• “ Venture Strategy Solutions at Berkeley provided professional, timely and data-driven recommendations for our specific project. I would classify their diligence and work comparable to Bain, McKinsey and BCG. I was thoroughly impressed with the level and depth of their work as well as their flexibility to adapt to the situation. I would definitely recommend their services. ”
    — ERIC GRIPENTROG, CEO, HEMPTOWN USA
  • “ The Venture consulting team exceeded all expectations I had for them going in. We brought them in to help us size our current target market and explore adjacent market opportunities. The team showed a level of professionalism hard to find in career consultants let alone student teams. I'd work with them again in a heartbeat and would gladly recommend them to anyone in my network. ”
    — MIKE COUGHLIN, HEAD OF GROWTH, FIGMA
  • “ We were thoroughly impressed with the work Venture and the team did for us. The quality of the final output amazed me and our entire team. We found Venture to be very professional in how they approached us, learnt about our business and how they presented their findings. The best part was on how quickly this young group was able to understand our technology with minimal guidance/inputs. It was a great experience working with Venture and I highly recommend them. ”
    — SATISH POLISETTI, CO-FOUNDER, POLYMORPH
  • “ The experience working with VSS was extremely helpful. As a startup, we have so many needs, so many workstreams to explore, and luckily VSS was able to help pursue one of these workstreams and help us determine as a company if it was worth pursuing or not. The service was reliable and professional and I really enjoyed working with a sharp group of hard working consultants. ”
    — SAUNDARYA MEHRA, PRODUCT OPERATIONS MANAGER, LIME
  • “ The Venture team learned technologies they needed to learn, they understood our business, they understood our product and code, they did market research as needed and they talked with whoever needed to be talked to. They did all of this very fast and very effectively. They managed the project end to end with little to no hand holding and most importantly produced output which was impressive enough for us to actually use to make our business better. A portion of their research work was covered by Business Insider and we are getting more interest from press on rest of the work too. ”
    — VISHAL JOSHI, CO-FOUNDER, JOY
  • “ The members of the Venture Strategy Solutions team we had the pleasure of working with all brought so much energy and passion to this partnership. The amount of high-caliber work they were able to kick out week-to-week was so impressive. They wowed us with the delivery of their very polished presentations. They brought both imagination and logic. They were as friendly as they were professional. Hudl would be delighted to work with this group again, if the opportunity presents itself. ”
    — MIKAELA YEAGER, CLIENT SERVICES MANAGER, HUDL

Selected Clients

 

Niantic

Niantic is the world’s most successful and most profitable augmented reality company with an initial focus on augmented reality games. The company’s mission is to use their technology to pave the way for entertainment experiences, advanced robotics and scaled adaptive computing - and games are where they incubate some of their most audacious thinking.

 

Figma

Figma is a design tool built to make design accessible for everyone, similar to Google Docs but for software mockups or prototypes. Figma enables teams to build better products by designing, prototyping and gathering feedback all in one place, working seamlessly and simultaneously across users and devices.

 

Calm

Calm is the #1 app for meditation and sleep to help millions of users worldwide mediate anxiety. Through its mobile application and website, Calm offers a diverse array of guided meditation sessions, soothing sleep stories, calming music, and mindfulness exercises. These resources are designed to cater to individuals seeking to alleviate anxiety, improve focus, and cultivate inner peace amidst the fast-paced demands of modern life.

 

Whatnot

Whatnot is a social marketplace where users can discover products like sports cards, sneakers, luxury handbags and women’s thrift, Pokémon cards, and more through live auctions. Founded by collectors, Whatnot couples rigorous seller vetting with unmatched buyer protection to create a trusted and welcoming space for people to share their passions with others, and is the largest livestream shopping platform in the U.S.

 

Celonis

Celonis is the global leader in process mining, having pioneered the process mining category in 2013 when they first developed the ability to automatically X-ray processes and find inefficiencies. Celonis Process Mining provides companies a modern way to run their business processes entirely on data and intelligence.

 

Hudl

Hudl is a multipurpose platform for athletes of varying levels, anywhere from high school students to professionals. Its mission is to provide a space where users can view their own sports highlights, fellow athletes’ highlights, and simultaneously recruit for future teams. It currently has a user base of over 160,000 teams, and users can also access additional products of sports analytics, coaching, and more.

 

Lime

Lime aims to provide a sustainable solution to the first and last mile transportation problem by helping people move around their cities in an affordable and convenient way while eliminating their carbon footprint. The company empowers future generations to change their behavior so we can save this planet together.

 

HOVER

HOVER, the company on a mission to create a single source of truth for the physical world, transforms smartphone photos of any property into an accurate, interactive 3D model, giving homeowners the power to unlock the true potential of their largest economic asset. With HOVER, homeowners and contractors can receive exact measurements, design their home with different products and colors, and purchase materials directly through the app.

 

Molekule

Molekule is a San Francisco-based science and clean air company that has developed a fundamentally new approach to cleaning air. Their novel PECO (Photo Electrochemical Oxidation) technology works to destroy a wide variety pollutants, in contrast to the more traditional HEPA technology, which only collects some pollutants. Through their sleek air purifiers, Molekule aims to spread their mission of making more of the world clean air aware.

 

Ginger Labs

Ginger Labs develops productivity software for iOS, Mac, Windows, Web and Android. Notability, a Ginger Labs product, is a note-taking application used by millions of people around the world for capturing and reviewing information. Twobird, the company’s newest app, is a new all-purpose inbox that integrates emails, notes and reminders that is looking to break into the productivity application space.

 

Onda Origins

Onda Origins is a coffee company and roastery based in Seattle. Sourcing world class coffee direct from farmers around the world, Onda Origins uses the best practices in sustainability, conservation, and social justice. All of this is backed by Onda’s revolutionary blockchain-based model — a system that increases transparency, accountability, and impact by showing customers who grew their coffee and empowering growers by sharing revenue data with them.

 

Gradescope

Gradescope is a Berkeley-based grading platform that uses artificial intelligence to alleviate many of the pain points associated with grading. It is used by over 300 colleges in the US. It was founded by Berkeley grad students and Pieter Abbeel, an incredibly respected name in the AI field.

 

Joy

Joy helps users with their wedding, from engagement to honeymoon and everything in-between. The company designs and develops a wedding planning application with assistive technology that enables users to organize and coordinate all details from engagement to honeymoon. The platform also allows the wedding party to share photos and interact with one another prior to and during the festivities. 

 

Handshake

Handshake is the #1 place to launch a career with no connections, experience, or luck required. Handshake’s community includes 10 million students and young alumni around the world from 1,400 educational institutions, including four-year colleges, community colleges, boot camps, and 290+ minority-serving institutions. The platform connects up-and-coming talent with 650,000+ employers - from Fortune 500 companies like Google, Nike, and Target to thousands of public school districts, healthcare systems, nonprofits, and even sports teams like the LA Dodgers.

 

Life360

The Life360 app is designed to help families stay connected and safe, and can be used to track loved ones, receive notifications if they need help, and even find them if they get lost. Through features including location sharing, driving safety and crash detection, digital safety and identity theft protection, emergency assistance, and more, it has become one of the most popular family safety apps available with millions of people using it worldwide to stay connected and safe.