Hands-On AI Business Transformation Led by Veteran Private Equity Operating Partners

We transform mid to large-cap B2B services companies into AI market leaders through proven PE methodologies and hands-on execution. We are transformation operators with deep PE/VC roots—averaging 25 years each in the trenches. We've been in your seat. That's why we lead change, not just advise it.

Our Mission

We believe that many services firms are sitting on untapped goldmines of AI innovation. Our mission is to help these firms transform their intellectual property into high-value AI ventures with EBITDA multiples up to 18 – 20X and higher.

Our Vision

To be the catalyst that transforms ambitious companies and their specialized IP into AI-Powered leaders who redefine industries, inspire teams, uplift communities and operate with purpose, integrity, and exponential impact

We aspire to a future where every venture we support demonstrates that business can be a catalyst for good - driving meaningful transformation for teams, clients, and communities through AI-powered enterprises that operate with purpose, integrity, and exponential impact.

We Accelerate the Traditional Capital-Raising Process

Only 33% of companies that hire investment bankers actually secure growth capital. Most engage help too late, when fundamental gaps can't be fixed and valuation upside is capped.

We Create Investor-Ready Companies

Our focus is to increase your investability. With experience on both sides of the table, we know precisely what it takes to win over institutional investors.

We Create Tech Leadership Teams

We embed seasoned tech operators directly into your leadership team, serving as C-level executives. This is what investors want to see before making a growth equity investment. And it is a critical step to drive a successful transformation.

Our Values

The Leading Platform for Creating AI-Driven Businesses and Purpose-Driven Leaders

We lead by doing - embedding directly into leadership to drive execution from within, not distant advisory.

Embracing a 10X mindset transforms a business from a competitor to a category creator, turning ambitious dreams into reality through bold, imaginative action.

We don't follow trends; we set them, guided by a belief that genuine value is what ultimately drives lasting success. This authenticity is reflected in our work, our relationships, and our identity as a leader in the AI-driven world.

We believe in the power of accountability. Our operators don't just advise; they embed themselves in your team to drive results, sharing in the successes and challenges.

We focus on high-leverage activities that create maximum value in the shortest amount of time, ensuring your investment in us translates to tangible growth.

We are passionate about disrupting the status quo. We work with companies ready to embrace change and lead their industries through AI-driven innovation.

Why Our Values Matter

Values Drive Results

Our principles directly shape how we deliver value - from carving out AI businesses to scaling through fractional leadership to attracting growth capital.

Compass for Excellence

Our values ensure every venture we touch is built to excel and built to last. They're not words on a page - they're our execution framework.

Trust Through Action

By staying true to our principles, we consistently transform B2B service ideas into scalable AI businesses that command premium valuations.

We Are Catalysts

With unparalleled expertise in running tech companies and decades of delivering some of the highest performing companies in the world, combined with a powerful network, we are known for catalyzing change and transformative results.

“We are building the next generation of transformational AI companies - enterprises with the power to reshape entire industries. These companies exist today as hidden gems within traditional services firms, waiting for the right leadership to unlock their exponential potential. We are that catalyst.”

Sherri Sklar

Managing Partner

Veteran PE Partners

Our team combines decades of experience transforming technology and SaaS businesses within private equity portfolios.

Both Sides of the Table

We've operated companies and worked within private equity - we know what institutional investors look for and what they don’t!

Hands-On Execution

We are Operators who are skilled at running Tech-enabled SaaS/AI businesses with a track record of achieving outstanding financial results. We are your hands-on leadership team, not just advisors.

Our Operating Philosophy

We believe in creating VALUE . . . which is table stakes for growth, exits, and raising capital.

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“We believe in running outstanding performing businesses creates value for everyone impacted by that business: their customers, their employees, their investors, and the communities in which they live."
“Businesses can be an impactful place that, run properly, can generate outsized returns for all involved."
“We aim to bring the best out in each firm, to leverage untapped hidden gems of unique knowledge and expertise, and shape it into a form that becomes highly valuable to the people who need it most—your customers and all your stakeholders."

AIVC’s Turn-Key Services provides you with the table stakes you need while maintaining positive cashflow.

“I would not consider investing in an AI company if it wasn’t carved out from the services business . . . If you’re not carving out the business with tech leadership, it comes across like a side-hustle”

-- VC Partner

The Value Creation Journey

From Specialized IP to Fundable AI Business: Here's What Changes When You Partner With AIVC

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Valuation Transformation

Mid-to-large-cap B2B services companies tend to be valued at 7 – 9X EBITDA multiples. AI-enhanced, and independent AI companies command premium valuations, up to 18 – 20X EBITDA and higher.

AI Venture Catalyst’s AI Transformation Roadmap™ drives tangible results at higher valuation multiples.

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Generate Growth Capital

Only 33%” of investment banking retainer clients secure growth capital from institutional investors, such as Venture Capital, Private Equity, and Family Offices. But when you build value first—before you seek funding—everything changes.

AI Venture Catalyst and its principals have a successful track record in raising 9-figures of growth capital for our clients by successfully leveraging feedback from the AIVC Investor Scorecard™ that increases investability and generates growth capital.

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Operational Excellence

The best services companies are integrating AI to drive operational improvement and incremental revenue from AI products.

AI Venture Catalyst works collaboratively with your executive team by utilizing its proprietary turnkey approach to significantly increase operational improvement by combining experienced fractional tech leadership with its AI Transformation Roadmap™ .

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Market Leadership

It’s a different ball game in the world of AI. Today, it’s a mixed model of B2B Services and Tech that will get you market leadership. And don’t forget . . . it’s all about the investor . . . investors believe that building an investable AI business requires B2B services companies to recruit experienced tech talent into their leadership and commercial teams. Without doing so, you increase business risk and decrease investors’ appetite to make growth capital investments in your business.

AI Venture Capital gives you the unfair advantage you need to weaponize your specialized IP into a competitive moat that creates the market leadership that make investors drool.