RELENTLESS Venture Studio
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RELENTLESS Venture Studio is a privately funded boutique incubator in San Luis Obispo, California, focused on growing early-stage SaaS companies by leveraging its unique shared-infrastructure model for rapid deployment and greater financial efficiency. The studio operates on a buy-build-sell model where they either acquire companies outright or build them from the ground up, run them themselves or partner with experienced CEOs, and ultimately sell to strategic buyers once product-market fit is proven and recurring revenue is established. The core philosophy centers on the 80/20 rule: 80% of what it takes to get a business to market is common infrastructure (HR, payroll, sales, marketing, customer relations, office facilities), which RELENTLESS provides through centralized shared teams of A-players, while entrepreneurs focus on the 20% that is unique to their product. The studio takes an equity stake in return for providing comprehensive infrastructure including a Business Development Center housing a sales team with a network of approximately 40,000 small businesses throughout the United States. RELENTLESS provides customized acceleration paths with staggered admissions and mentorship tailored to individual founder needs, avoiding generic advice.
2017
15 Companies
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