Genesis Cohort — now opening

AI Capital Forge

Where Genomes Get Funded.

The first marketplace where projects pitch by their executable code, not slides. Investors fork & run. Due diligence in hours, not weeks.

Apply to Genesis Cohort → See the founding project

Built around the Rotifer Protocol

Three Audiences. One Loop.

A two-sided market for protocol-native projects.

For Founders

Pitch by your Genome, not slides

Your Project = Founder + Genome + Pitch + Funding History. Composable, executable, observable. Investors fork your Genome and run it locally — your code is your pitch.

  • Code-based pitch (no PDF deck)
  • Track record of evaluations as proof
  • AI-assisted Investor matching

For Investors

See it run before you commit

Skip 30-page decks. One-click fork & run any Genome. Read the code. Read the evaluation history. Read AI-generated dossiers. Due diligence in hours, not weeks.

  • thesis-aligned deal flow
  • Soulbound badge as proof
  • Direct Founder DM channel

For Rotifer Protocol

The protocol uses its own primitives

Rotifer Protocol is Founder #1 here. The protocol's own composable, evaluable primitives are what powers the platform — the same primitives any project on rotifer.fund will use to make their pitch.

  • Rotifer Protocol = Founder #1
  • Built around the Rotifer Protocol
  • An open marketplace for protocol-native projects

Why this exists

Code is the pitch.

Today's early-stage AI funding still runs on PDFs, decks, and warm intros. Founders spend weeks building decks. Investors spend weeks reading them. Both sides know the deck is a proxy for what really matters — does the thing actually work?

rotifer.fund flips that. Pitches are executable code built around the Rotifer Protocol — composable, runnable, evaluable primitives. Investors fork the project and run it. Due diligence collapses from weeks to hours.

Rotifer Protocol is the first project listed here, as a way of demonstrating the platform with its own primitives. The platform itself is being built in the open.

Limited Cohort — now open

Genesis Members

Founding members get a Soulbound NFT on Base L2 + lifetime privileges + priority access when the platform opens.

Founder Genesis

10 / 10 open

Building on Rotifer Protocol? Join the first cohort of Founders whose code-based pitches will define the standard.

  • Lifetime Pro tier (no recurring fee)
  • Priority Investor matching at platform launch
  • Founder Genesis Soulbound NFT (Base L2)
  • Eligibility: ≥1 published Gene on rotifer.ai Registry
Apply as Founder →

Investor Genesis

5 / 5 open

Backing AI infrastructure or composable agent ecosystems? Get first look at projects pitching by their code, not slides.

  • Lifetime LP Pro tier (no recurring fee)
  • Priority access to Genesis Founders
  • Investor Genesis Soulbound NFT (Base L2)
  • Eligibility: published thesis aligned with AI agent infra / open protocol
Apply as Investor →

Genesis cohort closes when filled or at platform launch, whichever comes first.