Prehype
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Prehype is a pioneering venture development firm that bridges the gap between corporate innovation and startup agility by building new ventures in partnership with corporations, VCs, and entrepreneurs. Founded in 2010, Prehype operates as a unique hybrid combining venture studio, incubator, and innovation consultancy services. The firm identifies 'intrapreneurs' within large organizations and guides them through intensive ideation sprints (1-4 weeks), followed by a three-month build phase and 100-day customer feedback period. Prehype's model allows companies to retain entrepreneurial talent while enabling employees to build new products and ventures with a handpicked external team of entrepreneurs, engineers, designers, and developers. The firm charges a fixed management fee with shared upside in successful ventures. In recent years, Prehype has expanded to include AI-assisted venture building through Audos, SaaS-focused spin-outs via Freespin Ventures, educational initiatives in applied entrepreneurship, an entrepreneurs-in-residence network and fellowship program, seed investing activities, and partner incubation programs with family offices, VCs, and corporations. Prehype has built a remarkable track record with portfolio companies including BarkBox (NYSE: BARK, $1.6B valuation), Ro Health, Managed by Q, and numerous successful exits to Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon, WeWork, and other tech giants.
2010
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