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Acronym Venture Capital
Acronym Venture Capital
Acronym Venture Capital (“AVC”) is a thesis driven venture capital firm led by an experienced management team focused on atypical founders operating in less defined markets, and in sectors where the AVC team can add direct value to their portfolio companies. AVC has a New York City and South Florida based team.
The Opportunity
BR AVC Growth Fund is a relatively short-duration venture capital fund, leveraging the AVC team's deal origination access to invest in growth stage (Series B/C and later) private companies. This fund has a Preferred Multiple on Invested Capital ("MOIC") structure which gives investors a fee structure that is performance fee free up to the Preferred MOIC.
Meet the AVC Leadership
JOSHUA B. SIEGEL
General Partner
MAT KALISKI
Principal
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AVC’s Unique Approach
TRANSACTION
Significant B2B and/or consumer revenue run-rate.
TEAM
Strong domain knowledge, "coach -ability", and execution skills.
DEFENSIBILITY
Offensive moat of core product that is difficult to replicate.
CAPITAL NEEDS
Capital efficient with substantial cash runway.
EXIT PATH
Definable and realistic potential within 2-3 years via M&A.
AVC Unique Deal Origination
Acronym Principal Mat Kaliski is a founder of FirstGeneration, a non-profit initiative to increase access to venture-scale entrepreneurship for first generation & immigrant (FGI) founders with an emphasis on economic inclusion.
While FirstGeneration is an independent initiative, AVC has worked with FirstGeneration founders to originate deals for AVC, proving that unique and diverse backgrounds create exciting opportunities to invest.
