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Curious is a long-term holding company that acquires and operates software businesses with permanent capital. Built by operators who never stopped building, Curious partners with software founders to reshape what their companies can become by integrating emerging technology before it becomes obvious. The firm targets software companies producing annual recurring revenue between $500,000 to $5 million that are running out of cash or not meeting growth expectations for a future investment round. Their focus is to provide a long-term home for startups that get abandoned by VCs and are forced to shut down, pivoting them away from unprofitable and unsustainable models toward profitable and sustainable growth. Each acquisition is made in the frame of decades to build companies that can evolve alongside transformational shifts, focused on legacy, resilience, and continuous reinvention, not raising additional funds or future exits.
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“I lost faith in the venture model a long time ago and felt I was part of the problem. The purpose of what we're building is to save as many startups as possible.”
“I spent 20 years operating venture-backed companies. You see how unnatural they can feel in pursuit of growth, in a lot of ways, and that creates a lot of unsustainability, a lot of burn. The six years I spent after that were operating profitable software companies, ranging from $5M to $25M in ARR. I just loved a business that ran on earnings, and ran on revenue! A real business, you know. And software is such an efficient business model that if you don't chase unnatural growth you can actually build a profitable, sustainable business.”
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Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Ubiquity Ventures | 1 |
| The Venture Reality Fund | 1 |
| Flying Fish Ventures | 1 |
| GVR Fund | 1 |
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