A collaboration with Overlooked Ventures
Zero upfront costs.
Pay when you succeed.
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KnowCap + Overlooked partnership
Overlooked Ventures and KnowCap are teaming up! We have been on a journey these last four years to build out a way to pair undiscovered founders with experts to help them turn their ideas into something more.
To us “more” is a fast-growing company that creates jobs for its community. This is a cycle of innovation that we’ve bet our entire company on. Imagine our delight when we discover people like the team at Overlooked. They have similar values to us in this space of venture building.
With our non-dilutive startup studio model, we are giving founders an opportunity to work with a team of experts and then, upon completing our Startup Engine, immediately re-apply to OV for funding.
Human Capital Investment Model
KnowCap is short for knowledge capital. We provide access to experts who work with founders to help them get their ideas into growth phase. Our proprietary Startup Engine process is over 125 steps long and takes approximately 26 weeks (depending on which areas of your company you would like support).
Our team members roll up their sleeves and do the work. Think of our investment as the ultimate skin in the game for people at the earliest stages of their company.
Apply to KnowCap
Whether you are just getting started with your idea or you already have a growing company, we can help you take it to the next level.
Our Startup Engine program allows us to invest up to $150,000 worth of human capital in your company without any equity or upfront payments.
You only pay when you succeed.
Revnue-based terms: 2.5% of Company Revenues
What's included in this partnership?
BRAND BUILDING
IDENTITY DESIGN
Work with the branding team to develop your identity systems from the ground-up.
CONCEPTUAL PLATFORM
The Branding team works with founders to build out their brand's platform from merch to signage, to its digital profile we'll help you build a complete identity.
BRANDING STYLE GUIDE
A comprehensive guide on how to take your brand and build a cohesive digital persona for your company.
MARKETING & GROWTH
ANALYSIS & RESEARCH
Industry Analysis
Market Analysis
Company Identity Marketing
Customer Development
MESSAGING
Brand Messaging
Mission and vision statement
Feature vs. Benefit Development
Landing page development
STRATEGY
Pricing Positioning
Sales Relationships
Customer Journey Map
Finalize Website Copy
GROWTH
Strategy Specific KPIs
Growth Strategy Development
Ongoing Marketing Consulting
Founder Execution Checklist
WEBSITE DESIGN
We'll do a complete design or re-design of up to 10 pages. This includes marketing copy and implementation (if company uses Squarepace).
PRODUCT DESIGN
KnowCap's team of UX and UI designers work with our portfolio companies to evaluate and refine their product offering.
Backed by 3rd party research as well as direct customer feedback, your product offering will improve exponentially.
Competitive Analysis
We collect data about products (and companies) in the market. For example, you might have a long feature list, but you won’t know which features users value and use the most.
Heuristic Analysis
This is an evaluation of the current product and its ability to solve your ideal customer problems efficiently. Our UX team will perform a heuristic evaluation to test a product’s usability.
User Flows
User flows show the path your user will take through the product to achieve certain goals. By focusing on flows ahead of visual design, you build a product that provides value early and retains customers
Lo-Fi & Hi-Fi Wireframes
Wireframes are key to capturing customer intent before going through and building out a complete product.
You can leverage them to ensure you are solving the right problem for your customers and eliminating fluff to their user experience.
Clickable Prototype
It can be difficult to paint a picture of a product to your ideal customers without giving them the chance to "touch" it.
Having a clickable prototype allows you to sell the vision of functionality to customers and investors. We have seen our companies get letters of intent and term sheets signed from our clickable prototypes.
STRATEGY & OPERATIONS
OPS SUPPORT & STRATEGY
Throughout our process we have Founder Liaisons and Operations Specialists that work with the founders on a daily basis. These team members make sure the founders are getting value.
PARTNER & PRODUCTS
Our partnership and products provide discounts and free credits to founders in KnowCap's portfolio. From discounted payments solutions to discounts on marketing platforms.
"I joined KnowCap because I wanted to use my expertise to help overlooked founders succeed."
KnowCap Team Member
"An investment from KnowCap took me from an idea to customers and receiving checks from investors."
KnowCap Exchange Founder
"The human capital investment model you're offering to founders is ground-breaking. There's nothing like it."
KnowCap Investor
Ready to take advantage of this partnership?
Let's get started.