Cadence for venture funds

Your portfolio's independent development arm.

Cadence finds your portfolio's focus points, builds trust in a weekend designed on that data, and turns it into a 90-day plan with the right experts. Then it measures what improved, every year. You keep doing what you do best: making good investments.

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1 · Measure

Cadence Pulse

Every founder answers alone. Your portfolio's focus points, in one view.

2 · Build trust

Cadence Weekend

Built on the data. 3 nights, 4 pairs, 4 experts.

3 · Make it stick

90-day plan

One plan, small rituals, a coach. Habits, not workshop notes.

4 · Go deeper

80 experts

Matched to each team's objectives: hiring, go-to-market, funding, energy.

5 · Prove it

Pulse at day 90

Measured again. You see exactly what improved.

The team is the biggest risk. It's also the hardest to see.

90%

of founders under stress don’t turn to their investors. The problems that matter most reach you last.

Startup Snapshot; Foundology.

55%

of VCs say the team is the single most important reason an investment fails. 92% name it as a factor.

Gompers et al., 2020. 885 VCs.

23%

of VC-backed founding teams lose a co-founder within three years. Within five, it's over 30%.

Carta, 22,352 founders.

"I've sat on both sides of this table."

As a founder, I spent seven years as co-CEO of a VC-backed company, then handed the lead to my co-founder in a guided transition. I learned what it takes to stay aligned. Cadence gives founders the support we never had. Rodin Affourtit, founder

Cadence Intelligence · the investor platform

See team risk before it shows up in the numbers.

One dashboard for your whole portfolio. Research-based measures · before, day 90, every year

Early warningTeam risk, flagged early

LP-ready reportingTeam resilience in your LP report

Confidential by designHonest answers, you see trends

See the investor dashboard

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Fund II · 18 teamsIntelligence applied

Early warning 5–9 of 18 teams critical on Decisions

Founders split on who decides. It shows here before it shows in your numbers.

Direction

Roles

Decisions

Conflict

Trust

Load

LP report 2026 · readyExample data

The Cadence Weekend. A protocol, not a retreat.

Built from the founders' Pulse and your fund's priorities.

3 nights4 pairs · 8 founders4 experts on siteMediator on call

Rowers on Lake Banyoles — Rowing on the 1992 Olympic lake

A facilitator opens the session for founders on a lawn above the lake — Opening session

How every weekend is built

Founders' Pulse

Your Lens

Always

Alignment

Roles & decisions

Resilience

The long run

Picked from your data

Expert block

e.g. Hiring

Expert block

e.g. Next round

90-day plan

Measured at day 90

+950 bps IRR · +0.7x TVPI

Funds with an in-house team · 850 firms, 2023

Achievable withCadence

Expert library · two per weekend

Hiring leaders

Go-to-market

Next round

Culture & first team

Board & investors

Runway & money

Method developed with researchers from

80 specialists on call. No new headcount.

Experienced founders, operators and licensed professionals from the Shadow Leaders network. Your platform team doesn't recruit, vet or manage any of them.

Go-to-market

Stefan van Eerde

Founder of Shadow Leaders

Founder agreements

Karola Kassai

When the deal between co-founders no longer fits

Hard conversations

Russ Powell

Co-founder conflict, Hogan and DiSC

Founder resilience

Andreia Fernandes, PhD

Positive psychology and failure culture