In addition to seed and early-round financing, BV takes a hands-on approach to providing strategic expertise and managerial resources during a portfolio start-up’s essential early stages. Depending on need, BV provides services from as early as the business plan formation stage, including conducting market research and due diligence for portfolio companies. During early growth stages, BV places managers in key positions within portfolio companies to ensure strategic alignment. Bear Ventures views the development and placement of key long-term managers as essential to portfolio companies’ success. To that end, BV’s team of managers is given specialized, hands-on training in bringing start-up organizations off the ground to stability and success. Utilized across different portfolio companies for as long as necessary, this managerial team gives BV’s start-ups the advantage of expert guidance by managers with proven success in the singular challenges and turbulence faced by start-up organizations. The proprietary nature of BV’s capital allows BV to develop portfolio companies for the long-term and lay out the foundation and infrastructure for long-term growth and intrinsic value.