# M2 Ventures

> M2 Ventures is a business management and consulting firm that helps founders, owners and leadership teams build enduring companies through strategy, operating leadership, advisory and M&A.

Legal name: M Squared Ventures LLC. Founded in 2024 by Matthew G. Martinez, Founder & CEO (https://matthewgmartinez.com). Based at 21 Miller Alley, Pasadena, California 91103, working with companies across the United States. Mission: We help the courageous build enduring companies. A senior team delivers the work, and the founder reviews every deliverable. M2 Ventures also invests at the angel, pre-seed and seed stages and serves as operating partner to the companies it backs. Prices are never published; every engagement is scoped in writing. Contact: matthew@m2ventures.us. Replies within one business day; the first consultation is a free 30-minute meeting.

## Services

- [Services overview](https://www.m2ventures.us/services): four service lines compared, and which fits which situation
- [Business Consulting](https://www.m2ventures.us/services/business-consulting): defined projects in strategy, sales, marketing, branding, design, operations, finance, risk & compliance, corporate governance, technology & digital transformation and sustainability
- [Business Management](https://www.m2ventures.us/services/business-management): fractional and interim CEO, COO, CRO, CSO and business development leaders, typically 3 to 12 months (fractional) or 6 to 12 months (interim), plus initiative leadership
- [Advisory](https://www.m2ventures.us/services/advisory): capital, strategic, transaction, growth, risk, innovation and leadership advisory, by the hour, by the session, in ten-hour blocks or on retainer
- [M&A](https://www.m2ventures.us/services/mergers-and-acquisitions): buy-side and sell-side advisory for transactions of $3M to $50M: deal making, deal structuring and negotiation

## Industries

- [Industries](https://www.m2ventures.us/industries): manufacturing (extraction, production, consumer packaged goods); trades (HVAC, plumbing, electrical, construction, general contracting); business & finance (financial services, private equity, venture capital); transportation (distribution & logistics); marketing & sales (marketing & branding, professional sales, entrepreneurship, startups); agriculture (agricultural business, produce); emerging industries (regulated consumer products, climate tech, e-commerce, clean tech, renewable energy, data analytics)

## Clients

Panther Group; Headquarters; Hudson Herb Co.; Mermaid; Umina Brothers; United Capital Partners; Bateman Water Heating and Engineering.

## Ventures

- [Ventures](https://www.m2ventures.us/ventures): sector-agnostic angel, pre-seed and seed investing with operating partnership (no growth-stage equity or debt). Companies M2 Ventures has invested in and serves as operating partner to: Yes, Inc. (a venture-backed, multi-state manufacturing and distribution platform and brand house); Royal Reserve and Hooga (consumer packaged goods brands); Jenny's Rose (an IP portfolio with five issued U.S. patents). All are in highly regulated industries.

## About and contact

- [About](https://www.m2ventures.us/about): what we do, the ten values, how we work and leadership
- [Book a Consultation](https://www.m2ventures.us/contact): scheduling, the inquiry form, email and address
- [Full text of every page](https://www.m2ventures.us/llms-full.txt)