You have the domain. We have the build.
For the trader who knows what the terminal gets wrong, and the clinician the system never listens to. One named co-founder, equity in writing, built to ship.
What the venture studio is
Stennir's venture studio co-builds AI companies with domain experts. You bring the domain and the credibility as the named co-founder. We bring a senior build team, working agents and a term sheet that names the equity before any code moves.
Four things we put on the term sheet
Terms are named up front, so nobody is surprised later.
One named co-founder
One subject-matter expert per venture. No advisor pools. Your domain is the credibility.
Equity in writing, up front
Named at term sheet, before any work. Shares are signed before code moves, with no surprise dilution from our side.
A real build team
Senior engineers with agents doing the leverage. You meet the engineer on the kickoff call.
A wedge check
A working prototype and a defensible wedge, then we decide. If it is not there, we stop.
The founders we say yes to
- The ex-trader who knows where the terminal gets it wrong, and would rather build the alternative than write another pitch deck.
- The clinician who saw the workflow the system refuses to fix, and is ready to put their name on the cap table.
- The operator who saw a category before the market did, and wants a building partner, not a board.
- The domain expert with one hard-won insight and no engineering team.
Four moves from pitch to ship
- 01
Pitch
You bring the domain insight. We bring the idea pipeline. We match early or part as friends.
- 02
Term sheet
The equity split is named on paper before any code moves.
- 03
Wedge sprint
A working prototype and a defensible first wedge. If it is not there, we stop together.
- 04
Build the company
Incorporate, hire the first engineer and ship to the first customers, with you as the named co-founder.
Questions we hear a lot
What is the equity split, really?
Named on the term sheet. The range depends on what we bring (capital, build, idea pipeline) and what you bring (domain, network, time). We hold a number in writing once we know the shape of the venture.
Do you fund the venture?
We cover the wedge sprint: the first stretch of build, agents and senior oversight. After the wedge we co-raise with you, led by you.
What happens at the wedge check?
Either there is a working prototype and a wedge customers want, and we keep building together, or we shake hands and you keep what we built. No penalty, no clawback.
How is this different from an accelerator?
An accelerator gives you a cohort and a community. We give you a real build team, a term sheet and a wedge check.
What about IP?
IP belongs to the new company once it is incorporated. Before that, anything built during the wedge sprint is jointly owned.
Do you do corporate ventures or spin-offs?
Yes. Corporate ventures are joint builds with enterprise partners around an operational gap. Spin-offs happen when one of our deployments becomes a product of its own. Terms are named up front in both.
Pitch us your domain
30 minutes to test the domain fit and the shape of the venture. Equity terms are named at term sheet, and nothing commits before then.