A corporate venture studio is a model for creating new businesses in partnership with established companies. Unlike traditional consulting or investment firms, a venture studio works hand-in-hand with corporate partners to assess opportunities, design and build new ventures, and bring them to market. We don’t just advise—we actively collaborate in the creation, launch, and scaling of innovative products and businesses.

No, it’s not the same as venture capital. While venture capital provides funding in exchange for equity, a venture studio does much more. We co-create businesses with our partners, providing strategic, operational, and technical support alongside financial investment. Our focus is on building something together from the ground up. Our financial success is tied to the new venture's success, ensuring alignment with our partners.

Partnering with a venture studio like Branch Ventures offers unique benefits. We bring our deep expertise in AI, product design, and market strategy to the table, along with our hands-on approach and execution focus. Rather than being a service provider, we share in the risk and reward, making us fully invested in the success of each venture. For companies looking to explore new opportunities in AI or emerging technologies, we offer the expertise and resources to rapidly prototype, test, and scale new businesses.

Our investment structure is designed to be fully aligned with our partners. We share in the risk by investing our own resources—time, talent, and capital—into the ventures we co- create. We don’t generate profit until the businesses we build together are profitable. This means we’re financially committed to ensuring the success of each venture. In each joint venture, Branch Ventures acts as the general partner, while our corporate partners and other investors serve as limited partners. This structure ensures that we are responsible for the day-to-day operations and decision-making, while our partners provide financial backing and strategic input.

AI is transforming industries by enabling smarter decision-making, automating processes, and unlocking new business models. At Branch Ventures, we see AI as a critical driver for innovation and growth. With our deep expertise in AI and data science, we help our partners identify and build AI-driven solutions that address real-world business challenges and create long-term value.

We expect our corporate partners to be actively engaged throughout the venture creation process. This means providing strategic input, sharing industry expertise, and committing resources to co-develop the business. It’s a collaborative effort, so our partners play a key role in helping shape and scale the new ventures.

Innovation involves risk, and not every idea will succeed. However, our process is designed to explore multiple opportunities and refine them quickly. If we don’t find a successful business idea after our exploration, that's ok! It's our goal to get to a "no" as fast as possible. Failing quickly saves our shared partnership time and money.