ClubZERO Investments
ClubZERO Rewards Founder/CEO shares an overview of our investment strategy
The Venture Capital Model of the Future
ClubZERO Rewards (ClubZERO), was founded by Peter "The AngelPreneur" Ortmann, 70, aka: The Shark, a former Angel Investor and serial EntrePreneur, hence the AngelPreneur Tag. The Shark comes from his Marissa's Reef for Heavenly Helpers
project, a saltwater aquarium memorial exhibit he plans to build to honor his lost Granddaughter, with a reef shark representing him.
The Shark has developed over 100 business models and concepts over the past 40+ years, written at least that many Business Plans, Marketing Plans and investment-related documents. He has consulted with owners and entrepreneurs within Canada, Mexico, the British Virgin Islands, Hawaii, and multiple states in the U.S..The single
common factor that almost always led to a project or business failure was access to adequate capital to build out the "Dream" business or project.
The Shark was no exception, due mainly to the fact his projects are well-integrated, diversified, large scale multi-vertical business models that require millions of dollars to bring to market. That turns Venture Capital firms and traditional bankers off. The Shark, however, sees this as his advantage. Having been an Angel Investor for many years - where a group of investors come together to help fund start-ups, offering $250,000 on average in exchange for an insane equity amount often exceeding 50% that the entrepreneur was required to forfeit.
That turned The Shark off to the Angel investment approach. Likewise, the Shark Tank TV series and similar series equally felt like it held entrepreneurs with great ideas hostage for a few dollars. Did some deals help entrepreneurs succeed - sure they did - but The Shark feels there had to be a better way to fund start-ups and allow entrepreneurs to keep more of the equity. This led him to rethink the capital funding methods and develop the ClubZERO self-funding membership dues investment strategy. See CZ Ventures for more on this.
ClubZERO’ Ventures Self-Funding Strategy
What Makes Our Strategy Unique?
Unlike traditional startups that burn investor capital with little return, our self-funding strategy is regenerative. We allocate a portion of the membership dues revenue to fund businesses that add value to the membership. ClubZERO Ventures will recieve 10% of the membership dues, after deducting affiliate marketing and payment processing fees, to fund businesses that help add value to the membership eco-system, like food and beverage franchise concept models, including Captain Rehab's Entrepreneur Wreck Saloon, and Tropical Reef Travel Cafes, plus ReefShark Apparel & Accessories. All are briefly explained on the ClubZERO Ventures web page.
ClubZERO Ventures will host its ClubZERO Founder Capital Forum is an exclusive venture showcase available only to ClubZERO Founder Members. This private platform allows Founding Members to present their startup venture, product, service, software, or business concept directly to the ClubZERO community for structured seed consideration and potential integration into the membership ecosystem. Participating Founders submit a professional video overview and executive summary outlining their opportunity, market potential, and proposed equity structure. For each submission, the Founder defines the equity percentage offered at five potential funding tiers: $25,000, %0,000, $100,000, $250,000 and $500,000.
The Founder Forum pitches will be streamed on the DreamStream Founder Funding channel, on the APVG DreamStream Network, for 30 days. The goal is to offer 25 or more Founder pitches each month for the membership community to vote on whether to fund or not fund, and at what funding level for the equity offered. Members will earn BitZERO$ reward currency for each pitch voted on based on their level. However, the funded pitches will add value to the overall membership community, new products, services and through the Club's ownership stake in these ventures.
The AngelPreneur Impact Fund
AS a separate investment, ClubZero will allocate 15% of its adjusted dues revenue, after Affiliate marketing and payment processing fees are deducted, over four years into the AngelPreneur Impact Fund LLC. In exchange, we will own a 40% stake, which could lead to over a billion dollars of added asset value for us, with each of its three models are capable of going public.
The Shark believes in building real businesses - that offer real change or impact - without relying solely on traditional venture capital or government funding. That’s why he formed ClubZERO Rewards in the first place as the self-funding engine for his entire business eco-system.
The Impact Fund is a purpose-driven investment vehicle designed to build long-term shareholder value for its partners, including: ClubZERO (40%), APVG (30%), future Investors (20%), and GridZero (10%). The Impact Fund will create hundreds of jobs and help solve real social issues.