Now Raising — Pre-Seed 2026
VERTEX
The first sci-fi & fantasy vertical content network. Mobile-first. AI-powered production. Genre communities that don't exist anywhere else.
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The first sci-fi & fantasy vertical content network. Mobile-first. AI-powered production. Genre communities that don't exist anywhere else.
The vertical content market is $5B+ and growing — yet 95% of all short-form series are romance and melodrama. Sci-fi, fantasy, thriller, and horror fans are completely underserved. VERTEX owns that lane.
The first all-iPhone production studio — iPhone 17 Pro + Blackmagic Camera hardware — with an AI Pre-Production → Human Production → AI Post-Production workflow via Runway Gen-4 and Luma Ray2 that collapses Hollywood costs by 95%+.
Scripts, storyboards, concept art & previz via AI.
Blackmagic hardware. Real actors. Skeleton crews.
Runway Gen-4 & Luma Ray2 VFX, LoRAs & compositing.
Mobile-first. AVOD + SVOD + SciCoins monetization.
VERTEX partners with A-list talent through deal structures where creatives retain full IP ownership. Talent earns upside based on views — aligning incentives across the board.
Full ownership stays with the creative. We produce & monetize.
Revenue share tied to engagement. More views = bigger payouts.
Millions of sci-fi/fantasy comics, indie games, and novels with real fanbases that will never get optioned by Hollywood. VERTEX produces vertical microfilms at a fraction of traditional cost.
Thousands of genre games with passionate communities adapted into serialized vertical content.
The sci-fi & fantasy book market is massive. Authors partner with us to bring stories to screen.
Visual worlds from indie creators translate perfectly to AI-assisted vertical production.
From indie games to self-published novels — stories Hollywood ignores, served to passionate audiences
Brands don't buy ads on VERTEX — they build branded entertainment studios inside our ecosystem. Story Partners fund original genre content, and fans who engage with brand experiences earn SciCoins to unlock free episodes. Proven by Club Canela with McDonald's, Coca-Cola, and Hyundai.
Brand integrations command 3-5x CPM premiums over programmatic ads. Brands become part of the narrative — not an interruption to it.
Branded entertainment division with Mookie Betts' OMG — genre content Y1, sports-first expansion Y2.
Brands fund original series. Not pre-roll — narrative-integrated branded entertainment at 3-5x CPM.
Fans earn SciCoins engaging with Story Partners — redeemable for content, merch & voting tokens.
Free tier (ad-supported), Premium ($9.99), Executive ($19.99) — 70% start free, convert to paid.
Genre AI creators build audiences on social but monetization is broken. VERTEX guarantees 5-10x revenue for windowed exclusivity, plus bounties for driving engagement.
Every VERTEX user starts as a Production Assistant. Through genuine engagement — watching, rating, reviewing, and community participation — they earn XP and SciCoins to rank up through Hollywood's actual production hierarchy. Higher ranks unlock exclusive content, voting power on new shows, and direct influence over what gets made.
Earned through engagement or purchased. Spent on early access, voting tokens, cosmetics & exclusive content. Follows TikTok's $6B+ in-app model.
Higher ranks = more votes. Quarterly Greenlight Votes on new series. Continuation Votes for sequels. Story Direction Polls for narrative forks.
Duolingo-style daily streaks drive 2.4-3.6x retention. Genre-themed milestones: Recruit (7d), Explorer (30d), Voyager (100d), Architect (365d).
Deep space survival aboard a decaying station
Dark fantasy dungeon crawlers and undead armies
Anime-inspired catastrophe and survival
Supernatural horror in frozen wastelands
Steampunk adventure and retro-futurism
AI music video — surreal and atmospheric
Sci-fi frontier towns on alien worlds
Underwater adventures and cosmic creatures
4-year pro forma with 77% EBITDA margins by 2029, five diversified revenue streams, and AI-powered production economics.
| Revenue Stream | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Subscriptions (SVOD) | $750K | $12M | $45M | $90M |
| SciCoins / In-App | $500K | $7M | $23M | $49.5M |
| Story Partners (Branded) | $500K | $5M | $13M | $26M |
| Advertising (AVOD) | $150K | $1.4M | $6.5M | $13.2M |
| IP Licensing | $200K | $1.2M | $7M | $9.5M |
LTV/CAC 22.5x → 90x by 2029. Payback under 2 months from day one.
10x revenue = $1.88B. Strategic acquirers: Epic, Netflix, Meta.
$500K → projected 263x return. Seed investors see 53x.
A decade building streaming platforms, CTV networks, and AI-integrated content studios.
Decade building streaming platforms and CTV networks. Pluto TV, Netflix, Tubi ecosystems.
AI storytelling at AGBO (Russo Brothers). Hollywood craft meets AI-native workflows.
Eight-figure ad revenue across major brands and FAST networks. Brand partnerships & monetization.
Hundreds of hours for Tubi, Pluto + branded content for Axe/P&G, BetMGM, Progressive.
Advisory board includes Tom Grane, founder of the #1 behind-the-scenes production company Mob Scene (Dune, Avatar, Barbie); Robert Schwartzman, co-founder of Utopia, Altavod, and PowerFlix; Mookie Betts' production company OMG; and Jared Sandrew of AI content technology company OutSyders (Marvel, Disney, Netflix).
We're raising our pre-seed round to launch the platform no one else is building.
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