VentureBean works with early stage ventures and companies in transition, including those re-looking at their business model and strategy and reviewing funding options. VentureBean is inspired by the classic venture capital (VC) model, where venture capitalists invest financial capital and partner their investee companies to create value. VentureBean invests intellectual capital in the client firms as they scale up and grow. VentureBean provides strategic and financial inputs functioning like a partner on call to the key management teams of these firms. VentureBean has a network of professionals it draws upon and links with, to provide solutions specific to clients' requirements. VentureBean leverages on these global networks to reach out to the various elements in the entrepreneurial ecosystem. VentureBean has a background in building the entrepreneurial ecosystem in terms of teaching, training and building networks and links.