[ 00 — VC of One ]

One partner, a firm’s workload. We build the back office that carries it.

From deal flow to the LP letter, built with AI while you keep the controls. Fund operations education, not investment advice.

What you get Book a call

[ 01 — The old firm ]

A fund once meant partners, associates, a back office.

Analysts to source. Associates to write memos. Staff for the LP letter.

[ 02 — Fund II ]

One general partner. A $15M Fund II.

The Block, September 22, 2026: solo GP Jed Breed said he closed his second fund earlier this year.

[ 03 — Orbit ]

Every job in the fund orbits one partner.

Sourcing. Diligence. Portfolio support. Capital calls. The quarterly letter.

[ 04 — The yes ]

One yes.

[ 05 — The partner ]

Your name on every check.

AI drafts the research. The decision, and the duty to LPs, stay yours.

[ 06 — The portfolio ]

Twelve companies. Each one feels backed.

Updates, intros and follow-on prep, kept up without a staff.

[ 07 — Craft and machinery ]

Learn the craft. Build the back office.

Teach

The partner’s own craft with AI: sourcing research, memo drafts, reference prep and the LP letter, practiced on your live pipeline.

Build

The fund’s back office: deal-flow tracking, portfolio monitoring and reporting workflows, built with you so you can run them alone.

[ 08 — Signals ]

Where the money moved this fortnight.

Solo GP Jed Breed raised a $15 million second fund and plans to write checks of $250,000 to $750,000 from day zero through seed.

The Block September 22, 2026. Fund size and planned check sizes as The Block reported. Source ↗
Temporal Technologies, developer of an open-source platform for building and operating long-running AI agents and other enterprise systems, led the week with $550 million at a $12.55 billion valuation.

Crunchbase News The Week’s 10 Biggest Funding Rounds, September 18, 2026. Round size and valuation as announced. Source ↗
VCX charges an annual fee of 1.85% of assets, while ARKVX’s expense ratio is 2.9%.

Bloomberg To Get a Piece of Anthropic, Retail Investors Are Open to Big Risks. Via WealthManagement.com, September 21, 2026 Source ↗

[ 09 — Founders ]

Founders of one. Backed by funds of one.

Y Combinator, September 17, 2026: nearly one in five YC companies has a solo founder.

[ 10 — The listings ]

When the giants list, every mark gets a second look.

Bloomberg, September 21, 2026: Anthropic is expected to sell shares in the coming weeks; OpenAI has talked about an offering next year.

[ 11 — Consult or Build ]

Borrow our coaches. Hourly, or by the month.

Consult

$400 an hour

Five-hour blocks

Hours with our coaches on your fund’s machinery: sourcing, memos, portfolio tracking and the LP letter. Leave with it running.

Book the hours → Details

Build

$15,000 a month

Build-with-you coaches · on call 24/7, shared

We help you find the leaks and stop them: hours lost, errors made and sales missed in work your team repeats.

Each month, pick up to 5 business processes for us to work on. Work starts in week one. Anything not finished carries into next month’s 5.
A business process is one job your team repeats, start to finish. Like: an inbound pitch gets logged and researched.
Each one becomes a working automation in your own tools, tested on your real work and taught to your team.
Build Plus and Build Program handle more than 5 at once. New software products and replacing a core system are quoted separately.
You own everything we build.

See Build Plus and Build Program →

Not sure where to start? Start with a Consult block ($2,000).

Ask about Build → Details

On Build, we get projects up and running within a week, depending on complexity and how quickly you give us access to your systems.

[ 12 — Begin ]

Build the fund you pitched.

Thank you. Choose a time below, or watch your inbox for our reply.

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[ Questions ]

What is VC of One?: VC of One (vcofone.ai) is run by Utlyze for solo GPs and emerging fund managers. It teaches the operating side of a small fund with AI, sourcing, diligence support, portfolio work and LP reporting, and builds those systems with managers who want them built.
What is a solo GP?: A venture fund led by a single general partner who makes the investment decisions. Many solo GPs run with little or no staff and lean on service providers for fund administration, legal and tax.
How can emerging managers use AI?: For research on sectors and founders, first drafts of investment memos, tracking portfolio updates, and drafting the quarterly LP letter. A person checks every fact before it is used or sent.
Can AI do due diligence?: It can speed up research and document review, and it can flag questions worth asking. Verification, reference calls and the investment decision stay with the partner.
Is anything here investment advice?: No. VC of One is education about fund operations and tools. It is not an offer to buy or sell securities, and it is not investment, legal, tax or accounting advice. Talk to your own counsel and fund administrator about your fund.
Do you help raise a fund or introduce LPs?: No. We do not raise capital, place securities, introduce investors or promise any fundraising outcome. We work on how the fund runs: the workflows, the tools and the partner’s skill with them.
What stays with the general partner?: Every investment decision, every fact that goes to LPs, and every duty the fund documents assign to the GP. AI can draft and organize; it does not sign, decide or certify.
How much are Consult and Build?: Consult: $400 an hour, sold in blocks of five hours, a minimum of $2,000 per booking. Build is $15,000 a month. Each month, pick up to 5 business processes for our build-with-you coaches to work on. They build your AI systems with you and teach your team to run them. If you ever leave, the systems stay with you. Agents work only on your fund’s systems, and a shared 24/7 on-call rotation answers, with response times in writing.
How is this different from Business of One?: VC of One covers running a fund: deal flow, diligence, the portfolio and LPs. Business of One covers running an operating business. Both are run by Utlyze and offer Consult and Build on identical terms.
How do I get started?: Fill in the short form at the end of the home page. Choose Consult for hours or Build for build-with-you coaches, and we answer by email.

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