers matter. We are maniacally focused on investing in non-consensus opportunities we have extreme conviction in. We do not require the rest of Sand Hill Road to be interested in you in order to pay attention. Many of our best partnerships occurred at moments when a company or market was not viewed positively by the herd. We love meeting founders who are willing to swim against the current and make what they believe a reality. 04
/ {{total_slide_count}} Concentration over diversification Most firms allocate no more than 5% of their fund into their “best” companies. We can invest up to 20% of our funds into our core positions and support you as you scale. With most of our fund being invested into a handful of companies, it makes it easy for us to concentrate our time and attention. 05 / {{total_slide_count}} Return oriented Venture is an objective business. The higher your returns the better (and luckier) you are as an investor. That is a fact. You wouldn’t put your kids in a daycare with a yelp-rating of 1.5 so why would you allow mediocrity onto your cap table? You want to partner with firms that know what excellent looks like. For Original this is a two-way street where we want to make sure you are the type of founder orientated towards building an enduring company. 06 / {{total_slide_count}} It Pays To Be Different If you want to build a generational company, you have to do something that no one has done before. We look for founders who are original thinkers and have a unique perspective on a pain point they care deeply about. There is something magical about a human being unfettered by the constraints of what came before. It is here where we encounter peculiar ideas with the greatest propensity to change the world. 07 / {{total_slide_count}} Warm Introductions Not Required If what we have outlined resonates with you then we would love to meet you. Our DMs are open at [last name]@originalcapital.com.
 next prev