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Augustory Venture Studio

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About Augustory Venture Studio

Investor type

Startup studio

First check

min. $50k

Applications

All year round

Deal type

Standard deal

Program fees

$5k

Typical terms

Typical Deal Terms: Augustory Venture Studio Total Investment Value: Augustory deploys a hybrid investment model combining direct cash injection and institutional-grade operational credits (Startup-as-a-Service) totaling $350,000 to $500,000 in total value per venture. Direct Cash Injection: $150,000 to $250,000 for immediate working capital (hiring, early customer acquisition, and market testing). In-Kind Operational Credit: $200,000 to $250,000 allocated toward full-stack engineering, data science, product design, legal frameworks, and go-to-market execution provided entirely by our in-house studio team. Target Ownership & Valuation Cap Target Equity Ownership: 25% to 35% equity stake in the newly formed entity (NewCo). The final equity breakdown is proportional to the technical complexity of the build (e.g., intensive Web3/IoT infrastructure vs. standard B2B SaaS). Valuation Cap: Initial investments are standardly structured via a Post-Money SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) or agile convertible instruments with a valuation cap ranging from $3,000,000 to $5,000,000, heavily dependent on initial validated market traction and core IP scale. Funding Deployment Schedule To aggressively mitigate execution risk, capital and operational resources are disbursed across a strict, milestone-gated framework: Phase 1: Validation & Discovery (20% Cash Deploy) When Received: Immediately upon passing the Augustory internal evaluation scorecard and signing the initial term sheet. Focus: Rigorous user research, technical feasibility mapping, and early landing-page validation. Phase 2: Core Build & MVP Creation (50% Cash Deploy + Full Operational Support) When Received: Upon successful completion of Phase 1 market validation and formal project greenlighting. Focus: Production-grade software development, fintech/smart contract architecture integration, and brand positioning. Phase 3: Spin-Out & Market Launch (30% Cash Deploy) When Received: Triggered by the commercial MVP launch, completion of early user pilots, and the formal initiation of our Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) transition. Focus: Entity incorporation, full IP assignment to NewCo, and preparing the cap table for external institutional Seed round financing. Follow-on Commitment: Augustory maintains strict pro-rata rights across subsequent financing rounds, ensuring continuous strategic alignment and strong institutional signaling for incoming VCs.

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Who we are

We are Augustory Venture Studio, an elite operational partner and co-builder for the next generation of digital enterprises.

Funding Requirements

Augustory Venture Studio co-builds and scales the next generation of enterprise solutions by intersecting cutting-edge technology with operational grit. We institutionalize venture creation across high-growth verticals, specifically targeting high-yield B2B SaaS platforms, disruptive fintech infrastructure, decentralized web3 ecosystems, and IoT-driven industrial automation. Utilizing a proprietary Startup-as-a-Service methodology and a rigorous Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) framework, Augustory transforms high-potential automation, AI, and digital asset concepts into venture-backed, market-leading companies built for global scale.

Value add

At Augustory, we eliminate the lonely, chaotic, and often fatal early days of building a startup. We step in as your institutional co-founder, providing a ready-made, elite execution machine so you can focus on market vision and customer traction instead of administrative fire-fighting.

Here is exactly how we unfair-advantage your journey from day one:

Instant, Institutional-Grade Product Team: Skip the agonizing 6-month search for a technical co-founder or a hit-or-miss agency. You get immediate access to our internal squad of world-class developers, product designers, and system architects who specialize in building complex B2B SaaS, fintech, web3, and IoT infrastructure.

The Startup-as-a-Service Back Office: We handle the unglamorous but critical operational heavy lifting. From corporate structuring and cap table management to regulatory compliance and legal frameworks (crucial for heavily regulated fintech and decentralized web3 environments), we handle it so you don't get bogged down.

Validated Go-To-Market (GTM) Playbooks: We don't build on assumptions. Our growth marketers and data analysts help you rapidly run lean validation experiments, secure early B2B pilot customers, and nail your positioning before scaling up spend.

A Clear Path to Institutional Capital: We prepare you for the big leagues. Through our strict validation and Build-Operate-Transfer (BOT) model, we hand over a de-risked, highly optimized company that is structured perfectly to attract top-tier global venture capitalists for your subsequent Seed and Series A rounds.

The Bottom Line: We give you speed and structural integrity. By bypassing the standard early-stage trial and error, Augustory compresses two years of agonizing foundational work into a highly optimized, capital-efficient 6-to-9 month sprint.

Locations

TRACE Expert City, Colombo 01000, Sri Lanka. HQ

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