hit enter to search or esc to close aboutcompanieswritinggrowth marketing articlesmarketing ops articlesmarketing strategy articlesmarketing acquisition articlescro articlescontent marketing articlesaffiliate marketing articleslead nurturing articlesmarketing tool reviewsa/b testing toolscrms (with automation)email marketing softwaregrowth marketing softwarelanding page builderslead generation toolsmarketing calendar softwaretransactional email serviceswebinar software home about 👋 we’re venture harbourthe bootstrapped venture studioventure harbour is the world’s-first bootstrapped venture studio. since 2012, we’ve built the uk’s fastest-growing portfolio of independent tech companies inc. serene, leadformly & our latest venture, truenorth. recent ventures: the dream teamventure harbour is run by a small team of marketing, product & engineering experts based across the south of england. our remote-first team get together every month to work alongside each other and have fun.the company was founded in 2012 by marcus taylor with £500 and a broken laptop. you can read marcus’ story here.view career opportunities our team’s achievements: 12 ventures built 1,394 growth 1,326,766 users (across all ventures) 0 external funding the journey ahead5 objectives. 10 yearsbetween now and 2030, we’ll build ten new ventures where each is more ambitious than the last. we’ll sell two or three ventures to keep our portfolio fresh and manageable by a small team. we’ll stay 100% independent and do a lot of good along the way. 1,000,000 customersabout this objective over the next ten years, our ventures will serve a global audience of more than 1,000,000 happy customers.to get there, we'll need to scale in unconventional ways while staying focused on building products that customers love. change 100 livesabout this objective through our partnership with the prince's trust, we will support 100 young people from disadvantaged backgrounds by funding their enterprise programme education and helping them launch a business. this allows us to give back and support young people in doing what we're fortunate enough to do every day; build ambitious businesses.progress: 14 / 100 100% independentabout this objective we’ll never sell, take investors or go public. our customers have always been, and will always be, our investors. this keeps us focused on creating products that customers love.and yet, we're venture agnostic. ventures will come and go, but venture harbour will always remain an independently-owned venture studio. 100% remoteabout this objective by 2030, venture harbour will be remote with 30 or fewer teammates.when it comes to teams, we believe in quality over quantity. being a small team forces us to work smarter and grow in unconventional ways. it pushes us to do the best work of our lives and stay profitable so that we can reinvest in increasingly ambitious challenges with each new venture. reach £100m arrabout this objective few companies ever reach this level. achieving this would be a testament to our ambition and ideas, and would mark our position as a truly world-leading product studio. it would also enable us to make a transformative impact in the communities that we live, work and play in.achieiving this level of scale with a relatively small team won't be easy, but it'll force us to invest and innovate in our use of automation, hire the best people, and only invest in truly ambitious ideas. how we create ventureswe build a venture every year with one rule: it must be more ambitious than the last.our approach made with ♥ from across the ukventurestruenorthsereneautomation insiderstackuppopular guidesemail marketing softwaremarketing automation softwareactivecampaign reviewwebinar softwarecompanyaboutblogcareerscontact privacy policy