Formation
Deciding which verticals the group enters, and forming the arms that build in them.
Formation is the decision to open a line of business, and the machinery that follows it. The group forms operating groups, not companies — company formation belongs to the Ventures arm inside each vertical, close to the deal flow. A vertical earns a Ventures arm when it has deal flow of its own, and a Capital arm when it has a balance sheet. Neither is granted at the start; both are earned, and the gate is published so it can be checked.
Properties under formation
- Gord Holdings ↗ The estate: what the group owns, how it is structured, and who is accountable for each part. Live
- Gord Ventures Ventures that do not belong to an existing thesis. Where the group backs something before there is a vertical to put it in. Building
- Gord Group Held and pointed at the parent. Two parent identities halve the authority of both. Held
- Flashy Ventures Formation inside the mesh vertical — the companies built on FlashyOS, flashyID and the ledger rather than beside them. Planned
- Botz Ventures Formation for robotics — the companies the group incubates against the six conditions. Building
- Metaverse Ventures Formation inside virtual worlds: the operators, marketplaces and tooling a world needs once land has an owner and a price. Building
- 4.Ventures The formation arm: one published term sheet, applied to every company the group forms, so a founder can compare it honestly against another offer. Building
- GDA Ventures Formation inside merchant banking — companies spun out of the bank’s own deal flow, where GDA has seen the market before it has a category. Planned
- Michael Gord The principal: first-person writing and first-hand case studies. Becomes the canonical person record at cutover. Building