Start-up studio
We co-create high growth and impact-oriented
platform ventures with you.
Flying Rhino Studio is a strategic, operational and financial co-founder for entrepreneurs and start-ups looking to accelerate.
No speculation , we build zebras.
“Unlike unicorns, zebras are not mythical & speculative animals.
Zebra companies are both black and white: they are profitable and improve society. They won’t sacrifice one for the other.”
Zebras Fix What Unicorns Break, Mara Zepeda et Jennifer Brandel, 2017
A startup studio (aka venture studio) accelerates your projects
and increases your returns’ potential.
Average internal rate of return (IRR)
- 21.3% for traditional startups
- 53% for startups created by studios
Average time from zero to seed
- 36 months for traditional startups
- 10.7 months for startups created by studios
Average time from seed to series A
- 20 months for traditional startups
- 14.5 months for startups created by studios
We enable innovative & impactful projects
to grow at scale.
Co-creation
You have the industry knowledge or an innovative idea, we have the tools, the methodology and the entrepreneurial expertise”.
We will help you build a business model that makes the idea economically viable, and put in place the right execution strategy and operational capacity.
Scale up
Once the project is launched, we will help you to accelerate it, and make it profitable in the long term: optimisation of the monetisation strategy, network effects, increase in annual revenue…
Our team is able to manage the scaling of the platform, in France and internationally.
Funds
Through our investment vehicle and financial partnerships, we are involved in seed funding, Calls for Proposals and fundraising, allowing the operational team to focus on the product and the market.
We are operationally involved in the startups we co-create.
We are strategically involved in the startups we co-create.
We are financially involved in the startups we co-create.
Entrepreneur
Join our team of entrepreneurs or our start-ups
Founder
We will help you make your project come true
Investor
Access a qualitative, confidential and de-risked deal flow
Entrepreneur
Join our team of entrepreneurs or our start-ups
Look at our job offers.
Founder
We will help you make your project come true.
Pitch your project in a few sentences and we will come back to you with a plan.
Investor
Access a qualitative, confidential and de-risked deal flow.
Send us a short message with the type of projects you are looking for or to receive our portfolio.
We have a common goal : our success depends on the success of the startup.
We act as a partner, a co-creator, we become part of your team throughout the life cycle of the start-up.
Our role is to share and reduce the risk, speed-up go-to-market and growth, and increase the returns’ potential of the start-up.
We are builders.
BOLDNESS CONFIDENCE EXECUTION
Some of our start-ups
Revolutionising the competitiveness of European transport SMEs
by providing them with a tool for the automated capture and exchange of their documentation, in compliance with the eFTI regulation (EU 2024 regulation).
Position Europe as a destination for eco-responsible productions
and orchestrate the global ecological transition of the audiovisual industry, contributing to carbon neutrality and promoting the commitments of companies.
To enable users to gain competitive skills for the businesses of the future
by offering an online educational platform for individuals and professionals.
The online marketplace for all food buyers
offering a simple solution for group buying of non-stock items to significantly reduce costs for buyers and suppliers.
Turning your roof into a green energy suppliers
and offering sustainable products for private homes, in particular photovoltaic systems for single-family homes.
Enabling the audiovisual industry to reduce this impact and decarbonise its practices
by offering a simple, automatic and precise carbon management tool, offering a pathway for producers: planning, visualisation, communication, legitimisation.