About us

Built to become the
missing business partner.

Midori Partnerships exists for founders who have created something commercially interesting but have reached the limits of what they can sensibly build alone.

Part of Midori Ventures Ltd

Midori Partnerships is a trading style of Midori Ventures Ltd. The wider Midori structure is intended to build, operate and participate in a portfolio of digital, technology and commerce businesses, while Midori Partnerships focuses specifically on opportunities created with external founders.

Why this model exists

Traditional agencies need to be paid. Traditional investors generally want traction, scale and a financial investment proposition. Yet there is a large group of smaller businesses sitting between those two worlds: the founder may have a viable product, stock, suppliers and commitment, but cannot justify the cost of assembling the technology and e-commerce capability necessary to move forward professionally.

We believe some of those businesses are worth partnering with rather than simply selling services to.

Our operating philosophy

We aim to be selective, transparent and practical. We will not be the right partner for most applications, and we do not intend to collect equity in businesses we cannot actively help. Where we do partner, the objective is to combine complementary skills and interests so that both parties benefit from building a more valuable company.

What partnership means to us

It means shared upside, shared responsibility and clear expectations. It means doing the work rather than simply advising from the sidelines. And it means documenting ownership, responsibilities, funding and decision-making properly so that a promising commercial relationship does not later become a source of avoidable conflict.

Want to explore a partnership?

The first step is simply to tell us enough about the opportunity for us to assess whether a conversation is worthwhile.

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