Levante

present participle of levarsi (“to rise”). Corresponds to Latin levantem (“raising”), in reference to the rising of the sun.

Levante partners with founders building in sneaky-large markets. These are industries that typical venture firms think are too small or too difficult to build great businesses in, but where Levante sees a technical convergence creating inflection points across low-tech industries. We believe outlier founders that solve problems for the real world can build high-market share, multi-product businesses that will become surprisingly large. Levante is the first partner to misfits building in these “boring” worlds.

Levante partners with four founders a year. We’re happy to invest alone. We go deep.

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🌅Themes 🧹Partnering With Mura 🥃Partnering With Scotch 🔲“Shadow Portfolio”

👑 Partnerships

Company	First Partnered	Co-Investors	Focus	Industry	Role
Scotch	Pre-Seed	Toba Capital \| Lerer Hippeau \| Watchfire Ventures	POS and operating system for liquor stores	Liquor	Lead
Mura	Pre-Seed	Lerer Hippeau	Back-office automation for commercial cleaning companies	Commercial Services	Co-Lead

As of 05.02.2024

👑 Past Partnerships

OneCard Making credit available to 1B Indians

Pristyn Care Asset-light elective surgery procedures

Invisible Making custom operations support accessible for SMBs

Certn AI background checks in minutes instead of months

Talkiatry A national vertically-integrated and in-network psychiatry practice

InVideo Making video creation accessible to the entire world

Fractal Creating the next generation of vertical SaaS companies

OpenBorder Enabling any eCommerce and DTC brand to sell globally

Booksy Operating system to run your beauty and barber shop from one place

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“Before we had a company name, Yousif dove in to help us narrow down the opportunity and vision. He has woven himself into the fabric of our company and has been engaging deeply in customer calls, team building, and helping us analyze our market. He goes beyond the typical expectations of a VC and is someone you want in the room - actually willing to do the hard work with you. He is more than an investor; Yousif has been a powerful launch point from day zero - embodying the spirit of a true partner even before our foundation was fully set.” - Ryan Smith, Founder and CEO of Mura

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“Yousif has been a phenomenal thought partner in the earliest stages of building Scotch. As a repeat founder, I tend to be skeptical on value-add funds, but Levante is completely different than traditional VCs. From helping to pressure test and ideate on the business model, connecting us with relevant industry leaders from Toast, Dutchie, SpotOn and others to build extreme talent density, and introducing us to true value-add follow-on investors for our cap table, Yousif has been instrumental in laying the groundwork for us to build an industry defining business. I would highly recommend Levante to any Pre-Seed founders.” - Jake Bolling, Founder and CEO of Scotch