Governance Strategy
Our commitment to responsible leadership and oversight remains at the forefront of our infrastructure and decision-making process.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Executive Committee (EC) is a governing and decision-making body for matters affecting DDB Venture Capital’s overall management and strategic direction. The EC consists of finance industry experts with an average of 21 years of experience.
VENTURE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE
The Venture Capital Management Committee (VCMC) oversees decisions on matters affecting DDB Venture Capital’s overall venture capital practice. The VCMC is responsible for the review and inspection of funds, fundraising activities, market positioning, capital markets, diversity, equity and inclusion, as well as talent management.
INVESTMENT COMMITTEES
Investment Committees are fund-specific committees designed for robust discussion and participation from Co-Heads to ensure an established and formalised decision-making process across all platform investments, follow-on deployments, divestitures and value creation plans for acquired companies.
FUND LEADERSHIP
Co-Heads of each fund exist across each investment product and are responsible for allocating resources across existing and new deals, along with fund, pipeline, talent and team management.
TALENT MANAGEMENT
DDB Venture Capital is committed to building the next generation of leaders by supporting and advancing the careers of expert investors, operators, technologists and administrators through recruiting, training and development initiatives.
CROSS FUNCTIONAL COMMITTEE
In addition to governance and fund management bodies, DDB Venture Capital will convene a cross functional committee that work to manage enterprise risk and assist DDB Venture Capital in upholding its fiduciary duty to each of our investments. These will include: Compliance Committee, Allocations and Conflicts Oversight Committee, Business Continuity Committee, Valuation Committees.
Engaging Our Team Members
We believe diversity in professional expertise and lived experience is also a key component to fiduciary oversight and aim for our team members to be as varied as our portfolio itself. Our team members provide business development, domain expertise, technical discipline and mentorship/coaching to our investments, and their viewpoints provide unique depth and perspectives to the leaderships.
