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Venture Studio
An organization that conceives, builds, and launches startup companies internally — co-founding startups with the studio team rather than backing external founders.
A venture studio (or startup studio) actively creates companies from scratch rather than just investing in externally founded startups. Studios provide: idea generation, initial capital, operational resources (legal, accounting, HR), early team members, and a structured process for testing and launching ventures. The studio typically co-founds the company alongside an entrepreneurial CEO they recruit, holding a larger equity stake than a typical VC (20-40%) in exchange for the substantial resources provided. Notable studios: Atomic (Andrew Braccia and Jack Abraham), Human Ventures, and various tech-focused and healthcare studios. Venture studios can produce companies more capital-efficiently than pure VCs but face challenges: recruited CEOs may have less founder conviction than self-starters, and studio interests can conflict with company growth.