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Successful founders know great companies aren't built alone.

So we built the team we wished we'd had. Operators across capital, engineering, growth, and creative, working beside every founder we back.

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5

Successful exits

11

Active portfolio

83%

Success vs traditional venture capital at 7%

The model

The studio sits underneath the founder, not on top.

Traditional VC writes a check and waits. We invert that. Founders lead, the studio and capital reinforce them.

  1. 01 / Top

    Founders lead

    The founder is the hero. They set the vision, own the outcome, and go all-in on one company. Every decision at Outperform Ventures is designed to amplify that.

  2. 02 / Middle

    Studio supports

    We embed operator-grade capital, engineering, growth, and creative directly into the company, not as advisors, as teammates who ship.

  3. 03 / Base

    Investors fund

    Aligned capital and conviction sits underneath the whole system. Not directing from above, reinforcing from below.

What we do

One studio. Four disciplines.

Outperform Ventures is a single operating team of founders, builders, and growers. We work shoulder-to-shoulder with the founders we back, from zero to scale, across every discipline it takes to win.

  1. 01

    Capital

    Studio-backed checks with founder-friendly terms. We invest our own conviction alongside every project.

  2. 02

    Engineering

    AI architecture, product engineering, and infrastructure from Day 1. Real builders on the team, not vendors.

  3. 03

    Growth

    Positioning, pricing, acquisition, and lifecycle. We own the funnel until it compounds on its own.

  4. 04

    Creative

    Brand, content, video, and design that ships as fast as the product. Story and system, together.

Founding partners

Operators who've built, scaled, and exited.

We know what founders face because we've been in the seat. Google acquisition. Multiple exits. $100M+ ARR. Now applied on your side of the table.

Rob Peabody

Rob Peabody

Founding Partner

Founded VOMO (acquired by Virtuous, 2022). Former Entrepreneur in Residence at Eagle Venture Fund. Operator-first investor focused on mission-driven, scalable tech.

Keith Brown

Keith Brown

Founding Partner

Multi-time operator and studio builder. Led growth and go-to-market at high-scale SaaS companies, and now partners with founders on positioning, pricing, and the systems that turn early traction into a real business.

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How we build

Collaborative momentum,
not passive meetings.

We put our capital, our operators, and our name into the companies we back. All-in from day one, not watching from the sidelines.

  1. 01

    Weeks

    We validate together

    Pressure-test the wedge, the ICP, and the economics until the venture earns conviction on both sides.

  2. 02

    At kickoff

    We put capital and a team in

    Capital committed, operators embedded: AI architecture, product, growth, and creative from day one.

  3. 03

    ~90 days to MVP

    We ship the first version

    The studio ships an MVP, then tests and refines it against real usage with real customers.

  4. 04

    Ongoing

    We grow it, then stand it up

    Positioning, pricing, and GTM execution until the company can run on its own leadership and its own momentum.

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Common questions

Questions founders and investors ask.

What is a venture studio, and how is it different from a VC fund?

A venture studio builds companies alongside its founders instead of only funding them. Outperform Ventures is a Dallas based venture studio that puts capital, AI engineering, growth, and creative into every company it backs, as embedded teammates rather than advisors. Traditional venture capital writes a check and waits. The studio sits underneath the founder instead, reinforcing from below.

What does Outperform Ventures actually do for a founder?

Outperform Ventures embeds an operating team across four disciplines: capital, engineering, growth, and creative. Capital is a studio backed check on founder friendly terms. Engineering covers AI architecture, product, and infrastructure from day one, and growth owns positioning, pricing, acquisition, and lifecycle until it compounds on its own. Creative ships brand, content, video, and design as fast as the product does.

How long does it take to go from kickoff to a first version?

About 90 days from kickoff to a shipped MVP. Before that, Outperform Ventures spends weeks with the founder pressure testing the wedge, the ICP, and the economics until the venture earns conviction on both sides. Capital is committed and operators embed at kickoff, and after the MVP ships the studio tests it against real customers, then runs go to market until the company can stand on its own leadership.

How can an investor get involved with Outperform Ventures?

Investors reach the Outperform Ventures team at grow@outperformventures.com. The studio works with investors who want to be close to the operators, the metrics, and the decisions rather than a quarterly report. Every venture runs the same operating playbook, diligence is run by operators who have shipped and exited, and the portfolio is one you can watch rather than a black box.

For investors

Get close to the work.

We're building a portfolio of AI-native companies with a repeatable studio model, and we want investors who want to be close to the operators, the metrics, and the decisions.

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  1. 01

    A repeatable model

    Every venture runs the same operating playbook. Diligence, build, and scale are systematized, not ad-hoc.

  2. 02

    Operator-run diligence

    We only back companies we would build ourselves. Every deal is vetted by operators who've shipped, sold, and exited.

  3. 03

    A portfolio you can see

    11 active companies, real revenue, real customers. Not a black-box fund, a working studio you can watch.