Up to $250K
Invested for equity
Yieldz VC · Startup & Accelerator Program
Priced at your round.Up to $250,000 invested in your company.
$125,000 in services for every accepted company, plus up to $125,000 in cash sized by your company's stage and value, all for equity at the same price as the investors in your raise. Then we put a Chief Capital Strategist inside your company to get it ready for capital.
Yieldz stays in the car
$125,000
Services, every accepted company
Up to $125K
Cash, sized by stage and value
Pari passu
Same price as your round
Why pari passu matters
Their price is fixed.Ours is your round's.
The standard accelerator deal takes a fixed percentage, commonly 7%, before your round exists. Yieldz takes its stake at the price your actual investors pay. If you've built more, you give up less.
The standard deal
7%, set before you're in the room
The same 7% whether you walked in with a slide deck or with signed contracts and revenue. It stays gone at every future round, whatever you build.
Yieldz VC
Invested at your round's price
| Your raise | Post-money | Full $250,000 = |
|---|---|---|
| $3,000,000 | $12,000,000 | 2.08% |
| $4,000,000 | $16,000,000 | 1.56% |
| $5,000,000 | $20,000,000 | 1.25% |
Illustrative, at the full $250,000 and a 25% round (raise ÷ post-money). A smaller investment buys a proportionally smaller stake at the same price. Final terms are in the definitive documents.
How your investment is sized
Your company sets it.Not a sales call.
Every accepted company receives $125,000 in services. The cash investment is set by your company's independent valuation. The calculator estimates yours in about five minutes.
Valued under $3M
$25,000
cash · $150,000 total
$3M – $6M
$50,000
cash · $175,000 total
$6M – $8M
$100,000
cash · $225,000 total
$8M and up
$125,000
cash · $250,000 total
Totals include the $125,000 services investment. Valuation is set by an independent third-party firm during diligence. Investment is subject to diligence, program capacity, the standard closing conditions and definitive agreements.
How it works
Six stages.Application to investment.
You pay $7,497 to begin plus your first month of Membership, then $2,500 a month for as long as you want the access. That is every dollar you pay Yieldz. Everything after that is Yieldz putting capital in.
Stage 1
Qualify
Complete the readiness calculator and speak with a Yieldz capital advisor to confirm the fit.
Stage 2 · $7,497 + first month
Due diligence
Your onboarding fee funds KYC/AML, background and soft-credit checks across three working sessions.
Stage 3 · $2,500/mo
Accepted
Diligence clears and your Membership continues month to month. Your Strategist is scheduled.
Stage 4
Strategist deploys
Your Chief Capital Strategist joins. Independent valuation, Venture Score and the raise plan begin.
Stage 5
Closing conditions
Valuation, cap table, KYC, buy-sell agreement and key-person insurance in place. Where most early raises stall.
Stage 6
We invest
Equity documents signed at your round's terms, services contributed and your cash investment wired.
What $125,000 in services delivers
Contributed by Yieldz.Never invoiced to you.
The services half of the investment is delivered inside your company and contributed as equity, at your round's price.
Capital readiness
$25,000
Valuation & scoring
- Independent third-party company valuation
- Yieldz Valuation & Capital-Readiness Report
- Yieldz Venture Score
- Capital structure analysis
- Data-room creation and management
Structure & platform
$50,000
Tokenization & raise plan
- Offering-structure design and token economics
- Tokenization on Polygon, with Polymesh integration in development
- Live token pricing and offering infrastructure
- Platform onboarding and KYC/AML rails
- Closing-condition coordination
- Capital-raise roadmap and marketing plan
Deployed into your company
$50,000
Chief Capital Strategist
- A Yieldz executive engaged by your company as a fractional Chief Capital Strategist for year one
- Coordination among management, attorneys, the valuation firm and your broker-dealer
- Investor and pitch materials, company branding
- Handoff to your securities counsel
- Year two: continue at $50,000 a year or $5,000 a month
Your Strategist works for your company
Engaged under the services agreement as a fractional executive, the way you would engage a CFO for hire. Yieldz is also a shareholder, so the Strategist and Yieldz want what you want: a company that is fundable.
What Yieldz does not do
Yieldz does not raise your capital and does not promise that you will be funded. Solicitation and placement are performed by your registered broker-dealer and your securities counsel. Fundable is what we build. Funded is what you earn.
Standard closing conditions
We investlike an institution.
The same conditions institutional investors put in a term sheet. Your Strategist coordinates every one of them.
1
Independent valuation
A third-party valuation sets your company's value and your investment tier.
2
Clean cap table
Ownership documented and reconciled before new equity is issued.
3
KYC and background
Identity, background and soft-credit checks on the founding team.
4
Founder buy-sell agreement
What happens to a founder's shares if they leave, become disabled or die.
5
Key-person insurance
Coverage on the founders the company depends on, placed through any licensed agent.
If key-person insurance can't be placed, your company still receives the $125,000 services investment, and you may launch a SAFE offering on the Yieldz platform to raise up to $1,000,000. Yieldz Life, a licensed Yieldz affiliate, can place coverage and coordinate premium financing if you choose; it is compensated by the carrier.
Like no other VC
Read their fine print.Then read ours.
Six well-known programs a founder raising $3M–$5M will consider, from their published terms as of September 2026. Where a program publishes a range, we used the number most favorable to them.
| Program | Headline check | Program fee | Net to you | Equity taken | Operator in your company |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yieldz VC | Up to $250,000 $125K services + up to $125K cash | $7,497 onboarding + $2,500/mo Membership, stated separately | Up to $250,000 | Up to 1.25%–2.08%, pari passu with your round | Yes, Chief Capital Strategist, year one |
| Y Combinator | $500,000 | None | $500,000 | 7% fixed on $125K; $375K prices at next round | No, group partners |
| Techstars | $220,000 | None | $20K equity + $200K note | 6% fixed on $20K; note prices later | No, mentor network |
| Berkeley SkyDeck | $210,000 | $7,500 | $202,500 | 7.5% fixed, before your round | No, advisors |
| 500 Global | $150,000 | $37,500 deducted | $112,500 | 6% fixed, before your round | No, program staff |
| Alchemist | $25,000–$30,000 | Bundled | ≈ $30,000 | 5% fixed, before your round | No, assigned coach |
| Capital Factory | $0 cash | None | Up to $250K hosting credits | 1% fixed + option on future rounds | No, community |
What 1% of your company buys
Divide what each program puts in by the percentage it takes. For Yieldz, it's your post-money divided by 100 at any investment size, because we pay your round's price. Move the slider to your raise.
Yieldz VC at your raiseYieldz VC at $3M, $4M, $5MFixed-percentage programs
$7.0M
Y Combinator's 7% at a $100M outcome
$1.56M
Yieldz VC's full $250K (1.56%) at a $100M outcome
5–37×
Other programs' entry stakes vs cash received, at $100M
Sources: third-party reporting of each program's published terms as of September 2026 (startupscience.io, pitchwise.se, Techstars Spring 2026 listing, capwave.ai, M Accelerator terms database, The Startupverse, elev-x, AcceleratorApp). Figures may be out of date; confirm current terms with each program. Program names are trademarks of their owners; none is affiliated with Yieldz or has reviewed this comparison. Illustrative arithmetic ignoring later dilution and non-financial benefits. Assumes a 25% round.
The Yieldz Club Membership · $2,500 a month
The Membership isaccess to capital.
The door to the Yieldz VC Program, the Yieldz Club and the rooms where your company meets capital. Eight VIP tickets a year, an $80,000 value, against $30,000 in dues. Month to month.
Entry to the Yieldz VC Program
Required for the investment track, for as long as you're in it
8 VIP tickets a year to Yieldz Capital Conference Events
Valued at $10,000 each. Bring your team and your investors into the room where your company meets capital
12 domestic and 4 international Capital Network events
Invite-only access through Yieldz and partners; tickets purchased separately
Yieldz Motorsport race weekends
Members-level access at all 7 race weekends in 2027, 2 of them on Formula 1 weekends. The Founders VIP level is reserved for founders and their guests
Board of Advisors Mastermind & Investor Network
Invite only, by referral through Yieldz
Professional fee and marketing discounts
Offering counsel, professional services and a capital-attraction marketing network
Sponsor the cars
Your brand on the car, at the track and in team media. Sponsorship is open to Yieldz Club Members only
Prove it
If you won't put $2,500 a month into your company, why would we put up to $250,000 into it?
Selective programs charge entry in equity, priced before your round. Yours is paid monthly, for access you use, and cancelled when you no longer need it.
What it is not
Access only
No share of Yieldz revenue, no interest in any Yieldz entity or member company. Not an asset, not transferable, not sold as an investment. It must stay active until Yieldz invests.
Your raise on the Yieldz platform
Tokenized on Polygon.Placed by your broker-dealer.
Structure and exemption are chosen by you with your securities counsel and broker-dealer. Polymesh integration is in development.
SAFEAvailable
Reg D 506(c)Available
Reg AAnticipated
Reg CFAnticipated
Reg CRYPTOAnticipated
Distribution compensation (2% broker-dealer of record, 4% placement agent) is paid from raise proceeds to the broker-dealer, not to Yieldz. "Reg CRYPTO" refers to an anticipated SEC framework that is not yet in effect. Reg A and Reg CF are anticipated on the Yieldz platform and are not yet available.
Yieldz receives
Equity for services contributed$125,000
Equity for cash investedUp to $125,000
Membership, paid by you$2,500/mo
A minority position at your round's terms. No share of proceeds, no success fee.
You keep
Control of your companyYes
Your raise proceeds100%
Your MembershipCancel any time
All deliverablesYours
Questions founders ask
Stated plainly.Before you apply.
How is my investment sized?
Every accepted company receives $125,000 in services, contributed as equity. The cash investment, up to $125,000, is set by your company's independent valuation: $25,000 under $3M, $50,000 from $3M to $6M, $100,000 from $6M to $8M, and $125,000 at $8M and up.
Who qualifies?
Companies raising $3M–$5M in the next 12 months, with a company a valuation firm can price, and founders ready to put a Chief Capital Strategist inside the company for a year. The readiness calculator gives you an estimate in about five minutes.
What do I pay Yieldz, in total?
$7,497 in onboarding plus your first month of Membership to begin, then $2,500 a month for as long as you want the access. That is every dollar you pay Yieldz. There is no success fee and no share of your raise proceeds.
Is the onboarding fee refundable?
The $7,497 is non-refundable once diligence begins; it pays for the checks and the three working sessions whether or not you proceed. If diligence shows the program is a poor fit, we tell you plainly and you may cancel your Membership at month end.
What are the closing conditions?
The standard ones institutional investors use: an independent valuation, a clean cap table, KYC and background checks, a founder buy-sell agreement and key-person insurance. Coverage can be placed through any licensed agent. Yieldz Life, a Yieldz affiliate, can place it and coordinate premium financing if you choose.
What if key-person insurance can't be placed?
Your company still receives the $125,000 services investment, and you may launch a SAFE offering on the Yieldz platform to raise up to $1,000,000.
Does Yieldz raise my capital?
No. Yieldz does not raise capital or promise funding. Securities are solicited and placed by your registered broker-dealer with your securities counsel. Yieldz builds the structure, tokenizes the offering and markets your company at its Capital Events.
Qualify today
Five minutes.See what you qualify for.
Answer questions about your company and your team. You'll see your investment readiness score and your estimated investment before you speak with anyone.
$7,497+ first month of Membership
To begin, once you and your capital advisor agree the program fits. Then $2,500 a month, cancel any time.
The Yieldz VC Program Guide
Free · 13 pages · Sept 2026 edition. How the investment is sized, the closing conditions, the comparison and the Membership.
Get the guideYieldz VC · Investment readiness
Five minutes.See what you qualify for.
Answer the questions an investor asks about your company and your team. Your readiness score and estimated investment update as you go. Nothing is sent until you choose to.
Your company
What a valuation firm looks at first.
Stage
Customers, contracts, or letters of intent
Your capital
Where you are and what you plan to raise.
Your team
Investors fund people first. Add each founder or key executive, up to three.
Your readiness
The questions an investor works through before deciding. Answer honestly; gaps are what the program builds.