About Progress Ventures

Progress Ventures is the venture capital arm of Progress Partners, a boutique M&A Advisory firm specializing in the advertising, marketing, and media technology sectors. Our sector-focused fund capitalizes on a network deeply rooted in the industry from almost two decades of direct involvement. We use our expertise and network to actively add value to our portfolio, taking a hand-on approach to accelerate their growth.

Our experience leading the transformation of advertising, marketing and media technology sits at the heart of our investment ethos.

We take an operational partnership approach to our early-stage investments. We understand and value the change entrepreneurial leaders and visionaries seek and actively provide guidance and counsel as their companies scale. We leverage our technology, product, and market understanding to help our investments address blind spots and solve day-to-day challenges. We help our investments interpret market dynamics in the context of their businesses to proactively anticipate head winds and accelerate growth.

As a partner invested our portfolio’s success, we utilize the full resources of the Progress Partners ecosystem, including direct access to our extensive network of advisory Executives-in Residence – an esteemed group of network professionals bringing unparalleled experience and insights. Together we are available to solve difficult problems, connect with a global network, discover top talent, and provide perspective with the singular goal of helping our portfolio strengthen and grow their businesses.

Additionally, our portfolio companies are able to take advantage of our extensive capital markets expertise, especially helpful for longer term capital planning. Our relationships, knowledge, and skill have the benefit of helping our companies navigate the myriad of financing options as they scale.