MANDATE 01 // DAY-0 FORMATION
Day-0 Pre-Seed & Lab Incubation
We partner with PhD researchers, kernel maintainers, and repeat technical founders at the whitepaper or prototype commit—before company incorporation.
INITIAL LEAD CHECK
$1.5M – $2.5M Lead Check
OWNERSHIP & GOVERNANCE
10%–14% Ownership · Clean Post-Money SAFE or Priced Equity
NON-DILUTIVE GRANT
$250K H100 Cluster + SF/Zurich Wet-Lab Bench
OPERATING PLATFORM & FOUNDER SUPPORT INCLUDED
Delaware C-Corp & IP spin-out legal structuring · First 3 founding engineer hires via our internal talent bench · 6-month dedicated H100 compute reservation
01 // APEX VENTURES
DeepTech Seed & Series A
$420M Fund IV leading $1.5M–$12M checks in AI silicon, robotics, computational bio, and grid infrastructure.
02 // CAPITAL & PORTFOLIO
Mandate & Ledger
Clean 1x non-participating preferred governance plus $350K non-dilutive H100 compute access.
03 // PARTNERSHIP
Bench & Research
Every memo read directly by former-founder General Partners in San Francisco, New York, and Zurich.
04 // GOVERNANCE & DOCS
Disclosures & Manual
SEC/Advisers Act non-solicitation notices, founder confidentiality, and 12-station owner manual.
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