Next 10 Ventures.
Translating a venture studio's mission into a visual identity that creators actually responded to.
A creator-focused venture studio that looked like a bank.
Next 10 Ventures wanted to position itself as a partner to digital creators — empowering them to build companies, not just funding them passively. But when I joined, the company's only internet presence was a grey contact-us page. That gap between mission and appearance needed to close fast.
Commission a visual identity. Build a website. Produce a brand video.
Through a series of leadership sessions, I extracted the company's core values — creator diversity, entrepreneurial spirit, educational content over spectacle. Then I commissioned a set of original illustrations, assembled the corporate website in WordPress, and produced an animated brand video (also used as a Streamy Awards sponsorship spot) from the same illustration set.
Values-led design
The visual identity started with leadership sessions to define what the company stood for — diversity, entrepreneurship, education — before a single pixel was placed.
Commissioned illustration
Original artwork gave N10V a distinctive look that didn't read as typical VC — warm, human, creator-centric.
Dual-purpose production
The animated brand video served two needs: a hero animation for the homepage and a 30-second Streamy Awards sponsorship spot.
How it came together
- 01
Ran brand workshops
Held sessions with the CEO and leadership to extract the values, tone, and audience that the visual identity needed to speak to.
- 02
Commissioned illustrations
Hired two artists to create a custom illustration set reflecting creator diversity and entrepreneurial spirit.
- 03
Produced the brand video
Wrote a 30-second script, directed the artists to animate the illustrations, and delivered both a text and text-free version for web and Streamy Awards.
- 04
Built and refreshed the website
Assembled the initial site in WordPress and Elementor; redesigned it one year later with a lighter visual direction.
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