Find investable companies. Backing grounded startups.

We surface growing companies across focused categories so you can invest with clearer conviction. We partner early with founders building durable companies across a focused set of categories.

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First, we pressure-test whether the wedge deserves a company.

Great early companies are rarely tidy at the start. We help translate rough market signal into a product path, a funding story, and a focused operating cadence.

Where we look. Where we spend time.

Vertical software

Workflow depth

Companies with recurring workflow demand, clear buyers, and room to compound. Products that become core workflows for teams in complex industries.

Applied AI

Better outcomes

AI products where automation improves outcomes, not just demos. Tools where automation makes the product meaningfully better.

A simple path from signal to structure.

The work changes with the company, but the rhythm stays grounded: ask better questions, build real proof, then prepare the venture for sharper decisions.

01

Market read

Clarify the buyer, urgency, pain, alternatives, and timing.

02

Product proof

Define a first product that can expose real customer demand.

03

Capital shape

Build a financial and investor narrative around the actual wedge.

04

Operating cadence

Set the rhythm, roles, and metrics that keep the team honest.

Send the signal you are seeing.

A short note is enough: problem, category, customer pull, and why this should exist now.