Private fund · DIFC, UAE · Q2 2026

A venture studio fund that earns when founders earn.

17VLT backs solo founders with shipped AI-native products. We provide the operational infrastructure they can’t build alone — and participate in revenue, not equity.

$7.5M–$10M
Fund size
Soft / hard cap
18–35%
Illustrative IRR range
Bear to Bull
Year 3
Operating-positive
Base scenario
Request fund materials

IM available immediately. Financial model requires NDA. Confidential — for LP review only.

The thesis

Classic VC writes checks into pre-revenue companies and waits years for an exit. We don’t.

AI tooling lets a solo developer ship in weeks what used to take a team of seven months to build. The bottleneck shifted — from building to operating. These founders have a working product. What they don’t have is publishing infrastructure, legal structure, marketing budget, banking, or CI/CD. Classic VC doesn’t solve that. It provides capital. These founders need infrastructure.

17VLT provides that infrastructure and takes a profit share tied to the product’s revenue milestones. No equity dilution. No board seat. The fund earns a larger share as the product scales through tiers — and deploys milestone grants ($100K–$300K) into products that have already demonstrated traction, not into early-stage bets. Capital flows into proven winners, not upfront speculation.

Revenue participation from month one.
No exit required to generate returns.

Fund structure

Fund structure

Fund type
Closed-end venture studio fund
10-year term + two 1-year extensions
Domicile
DIFC, UAE
UAE law governing framework
Fund size
$7.5M soft cap / $10M hard cap
Target raise
Management fee
2% stepping to 1.5%
Standard structure
Carried interest
20%
After 8% preferred return (hurdle)
GP commitment
$100K cash + in-kind
AmberCore services at cost
Deployment
Years 1–3
Milestone grants concentrated in T3+

Full terms in the Investment Memorandum. Detailed financial model (Excel) available after NDA.

The economics

Two structural differences that change the cashflow profile.

01

Revenue from month one

Classic VC funds burn capital for years before any product generates revenue. The profit-share model produces fund cashflow from the first month a product launches — not from a single exit event. This structurally changes the J-curve.

02

Grants into winners, not bets

Milestone grants ($100K at T3, $200K at T4, $300K at T5) are deployed into products that have already crossed revenue thresholds. Capital is concentrated on proven winners — not spread equally across an early-stage portfolio hoping 1–2 will exit.

Peak cash draw: −$1.06M (Year 2). The fund has a real J-curve. Bear scenario modelled and available in the financial model.

The operators

Operators, not check-writers. Repeating what already worked inside AmberCore.

17VLT is operated by AmberCore Group · UAE-based technology and investment group.

  • Retrato de Elias Ganichev, General Manager en 17VLT
    Elias GanichevLinkedIn
    General Manager

    Sets the fund’s strategy and runs founder selection and onboarding — the first person a founder works with.

  • Retrato de Igor Abrosimov, Executive Director en 17VLT
    Igor AbrosimovLinkedIn
    Executive Director

    Builder 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.

  • Retrato de Alex Kumancev, Technology Officer en 17VLT
    Alex KumancevLinkedIn
    Technology Officer

    CTO, 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.

  • Retrato de Eugene Goncharov, Commercial Officer en 17VLT
    Eugene GoncharovLinkedIn
    Commercial Officer

    3× 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.

  • Retrato de Natalia Petrikova, Operations Officer en 17VLT
    Natalia PetrikovaLinkedIn
    Operations Officer

    Operations & 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.

Request materials

Two documents. One request.

  • Investment Memorandum

    50+ pages. Fund thesis, model mechanics, tier table, risk matrix with financial impact, team backgrounds. No NDA required. Available same day.

  • Financial model

    Full Excel model. Cashflow projections, milestone-grant schedule, IRR scenarios (Bear / Base / Bull). Requires NDA.

  • Follow-up call

    45-minute call with the Managing Partner. Scheduled after IM review. No pitch — a working alignment conversation.

A real person responds within 1 business day. Confidential. For LP review only.

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