Change Your Business Philosophy With Venture Capital Firm Momentum Ventures
Starting a new business is a challenge that makes us think of momentum and how much more than the latter is needed in order for a venture or idea to succeed. Businesses involve a lot of money, capital, infrastructure, training costs, and the right people who can support its progress and development. When a startup has no access to funds, it can benefit from the helping hand of a venture capital firm like Montreal-based Momentum Ventures which brings to the whole space a different business philosophy, lead by their CEO Matthew "Matt" Keezer.
Keezer, Momentum Ventures CEO, coins his company as an "anti-venture capitalist firm" meaning that he thinks the venture capital concept, founded on the unstable dependence on chance and business conditions, digresses from his own investment not on the market but on people: the able business leaders who have the skills and the constant drive to succeed and steer any small business into a great powerhouse. He reveals this approach towards venture capitalism, backing up the fallibility of their vision with a proven track record across many online industries for more than a decade since 2007.
The firm's most successful brand to date was 2012's FlightHub, from their foray into the online travel industry. Incorporating Momentum Ventures' game plan of identifying promising startups and then leading them towards success, FlightHub grew under the right leadership into Canada's most used online travel agency. The company now has four corporate offices and has annual sales of $1.5 billion, providing Canadians travel services. FlightHub is one among the string that comprise Momentum Ventures' perfect startup launch record, a winning streak that can be attributed to Matt Keezer's mission vision that includes entrepreneurial warriors, doers, and strategic thinkers.
Capitalising on the efforts and abilities of their team, Momentum Ventures continues to wave the banner far from the titular venture capital firm. They work on businesses they are passionate about that they can make even better. They rely on the ideas of their team to innovate on a product or service and execute excellent strategies, not the usual dangers other venture capitalists face when navigating the minds of their consumers.
"We want to find great people, invest in these individuals, and build winning businesses together. We aren't concerned so much about the idea, because ultimately great people build great businesses and products when put in the right environment," ends Matt Keezer in an interview about what we can expect from Momentum Ventures in the future.
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On a constant search for the next great business leader, Momentum Ventures had held a "Momentum Ventures Challenge" in 2015. Leadership under the helm of Matt Keezer and of the entrepreneurs of Momentum Ventures drives their company to rely on what people can do versus weaker models which Keezer scraps off with his anti-venture capitalism.
Momentum Ventures had been involved in activities ranging from donations to charities such as the Canadian Cancer Society and Unicef Canada in 2016, entrepreneurial challenges, their commitment to maintain a green workplace, and the successive launch of some of their most recent businesses.
