Backing exceptional individuals.
The solo founder and the lean, high-leverage business is now a real asset class. We back exceptional individuals building outsized companies with small teams and modern tools.
One person with AI and judgment can now build what once took a department. We invest in that shift.
A new kind of company, backed early.
The economics of building have changed. A single capable founder, armed with modern tools and AI, can now create a business that would once have required a team and a war chest. Solopreneurs are no longer a lifestyle category — the best of them build genuinely valuable, defensible companies, lean by design.
We back exceptional individuals at this edge: people with a real wedge, unusual leverage, and the judgment to compound it. Our capital comes with the thing a solo founder most lacks — operators and a network — so they can stay lean without staying alone. Where it makes sense, our involvement can deepen into a Cofoundry partnership.
It is early-stage investing tuned for the realities of the one-person (or very-few-person) company.
What we look for in a solopreneur.
Outsized leverage
One person doing what used to take a team — by design, not by accident.
A real wedge
A defensible edge, not just a thin product on a crowded market.
AI-native operating
Building with modern tools as a core advantage, not a bolt-on.
Judgment
The rare individual who can compound an edge alone.
A path to scale
A business that can grow without losing what made it lean.
Coachability
Someone who wants operators and a network, not just a cheque.
From first cheque to lean scale.
Back
Early conviction in the individual and the wedge.
Equip
Operators and network — the team a solo founder lacks.
Leverage
Help them stay lean while growing the business.
Deepen
Where it fits, a path into a Cofoundry partnership.
Solopreneur backing connects across the firm.
Early-Stage
When the solo company adds a team.
Cofoundry · Grow
Unfair advantages for lean builders.
For Founders
The founder journey, supported.
Our Thesis
Why we believe in this shift.
The things people ask first.
Do you really invest in one-person companies?
Yes — when the individual and the wedge are exceptional. Modern leverage makes the best of them genuinely valuable.
How much do you invest?
Right-sized for a lean business — enough to add operators and reach, not so much it forces premature scale.
What do I get besides money?
Operators and a network — the team a solo founder otherwise lacks — and a path to deepen if it fits.
Is this just early-stage by another name?
It's early-stage tuned for the one-person company — different scale, different needs, same conviction.
Building something outsized, solo?
Tell us about you and the wedge. We back exceptional individuals.