SVCV hosts resource network to match local business resources with businesses. Provides expertise, business planning, software, hardware, and professional services to portfolio companies. SVCV staff will sit on boards of businesses and provide coaching, recruiting assistance, contacts, etc. Staff and investors involved in helping grant maximize funds. FROI Fund Mid-Atlantic Investment Fund Investors usually assume one board seat.
Venture capital demands hands-on involvement in investment.
15 Robin Hood Foundation's five managing directors, or program officers, each closely oversee a portfolio of grant recipients in a particular issue area. Oversight includes assistance with yearly goal setting, provision of assistance with strengthening programs, some informal management assistance, help with program evaluation and identification of management and capacity issues for referral to Robin Hood's Management Assistance staff. Robin Hood's Management Assistance staff work closely with grant recipients on a range of issues, from strategic planning to operations improvement to more technical issues, such as accounting, technology, real estate, etc. For-profit professional service firms provide some of the management assistance pro bono to Robin Hood grant recipients. Robin Hood's board of directors is a primary source of connections to these firms.