Stop consulting.
Start co-founding.
You ship code. You architect systems. Now use those skills to build a portfolio of ventures — for equity, not invoices. Vested is the AI-powered OS that handles the rest.
Built by a technical founder running a real venture studio.
Free during beta. No credit card required.
Everything you need
- Deal Flow & AI Scoring
- Stage-Gated Validation
- Contract Management & E-Sign
- Real-Time Health Monitoring
- GitHub, Stripe, Mixpanel Integration
- Portfolio Dashboard
- White-Label Studio Pages
You're too good to bill hourly.
You've spent 10+ years shipping production software. You've scaled systems, led teams, survived outages at 2am. You could charge $200/hour consulting.
But you know the math: trading time for money has a ceiling. The domain expert who hired you? If the venture works, they get the upside. You get an invoice.
What if you were on the cap table instead?
The Consulting Trap
hours × rate = capped income
- •Linear income (time = money)
- •Zero upside if the client succeeds
- •Always looking for the next gig
- •You build it, they own it
The Equity Path
portfolio × execution = compounding upside
- •Exponential upside potential
- •You own what you build
- •Diversified across ventures
- •One hit can change everything
Build a portfolio, not a practice.
The Vested model turns your technical skills into equity positions across multiple ventures.
Partner, Don’t Consult
Domain experts bring the problem and market access. You bring technical execution. Split equity. Grow together.
Stage-Gated Discipline
Every venture follows a proven validation process. Kill bad ideas in weeks, not months. Only invest deeply in what’s working.
Portfolio Upside
Run 2–5 ventures simultaneously. Diversify your risk. One hit can change everything.
Everything you need to run a venture studio.
AI-powered. Integration-rich. Built for technical founders.
Deal Flow & Validation
Deal Flow + AI Scoring
Receive submissions from domain experts. AI analyzes each one: extracts key info, suggests scores, flags red flags. You make the call.
AI Market Research
Say ‘research this market’ and get an analyst brief in minutes: competitors, market size, trends, risks. Not a Google search — a real report.
Stage-Gated Process
Built-in validation stages with exit criteria and kill triggers. Know exactly when to advance, pivot, or kill.
Legal & Contracts
Contract Templates
LOIs, founder agreements, vesting schedules — all pre-built and customizable. Stop paying lawyers for boilerplate.
AI Contract Review
Upload any contract. AI identifies red flags, unusual terms, missing clauses. A first pass that saves $500 before you call a lawyer.
E-Sign & Document Vault
Sign digitally. Store securely. Every agreement organized by venture and stage. Never lose a document again.
Monitoring & Integrations
Real-Time Health Monitoring
Connect GitHub, Mixpanel, Stripe. See real health metrics instead of self-reported optimism. Automated alerts when something’s off.
Automated Stage Checks
Stage gate criteria checked automatically against real data. ‘MRR > $1,000’ isn’t a conversation — it’s a query to Stripe.
Portfolio Dashboard
All ventures in one view. Stage, equity stake, health score, key metrics. See the portfolio, not just one deal at a time.
Growth & Services
Equity Tracking
Track your positions across every venture. Model exit scenarios. Know what your portfolio is worth at $10M, $50M, $100M outcomes.
White-Label Studio
Your brand, your studio, your deal flow. A custom landing page on your own domain that attracts domain expert partners.
Service Marketplace
Vetted startup lawyers, fractional CFOs, technical advisors. Your support network, built in.
Know how your ventures are actually doing.
Stop asking founders “how's it going?” and getting optimistic answers. Connect their tools and see real data.
Running a portfolio means you can't babysit dashboards for 5 different ventures. But you also can't just trust self-reported metrics.
Vested connects to the tools your ventures already use — and shows you what's really happening:
GitHub
- Commit velocity
- Deploy frequency
- PR cycle time
Mixpanel / PostHog
- Active users (DAU/WAU/MAU)
- Retention curves
- Activation rate
Stripe
- MRR and growth rate
- Churn rate
- Trial conversion
Sentry
- Error rates
- Uptime
- Stability trends
All in one health score per venture. Red, yellow, green — at a glance.
Health scores calculated from live GitHub, Mixpanel, Stripe, and Sentry data. Not self-reported. Not a survey. Real metrics.
Your AI co-pilot for venture building.
Every venture studio founder needs a chief of staff. Vested's AI does the grunt work so you can focus on decisions.
“Analyze this submission”
Key info extracted, score suggested, red flags highlighted
“Research the market for freight logistics”
Competitor landscape, market size, trends in 5 minutes
“Review this contract”
Red flags, unusual terms, missing clauses identified
“How’s LogiTrack doing?”
Health summary with concerns and recommendations
“Prepare my stage gate review”
Draft generated from the venture’s real data
“Why should I kill DataMesh?”
Evidence-based assessment against kill criteria
Here's DataMesh's current status:
Health Score: 68 (down from 74 last week)
Concerns
- •Error rate spiked 3x on Tuesday (Sentry)
- •Commit velocity dropped 40% this week (GitHub)
- •Only 6 WAU, down from 9 (Mixpanel)
Stage 2 criteria
- ✓5–10 active users (6 current)
- ⚠Weekly usage declining
- ✗No “would be upset” survey yet
Recommendation: Schedule a founder call. Dig into the error spike and declining engagement before the next stage review.
Powered by Claude. You make the decisions. AI does the research, drafting, and analysis.
Connects to tools your ventures already use.
No manual data entry. Real-time sync.
Code & Deployment
Analytics
Revenue
Monitoring
Documents
Cap Table
Why not just use spreadsheets?
| Need | Spreadsheets | Notion / Airtable | CoFoundersLab | Vested |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Track deal flow | Manual | DIY | — | Built-in |
| Stage-gate process | — | DIY | — | Enforced |
| Kill criteria | — | — | — | Built-in |
| Contract templates | — | — | — | Included |
| AI contract review | — | — | — | Claude |
| AI market research | — | Low quality | — | Venture-specific |
| AI scoring assist | — | — | — | Auto-analysis |
| Health monitoring | — | — | — | Live integrations |
| Portfolio view | Manual | DIY | — | Dashboard |
| Equity tracking | Manual | DIY | — | + scenarios |
| E-signature | — | — | — | Built-in |
| Partner matching | — | — | Low quality | Coming |
Spreadsheets work until you have 3 deals in flight. Then you lose track of stages, can't find contracts, and have no idea which venture is actually healthy. Vested gives you structure without setup tax — and real data instead of guesses.
Imagine your portfolio in 3 years.
Two winners can change your life. The kills? They cost you weeks, not years. That's the power of stage-gated discipline and portfolio diversification.
From spreadsheet chaos to portfolio clarity.
Five steps to running your own venture studio.
Set Up Your Studio
Create your branded landing page. Define your thesis — what problems you want to solve, what you bring to partnerships.
Attract Domain Experts
Share your studio link. Receive submissions from people with problems in your areas of interest. AI analyzes each one automatically.
Score & Select
Use AI-assisted scoring to evaluate opportunities. Research markets in minutes. Only pursue ventures that pass the bar.
Validate Together
Work through stage-gated validation with your partner. AI checks exit criteria against real data. Kill fast or advance confidently.
Build Your Portfolio
Track all your ventures, equity positions, and health scores in one dashboard. Compound your experience across deals.
Built for technical founders who think in equity.
Sound like you?
The Recovering Consultant
“I’ve been billing $150–250/hour for years. I’ve made good money but I’ve also watched clients 10x while I got paid and walked away. I want to be on the cap table.”
The Second-Time Founder
“I did the all-in thing once. Worked out (or didn’t). Now I want to diversify — multiple bets, smaller stakes each, leverage my experience across a portfolio.”
The Corporate Escapee
“I’ve been a CTO/VP Eng at BigCo. I could keep climbing the ladder or I could use my skills to build ownership. I choose ownership.”
Your support network, built in.
Running a venture studio means needing lawyers, accountants, and advisors — often at odd hours, often for quick questions. We're building a vetted marketplace of startup-friendly service providers.
Startup Lawyers
Contract review, incorporation, IP protection
Fractional CFOs
Financial modeling, fundraise prep, board decks
Growth Advisors
Go-to-market strategy, growth experiments, user acquisition
All pre-vetted. Transparent pricing. Startup-friendly terms.
Ready to get vested?
We're onboarding technical founders who want to run venture studios the right way — with discipline, structure, and skin in the game.