Vehicle Structuring & Corporate Venturing
We advise corporates, institutions and investment managers on the design, establishment and growth of investment vehicles, from first-time funds and new GP platforms to co-investment structures and corporate venture funds.
Drawing on our own experience of forming GPs and investing in private markets, we support clients from initial strategy design through to vehicle structuring, governance, capital raising and ongoing advisory.
Vehicle Structuring
The structure of an investment vehicle shapes how it raises capital, makes decisions and delivers for its investors. We design vehicles that are commercially viable, investor-ready and built to last.
What we structure:
First-time funds and new GP platforms
Corporate venture funds and strategic investment vehicles
Co-investment and club deal platforms
Impact and sustainability-focused vehicles
Corporate Venturing
Corporate venturing is the practice of a company investing directly in external start-ups and early-stage businesses, typically through a dedicated venture arm or fund.
Over the past decade it has moved from the margins of start-up finance to a position of real strategic influence, giving corporates early access to new technologies, markets and business models, a route to future acquisitions and a source of financial return.
Building a programme that delivers both strategic and financial value, and endures through changes in leadership and market conditions, remains difficult to do well.
By the Numbers
2,344
Active CVCs participated in start-up funding rounds in 2024, three times the number a decade earlier
16%
of all start-up rounds in 2024 included CVC participation
1/4
CVCs has considered moving off the corporate balance sheet in the past year
25%+
of financial CVCs have a multi-LP structure
Sources: Global Corporate Venturing; SVB
How Time Partners Helps
We support corporates at every stage of a venturing programme, tailoring our involvement to where it is needed:
Strategic assessment: clarifying the strategic rationale, objectives and investment themes, and benchmarking against market precedent.
Programme design: vehicle structure, governance, investment mandate, decision-making framework, incentives and the interface with the parent’s business units.
Partner and investor capital: where the client chooses, identifying strategic co-investors and introducing financial investors to share risk and scale capacity.
Ongoing advisory: deal-by-deal due diligence, portfolio oversight, governance and reporting, and advice on exits.