The new model for building companies
As a venture studio, we act as both a builder and co-founder, so we genuinely have the entrepreneur’s interests at heart.
//What We Do
Venture building together
We deploy our full stack in-house resources to design and build innovative products, solve hard problems, validate product market fit, and drive customer adoption through rigorous marketing. We also bring a wealth of experience in raising future capital. We manage all the administrative tasks so our co-founding teams can focus squarely on what really matters – the product.
Market Research
Concept Validation
Recruiting
Fundraising
Engineering
UX/ UI Design
Government Grants
Company Formation
Product Management
Go-To-Market
Finance
Operations
Marketing
Legal & HR
//How we do it
Proven process
We’ve developed a playbook to help test, refine, and build businesses from scratch. Through a series of sprint cycles, we do a thorough validation of each idea to assess its impact and business potential, before scaling it up. We partner with aspiring entrepreneurs to co-found and lead each new venture we spin out. We work with aspiring entrepreneurs at the earliest stage of conception, at pre-company formation, so we genuinely become co-founders.
1. Ideation
We generate, vet, and accelerate ideas
Most of our ideas are generated internally. We first determine if it has the potential to become a scalable revenue-generating business with clear value proposition.
2. Validation
Every idea sounds good at first, but most are not
We rapidly validate ideas by testing potential market demand, technical viability, customer discovery, business model, investor interest, and more to determine whether it’s worth our time.
3. Build
Turn a great idea into a product.
Once an idea has proven its product-market fit, we deploy our team of builders including designers, engineers, and marketers help turn the idea into a minimum viable product (MVP) as fast as possible.
4. Spinout
Get the company off the ground
The validated project spins out as a separate portfolio company and we provide seed capital and shared resources to help kick-start it. We then pitch the company to our network of top investors and VCs in the region to help scale the startup.
Track Record
2
Exits
6
Startup Spinouts
52
Ideas Killed
FAq
Frequently asked questions
We team up with aspiring entrepreneurs at the earliest of stages – pre-company formation. We only accept applicants who haven’t registered their company entity yet. If you’re already running an early-stage startup, our Venture Fund may be a better fit for you.
The short answer is yes. We have a lot of internal ideas that may fit your interests, and we’re always looking for bold entrepreneurs to lead them. While we’re more interested to learn about you than your idea, we’d still like you to pitch us an idea as part of our application process.
No. We’re open to working with you on a part-time basis, especially if you’re currently still in university. However, we do expect you to contribute and dedicate as much time as possible to working with us.
You’re currently based in Hong Kong and you have at least one technical partner or co-founder you plan to bring on board.
We know what we’re good at. We mostly work on B2C technology-driven ideas including IoT, Edtech, Fintech, Insurtech, Lifestyle-tech and more.
If you’ve been accepted into GZL Studio, we first work with you to put your idea (or our idea) through our rigorous ideation and validation processes. If the idea is validated, we officially co-found the company with you, provide seed funding, and deploy our full team of domain experts to support operations.
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