Ducera Growth Ventures

Ducera Growth Ventures is a venture capital firm that specializes in identifying, analyzing, and managing innovation-based investments across a broad array of market segments and industries. The firm combines investment banking expertise with proprietary analytics and big data systems to identify early-stage growth companies with long-term potential. By adhering to classic disruption theory and utilizing advanced computing, Ducera Growth Ventures invests growth capital on behalf of its strategic corporate clients in future market leaders and next-generation companies that can produce new customers, reduce costs, or create new markets aligned with the client's long-term vision.

In March 2024, Ducera Growth Ventures announced a strategic collaboration with Corteva Catalyst, a platform launched by Corteva Agriscience designed to identify innovative companies for potential investment or strategic partnership. This collaboration aims to leverage Ducera Growth's proprietary AI tool, Quannix®, to provide unique insights into early-stage companies with growth potential, particularly in the agricultural sector. The partnership focuses on identifying and bringing to market agricultural innovations that advance Corteva's strategic priorities and drive value creation.

Ducera Growth Ventures is led by Michael Kramer, Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Ducera Partners, and Thomas Thurston, Founder of Growth Science Ventures and Senior Advisor to Ducera. The firm operates offices in New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Stamford, and has been involved in advising on over $750 billion in transactions across various industries since its founding in 2015. The firm's approach integrates data science and artificial intelligence to assist clients in embracing innovation and pursuing bespoke growth strategies through strategic initiatives, including investments in early-stage companies and mergers and acquisitions opportunities.