Venture Studio
We build companies
from zero to one.
021 Ventures is a team of tech entrepreneurs and investors building next-generation infrastructure with AI and blockchain.
The Problem
Zero-to-one is where companies are most vulnerable.
of seed-funded startups make it from zero to one to reach Series A. The rest fail from mis-building products, mis-timing markets, mis-pricing offerings, and mis-sequencing fundraising.
Mis-built products
Building the wrong thing for the wrong user at the wrong time.
Mis-timed markets
Too early or too late. Conviction without evidence.
Mis-priced offerings
No pricing power, no unit economics, no path to revenue.
Mis-sequenced fundraising
Raising too much too early, or too little too late.
021 exists to compress the timeline from conviction to evidence-based, investor-backable ventures.
How We Build
Two paths to zero-to-one.
Founder-Led Ventures
- We originate the vision, fund internally, and bootstrap from 0→1
- Once market-ready, we raise external capital and bring on key team members
- We stay as strategic support through the growth journey
Partner-Led Ventures
- We partner with entrepreneurs, enterprises, protocols, or AI platforms
- 021 builds the tech to bring our partner’s idea to life
- We stay highly hands-on through 0→1, then remain as strategic partner
Portfolio
What we're building.
Companies leveraging AI and blockchain to modernize outdated industries.
AccordsAI
The Permission Layer for Agentic Commerce
NamedSource
The Source of Truth in the Age of AI
RightsRails
Collaborations Fast-Tracked
SystemIQ
Systemic Inefficiencies, Intelligent Solutions
Methodology
The 0→1 journey.
A deliberate, repeatable process from idea to market-ready venture.
Make
0.0–0.3
Build
0.3–0.6
Learn
0.6–0.8
Fix
0.8–0.9
Grow
1.0+
Team
Built to build.
Each member plays a different, critical role in the 0→1 journey.
Max
Holdco and portco investing,
Eric
Portco sales & distribution
Sam
Labs and portco technology
Raphael
Holdco and portco transitions
Jenn
Holdco and portco go-to-market