Corporate Venture Studio
Enabling Private Equity
Dear Partners
Amidst our own venture creation and investment we had many company boards and CEOs ask us to apply these skills to their turf. To develop a strategy to “Start a project as SkunkWorks or Sandbox, and then convert it into a spin off company”.
Over the past decade, we’ve mastered the art of identifying high growth opportunities and executing complex projects, while ensuring faster ROI for our corporate partners.
We have the ingredients in place to execute full commercialization of a project and its positive cash flow conversion. Achieving this internally in a company is notoriously complex. Finding the right startup that both meets the internal need, and is crafted in a way for a tuck-in is similarly evasive. Our solution is very popular among CEOs.
Due to our technical and operations skills, we have been able to execute these complex projects and deals in record time. By establishing both a studio and a fund we have the ability to either execute for other fund managers, or fully incubate ourselves.
Corporations control distribution and demand. Startups drive speed and innovation. CVC Fund + Studio creates the structure where both sides scale together.
We make companies for other established companies, whose market potential is well understood. This is a potentially very lucrative business.
After listening to the needs of CEOs, we have identified and begun investing in bottlenecks for large supply chains, as well as seriously complex engineering technologies. Our risks are mitigated because of our team’s technical and complex project execution capabilities.
We are looking for those ready to benefit with us in this journey. Companies looking to develop such ventures. Investors ready to earn off the high ROI that comes from such a targeted and timely strategy. Teammates ready to participate in either the studio incubation or to dive in as executives in the new ventures.
Demand is high. We have received an overwhelming demand for this strategy and initial execution from some elite CEOs and fund managers.
Warm regards,
Mangesh & Grant,
CVC Fund + Studio
Funding backing the right solutions. Whether in-house or external.
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Multi strategy
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Multi assets
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Multi country
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Highly nimble
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Studio able craft the ventures
This combination allows venture development at the least cost, reduced risk, and deployed into a set of diversified structures generating high returns.
CORPORATE
PRIVATE EQUITY
200M $ CVC fund 1
200M $ CVC fund 2
VENTURE
STUDIO
35M $
Who We Are
Mangesh and Grant came together at the input of their ecosystem in California.
Each were considered to be among the region’s most potent investors. They are known as renaissance characters who see the world differently. Who, having explored that world extensively - speaking multiple languages and having navigated cross-cultural interactions - built cross-border transactions, and mediated conflicts globally. And who wrote and spoke about trends and opportunities that at first sounded odd, but ended up prescient. Unorthodox, out-of-box characters that caught the attention of the best investors in the region. Their talents are needed more than ever in this rapidly evolving AI era.
As a result they had uncanny abilities to evaluate investability of founders and ideas. And were known for getting stakeholders to come together to achieve inordinate results.
Upon discussing the idea of combining their efforts, they discovered that each had received inbound interest from corporate clients and friends about the need for a venture builder able to reliably execute emerging strategies.
Their peers have applauded their decision to pool their efforts. They are voting that affirmation with desire to get involved as investors and partners in this timely initiative.
Fund of Funds Advisor | Venture Capitalist
Hedge Fund Strategist
CEO, Tractioning
Managing General Partner, CVC Fund + Studio
Mangesh Mahajan
Mangesh is a fund of funds advisor, venture capitalist, hedge fund strategist, and strategic advisor operating at the intersection of finance, technology, and innovation. He advises institutional investors, family offices, and venture platforms on portfolio construction, market cycles, and emerging technology exposure. His work spans early-stage venture capital, hedge fund portfolio optimization, and multi-asset strategy design across global markets.
As CEO of Tractioning, Mangesh specializes in sourcing, structuring, and managing global technology investments. The firm focuses on connecting innovative founders with capital, strategic partners, and operational resources, while helping investors navigate complex portfolios with disciplined risk and return frameworks. His approach blends venture insight with public and private market strategies, enabling capital efficiency across stages and asset classes.
Mangesh is involved with various venture capital funds, where he played a key role in scaling startups and managing complex venture portfolios. The fund is in the process of closing following the passing of a senior partner, with expectations of delivering double-digit IRRs exceeding 50%. His experience includes building venture exposure with an eye toward institutional outcomes, liquidity planning, and long-term value creation.
Academically, Mangesh holds advanced master’s degrees from the London School of Economics and the Indian Institute of Technology, grounding his investment philosophy in rigorous quantitative analysis and systems thinking. His career reflects a deep understanding of fund of funds structures, venture dynamics, hedge fund tactics, and strategic advisory at scale.
Based in Los Angeles, Mangesh maintains an active global network across the United States, Europe, and Asia. He continues to advise investors and founders navigating rapidly evolving markets, with a focus on aligning capital, technology, and strategy to produce durable, high-performance portfolios.
Chairman Emeritus, TCA Venture Group
President, American Chamber of Commerce,
Albania
Managing General Partner, CVC Fund + Studio
Grant Van Cleve
Grant is a global entrepreneur, angel investor, business accelerator, and public speaker. He is regularly listed among the 50 most influential people in Orange County, CA, USA. Grant is involved in 123 start-ups, serving as a board member or advisor in 20 of those. He is an active leader in TCA Venture Group (Tech Coast Angels) – America’s most active angel investing group. He is an Expert-in-Residence at University of California - Irvine, CFO of TimeMint a leader in Industrial AI, co-founder of Egnatia Ventures, Hangar 75 Ventures, CVC Fund, and is a member of Keiretsu SouthEast Europe, Entrelliance, and Faith Driven Investors.
Among the rest of his startup portfolio, Grant is currently putting special focus on Jetbuilt, Time Mint, Tecnal, GREX Group, Digital School, Alphatechs, Wayland, MovoCash, Organics Trade, Archytas, EchoTrade, LeaseLock, Funraise, StyleRiser, Holberton SEE, and MENASEE Ventures.
Alongside private equity, Grant develops real estate in California and in Southeastern Europe. He also does impact investing via roles in EdTech, FinTech, and CleanTech globally, as well as technology training in the Balkans and Middle East/North Africa. A big fan of giving back, Grant pours time into catalyzing entrepreneurial ecosystems around the world. He was elected President of the American Chamber of Commerce in 2023. He can also be found in leadership roles in his church and in local politics. Along the way he added an MA in Intercultural Studies at Fuller.
Grant is a sought after global speaker on geopolitics, innovation, and human flourishing. Including their impact regional economic development, human migration and the future of work.
Grant was raised in California but left to study at Penn/Wharton and then to live 19 years in Europe – most of that in Albania. Non-profit consulting got him there, real estate development transitioned him into the marketplace, and now he has returned for a set of technology and innovation ventures for the region. First among those is license for the Holberton School – which brings this global edtech leader’s innovative training software training methods to the Balkans and Eastern Mediterranean.
Grant returned with his wife and 3 kids to Orange County, CA, USA in 2010, but spends more than half of the year in Europe and the MENA region.
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The CVC Advantage
Corporations control distribution and demand, while startups bring speed and innovation. CVC fund creates the structure for both to scale together by funding ventures through our Studio. We accelerate MVP development, securing initial customers, and generating early cash flows.
Once validated, we onboard experienced management and position these companies to scale with larger private equity investors or transition to public market opportunities.
We self-fund and de-risk projects until they reach a scale manageable for corporate boards. This allows leadership to pursue high-risk, high-reward initiatives that would otherwise be stalled by internal bureaucracy.
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Quick AI Sandboxing Studio for Corporations
Boards now demand measurable ROI after costly, failed AI initiatives. We bridge this gap by leveraging a corporation's existing customer base to deliver results with minimal capital and risk.
While traditional AI deployment takes months, our dynamic approach ensures visible outcomes within 90–120 days, a timeline even conservative boards approve. In a world of geopolitical and supply chain volatility, our ability to pivot to a "Plan B" in real-time is critical.
By solving the primary barriers to adoption like implementation risk and unclear "profit mathematics", we turn fear into an advantage. Our lean team of experts manages execution risk while capturing market share by focusing on immediate operational needs.
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Our Venture Creation Mode
We catalyze 18-20 companies each year in partnership with strategic corporates, targeting approximately 80-85 ventures by 2030 under CVC Studio & Fund 1 / Fund 2.
Half of those will be deeper dives created and incubated internally. Half will be strategic injections into an existing venture allowing a pivot instrumental to a thesis or tuck-in.
Each company is designed with long-term scalability in mind, supported by phased capital that aligns with commercialization and growth milestones. The model was built specifically for corporates that require new business lines but cannot expand internal R&D or HR capacity. We turn operational constraints and industry bottlenecks into businesses with public-market potential.
Existing Slice of ‘Portfolio’
Funraise is a collection of nonprofit fundraising tools designed to make raising more effortless. It transforms the donors' giving experience with pop-up donation forms and custom landing pages. Their clients have seen an average 77% YoY growth in revenue.
A deeptech multi-patented SW platform for fully automated projection mapping on surfaces of any shape, size, or complexity. Working with the US Air Force to build displays that can be used to enhance situational awareness and collaborative decision-making.
Emotion and face recognition Ai, used in major Hollywood productions like Black Panther, etc. Data analytics software providers to political parties. Clients like Disney, Netflix, Universal. AI-powered technology humanizes data to understand audience reactions. Also, this Ai was used in the 2020 election by both republican and democratic parties.
AI driven, SaaS, optimized work allocation and intent-centric “what-if” analysis. Saving of 20% in less complex situations and more as complexity increases. Simultaneous time and OpEx minimization and easy integration with leading tools. Proven in hospitals and Enterprise IT. Hot demand from military, transportation and consulting fields.
An AI-driven service desk built to keep integrators, clients, and service teams connected long after project handoff. Jetbot Service Desk intelligently manages service requests and troubleshooting. If there’s a problem it can’t solve, it automatically schedules a technician - allowing users to book on-site or virtual sessions directly within Jetbuilt.
With real-time risk analytics and automated insolvency tracking, the GB Soft platform enables financial institutions to assess risks accurately, reducing bad investments and enhancing credit portfolio performance.
Invia.live is an all-in-one financial operating system designed to automate bookkeeping, financial insights and planning for businesses. It replaces manual processes with real-time, intuitive automation.
CMDE engineering can help achieve 20-30% reduction in manufacturing, process engineering and supply chain costs, secure IP rights and provide a barrier to competition. The company is led by a team of experts in various fields of engineering with the sole aim of promoting new mechanical engineering design which uses “Maximized ergonomic form tensor design methods”.
ParcelPending provides automated package management solutions for residential and commercial properties. Its system streamlines delivery and retrieval with secure smart lockers.
Sphereti delivers advanced analytics and data solutions that transform complex data into decision-ready intelligence. The platform enables organizations to integrate, analyze and visualize data to drive measurable outcomes.
A deeptech XR platform for immersive, real-time fan experiences across any device. Leveraging computer vision, AR overlays, and a 5G-enabled streaming network, it delivers personalized gamification for sports and entertainment (patent pending).
Why Corporate Boards & CEOs Benefit
For CEOs with failed AI strategy which is not producing ROI.
Finding the right mathematical models.
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Common Sense,
as a bonus.
For activist investors
and aggressive boards.
Finding the right demographics for your unknown and hidden risks.
Managing team problems with cultural disparities and groups.
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Built for
Public-Market Outcomes
CVC Studio & Funds build companies with the operating discipline and governance required to succeed as standalone public-market entities. The goal is not short-term arbitrage. We focus on ventures capable of scaling, consolidating and maturing into strong industrial businesses. And we craft them in a way that allows rapid integration into acquiring entities.
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