You build the product. We run the business behind it — one founder, a real company.
AI collapsed the cost of building — one person now ships what took a team. What's left in the way isn't code: it's publishing, distribution, finance, legal, ops. That's the half we run.
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Building a product now fits in one operator's hands.
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The bottleneck moved to distribution, finance and operations — what a solo founder can't carry alone.
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So we built a studio that runs that half and earns alongside you — not a check-and-leave fund.
From day one you get the studio's operators — the people who already run this for our founders. You stay in the product; we run the rest.
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Publishing
We're the publisher: App Store, Google Play, merchant setup.
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Growth & UA
ASO, creative and paid acquisition, from our playbooks.
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Finance
Operating budget funded against your milestones.
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Legal & IP
Contracts and structure, handled.
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Infrastructure
Repos, release pipelines, hosting, observability — pre-wired.
An application, one call, and you're building.
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Apply.
A quick sign-up on the platform — minutes. You hear back within 3 business days.
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Call, then sign.
One working call with the studio, a quick KYC, and the agreement — we walk you through everything before you sign.
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Week one, you're back in the product.
We take over publishing, legal and the operational load.
A working product with first users · mobile-first or a clear growing market · a solo founder or small focused team · someone who wants to live in the product, not in ops.
We accept 3-5% of applications.
You don't plug into an abstraction — you plug into these operators. The senior team that carries everything around your product.
Elias GanichevLinkedInGeneral ManagerSets the fund’s strategy and runs founder selection and onboarding — the first person a founder works with.
Igor AbrosimovLinkedInExecutive DirectorBuilder with an operator’s discipline: turns vague briefs into working systems across product, go-to-market and capital, and keeps founders and infrastructure pulling the same way.
Alex KumancevLinkedInTechnology OfficerCTO, 7+ years across telephony, fintech, crypto and AI. Built a Solana trading terminal, shipped LLM models, and scaled products 0→15K+ DAU on platforms at 10M MAU.
Eugene GoncharovLinkedInCommercial Officer3× CMO, 7× founder (2 exits). Broke apps into Google Play’s top-20 across 3 countries, drove $20M+ iGaming revenue, took crypto exchanges 0→20 BTC/day, and raised $5M+ across his portfolio.
Natalia PetrikovaLinkedInOperations OfficerOperations & Compliance lead, 8+ years across IT, AI and SaaS. Built compliance and ops infrastructure across UAE jurisdictions — full KYB/KYC, IP structuring and international contracts.
Straight answers, no marketing fog. If your question isn't here, write to us — a real person replies.
01What is 17VLT?
17VLT is a venture studio for solo founders. You lead the product; we operate the business around it — publishing, payments, analytics and infrastructure — so it scales professionally. The exact terms are set before onboarding.
02Do you take equity?
We're a venture studio: we co-own the companies we build with you. The exact terms are in your agreement, and we walk you through every one on the call — before you sign anything.
03How is this different from an accelerator or a VC?
An accelerator gives a check and three months; a VC buys a minority stake and steps back. We co-found and operate the company with you for the life of the product. Either side can exit under the agreement.
04What exactly do I get from the fund?
Access to the fund's team across publishing, legal, finance, infrastructure and marketing — from the first day of your onboarding. Shared resources, professional execution.
05Do I keep control of the product?
Yes — product decisions stay with you. The fund handles publishing and the operational wrapper: the App Store and Google Play consoles sit with the fund as publisher, so you don't spend time running them.
06Who can apply?
Solo founders with a working product — a live app with its first real users. You apply on the platform after a quick sign-up.
07What if the product doesn't work out?
Then it winds down and you owe the studio nothing. We earn only when the company does.
08How does selection work?
Application → scoring → one onboarding call with the fund → contract review → KYC → signing → portal activation. A single call; the contract review happens after the call.
09What does it cost? Are there hidden fees?
No fee to participate. We carry the upfront load — infrastructure, legal, publishing — and recover operating costs from revenue before returns are distributed, as set out in your agreement.
10Can I leave the fund?
Yes. The fund holds the publisher accounts (App Store, Google Play) while we work together, so an exit is handled contractually — how the product, accounts and assets transition is written into your agreement before you sign, not left to chance. We would rather you understand the exit terms going in than discover them later.
11What if my app is already live in my own App Store account?
That is common and fine. As publisher, the fund typically migrates the app into its publishing accounts so it can run payments, store relations and releases for you — we walk through how the transfer works for your specific case during onboarding.
12What if I already have a legal entity?
Also common. We review your existing structure during onboarding and fit the cooperation around it where it works, or recommend the appropriate structure where it does not. You will not be forced to abandon something that already serves you.
13What if I already have an investor?
It depends on the terms — bring it to the call. What matters is that the fund's operating model and profit participation do not conflict with commitments you have already made. If there is a structural conflict, we will tell you clearly and quickly.
14Do I need to be in a specific country to apply?
No. Founders apply from anywhere — the fund operates remotely and the legal and publishing infrastructure sits on the fund's side. What matters is the product and the fit, not your location.
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