Access tiers
Tier number describes the level of service. Carry rate describes the exchange. Everything after the 1% core assessment is the Advisory offer at a different service level.
Who this is for
Broad deep-tech coverage, including robotics, semiconductors, biotech, advanced materials, energy and climate, photonics, quantum, and emerging areas as they rise. Not wrapper-AI funds. Not generalist consumer funds. Not law firms, which partner through the IP and VC counsel channel.
Founding cohort / By review
Selection is by review, not first-come. Accepted funds receive Tier 3 access at the 1% founding carry rate.
The four tiers
Use Tier 2 for the core assessment product. Use Tier 3 or Tier 4 when the fund wants the Advisory offer with a deeper service layer.
Tier 1
Free
Try the workflow with zero commitment.
Capability access, the intelligence brief, and a sample report surface. No carry. No contract.
Included
Not included
Tier 2
1% carry
The full assessment product.
Full patent and technical assessment with analyst review on every finding.
Included
Not included
Tier 3
2% carry
Pipeline intelligence plus advisory review.
The core assessment plus pipeline intelligence, comparable deal analysis, and advisory review at a lighter service level.
Included
Not included
Tier 4
3% carry
The full Advisory Program.
Everything in Tier 3, plus every-deal advisory coverage, technical board support, and investor network access.
Included
Capability comparison
Founding Members receive Tier 3 access at the 1% founding carry rate. The 2% and 3% columns are both Advisory, with different service depth.
Access level and carry rate
Tier number describes the service level. Carry rate describes the commercial exchange. Founding Members receive Tier 3 access at the 1% founding carry rate.
Tier 1
Free
Introductory workflow access and sample surfaces.
Tier 2
1% carry
Full assessment product without the advisory layer.
Tier 3
2% carry
Founding Members receive this access level at the 1% founding rate.
Tier 4
3% carry
Full Advisory Program for every-deal technical support.
Scope
VentureIP evaluates deep-tech IP and technical merit. We do not grade business quality, commercial strength, or founder fit. Those judgments stay with the fund manager, where they belong.
FAQ
Carry is scoped to the engaged fund, not the LPs directly. VentureIP provides reporting artifacts that plug into LP updates and IC packages. Exact mechanics are scoped during onboarding.
Raw deal data is never shared between funds. Aggregate findings and comparable benchmarks are computed across participating funds, stripped of fund-identifying metadata before they appear in any fund's view.
Engagements are structured so a fund can exit cleanly at the end of any quarter. Data the fund contributed remains anonymized inside aggregates. Access to ongoing tools ends at exit.
VentureIP is a separate product with a narrow, deliberate scope: patent and technical review for deep-tech funds. Arkus Innovation Studios authored the methodology VentureIP applies. Their broader consulting services are a separate engagement with Arkus directly.
VentureIP partners with IP-specialist and VC-specialist law firms on a reciprocal referral model. Firms send deep-tech IP work and flag fund opportunities; they receive access to the VentureIP fund network and technical review workflow. See the partner-channel page for details.
Start a conversation with the tier that fits your pipeline today. You can move up as the work deepens.