The first check, and the build behind it.

We back technical founders at the earliest stage in fintech, financial services, and the legacy industries. Show us what you have built, not just what you have written.

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Stage

First checks

Friends-and-family and pre-seed. We write the first institutional check, $75k to $100k.

Sectors

Fintech and the real economy

Fintech, financial services, insurance, health, and the legacy industries software has not reached yet.

Shape

B2B, sold to a buyer

We back companies that sell to a business. Consumer only where a real B2B path exists.

How we help

We can build alongside you

Where a company needs it, the studio engages to close a technical or go-to-market gap.

Make your claims expensive.

Proof over polish. A link we can open beats any paragraph.