Open Doors Partners’ Investment Approach
Open Doors Partners is an investor group with over 250 investors across the world. Open Doors Partners provides working professionals access to top-tier alternative investments across a diverse asset class. Led by founder Pramod Dabir, the firm specializes in venture capital, late-stage growth opportunities, tech and non-tech private equity, and real estate—all with a target 25% IRR return per investment.
Dabir’s investment thesis centers around portfolio diversification and access to high-quality fund managers. Open Doors Partners seeks to create a well-balanced portfolio that spans multiple industries, verticals, and types of investments.
Deals Include:
Early-stage tech ventures
Late-stage growth opportunities (e.g. Lambda Labs AI $500M Series D round)
Real estate
Private Equity
Entertainment assets (e.g. Santa Monica Pier Acquisition 2024)
Industrial tech
Education (Preschool Businesses)
Health (e.g. Virta Health)
A key differentiator for Open Doors Partners is its ability to invest in both direct deals and funds with lower minimums and smaller check sizes. By pooling capital, the firm enables investors to access funds that typically have higher minimums, providing broader diversification.
“Angel investing is tough—the return profile just isn’t there unless you have portfolio theory working for you,” says Dabir. “Instead, we focus on investing in the best fund managers with a track record of success, ensuring that our investors get access to the highest quality opportunities.”
Dabir primarily allocates capital to Fund II-IV, preferring fund managers with a proven track record. He invests in emerging managers whom he has a relationship with, often knowing their track record from their prior firm. This approach allows Open Doors Partners to mitigate risk while benefiting from fresh perspectives and innovative strategies.
With a background in investment banking-including time at Goldman Sachs and private equity firm TA Associates- Dabir has leveraged his experience and relationships to create an investment platform that pools capital and secures allocations in exclusive deals.
With over 25 deals completed and $20 million deployed across multiple asset classes, Open Doors Partners is a gateway to high-quality opportunities that many investors wouldn’t otherwise have access to.
The Role of Verivend in Open Doors Partners’ Operations
Technology Stack
Open Doors Partners leverages a streamlined technology stack centered around Verivend to efficiently manage its investments:
Verivend for core operations, including capital calls, distributions, and document management.
DocSend for presentation and document sharing.
Email for personalized investor communications.
Google Sheets for general operations and tracking.
Managing multiple SPVs, capital calls, and investor communications requires a robust and efficient platform. For Dabir, Verivend is the only true technology solution that supports his firm’s operations.
“Verivend is a core part of our platform for managing investors, disseminating information, and handling capital calls and distributions,” he explains. “With over 20 SPVs, Verivend has streamlined our operations, ensuring faster and more secure transactions.”
Beyond capital movement, Verivend serves as a document management hub for Open Doors Partners, hosting subscription agreements, portfolio updates, and investment communications. The platform’s seamless user experience is a game-changer.
“Compared to other systems like Carta, Verivend is simply a better experience,” Dabir notes. “With Carta, I still have to manually send a wire. With Verivend, it’s a few clicks, and the transaction is done. It’s faster, easier, and more secure.”
Market Outlook: Consolidation in Venture Capital
Dabir expects a shift toward established, top-tier venture firms such as Sequoia, General Catalyst, and Andreessen Horowitz, which have demonstrated sustained excellence. While he supports democratization in private investing, he warns that it can lead to adverse selection, where only lower-quality deals become accessible to retail investors.
Dabir predicts significant consolidation in the venture capital space over the next five years. He anticipates that many smaller funds will struggle to raise follow-on funds due to tightening market conditions.
“The oversaturation of new venture investors, combined with increased difficulty in securing capital, will lead to a shakeout of underperforming funds, consolidating capital among the most successful firms.”
This market outlook further underpins Open Doors strategy of providing access to more established fund and competitive deals where he invests alongside larger institutional investors.
Scaling Alternative Investments
Dabir’s deal-by-deal investment model relies on efficiency and scalability, which Verivend helps enable. The platform’s ability to support multiple asset classes ensures that Open Doors Partners can seamlessly manage funds across venture capital, private equity, and real estate.
“At the end of the day, it’s all just money in and money out. Verivend makes that process simple and efficient, no matter the asset class,” Dabir concludes.
As Open Doors Partners continues to expand its portfolio with unique investment opportunities like the Santa Monica Pier and AI leader Lambda Labs, Verivend remains a key part of its infrastructure—helping streamline transactions, improve investor experience, and drive operational success.
For investors looking to gain access to Open Doors Partners’ exclusive opportunities, contact Pramod Dabir (pdabir@opendoorspartners.com) to join the firm’s distribution list.