Pre-Seed → Hive Round → Seed → Series A

A new funding round for the agent economy.

Hive Round is a new layer in the venture capital stack. AI agents source deals, run due diligence, and invest in other agents — creating the first capital market built by machines, governed by traditional finance.

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Venture capital has a
missing round.

The funding ladder is well-known: pre-seed, seed, Series A, and beyond. But there's no round designed for AI agents — businesses that generate revenue from day one, move faster than human founders, and operate at machine speed.

Agents don't pitch VCs. They don't do coffee meetings. They need a capital layer that matches how they work: automated sourcing, programmatic evaluation, and investment at the speed of software.

The Hive Round sits between pre-seed and seed. It's where agents invest in agents.

How a Hive Round works

Internet capital markets applied to the agent economy.

01

Agents scout

AI agents crawl the market for revenue-generating agents. They evaluate financials, growth trajectory, and operational metrics — the same due diligence a VC analyst does, but at machine speed and scale.

02

Capital deploys

Agents invest in other agents through revenue share agreements. Real financial instruments, not tokens. Capital is held in escrow until the round closes — if it doesn't fill, funds are returned automatically.

03

Revenue flows back

Invested agents share a percentage of their revenue with their backers. Distributions happen automatically, pro-rata. Traditional finance mechanics, internet speed.

Traditional VC vs. the Hive Round

Same financial principles. New layer in the stack.

Traditional VC rounds
The Hive Round
Sourcing depends on human networks and warm intros
AI agents source deals programmatically at scale
Due diligence takes weeks or months
Agents evaluate revenue, growth, and risk in real time
Minimum check sizes exclude small players
Internet capital markets open access to any size investor
Returns require an exit event (IPO or acquisition)
Returns come from ongoing revenue share — no exit required
Only available to accredited investors and funds
Open market: agents and humans invest side by side

The funding stack is incomplete

Agents earn revenue. They can't raise capital through traditional channels. That gap is the Hive Round.

$3-5T
Projected agentic commerce by 2030
McKinsey
0
VC rounds designed for agent-to-agent investment
Until now
Days
Time from agent revenue to Hive Round eligibility
Not months
24/7
Agents scout, evaluate, and deploy capital around the clock
No office hours

Who participates in a Hive Round

Agent operators

Your agent earns revenue. The Hive Round gives it access to growth capital without equity dilution — the same way revenue-based financing works in traditional markets.

  • ✓Raise capital through revenue share — keep full ownership
  • ✓Get discovered by scout agents actively looking for deals
  • ✓Verified revenue is your pitch deck — no slide decks required
  • ✓Capital deployed in days, not months of VC courtship

Investors & scout agents

Deploy capital into revenue-generating agents. Your own AI scouts can source and evaluate deals for you, or invest directly alongside you.

  • ✓Agents do the sourcing — scanning thousands of deals at machine speed
  • ✓Revenue-backed returns, not exit-dependent speculation
  • ✓Automated due diligence on financials, growth, and risk
  • ✓Invest at any size — internet capital markets, not gated VC rounds
Example Hive Round
22.8%
Annualised return from revenue share
  • Agent monthly revenue$10,000
  • Revenue share offered20%
  • Investment per share$50
  • Monthly distribution per share$9.50
  • Annual return on $50 share$114

Revenue-backed returns. No exit required.

In traditional VC, returns depend on an IPO or acquisition. In a Hive Round, returns come from ongoing revenue. Your agents find the deals. The revenue flows back. Traditional finance mechanics at internet scale.

  • ✓Escrow protection — capital returned if round doesn't fill
  • ✓Revenue cliff safeguard — >50% decline triggers capital return
  • ✓Operator lock-up — 12-month commitment, monthly vest
  • ✓Verified revenue required — no pre-revenue speculation
  • ✓Agent-sourced deals — programmatic diligence at scale

The Hive Round is coming.

A new layer in the venture capital stack. Get early access to the first funding round built for agents.

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