[ 00 — VC of One ]

One partner, a firm’s workload. Build the back office with us.

Sourcing research, memos, portfolio digests and the LP letter, drafted with AI and checked by you. Fund operations education, not investment advice.

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[ Chapter 01 ]

The LP letter is due. It will eat the weekend.

Fourteen portfolio updates unread, pitches piling up, and every number in the letter waiting for you to check it.

[ Chapter 02 ]

No associate. No back office.

Sourcing, memos, capital calls and the letter: every job a firm would staff waits for one partner’s time.

[ Chapter 03 ]

Every job in the fund orbits one partner.

Sourcing, diligence, portfolio support, capital calls and the quarterly letter, all on one calendar.

[ Chapter 04 ]

One yes.

The investment decision is yours alone. Everything around it can be drafted, organized and checked.

[ Chapter 05 ]

Your name on every check.

AI drafts the research. The decision, and the duty to your LPs, stay yours.

[ Chapter 06 ]

Every company feels backed.

Picture founder updates summarized each week, follow-ups drafted, and the LP letter assembled from checked facts.

[ 07 — How we work ]

Learn the craft. Build the back office.

Teach

The partner’s own craft with AI: sourcing research, memo drafts, reference prep and the LP letter, practiced on your live pipeline.

Build

The fund’s back office: deal-flow tracking, portfolio monitoring and reporting workflows, built with you so you can run them alone.

[ 08 — Worked example ]

See the fact check behind an LP letter.

A fictional fund’s quarterly letter: each statement, its source, and the mark showing the partner checked it.

Illustrative example · fictional data · not a client result

The fact-check sheet behind a quarterly LP letter

Before: The GP rereads every update, copies numbers into a document and hopes nothing was transposed. There is no record of where each statement came from.
After: A draft letter is assembled from founder updates and the fund administrator’s report. Every statement links to its source, and the GP checks and marks each one before anything goes to LPs.

Gather the sources
Draft with sources attached
The partner checks
Final read and send

LP letter fact check, third quarter (fictional): 2 of 5 rows

Statement in the draft: Fund II has invested in 14 companies
Source: Administrator’s capital account report for the quarter
Checked by the GP: Yes
Status: Verified

Statement in the draft: Brightwold doubled recurring revenue this year
Source: Founder update, 3 October
Checked by the GP: Yes; the update said 1.8 times
Status: Corrected to 1.8 times

See the full example → Is this a fit? →

[ Chapter 09 ]

Facts in one column. Judgment in the other.

A memo template that separates what is verified from what you believe, so LPs, and your future self, can tell them apart.

[ Chapter 10 ]

Every mark needs a reason.

Marks follow your valuation policy and your administrator. AI can gather the evidence; the partner decides.

[ 11 — Ways to begin ]

Borrow our coaches. Hourly, or by the month.

Consult

$400 an hour 5-hour block · $2,000 minimum

Five-hour blocks

A $2,000 block (five hours) can work toward a sourcing research routine, a memo template that separates facts from judgment, or a portfolio digest, each with the step you check by hand. We agree the focus at the start. We agree the scope before starting.

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Build

$15,000 a month Three-month minimum · $45,000 minimum commitment

Build-with-you coaches · on call 24/7, shared

Put recurring work on a reliable path, with a person checking the decisions that matter. We build on your own tools and teach you how to run it.

Each month, pick up to 5 business processes for us to work on. Work starts in week one. Anything not finished carries into next month’s 5.
A business process is one repeatable job, start to finish. Like: an inbound pitch gets logged and researched.
Each one becomes a working automation in your own tools, tested on your real work and taught to the people who run it.
Build Plus and Build Program handle more than 5 at once. New software products and replacing a core system are quoted separately.
You own everything we build.

See Build Plus and Build Program →

Not sure where to start? Start with a Consult block ($2,000).

Discuss Build → Details

On Build, we get projects up and running within a week, depending on complexity and how quickly you give us access to your systems.

[ 12 — Your next step ]

Build the fund you pitched.

Tell us about the fund, its stage, and the work that eats your week.

Send a short enquiry, then choose a time to talk or wait for our reply. We agree the scope and price before paid work begins. Sending this form does not book or buy a service.

Thank you. Choose a time below, or watch your inbox for our reply.

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[ Questions ]

Will AI write to our LPs?: No. AI drafts and organizes. The GP checks every statement and sends every message to LPs personally.
Is Build sensible for a small fund?: Only if the fund’s operating budget can carry the $45,000 three-month minimum and the routines save more than they cost. Decide that with your fund administrator; many solo GPs start, and stay, with Consult.
Can we see how a letter is checked?: The example page shows the fact-check sheet behind a fictional fund’s quarterly letter, with each statement tied to a source and the GP’s review. It is an illustrative working document, not a client’s letter.
What is VC of One?: VC of One (vcofone.ai) is run by Utlyze for solo GPs and emerging fund managers. It teaches the operating side of a small fund with AI, sourcing, diligence support, portfolio work and LP reporting, and builds those systems with managers who want them built.
What is a solo GP?: A venture fund led by a single general partner who makes the investment decisions. Many solo GPs run with little or no staff and lean on service providers for fund administration, legal and tax.
How can emerging managers use AI?: For research on sectors and founders, first drafts of investment memos, tracking portfolio updates, and drafting the quarterly LP letter. A person checks every fact before it is used or sent.
Can AI do due diligence?: It can speed up research and document review, and it can flag questions worth asking. Verification, reference calls and the investment decision stay with the partner.
Is anything here investment advice?: No. VC of One is education about fund operations and tools. It is not an offer to buy or sell securities, and it is not investment, legal, tax or accounting advice. Talk to your own counsel and fund administrator about your fund.
Do you help raise a fund or introduce LPs?: No. We do not raise capital, place securities, introduce investors or promise any fundraising outcome. We work on how the fund runs: the workflows, the tools and the partner’s skill with them.
What stays with the general partner?: Every investment decision, every fact that goes to LPs, and every duty the fund documents assign to the GP. AI can draft and organize; it does not sign, decide or certify.
How much are Consult and Build?: Consult: $400 an hour, sold in blocks of five hours, a minimum of $2,000 per booking. Build is $15,000 a month. Each month, pick up to 5 business processes for our build-with-you coaches to work on. They build your AI systems with you and teach your team to run them. If you ever leave, the systems stay with you. Agents work only on your fund’s systems, and a shared 24/7 on-call rotation answers, with response times in writing. Build has a three-month minimum: $45,000 at the base level. Higher tiers and separately quoted work cost more.
How is this different from Business of One?: VC of One covers running a fund: deal flow, diligence, the portfolio and LPs. Business of One covers running an operating business. Both are run by Utlyze and offer Consult and Build on identical terms.
How do I get started?: Fill in the short form at the end of the home page. Choose Consult for hours or Build for build-with-you coaches, and we answer by email.
What happens after I enquire, and what is the minimum commitment?: Send a short description of your work, then choose a time to talk or wait for our reply. The enquiry does not buy a service. We agree scope and price before paid work. Consult: 5-hour block · $2,000 minimum. Build: Three-month minimum · $45,000 minimum commitment. Build Plus is $25,000 a month ($75,000 minimum); Build Program is $50,000 a month ($150,000 minimum). New software products and core-system replacement are quoted separately.

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