CORGI CAPITAL / INVESTMENT FRAMEWORK
Small checks.
Controlling conviction.
A disciplined approach to capital deployment.
A decisive approach to owning most of your company.
MAXIMUM INVESTMENT$50USD
Up to fifty dollars. Per company.
MINIMUM OWNERSHIP51%
A majority position. From day one.
OUR STRUCTURAL ADVANTAGELess capital.
More company.
We believe the size of a check should never constrain the size of our ownership expectations.
THE RATIONALECAPITAL DISCIPLINE / GOVERNANCE CLARITY
Every dollar matters.
Especially all fifty.
Our framework aligns an exceptionally measured financial commitment with an exceptionally unambiguous position on the cap table.
01 / CAPITAL EFFICIENCYScarcity is a feature.
Excess capital can obscure weak assumptions. By investing no more than $50, we ensure that virtually every assumption remains fully exposed. Founders must distinguish between essential expenditure, discretionary expenditure, and expenditure exceeding the entire round.
This creates immediate operating discipline. A second monitor becomes a strategic decision. Lunch becomes a financing event. Resourcefulness becomes less of a cultural value and more of a mathematical requirement.
02 / GOVERNANCE CLARITYOne percentage point.
Complete alignment.
At 50%, decisions can stall. At 51%, our perspective benefits from a structural advantage. We consider this an elegant solution to the coordination costs associated with other people having an equally influential opinion.
Founders retain a meaningful minority interest and the continued privilege of executing the vision. We retain the majority position necessary to describe that vision as shared.
03 / CONVICTION DENSITYOwnership over optics.
A large check is easy to notice. A majority stake acquired for fifty dollars is harder to forget. We prioritize conviction per dollar over dollars per announcement, allowing our ownership to substantially outperform our contribution in almost every available measurement.
Our capital is patient. At this size, it is also portable. The full investment can be represented by a single banknote, a useful simplification of the conventional funding process.
04 / FOUNDER INCENTIVESKeep the hunger.
Founders should remain motivated after a financing. Our structure takes this principle seriously by ensuring that the financing changes almost nothing about their immediate financial circumstances.
With up to 49% of the company remaining outside our position, there is ample room for founders, employees, future investors, and a thoughtful conversation about dilution. We believe ambition thrives when the upside is meaningful and the available budget is technically nonzero.
FREQUENTLY RAISED OBJECTIONSADDRESSED WITH CONFIDENCE
The details matter.
Is that fifty dollars, or fifty million?
Fifty dollars. USD. The absence of additional zeroes is intentional and central to our investment philosophy.
Why a minimum of 51%?
Because 49% would require us to remain persuasive. Our framework reduces dependence on this operational variable. A greater ownership stake may be considered where the opportunity warrants additional conviction, without necessarily warranting additional dollars.
Can the check be smaller?
Yes. Fifty dollars is a ceiling, not a target. We reserve the flexibility to deploy less capital while maintaining the same rigorous minimum ownership requirement.
What can a founder do with $50?
That is precisely the kind of resource-allocation question we expect exceptional founders to answer. We encourage an evidence-based budget and a restrained relationship with paid subscriptions.
What do you bring beyond capital?
A majority opinion, a strong interest in updates, and the institutional confidence to refer to fifty dollars as a capital deployment. We believe these contributions speak for themselves, although this page has elected to speak for them at length.
Is this a binding offer?
No. This page is satire, not a binding investment offer or an agreement to purchase equity.
THE NEXT STEP
Your life's work.
Our fifty dollars.
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