A check is the start, not the deliverable.
How we work with founders — the decision standard, the operating leverage, the conflict of interest, and what we will never do.
Two meetings. Seven days. Including a no.
Most founders raising in 2026 spend two to four months in diligence theater for a pre-seed check. We don’t do that.
Two conversations after the first call. Written decision within seven days of the deep dive. Yes, no, or “not yet” — with reasoning. No partner-meeting roulette. No ghosting.
From submit to wire in under three weeks.
Submit
Deck via the apply form. No warm intro required.
First call
Thirty minutes with Hamad. Founder-to-founder, no associates.
Deep dive
Two conversations on architecture, market, team. We read your code if you want us to.
Decision
Yes, no, or “not yet” within seven days. Reasoning in writing.
Term sheet
Standard SAFE or priced. No board seat at pre-seed.
Close
Wire within two weeks of signed term sheet.
About BearPlex.
BearPlex is Hamad’s other company — a hundred-plus-engineer software firm serving Fortune 500 clients. Turing portfolio companies get three things from that relationship, and nothing else.
A free architecture review.
In your first 90 days, a senior engineer spends a day on your stack and writes you a memo. No strings. You own it. If you never speak to BearPlex again, that memo is yours.
The option — never the obligation — to hire BearPlex.
For build work at portfolio pricing (approximately 30% below standard rates, structured as a discount, not equity). You can use any other firm. Most of our portfolio doesn’t use BearPlex at all. We track this and we are fine with it.
A hiring pipeline.
When you’re ready to build your own engineering team, BearPlex’s recruiters source candidates for you at cost. We want you to have your own team. Our value to you increases when you do.
What we will never do.
- · Require BearPlex engagement as an investment condition
- · Take warrants on BearPlex contracts
- · Hold IP from BearPlex work — you own everything
- · Push BearPlex when it’s not the right fit
The investment committee at Turing has no financial interest in BearPlex revenue from portfolio companies. This is in writing in our side letter.
The things we will never tell you we do.
- ×We don’t take board seats at pre-seed
- ×We don’t lead late-stage rounds
- ×We don’t run multi-month diligence theater
- ×We don’t pretend to introduce you to customers we don’t actually know
- ×We don’t pretend to know biotech, hardware, or consumer social
Trust, but verify.
Founder references
Any portfolio founder, by name and number. We will hand you the list.
Architecture Memos archive
Read what we actually think before deciding to pitch us.
Side-letter language
BearPlex firewall language available on request before close.