10 investors.
$100K each.
Earn your place at the top.
Every season, 10 investors compete with $100K in real capital, solo or as a trusted investing partnership. They invest in startups, place high conviction bets, and climb the leaderboard. This is where investors are made & reputations are earned.
Everyone's a top-decile investor. Until there's a leaderboard.
Like Fantasy Sports for Early-Stage Investing. With Real Money.
Venture rewards edge, discipline, and performance - but the game has always been private, slow, and opaque. We’re making it competitive and social, with mentorship from the best.
RANK
#1
Thomas Smith
PORTFOLIO VALUE
$85,000
FUND NAME
FRONTIER
RANK
#3
Angela Jackson
PORTFOLIO VALUE
$72,000
FUND NAME
50 STARS
RANK
#5
Luca Rivers
PORTFOLIO VALUE
$68,000
FUND NAME
LIMIT ORDER
Create Your Firm
Name your scout fund and share your thesis. Investments, follow-ons, and Chapter One participation update the season standings.
$100K
Build Your Portfolio
Deploy $100K across founders you believe in. Each investment is a pick on your roster.
Luca Rivers
Scout
Investor
Operator
Partner
Earn Carry, Build Reputation
Scouts keep 100% of the upside on their deals. And a track record that opens doors as investors and operators.
- ANTIMETAL AUTOMATES MAJOR INFRA WORKFLOW - SCOUT 08 SPIKES
- DURIN MINING STRIKES RICH ORE — SCOUT 03 CLIMBS
- SCOUT 05 OVERTAKES SCOUT 02 FOR #1 SPOT
- SCOUT 07 INVESTS $10K IN BETTER AUTH
- HYPERBEAT VALUATION UP 28% POST-ROUND
- SCOUT 04 FOLLOWS ON IN EREBOR
A Mentor Network Built Like a Championship Team
Top investors, limited partners, and operators sharpen your judgment the way great coaches sharpen great players.
Mamoon Hamid
Kleiner Perkins, Partner
Rebecca Kaden
Union Square Ventures, Managing Partner
Keith Rabois
Khosla Ventures, Managing Director
Kyle Samani
Multicoin, Co-Founder
Roger Ehrenberg
Game Changers, Managing Partner
Ashton Kutcher
Sound Ventures, General Partner
Gokul Rajaram
Marathon, Founding Partner
Tomasz Tunguz
Theory Ventures, General Partner
Laura Andron
LP MENTOR
Pathstone, Managing Director
Kelli Fontaine
LP MENTOR
Cendana Capital, Partner
The Stakes Are Real
Every pick you make is backed by real capital — and real upside.
$100K
backed by Chapter One
Keep
100% of upside (20% of total profits)
Chapter One backs your best deals alongside you.
Season 1 Rewards
Compete to earn next season carry, higher allocation, and exclusive perks.
Champion Investor
1st Place
- Perks
- Chapter One braintrust and inner circle access
- Season recap feature and other press
- Priority access to co-invest opportunities
- Lead bigger positions and SPVs on high-conviction deals
All-Star Investor
2nd Place
- Perks
- Chapter One community access
- Featured scout profile and thesis spotlight across channels
- Invites to private offsites and working sessions
Breakout Investor
3rd Place
- Perks
- Access to private roundtables and founder sessions
- Profile visibility
Who we're looking for
Operators, angels, and investors with differentiated taste, access, and conviction.
Themes we love
- AI that creates new workflows and ways of doing things, not just features
- Crypto as infrastructure for the new economy
- Consumer and prosumer software that have an unfair distribution advantage
- Category-defining, category-creating deep tech with commercially minded founders
- New financial markets and instruments forming at the edges of culture
FAQ
How many investments should scouts make throughout the year?
How are scouts evaluated during the season?
What level of involvement does the program require?
Can I participate if I already work at a fund or scout elsewhere?
Will scouts collaborate with each other?
What happens after the season ends?
Will scouts be able to invest with a partner?
Interested in participating in Season 2? Drop us a line and you'll be the first to find out when applications open.
Your Move.
Only 10 players make the cut each season.
Real stakes. Real rewards.
The next season of venture is about to begin.
Are you in the league - or watching from the sidelines?