The 999 Venture Studio team holding up 999 signs in the studio

Mentor-led venture studio

Build your next product with mentors beside you.

A salary, a mentor, a community, and funding. Learn to take a product from zero to profit, without taking any risk.

See how it works

We invest in people, not products.

Products can fail. Builders keep going. So we back the builder, with a salary, mentors, a team, and the capital to build. You bring the drive. We cover everything the build needs.

A startup founder in the 999 Venture Studio programme

Zero risk for you.
The studio carries it.

Monthly salaryFrom $1,500, so you never live off savings.
A mentor in every gapCoding, planning, marketing, sales, UI, UX.
Learn exactly what you needGuided lessons plus a 90-minute study block, so each skill lands right when your build needs it.
A community of buildersEveryone learns from everyone, in real time.
Funding for the buildThe studio pays for growth when traction hits.
Tools, coveredThe software your product needs is on us.
Business coachingWe build the plan and the numbers with you.
Room to try againIf one product fails, you keep building.

Three ways to build.
Two leave you exposed.

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Bootstrap

You build it yourself.

  • You keep 100% ownership
  • You make all the decisions
  • You fund the build yourself
  • You build your network yourself
  • You earn no salary
  • You find experts yourself
  • You take all the financial risk
  • If it fails, you lose your money

VCs & Angels

They fund it for equity.

  • Your ownership dilutes each round
  • You get occasional board input
  • You face runway pressure
  • Investors fund the build
  • You get an investor network
  • Your board can overrule you
  • A salary is rare
  • If it fails, you can be pushed out

The Studio

We build it together. You lead.

  • You own a share of each product
  • You run it as CEO
  • The Studio funds the build
  • You join a built-in community
  • You earn from $1,500/month
  • You build with an expert team
  • You take no financial risk
  • If it fails, you stay and build again
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No idea yet? Start with what you love.

No employer ever asked what you are passionate about, then paid you to build it. We do. We help you find your passion, then turn it into a product people pay for.

Already have your own idea?

We are open to building that too.

01PassionStart with what excites you.
02Find a problemIdentify a real problem worth solving.
03Build prototypeWe help you build a working prototype in 10 days.
04LaunchLaunch, get your first users, and grow.

Your first prototype ships in 10 days.

Proof it works before anyone commits. Then you get hired.

People using a prototype app on their phones
999 Venture Studio builders collaborating in the studio

Hit $20K MRR
and you run it as CEO.

Your product becomes its own company. You learn to hire and lead it, with the studio still behind you.

20% of five beats 80% of one.

Five product app interfaces built in parallel at the studio

Build several products in parallel and earn a share of each, vesting over three to four years. More upside, far less risk than betting everything on one.

If a product fails, you don't.

You stay, you keep learning, and you build again until one works.

A builder at 999 Venture Studio

Real products in the studio right now.

Lattice Ops product interface
Lattice Ops

Marketing automation for growing teams

PaidIron product interface
PaidIron

Painless invoicing for freelancers

LawValet product interface
LawValet

Support built for legal teams

Who this is for.

For you if

  • You want to learn to build and sell products.
  • You'd rather have experts in your corner than figure it all out alone.
  • You need a real monthly salary while you build.
  • You know solo founders burn savings on products nobody wants. A team sharing the risk changes everything.
  • You know 99% of solo builders die at the “good idea, no traction” stage, and you want a launchpad.

Not for you if

  • You want 100% ownership of what you build.
  • You are already an expert in product, tech, marketing, UI, and UX all at once.
  • You have $10K+ in savings you are happy to bet on a product with no salary and no safety net.
  • You'd rather take money from VCs or angels you've never met, who can force decisions on you and remove you from your own product.

Bring the passion.
We build the rest.

Apply in 2 minutes. If it's a fit, we start with a 10-day prototype.