Building the founder discovery layer of the venture stack
Express InterestNo proof, no capital
No time to evaluate
No discovery infrastructure exists
Peer-reviewed research shows that information asymmetry is a primary constraint on how early-stage capital is allocated.
Relationships become collateral
Emotion overrides judgment
Cold Start funding non-existent
Peer-reviewed research shows early funding from strong social ties increases anticipated guilt and reduces founder risk-taking.
What if discovery didn’t depend on warm intros or geography — but on communities that already understand their founders?
Thousands of untapped communities
Communities understand their founders
Discovery happens everywhere simultaneously
A new mechanism anyone can play that separates discovery from capital formation. Community members stake conviction — not equity — to surface the best founders.
Where founders enter the system
How they get funded (grants via VentureStake allocation)
How they build proof/signal for future investors
Any future investment activity, if it occurs, happens separately and outside the VentureStaking discovery system.
VentureStaking® Arenas don’t just serve investors — they create a fundamentally better path for founders.
Grants funded by community belief
Real signal from people who understand your market
Unlock your first equity round
VentureStaking® doesn’t replace professional investors — it makes their jobs dramatically easier.
Founders validated by community signal before they reach your desk
Watch founders execute in real-time, long before the pitch deck arrives
Leverage collective intelligence from people closest to the market
Before building, we studied how everyday people actually make startup investment decisions. Fantasy Startup® is the research engine behind VentureStaking — and it’s already generating behavioral data.
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