Founders Bay Virtual Workshop: Reverse the Startup Model, Secure Global Scale First, and Unlock $250K Pre-Seed Without Pitching VCs
Building a unicorn startup has odds similar to living to 100 years old.
Now add the AI era.
When development becomes a utility, the number of startups chasing pre-seed funding explodes.
More ideas. More founders. More noise.
At the same time, the bar for investors rises.
Capital flows only to ventures with defensible innovation and a credible path to global scale secured early.
Which means the success rate at the pre-seed level becomes even harder than before.
But what if you could reverse the entire process?
What if you secured the exit logic and global scaling pathway first, and only then unlocked funding?
Reverse Ventures is the world’s first AI-native innovation platform that flips startup creation upside down.
Entrepreneurs contribute a disruptive idea and become equal partners in the venture through a 50/50 structure.
Reverse Ventures then deploys up to $250K in pre-seed funding to protect the idea globally, build the MVP, and execute a proof of concept with a global enterprise partner positioned to scale it to market.
Your primary role is simple: come up with the brilliant, disruptive idea.
You do not need to pitch investors.
You do not need to raise funding.
You do not need to build the MVP yourself.
You do not need to take it to market.
Reverse Ventures handles validation, funding, protection, buildout, and corporate alignment.
Instead of raising first and hoping later, you secure scaling first and fund with alignment already in place.
It is a new model where the world’s infrastructure works for you while you focus on generating breakthrough innovation and living your life on your own terms.
What We’ll Cover:
• Why the traditional raise and build first, scale later startup model is increasingly inefficient.
• How pre-seed funding shifts when MVPs are no longer the hard part.
• How to qualify for up to $250K in pre-seed funding without pitching VCs first.
• How to turn an idea into equity without relying on early-stage capital.
• What real traction means in the AI era and how to create it early.
• How investors evaluate opportunities differently when real demand signals exist.
• How entrepreneurs can build a portfolio of innovations instead of betting on one startup.
• In the age of AI, why your company is you, not your product.
Speaker:
Yoda Regev is Founder and CEO of Reverse Ventures, an AI-native platform that validates ideas, protects IP, builds MVPs, and matches innovations with global enterprises from inception.
A serial entrepreneur with three successful exits across AI, fintech, and blockchain, he is redefining how startups are built, funded, and scaled in the AI age.
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