$5,000
On a clean SAFE
Standard CAFE/SAFE template, $5M cap, no side letters, no board seats. Wire within seven days of yes.
Idea-stage · Canada · Fund I
The first $5,000
and the first
hundred hours.
Plot One backs Canadian founders at the moment most cheques won't — before the deck, before the demo, before the round. We write the first angel cheque and work alongside you until a stranger pays for what you built.
$5,000
First cheque, SAFE
12 weeks
Hands-on, weekly
1 goal
First paying customer
🇨🇦 Only
Canadian incorporated
01 — Thesis
Capital is easy.
Conviction is rare.
The Canadian early-stage scene is full of advice and short on commitment. Pre-seed funds wait for traction. Accelerators want a cohort. Friends and family aren't an option for everyone.
We close that gap. Plot One commits at the messiest moment — a notion doc, a Loom, a half-built prototype — and stays for the twelve weeks that decide whether anything real exists.
We are not a fund that ghosts after wiring. The cheque is the invitation. The work is what we do next.
02 — What you get
A small cheque,
everything else outsized.
Weekly
1:1 founder time
A standing 60-minute working session with a partner — not office hours, not Slack-only.
Intros
To your first 25 users
We open our address book on day one. Warm intros to design partners, operators, and customers in your wedge.
Until
Revenue, not a deck
Engagement ends when a stranger pays. Then we help you tee up the next round on your terms.
03 — Process
From cold form
to first customer.
- 01ApplyFour minutes. A form, a Loom, a link to anything that exists. No deck needed.
- 02ConversationIf we're a fit, we meet within five business days. One call, both partners.
- 03DecisionYes or no within ten days of that call. No "keep us posted."
- 04Wire & startSAFE signed, $5K wired, first working session booked the same week.
- 05Twelve weeksWeekly sessions, customer intros, ruthless focus on a single wedge.
- 06HandoffFirst paying customer, a clean data room, intros to seed funds that fit.
04 — Who we back
We invest in founders,
not categories.
Most of our wins look unreasonable on paper at week zero. Then they get a customer. Then another. Then they become obvious.
A good fit
- ▸Canadian incorporated (or willing to be) — federal or provincial.
- ▸Building something a human will pay for. B2B SaaS, vertical software, devtools, consumer subscription, marketplace, applied AI.
- ▸Full-time, or a credible plan to be within 90 days.
- ▸Pre-revenue. We are the cheque before the cheque.
- ▸Coachable. Direct. Allergic to performance.
Not for us
- —Heavy regulatory plays (pharma, banking infra) — we can't help enough.
- —Pure services businesses, agencies, course empires.
- —Crypto trading, gambling, anything we'd be embarrassed to fund.
05 — FAQ
Common
questions.
Is $5,000 really enough?+
It buys you twelve focused weeks and the dignity of an outside believer. We pair it with the work that turns $5K into a real round.
What do you take?+
A standard SAFE at a $5M post-money cap. No board seat, no pro-rata strong-arming, no information rights gymnastics.
Where in Canada?+
Toronto for now. Remote-first program with quarterly in-person meetups in Toronto.
Do I need a co-founder?+
No. Solo founders are welcome and a meaningful share of our portfolio.
Do you lead later rounds?+
No. We are a single-cheque fund by design. We make warm introductions to the right seed-stage leads when you're ready.
How long until I hear back?+
Five business days to a first call. Ten days to a decision after that. We don't slow-roll.
Pitch us
Send us the messy
version.
A paragraph, a Loom, a Figma, a Notion doc. Whatever's truest about what you're building right now. We'll reply within five business days — every founder gets a real human answer, yes or no.
Or email us directly: founders@plotonefunds.com