KONE.VC partners with founder-led businesses that already have customers and revenue. We take responsibility for the commercial systems around a strong product — marketing, sales, RevOps, AI, automation, data, and selected growth initiatives — with economics aligned to the value we create.
Not a generic agency retainer. Not passive consulting. A hands-on operating partnership built around measurable business outcomes.
You remain closest to what makes the company worth growing.
We take ownership of agreed commercial growth systems and initiatives.
The objective is not to “add AI” or run more campaigns. The objective is to improve revenue, margin, conversion, speed, customer economics, and enterprise value.
We review revenue, margins, funnel, sales process, acquisition channels, team, systems, operating constraints, and the founder's priorities.
We choose one to three high-impact interventions, establish baselines, define owners, and execute a focused 30–90 day operating sprint.
If the model produces evidence and both sides work well together, KONE.VC can take a deeper operating mandate with performance, revenue-share, equity, capital, or hybrid economics.
Positioning, offers, paid acquisition, outbound, partnerships, content systems, and new growth channels.
Qualification, CRM, sales process, follow-up, proposals, pricing, enablement, pipeline visibility, and attribution.
Lifecycle communication, onboarding, reactivation, upsells, cross-sells, retention, and customer feedback loops.
AI, workflow automation, internal tools, reporting, dashboards, knowledge systems, integrations, and data discipline.
We use AI and automation where they improve speed, conversion, cost, quality, or decision-making. The metric matters more than the tool.
The market already validates what the company sells.
The owner has product, customer, operational, or industry expertise.
Marketing, sales, conversion, data, or automation are weaker than the underlying business.
KONE.VC can identify a small number of actions where results can be tracked.
Both sides benefit when the business creates more revenue, profit, or enterprise value.
Not every company should have the same deal. The structure depends on the scope, baseline economics, attribution, operating authority, and capital required.
For dedicated team capacity and continuous execution.
When baselines and attributable outcomes are clear.
When KONE directly influences a measurable commercial stream.
For deeper, long-term partnerships where KONE has material influence and strategic upside.
KONE.VC cannot be accountable for a result we are not allowed to influence. Performance-based partnerships require appropriate access, authority, reporting, and management alignment.
We agree what “before” looks like.
We agree which initiatives KONE owns.
Both sides see the same operating numbers.
The partnership can actually implement agreed changes.
Relevant revenue, funnel, customer, campaign, and operating data.
CRM, analytics, ad accounts, workflows, websites, or other systems related to the mandate.
A decision-maker who can remove blockers and align the internal team.
Regular reviews of KPIs, initiatives, blockers, decisions, and next actions.
Focused partnership outreach reached decision-makers across multiple audiences and produced a strong flow of relevant conversations.
A targeted U.S. hotel outreach initiative generated positive responses and seven sales calls in its first month.
Systematic B2B marketing and hypothesis testing contributed to seven contracts across the U.S., Europe, and MENA.
As long-term KONE partnerships mature, this section should increasingly show portfolio-company baselines, interventions, capital/resources deployed, results, and KONE's economics from the value created.
KONE.VC is built for owners who want a commercially accountable partner, not another layer of consultants.
Anton works directly on fit, priorities, structure, and the operating relationship. KONE.VC combines strategy with execution across growth, sales, marketing, product, automation, AI, data, business development, and revenue operations.
KONE.VC is an OpenAI SMB Channel Partner focused on practical adoption, implementation, and measurable business outcomes.
Experience across automation, product management, marketing, sales, business development, and digital operations.
We prefer a small number of measurable priorities to broad consulting recommendations.
Partnership structure, priorities, and economics are handled directly at founder level.
We prefer a focused assessment and operating sprint before committing both sides to a deeper relationship.
No. Agencies normally receive a defined scope and deliver services. KONE.VC is designed to understand the business, own agreed commercial initiatives, work inside the operating cadence, and align part of our economics with measurable value creation where appropriate.
KONE.VC is not positioned as a traditional passive VC fund. We are an operating growth partner. Depending on the relationship, our contribution can include operating resources, expertise, network, technology, fundraising support, and selected capital.
Capital can be part of selected partnerships, especially after there is evidence that additional capital can accelerate a validated opportunity. Capital is not automatic and is not the only form of KONE.VC's investment.
The structure depends on the partnership. It can include an operating fee, performance compensation, revenue or profit share, equity, or a hybrid. Performance-based economics require clear baselines, attribution, access, and reporting.
Yes, when fundraising supports the business strategy. We can help with readiness, positioning, investor materials, targeting, outreach, and relevant introductions. We do not treat fundraising as a substitute for improving weak business fundamentals.
Usually no. The goal is to strengthen the company. We work with management and internal teams, fill specific capability gaps, bring specialists when useful, and build systems that stay inside the business.
Fast decisions, access to relevant numbers and systems, an internal owner for implementation, honest operating context, and willingness to change things when the evidence supports it.
We begin with a founder-level conversation about the business, economics, constraints, ambition, and where KONE.VC could materially influence a measurable outcome. If there is mutual fit, we define a focused assessment or operating sprint.
Tell us where the business is today, what is limiting growth, and what you want to achieve. We will evaluate whether KONE.VC has a credible path to create measurable value.
We work with a limited number of companies because deeper partnerships require real operating involvement. This is a founder-level fit conversation, not a generic agency sales call.
If we can identify a measurable opportunity, get the access required to execute, and align the economics, we can build the next stage together.