For solo founders

One founder. One cheque. Six gates to a seed round.

If you're building an AI-native replacement for legacy software, we'll back you with $100k for 10%, an AI mentor stack, human advisors - and a VC audience that sees your verified execution data before you even pitch.

$100k
standard investment
10%
equity - same deal for everyone
3 mo
funded program to VC Day
$0
program fees - ever
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ULURU - ONE MONOLITH, IMPOSSIBLE TO IGNORE
Solo doesn't mean small. Build the thing nobody can look away from.
The founder journey

Capital is tranched. Milestones are real.

Every gate is verified on-platform - telemetry, revenue data, advisor sign-off. It protects the fund, and it builds the execution record that makes VCs take your call.

APPLY

Application - always open

15 minutes, online. AI screening scores thesis fit, founder capability and market. No warm intro needed, no batch deadlines - cohorts start monthly.

IC1

Investment Committee - first vote

The IC reviews the top-scored applications weekly: is this a genuine legacy-software disruption a solo founder can win? Pass IC1 and you're interviewed within days.

IC2

Deep dive & term sheet

Technical plan, competitive wedge, and a signed 3-month milestone plan. Pass IC2 and the standard term sheet is issued - no negotiation, no games.

TERM SHEET
FUNDED

Docs signed, cohort starts

KYC and execution complete. You join the live cohort: AI mentors, weekly shipping cadence, advisor office hours, free Match Pro on the grants engine to stack non-dilutive capital.

$30k RELEASED
MVP

Working product, first users

Verified through platform telemetry and mentor sign-off - real users touching a real product, not a deck.

$40k RELEASED
M1

Milestone 1 - post-revenue

First paying customers. Revenue verified. You are now in the top decile of all startups at your age - and the data proves it.

$30k RELEASED
VC DAY

Pitch investors who've seen your numbers

Curated pitch to the VC network. Partner and Anchor VCs get a 72-hour first-look window with your full data room before the public session. Advisors coach the raise.

SEED ROUND
What you get

A 20-person company's leverage. For one person.

AI MENTOR STACK

Always-on, never bored

Product, growth, pricing and technical mentor agents trained on the playbooks of AI-native companies - plus auto-generated weekly investor updates.

HUMAN ADVISORS

Operators, on schedule

Weekly office hours with vetted advisors - founders and operators who've shipped and sold software in your target vertical. They mentor; they also sign off gates.

GRANTS ENGINE

Non-dilutive money first

Free Match Pro. Most funded founders stack $25k–$300k in grants and R&D incentives on top of the cheque - capital nobody else's accelerator finds for you.

Not accepted yet?

Builder tier: stay in the arena.

Most funded founders were rejected once first. Builder tier gives you the full curriculum and tooling to build your traction - and re-apply with evidence instead of promises.

BUILDER
$99/mo
  • Full cohort curriculum, self-paced
  • AI mentor stack access
  • Grants engine Match Pro included
  • Community of builders on the same thesis
  • Priority re-application every cohort
Join Builder
Apply

15 minutes. No deck required.

Screened by AI within 48 hours · IC1 review weekly · Same standard deal for every founder, everywhere.