Cerity Partners Ventures

What Cerity Partners Ventures does

Cerity Partners Ventures is the corporate venture capital division of Cerity Partners, a US-registered investment adviser. The firm provides Venture Capital as a Service (VCaaS) to corporations, helping them design, launch, and operate external venture capital programs as a complement to internal R&D and corporate development. Its core offering combines institutional venture capital deal-making expertise with corporate development capabilities, delivering sourcing, diligence, portfolio construction, and ongoing program management for corporate limited partners.

The firm's underlying technology is a service delivery model rather than a software platform; its differentiation rests on a packaged playbook for standing up CVC programs and managing them on behalf of corporate clients. The portfolio spans over 100 companies across Ag & Food, Built World, Healthcare, Industrial, and IT & Media, with notable programs including a $150 million Olympus Innovation Ventures Fund II (MedTech) and Erie Strategic Ventures (fintech/insurtech). Corporate clients include Olympus, Avery, T-Mobile, Kellogg's, INX, Bentley, Agthia, Allegion, Cencora, CHS, and Colorcon, totaling more than 25 partnerships.

Cerity generates revenue through a combination of management fees, carried interest, and strategic consulting tied to VC program design and operation. The go-to-market is sales-led, leveraging direct corporate engagement, thought leadership content, and industry events, with offices across 40+ US growth markets including New York, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and San Francisco.

Name

Cerity Partners Ventures

Legal name

Cerity Partners

Website

https://touchdownvc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2014

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Cerity Partners Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Cerity Partners, providing Venture Capital as a Service (VCaaS) to 25+ corporations and managing a portfolio of 100+ companies across multiple sectors.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Corporate Venture Capital Services

NAICS

Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (523940)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Corporate Strategic Partnership & Ecosystem Investment Arms (FSANAHAF)

akta.pro secondary industry

Corporate Accelerators & Startup Programs (FSANAHAD)

Keywords

• Corporate venture capital
• Venture capital services
• Startup investment programs
• Corporate innovation funds
• Medtech venture investing

Headquarters

HQ city

Haddonfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices6 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Venture Capital as a Service (VCaaS): Cerity Partners Ventures provides custom venture capital solutions for corporations, including VCaaS offerings. The firm generates revenue by helping corporations invest in and partner with innovative startups, serving as a strategic partner for launching and managing corporate venture capital programs. Revenue is derived from management fees, carried interest, and strategic consulting services related to venture capital program design and operation.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cerity Partners Ventures provides custom venture capital solutions for corporations, centered on its Venture Capital as a Service (VCaaS) offering. The firm helps corporations launch and manage corporate venture capital programs, combining corporate and institutional venture capital expertise to invest in and partner with innovative startups. Services span program design, strategy insights, deal sourcing, investment execution, and ongoing portfolio company support across sectors including MedTech, fintech, healthcare, ag & food, built world, industrial, and IT & media.

Product overview

Cerity Partners Ventures offers a single unified offering called Venture Capital as a Service (VCaaS). This specialized solution enables corporations to invest in and partner with innovative startups through a comprehensive venture capital program. The offering combines best practices from corporate and institutional venture capital, providing strategy insights and program management to help corporations adapt to rapid market changes and fuel mutual growth with portfolio companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Venture Capital as a Service (VCaaS): Custom venture capital solutions for corporations provided by Cerity Partners Ventures

Products and services

• Venture Capital as a Service (VCaaS)

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Over 25 Corporate PartnerscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCerity Partners Ventures has partnered with over 25 corporations including Olympus, Avery, T-Mobile, Kellogg's, INX, Bentley, Agthia, Allegion, Cencora, CHS, Colorcon, and others to help launch and manage their venture capital programs. These partnerships represent the core of Cerity's VCaaS business model.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Mach49: Venture builder spun out of BCG that helps corporations launch and scale new ventures and CVC-style programs; directly competes with Cerity Partners Ventures for corporate venture-building mandates.
• Highline Beta: Corporate venture studio that builds and operates CVC programs and new ventures for large corporates; competes for the same corporate innovation mandates as Cerity Partners Ventures.
• Touchdown Ventures: A direct competitor in the VCaaS space, providing managed corporate venture capital services to corporations — essentially the same business model and likely closely related given Cerity Partners Ventures' web presence uses the touchdownvc.com domain.
• Founders Factory: Global venture studio that designs, builds, and invests in startups in partnership with corporates — directly comparable model of operating CVC-style programs on behalf of corporate partners.

Broad incumbents

• Samsung NEXT: Corporate venture arm of Samsung operating sector-focused CVC programs; comparable as a scaled corporate CVC operator, though runs on internal balance sheet rather than as a third-party VCaaS provider.
• Bain & Company (Innovation & Design): Global strategy consultancy whose Innovation & Design practice advises corporates on CVC strategy and incubation; broader incumbent offering overlapping CVC advisory and program build services to the same enterprise buyer.
• Boston Consulting Group (BCG): Global consultancy with venture-building and corporate innovation practices that pitch CVC operating models to large enterprises; broader incumbent competing for the same corporate innovation budget pool.
• Qualcomm Ventures: Long-standing corporate CVC arm investing in strategic technologies; comparable as a scaled, sector-specialized CVC that corporates can benchmark their programs against or partner with.

Emerging players

• EnvisionX: Emerging firm building AI-enabled corporate venturing and innovation programs; partial overlap as a newer entrant offering technology-augmented CVC-as-a-service to enterprise clients.
• Ecosystem Ventures (Capital C): Emerging CVC-as-a-service platform helping corporates design and operate venture programs; comparable emerging competitor targeting the same underserved mid-market CVC segment.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/touchdown_vc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/touchdown-ventures

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments76 records

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