Partners
Three ways in
One operation, three doors. Founders deploy. Funds route portfolio companies. Researchers put methods into a real season.
For founders · three structures, one sequence
Research earns a deployment. A deployment earns conviction.
01 Research access
- You get
- Field or plant time at no cost. Data you can publish.
- We get
- The data, and co-authorship.
- Fits
- University groups and funded research.
02 Design partnership
- You get
- A commercial deployment on a working operation.
- We get
- Warrant or small equity grant, data rights, preferential pricing.
- Fits
- A machine past the demo stage.
03 Co-investment
- You get
- Capital alongside your institutional lead.
- We get
- A position in a company we watched run.
- Fits
- Proved out here, raising a priced round.
Sacramento Valley · an hour from San Francisco
For funds & GPs · the standing offer
A pilot deck says a machine could work. A season here says it did.
We host
The machine does real work on a working operation.
You keep your cap table
Hosting here is not a financing event for you.
Co-invest comes later
After something has run. Not before.
For researchers & universities
Free ground for funded research.
The trade
Field and plant time, free. We get the data, and co-authorship on what you publish.
The cadence
The orchard answers once a year. The plant answers every shift.
The window
Dormant winter is the natural install window for pilots.
At a glance.
| Dimension | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Free field or plant time | A paid deployment on the operation | Capital alongside your lead |
| What we get | Data and co-authorship | Warrant or small equity grant, data rights, preferential pricing | A position in a company we watched run |
| Comes after | A funded research program | A machine past the demo stage | A deployment that has run here |
| Paper | Data and co-authorship terms | Indicative — [to be confirmed with counsel] | Indicative — [to be confirmed with counsel] |
Where to start.
Funds & labs
Write to us directly.
Routing a portfolio company, or research and plant time.
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