Battle Ventures is a collection of entrepreneurs and early stage investors who have founded and invested in companies in all stages and taken them to liquidity. We love nothing more than building and assisting entrepreneur build their businesses, and now make it possible for like-minded people to take the entrepreneurial journey by funding and working their companies with both our time and money. We also incubate our own ideas and form teams to launch them.

Battle Ventures combines micro-angel investing, active mentoring and advisory to offer a more practical approach for the entrepreneur. We do not consider ourselves a VC firm. There are three primary types of capital that are required to make a startup soar – Financial Capital (money), Human Capital (sweat) and Social Capital (friends). VCs bring mainly financial capital, some social capital and limited sweat. We bring value in the reverse order – sweat, friends and money (much more like entrepreneurs).

Our focus is mainly on early stage consumer internet , and mobile/wireless start-ups based on the following fundamentals:

• Original ideas combined with world-class technology
• Founding teams with excellent track record or big vision
• Highly infectious, solid growth potential
• Significant addressable potential market
• Highly capital efficient

While the sweet spot for investments is in Southeast Asia, talented entrepreneurs from any country are welcome. If you believe there is a fit then please contact us at info [at] battleventures.com.

The Founder Institute has partnered with Battle Ventures and Ascendas iAxil to bring to Singapore a four month training program for both new and seasoned entrepreneurs. The Institute prepares founders to lead the next generation of world-class technology companies across a wide range of industries, from the biotech to the internet. Weekly company-building sessions are guided by experienced CEOs from the US and Singapore/Region, and they are held in the evening to allow participants to keep their day job or develop their companies during business hours. All of the program stakeholders, from the participating founders to the experienced CEO Mentors, share in the upside generated by the companies formed during the program. Participants also enjoy free services from three dozen Institute Partners, fundraising opportunities at fair market value, and a teamwork-oriented environment to build a company.

The Founder Institute Singapore in Spring 2010 has officially launched! Applications have started and will end on May 14 2010. For more information and to APPLY, go here.

For further FAQs on the program, go here.