Venture studio · Eastern Townships, Québec · Operating globally
You bring the idea. We help bring it to life. From frontier tech like AI, robotics and space to the cash-flowing businesses that anchor a community, we take companies from first customer to exit, without burning out the founders.
The studio
Most early-stage capital arrives alone. Ours arrives with an operator who has done the job.
I’ve sat on both sides of the table. As a founder, I scaled a team from 4 to 120 in nine months without a dollar of outside funding. As an investor and executive advisor, I’ve backed more than seventy companies. Here’s what I learned: the idea is rarely the problem. The team, the distribution and the founder’s own energy usually are.
Regenerate is where we fix that. A few companies a year, very hands-on, for the long haul. More than a cheque. Less than a committee.
Joaquim Miro, founder
The founder’s record
Exits as a co-founder
Companies backed as a founding partner of GDA Capital
Team scaled in 9 months at MLG Blockchain, with zero external funding
Market cap reached by TrustSwap, which he co-founded
Monthly organic views built through SEO
Countries companies have been built and run from
These figures describe Joaquim Miro’s personal track record across prior ventures and his role at GDA Capital. They are not Regenerate Capital fund performance.
Our hybrid model
Invest, incubate, accelerate or acquire. The door changes with your stage. The operators, the network and the standard stay the same.
Pre-seed to Series A capital with an operator attached. Studio cheques typically up to $100K, with larger rounds built alongside our syndicate and partners.
Your idea, our team. For founders with a strong idea who need co-founders, a first product and a path to capital.
Embedded operators for companies already moving, from five people to fifty.
M&A and exits. Buy-side, sell-side, and patient acquisition of community businesses, backed by our capital partners.
Distribution
Every studio company gets our distribution engine: SEO, GEO so you show up in AI answers, community and partnerships. It’s how we took The Alternative Ways to 1M+ monthly views and ranked #1 worldwide for blockchain consulting.
Partners
A global capital markets firm across investment banking, private equity, public equity, debt capital and innovation, with offices from Toronto to Dubai and Singapore. When a company needs more than a studio cheque, GDA brings the full capital structure.
Canada’s most active fintech accelerator, and a direct line into banks, insurers and financial institutions.
Fintech innovation and the Cadence program, connecting founders with the people who run financial services.
Focus
Exponential technologies where AI changes what a small team can build, and profitable community businesses where modern tools and patient capital change what a good business can become.
Profitable, community-anchored businesses that we help grow with patient capital and modern tools.
02Robots and autonomous systems moving from the lab into the field, and the software that runs them.
03AI-driven discovery, lab automation and the platforms that make biology faster and cheaper to engineer.
04Automating the physical economy with AI, software and machines: manufacturing, logistics, construction and agriculture.
05The space economy after the launch revolution: data, communications, in-orbit services and the software that ties them together.
06Market infrastructure, tokenized real-world assets, stablecoins and healthy token communities.
07Payments, capital-markets technology and financial services rebuilt for global, remote-first customers.
08AI agents, applied AI and agentic autonomous organizations (AAOs): companies where humans and AI agents share the work under one rulebook.
Portfolio
One API for hundreds of AI models: the inference gateway for AI-powered companies.
AI and AAOsRaising · Series AThe operating system for agentic autonomous organizations: a live floor plan for companies run by AI agents.
AI securityStudioSigned, independently verifiable checks on whether it’s safe to proceed with this counterparty, on this exact commit.
AI · creator economyStudioAI matchmaking between newsletters and the brands that want to sponsor them.
ExperiencesStudioPremium urban rappelling experiences. Every city has an edge, and gravity favours the bold.
Watch and care for second homes and chalets in the Eastern Townships, so owners can be away with peace of mind.
Remote-work retreats that bring founders, investors and operators together in inspiring places worldwide.
NextOpenWe’re forming the next studio company. Founders with an obsession, apply.
Plus dozens of companies and AAOs incubated with GDA Group.
The philosophy
Fast growth is possible now. It should not cost you your health, your family or your integrity. We look after five healths: physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and financial. The company runs on the person.
The founder
Founder and Managing Partner
I’ve made most of the mistakes a founder can make. That’s the experience I bring to your company.
Joaquim co-founded MLG Blockchain, TrustSwap, Alpaca Network and Gatewayz.ai, and backed 70+ companies as a Founding Partner of GDA Capital.
He has worked as CEO, COO, CMO and Chief of Staff, built companies from 75+ countries, and now leads the studio from the Eastern Townships.
Building in the Eastern Townships? Applications are open for our launch program for Estrie founders.
Apply to the programInsights
How we scaled MLG Blockchain fully remote, without raising a dollar. The hiring pipeline, the onboarding system, the operating cadence, and what I would do differently today.
Read the noteAI agents now do real work across real businesses. Here is how we build that way at the studio, and a practical setup you can start this month.
Read the noteYour customers now ask ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity before they ask Google. Here is how SEO and GEO work together, and how to track whether it is working.
Read the noteFor accredited investors and funds
Co-invest deal by deal alongside operators who work inside every company.
Work with the studio
Tell us what you’re building and what you need. We read every application, and every founder gets an answer.
