V2 PARTNERS
V2 Partners guides technology companies at moments of change—when the old path no longer fits and the next one has not fully taken shape. We bring strategic, commercial, and partnership judgment to founders, management teams, and investors who need to sharpen direction, open new paths to growth and financing, and move forward with clarity.
Strategic Direction & Alignment
Clarify the path forward when growth, product direction, and execution need to come into focus. V2 works with founders, management teams, and investors to pressure-test strategy, define operating priorities, and align the commercial, financial, and execution plan around the next stage of growth.
Partnerships & Market Access
Build the external relationships that expand reach, accelerate adoption, and open new paths to growth. V2 helps companies define partnership strategy, structure commercial agreements, and translate product and market opportunity into distribution, integration, and revenue-driving relationships.
Commercialization & Scaling
Turn product and market potential into a repeatable commercial engine. V2 supports companies in refining monetization, pricing, go-to-market, customer acquisition, and organizational readiness so the business can scale with more clarity, discipline, and leverage.
Operating Partner
Embedded operating support during pivotal moments when a business needs experienced leadership inside the work, not outside it. This can include interim executive coverage, direct support on board and management cadence, decision-making through restructuring or diligence, and hands-on execution to stabilize momentum and move the company forward.
Founder Mark Karam
Mark is a business development and partnerships leader with more than 20 years of experience helping technology companies navigate platform shifts and moments of strategic change.Across Amazon, Dolby, Maxim, August Home, Gate Labs, and venture-backed operating roles, he has built growth through product partnerships, distribution strategy, and commercial execution.His work spans digital platforms—generative AI, digital media (AOD/VOD), connected devices, immersive & spatial audio, and smart-home platforms, across both Fortune 100 companies and startups.He is known for bringing product instinct, technical fluency, and commercial judgment into the same room—helping companies sharpen direction, build the right partnerships, and create growth through major technology shifts.
Contact
Reach out to discuss strategic advisory work, operating partner and board opportunities, or situations where growth, partnerships, and commercial direction need to sharpen quickly.