Encore Venture Labs Six Months In: Building the Pirate Ship
Six months ago, we launched Encore Venture Labs with an audacious goal: to build world-class companies that redefine industries which our region is uniquely qualified to compete in on a global scale: advanced manufacturing, advanced energy, health tech, and the water economy. We knew that the opportunity to reindustrialize wouldn't come from incremental improvements or bureaucratic stagnation - it would come from a group of elite builders who refuse to accept mediocrity.
The Results So Far
Launched Ventures:
INTRACT - Fixing inefficiencies in 3D asset creation.
Aurelia - Reinventing executive search for high-growth industries.
Prototypes in Development:
BatCo - Solving airspace deconfliction for drones and aviation.
Import Anything - Bringing modern software to manufacturing back offices.
MediusRX - Solving the complexity of clinical immersion programs at scale.
Momentum:
4 world-class Entrepreneurs-in-Residence onboarded.
$1M raised in the first close. Conducting second close in April.
Key Learnings: The Necessity of a Pirate Ship
One thing has become painfully clear: many institutions in our region struggle to keep pace with the speed of modern innovation, creating gaps that limit potential. The fiefdoms, the bureaucracy, the stagnation—it all adds up to wasted potential. We are not here to play that game.
Encore Venture Labs is a pirate ship. We operate with speed, precision, and a bias for action. We don’t work with people who just want to "start a business" - we work with killer operators who have the vision to shape industries for the next decade.
The Path Forward
The next six months are about acceleration. More companies. More capital. More execution at a world-class level. We are raising the bar, and we expect those who work with us to do the same.
If you're a builder, an operator, or an investor who sees the urgency of this moment, now is the time to step up. The future belongs to those who refuse to wait for permission.
Onward and upward.
