The engagement
From the first conversation to your decision.
Two services, three gates, and a decision that stays yours at each one.
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Before we begin
The first conversation.
We discuss the challenge, who owns it inside your organisation, and the assets a venture could draw on, and we say whether we think there is a business in it.
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Three gates, from Assess to launch.
01 · After Assess
The Venture Case is delivered.
The founder leading the engagement presents the recommendation, the evidence behind it and the options set aside.
Your decision
Build, stop, or re-scope and test again.
02 · During Build
You see the venture as it is built.
The venture is demonstrated to your sponsor regularly as it is built, and there is a direct line to the team building it.
Your decision
What is built next.
03 · At launch
The venture is handed over.
Launch readiness is judged against criteria agreed before the build began. Our involvement ends here.
Your decision
Whether the venture is ready to launch.
FAQ
Questions.
The questions we are asked most, on ownership, Assess, Build and the firm.
Ownership
Are you a fund or a venture studio?
Neither. We advise and we build. Co-investment is only at your invitation, and agreed separately.
Who owns what is built?
You do. Intellectual property is assigned to you as it is produced.
Assess
We have an innovation mandate but no specific challenge. Can you help?
Sometimes. If the first conversation can surface a challenge a business unit already has and a sponsor who owns it, Assess can start there. If it cannot, Assess is not the right service yet.
How do you handle interviews with our operating managers?
In confidence. The Venture Case reports what we learned about the challenge and the market, without attributing statements to individuals.
Do you research in Arabic?
Yes. Interviews are conducted in Arabic where the buyer prefers it, and the Venture Case can be delivered in Arabic and English.
How long does an Assess take?
Usually four to six weeks, ending with the Venture Case.
Build
Can we begin at Build?
Yes, where a case already exists and holds up. We review it first and tell you whether we will build on it.
Who builds the venture?
WeaveLines, the product and engineering firm our CEO founded in 2017. The build is done by our own team, not passed to a subcontractor.
Do you run the venture after launch?
No. Our involvement ends at launch. Software maintenance can be agreed separately with WeaveLines.
The firm
Which markets do you work in?
Wherever the venture is. We work in English and Arabic.
How is WeaveLines Ventures related to WeaveLines?
It is the venture practice of WeaveLines, the product and engineering firm our CEO founded in Tunis in 2017, which has designed and shipped products for startups and corporates since.
Bring us the challenge. Find out what is worth building.
Tell one of the founders about the challenge and who owns it.