Global Inventures is a privately held firm that provides diligence services to venture capital firms. It helps start-ups with funding as well as business strategy, product and market development. It also specializes in forming, launching and managing collaborative business ecosystems also known as Alliances, SIGs, Fora and Consortia. Businesses of interest include high tech, health and energy markets. Its current portfolio represents more than 10,000 privately and publicly held companies.