Problem

Traditional fundraising and acceleration remain slow, exclusionary, and structurally inefficient. The systems designed to fund innovation no longer match the speed, distribution, or openness of the internet economy.

Inefficient Capital Performance

Median DPI sits around 0.27× and TVPI ≈ 1.27×, with IRRs clustering in the low teens while capital is locked for years. Liquidity events typically take 8–10 years, turning venture funds into decade-long commitments while innovation cycles now compress into 12–18 months. The result is capital that compounds too slowly to match the pace of technological change.

Founder Disadvantage

Typical rounds strip 20–40% equity per stage, while governance control shifts to boards and preferred shareholders. Liquidity is deferred until an IPO or acquisition, often a decade away. Founders trade ownership and autonomy for access - an outdated trade-off in an era of programmable, permissionless capital.

Access Gatekeeping

Only ~1% of entrepreneurs ever meet a VC. ~75% of U.S. venture funding is concentrated in SF, NYC, and Boston, excluding 95% of global universities and 2.3B+ online-native builders from meaningful participation. This geographic and network concentration locks opportunity behind elite circles rather than merit.

Behavioral Misallocation

Retail investors show a massive appetite for tokenized participation - with top meme platforms processing hundreds of millions of dollars daily in 30-second investment flows. Yet these flows rarely reach productive innovation. The current launch meta - low float, high FDV, opaque allocations, and MM-driven markets - structurally treats communities as exit liquidity instead of co-creators.

Result

• Trillions in potential innovation remain frozen behind pre-internet funding rails.

• Founders spend years raising instead of shipping.

• Communities fund speculation instead of creation.

• The system isn’t slow by chance - it’s slow by design.

A new model of capital formation is required - one that aligns innovation velocity with open participation, transparency, and execution-based reputation.