Championing the upper echelon of founders

Pie Insurance
Source
Fervo Energy
Layer Zero
vested.
Furno
Echelon

Outlier companies are built by those who think outside of this world; We call them “aliens” 👽

Echelon written in Marain

What gives us conviction in founders:

OBSESSION

“What's wrong with this person?”

They are obsessed with a problem no one can solve, but if they could it would change the world.

UNIQUE FIT

“Is this the only person to build this?”

Their unique career assets lead to an “earned secret” that becomes the go-to-market strategy.

CONSISTENCY

“Who is this person outside the context of their company?”

Their character traits are identical between social and fundraising settings, a proxy for trust in tough times.

Our Network

Obsessing on hard problems is in our DNA too.

We’ve created communities to work on them directly with founders.

Confidential group of 50+ founders sharing learnings and making connections weekly.

Our Venture Fund

We invest in companies that come from working directly on hard problems with founders through these communities.

We take a concentrated approach to focus on building each company.

Investment
Stage:
Formation - Seed

Initial
Investment Size:
$250k - $2M

Target
Ownership:
15% or Fund-Returning

Number
of Investments:
6-10 Per Fund