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Orthogonal Thinker
Infrastructure for
the intelligence
economy.
A permanent-capital platform for human capability.
Orthogonal Thinker is an operating holding company and company-building platform. We build companies, retain ownership and prepare them for institutional and public-market scale across Energy, Compute, Intelligence and Health.
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THE PREMISE
Every company inheritsan operating system.
Capital, technology, ownership and incentives determine what becomes real. The question is not whether the machine works. It is what the machine is designed to produce.
THE INTELLIGENCE ECONOMY
The intelligence economy isphysical infrastructure.
001
Power
Electricity, grid access and storage determine the ceiling of intelligence.
002
Compute
Chips, data centers, cooling, optics and materials determine the cost curve.
003
Ownership
Capital rails, custody, settlement and incentives determine who participates.
THE ORTHOGONAL METHOD
Change the frame beforestructuring the company.
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Frame
Ask whether the inherited model deserves to survive in its current form.
002
Constraint
Separate physical constraints from habit, story and convention.
003
Leverage
Align capital, incentives and feedback around the outcome that matters.
Identify truth / Remove friction / Build / Own / Compound
"Simplicity is key. Sometimes the answer is just there."
— HCTY
CAPITAL AS CIVILIZATIONAL ENERGY
Capital is storedhuman potential.
Compressed time, trust, effort, sacrifice and possibility.
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Allocation
Capital decides which futures become physical.
002
Ownership
Participation aligns people with productive systems.
003
Compounding
Returns matter because durable systems require durable economics.
THE NEXT HOLDING COMPANY
Own the stack.Compound the intelligence.
The twentieth-century conglomerate centralized ownership. The next holding company compounds capital, infrastructure, memory and mission.
Identify early / Build / Own / Compound
THE SINGLE STACK
Four systems.One stack.
Four sectors. One stack. The infrastructure of the
intelligence economy.Four sectors. One stack. The infrastructure of the intelligence economy.
Compute
Intelligence
Health
/03 WHAT WE DO
[003]Build companies.Structure capital.Own the outcome.
[D/001]
We build companies
Operating support before institutional capital arrives.
[D/002]
We structure capital
Cap tables, governance and instruments designed for the next stage.
[D/002]
We structure capital
Cap tables, governance and instruments designed for the next stage.
[D/003]
We design liquidity
IPO, SPAC, RTO, M&A or digital asset issuance, chosen for the company.
[D/003]
We design liquidity
IPO, SPAC, RTO, M&A or digital asset issuance, chosen for the company.
[D/004]
We participate in ownership
Aligned through equity, sponsor economics, and long-term shareholding.
[D/004]
We participate in ownership
Aligned through equity, sponsor economics, and long-term shareholding.
HOW WE WORK
[Idea → Liquidity]Ownership is retained.Capital is recycled.
We stay involved start to finish not just at the transaction stage.
L/001
Idea
L/002
Capital formation
L/003
Institutional readiness
L/004
Market infrastructure
L/005
Liquidity
/ Liquidity pathways
- P/001IPO
- P/002SPAC
- P/003RTO
- P/004M&A
- P/005Digital asset issuance
MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE
[Investment thesis]Where we believemarket infrastructure is going.
An investment thesis, not a product claim.
[I/001]
Deterministic settlement
Code-driven transaction finality. Less reconciliation. Less settlement risk.
[I/002]
Identity-aware transactions
Participant verification built into the system, not bolted on top.
[I/003]
Embedded compliance
Regulatory frameworks integrated into transactions at the protocol layer.
[I/004]
Custody interoperability
Designed to connect with institutional custodians and market infrastructure.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Three paths intothe system.
[A/001]
Founders
Preparing for a liquidity event through IPO, SPAC, RTO, M&A or digital asset issuance.
APPLY[A/002]
Investors
Corporate round open to accredited and institutional investors. Materials available under NDA following access request.
REQUEST ACCESSInformation only. Not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security. Offers are made solely through registered offering materials, only in jurisdictions where lawful, and only to accredited investors and qualified institutional buyers.
[A/003]
Partners
Banks, advisors and institutions that need execution capacity across public-market readiness.
GET IN TOUCHPROOF ACROSS CYCLES
[Est. 2016]Built across multiplemarket cycles.
Launched in 2016 across company formation, capital markets and institutional execution.
M/001
2016
Origin
M/002
100+
Engagements since 2016 across investments, advisory roles, and commercial partnerships
M/003
5
Sector verticals
M/004
Private + Public Markets
M/005
Operating + Capital Formation
/ Banking relationships
Clear Street, Maxim Group and Cantor Fitzgerald
All FINRA-registered broker-dealers. Relationships shown reflect general capital markets engagement and do not indicate any specific placement-agent or underwriter role in any current or pending offering.
/ Selected transaction experience
Block Street acquisition by AI Financial Corp
Axiom Space funding round extension to over $525M
Orthogonal's specific role in each transaction is described in the investor room.
/ Sector verticals
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Energy
002
Compute
003
Intelligence
004
Health
005
Ownership
PORTFOLIO
[Est. 2016]What sits underneaththe platform.
Selected companies, funds and platforms across investments, advisory roles and commercial partnerships since 2016.
Meadow
YC
Wefunder
YC
Talkable
YC
Invoice ASAP
BGI Labs
Quartzy
YC
Vidyard
YC
Ridecell
YC
Adstage.io
YC
RealCrowd
YC
GazeHawk
YC
Orange Fund 2
Wefunder vehicle
Compass Mining
Insomnia Labs
Surya Spa
Magmetis Ventures
Liquid Death
Unstoppable Domains
Odyssey Wellness
K2 Space
Firefly
Axiom Space
Double Jump
Albedo Space
Merkle Science
Oasys Games
Series Finance
Cloud 3
Dynasty Studios
NovoBeing
Lif3.one
June Software / EPIC Games
YC
Marks shown reflect portfolio holdings, advisory engagements and commercial relationships across multiple vehicles and periods. Inclusion does not imply a current ownership position or any endorsement. Orthogonal's specific role in each transaction is described in the investor room.
INSTITUTIONAL READINESS
[IR]Institutional readinesscompounds.
We stay involved from formation through the public-market path.
[IR/001]
Build
Operating support before institutional capital arrives.
[IR/002]
Capital
Cap tables, governance and instruments designed for the next stage.
[IR/003]
Readiness
Audit, reporting, compliance and investor-room discipline.
[IR/004]
Liquidity
IPO, SPAC, RTO, M&A or digital assets, chosen for the company.
FOUNDER & EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
Founder-led.
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David Nikzad
Founder & Executive Chairman
Originated the venture platform launched in 2016 from which Orthogonal Thinker grew, across company formation, growth-stage execution and capital-markets infrastructure.
Mandate
Disciplined in capital allocation, patient in execution, expansive in vision.
Enduring institutions are built through conviction, structure, governance and compounding.
NEXT STEPS
Three paths forward.
[N/001]
Apply to work
with us
For founders. Response within five business days.
START APPLICATION[N/002]
Review the
Growth Round
For investors. Gated, under NDA, qualified investors only.
REQUEST ACCESS[N/003]
Direct contact
For partners. Banks, advisors and institutions.
GET IN TOUCH