Chandler J. Lewis
Managing Partner
Leads VentureIP, the assessment model, and the fund-facing thesis behind Enough Ventures' deep-tech review work.
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We built the tool we wished we had.
VentureIP is the exclusive product of Enough Ventures, published at VentureIP.ai. It is powered by the Arkus Innovation Studios methodology, customized for deep-tech assessment.
VentureIP started as an assessment method we ran in-house at Enough Ventures. We kept reaching for it on deep-tech deals, and deep-tech VC funds kept asking for it by name.
Under license from Arkus Innovation Studios, we customized their assessment methodology for the specific shape of deep-tech fund review. We added evidence checks. We tightened the scorecard. We made it segment-aware.
VentureIP is built for deep-tech VC funds. It is not an Arkus portfolio company. It is an Enough Ventures product, and it lives at VentureIP.ai.
Principles
What we hold constant.
Principle 01
Evidence over hype
We quantify what can be quantified. We flag what cannot. We never call it a breakthrough.
Principle 02
Analyst in the loop
Humans sign every assessment. If we would not defend it in an IC, we do not ship it.
Principle 03
Rigor, not volume
We would rather ship fewer assessments well than more assessments fast.
Principle 04
Compound, not extract
Every engagement refines the method. The next assessment is sharper than the last.
Team
The people behind the model.
VentureIP is not an unreviewed automated score. The model is shaped by people who understand fund decisions, technical risk, and what evidence needs to survive partner scrutiny.
Guilherme Santana
General Partner
Advises on how assessment outputs translate into fund decisions, partner discussions, and practical investor use.
Walter Benadof
General Partner
Advises on the evidence standard behind technical review, including IP posture, commercialization risk, and report defensibility.
Work with us.
Deep-tech VC funds and partner-channel IP or VC counsel firms welcome. Tell us what you need assessed.