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At Moonshots Venture Studio, our mission is to empower second time founders by transforming groundbreaking ideas into market-leading startup opprtunities. We rigorously align our ventures with corporate needs while fostering a moonshot mindset, ensuring each opportunity not only meets market demands but also redefines industry standards.
Second-time founders, benefit from lessons learned and a better understanding of market and product dynamics, resulting in a success rate of approximately 30% higher compared to first-time-founders. By leveraging their hard-earned insights, we believe we can accelerate the growth and success of new ventures, creating a robust ecosystem for innovation and entrepreneurship.
Marco enjoys helping founders and invests angel-style via Infinite Ventures, a privately held holding. The portfolio has raised over $30M and recorded several exits. Marco spent time with L-SPARK (a WesleyClover family office-backed accelerator) and led the scouting of early-stage technology companies and fundraising activities. L-SPARK portfolio has raised over $60M+ of Venture Capital and Angel money and recorded a handful of successful exits, including Upchain (Autodesk), HeyDay (Hootsuite), LevelJump (Salesforce) and Hangry (Transact). The experience at L-SPARK exposed Marco to various business models, including product and distribution expertise. Marco is also the founder and CEO of Crynostics and founder at Crossbridge Ventures.
Jordan, an alumnus of two prestigious accelerators—Canada's L-SPARK and Silicon Valley's Y Combinator—brings a wealth of startup experience to the table. As the founder of Tough Commerce, he pioneered a next-generation commerce engine transforming traditional industries into the digital era. With Tough Commerce, he successfully secured over $10 million in funding and the company is now active in Canada, US and Australia. Jordan is also an angel investor in multiple Y Combinator backed startups and is a founding partner at Moonshots and the founder and CEO of StrongForce AI.
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