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We build small businesses that make money, not decks that raise it.

A venture studio building small, profitable online businesses — two at a time, every quarter. No VCs. No unicorns. Just products people pay for.

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Studio assembling now — first business in build
Revenue, eventually

We're not chasing a unicorn. We're chasing a Tuesday where the numbers went up because someone paid us for something useful.

— The whole thesis, honestly
The Model

Small, simple, scalable. Reviewed on a clock, not a feeling.

01
Launch two businesses a quarter
MVP to live, in days — not months.
02
Review at six months, no exceptions
Double down, pivot, or kill. Numbers decide, not sunk cost.
03
Build in public, always
Wins, losses, and real numbers — shared as we go.
04
Small teams, real ownership
No layers of management. Whoever's closest, owns it.
The Focus

We stay narrow on purpose.

Every business we start has to fit the same shape. It's a constraint, and it's the point.

What we don't touch
  • ✕ Physical stores or storefronts
  • ✕ Heavy capital requirements
  • ✕ Shipping or holding inventory
  • ✕ Outside funding or VC money
  • ✕ Chasing valuation over revenue
What we build
  • ✓ Small, simple online businesses
  • ✓ SaaS, digital products, and content plays
  • ✓ Productized services with real margins
  • ✓ AI-leveraged tooling from day one
  • ✓ Things that can charge money in week one
Who's Behind It

Run by someone who's done this before.

Nakul Pednekar
Nakul Pednekar
Founder, Valu Ventures

Originally from Mumbai, based in Sydney. Built and ran Wicky, a sports analytics platform, growing its community from 300 to 3,000 in three months. Also runs Algo Talent, an analytics recruitment business. A decade of operator experience, now building small and fast.

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In build

Business #1 is being built right now.

We haven't launched yet, and we're not pretending otherwise. When it ships, you'll see it here first — numbers and all.

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Small and actually profitable. Let's talk.

nakul@wicky.ai