Building bicycles for the mind,
not cages for the soul.
We operate as digital alchemists, transmuting the raw lead of syntax into the gold of human impact. Our lab engineers systems that expand consciousness, restore craftsmanship, and elevate the human condition.
SUBMIT PITCHInvestment Thesis
Civic Impact
We digitize the gateways to opportunity. With Edukasyon.ph, we engineered the infrastructure to digitize the college application process, making higher education accessible nationwide in the Philippines for the first time in history.
The Creative Self
We believe in tools that make the human creator more capable. Like Wand, our Apple-nominated generative art engine, we build software that turns private thought into public form with unprecedented fidelity.
Sovereign Systems
True liberty requires economic sovereignty. Drawing from our roots building Coinbase's early securities infrastructure, we architect decentralized protocols that protect individual assets and privacy.
Portfolio Highlights
Wand
A venture-backed AI creative suite. Built on a custom Metal engine, it empowers artists to collaborate with diffusion models locally on iPad.
Xpert / Coinbase
Architected the nation's first SEC-approved electronic trading system for private securities, leading to a dual acquisition by Coinbase.
Apple
Direct mentorship from the original iPhone executive team. Authored official programming guides for OpenCL and vImage.
Battle Camp
Built the graphics engine for a massively multiplayer mobile RPG, scaling to over 40 million installs globally.
Edukasyon.ph
Connecting millions of students to scholarships and universities. We built the platform that digitized college access for an entire nation.
Simulation Engines
Developing The Bonesman, Bible History Sim, and Hamptons History Sim—games designed to educate users on societal structures.
Our History
Our founder, Jason Townes French, is an engineer and serial entrepreneur whose craft was forged in the fires of academic rigor and Silicon Valley innovation.
Educated at Brown University, Jason studied under Andy van Dam—the father of computer graphics, founder of SIGGRAPH, and the man who taught the creators of Toy Story. This deep lineage in graphics technology led Jason to Apple, where he authored the official vImage and OpenCL programming guides, laying the bedrock for modern mobile computing.
His expertise bridges the gap between low-level silicon and high-level human experience. A GDC Prize-winning game developer, his first startup was acquired by Coinbase Securities. At Hermetic Ventures, he combines this community intelligence, technical integrity, and decades of experience to build the future.
Submit Pitch
We seek technical founders obsessed with craft and humanity.