BIG LEVER VENTURES
“Give me a lever long enough, and I shall move the world.”
—Archimedes
FROM STARTUP TO EXIT
Big Lever Ventures builds, scales, and positions software-first businesses for transformative outcomes. We specialize in seed-stage startups that use AI, automation, and product-led growth to challenge legacy models and uncover overlooked opportunities.
With a focus on capital efficiency, operating leverage, and revenue-per-employee, we help founders navigate from concept to commercial traction—and from traction to transaction. Our experience spans zero-to-one product launches, multi-continent supply chains, and institutional capital raises.
By the Numbers:
≥ $100 M in Startup Funding
≥ $ 70 M in Negotiated Business
≥ $ 50 M in Exits
We’re not career consultants. We’re hands-on operators and deal-side strategists who understand how to grow and sell growth companies.
OUR THESIS
TOTAL FREEDOM
In today’s fluid global economy, barriers to scale have collapsed. Data, talent, and capital flow freely. World-class tools, once gated by cost or geography, are now available on demand. This borderless environment favors agile operators—and sharp dealmakers. At Big Lever Ventures, we help founders build with this freedom in mind, and we help acquirers see around corners. Whether you're creating new categories or expanding into new markets, we bring an opportunistic, global lens to growth and consolidation.
PRICE SCHISM
We’re operating in a rare window when labor, technology, and capital inputs are cheaper and more flexible than ever. This compression creates powerful leverage for both builders and buyers. Founders can iterate quickly and cheaply, and acquirers can find undervalued innovation in overlooked markets. We work on both sides: helping early-stage startups position themselves for growth and acquisition and supporting buyers seeking strategically aligned, high-upside deals.
TRUE PARTNERS
Our role adapts to the opportunity. We provide strategic guidance, capital, and operational leadership across early growth and pre-exit phases. For startups, that means refining go-to-market strategies, improving KPIs, and preparing for diligence. For M&A partners, it means identifying targets, vetting deals, and supporting post-acquisition integration. We engage flexibly—through equity, co-ownership, or advisory agreements—but always to drive value and create optionality.
STARTUP ADVISORY
We help founders get off the ground and build real traction. Our portfolio and advisory clients have raised over $100M in seed and Series A funding.
As operators, we’ve personally led $15M in capital raises while serving as CEO COO or CRO.
We’ve also originated and closed over $70M in early-stage revenue for startups—turning vision into velocity.
TRANSACTIONAL ADVISORY
We’ve executed deals from both sides of the table—driving outcomes as operators and advisors.
As executives, we’ve led asset and technology sales, stock purchases, acquihires, and rollups—structuring deals that reflect both strategic value and operational reality.
As advisors, we’ve sourced buyers, negotiated terms, conducted diligence, and guided transactions to close—on deals ranging from $2M to over $100M.
We bring the same rigor, clarity, and commitment whether helping a founder navigate their first exit or supporting a strategic acquirer in a complex deal.
OUR FOUNDER
Chris Myers
Managing Director
Chris Myers is a seasoned operator and serial entrepreneur who turns early-stage ideas into commercially scaled ventures. He has held C-level roles at multiple venture-backed startups, including Kapsul, Sivoo, and SearchBuilder, where he led product development, operations, capital strategy, and go-to-market execution.
Across his career, Chris has raised over $125 million in funding through direct investment, fund formation, and advisory support. He has built and sold companies at the forefront of emerging technology cycles, including Internet search, video streaming, blockchain, AR/VUI, smart-home devices, and AI systems. Millions have used his products, generating over $70 million in enterprise sales and contracts and leading to multiple successful exits.
In addition to founding and scaling companies, Chris serves as Managing Director of Big Lever Ventures, a selective advisory firm working with high-growth startups in AI, enterprise SaaS, and consumer technology. He has also contributed as a product architect and AI advisor for ventures in internal audit automation, hospitality intelligence, and health optimization.
Chris is a Techstars alum and mentor (Boston 2018), an Edmund Hillary Fellow (C6), and an active supporter of Māori economic empowerment in New Zealand. He has taught strategy and innovation at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business for over a decade and serves on the department’s advisory council.
Outside of work, Chris lives aboard his 46-foot sailboat, Byrd, traveling extensively with his family and embracing a life of curiosity, adaptability, and exploration.
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