Evertrue is a pre-seed fund backing founders before consensus forms. I back founders who found a way through where others saw a wall.Farhan Thawar@fnthawarIt seems a common experience in the lives of people with high agency is that they, at some point, metaphorically, lean against a wall and discover that there is a hidden door. That some constraint they’ve been told about turns out not to hold, and this allows them to experience…8 Aug 2026Read it on X

At the earliest stages, the strongest signals rarely arrive fully formed. A dark field of drifting particles, a trail of brighter points running back to a single bright light on the horizon. The market may look too niche. The insight may not be immediately clear. 1:03“The point isn’t that I’m a self-taught scientist, or that I’m a scientist, or whatever label you want to give it. The point is that, for lack of a better word, I’m a patient, and this disease that I’m trying to solve for is something I live day in, day out for many years, and will continue to live day in, day out for many years to come. And what that means is that there are things that I know that you can never read in a paper. There are people that I know that you can never get access to. There are people that will trust me over the next person because I’ve gone through it. And so this experience is what gives me a super strong understanding of the problem, and it’s this understanding of the problem that helped me break it down into what I feel is a strong solution. It’s not because I’m a scientist. I think it’s just because I live this problem day in, day out, and that’s not something you can study. You’re either living it or you don’t.”A founder, in stealthThe founder may not resemble the pattern that came before.1:14“So I think there’s really two things. One is that it was never really about leading with the science. It was about leading with the fact that I understand this problem to a level that you just can’t buy, right? Because I’m a patient, so I live it day in, day out. I’m talking to patients day in, day out. I’m interacting with doctors day in, day out, even when I’m not in work mode, because it’s just my life. And there’s no amount of time, resource or network that can buy you the level of information and understanding that I have of the problem. That’s the first thing. The second thing is that because I wasn’t trained as a scientist, and I was actually trained as an engineer, to me it’s just a problem, and it’s about breaking down that problem and removing all assumptions. I didn’t come in with the dogma of “This is what’s possible.” I came in with the idea of “This is the problem, which is very well understood by myself, and how can I move things around to solve that problem?” As opposed to “This is what I’ve been taught are the constraints of the solution.” And I think those two things, yeah, it’s just what makes myself and my approach very different”A founder, in stealth But the beginning is not empty. A dark column rising on a pale ground, its top dissolving into a spreading cloud of grain. The evidence is there for anyone who knows where to look.

Evertrue invests in the gap A lone figure, blurred, standing in a wide band of pale light between dark sea and dark shore. between what a founder has already proven and what they are capable of becoming.

The founders

I back founders with something to prove. People who have climbed a steep slope to get where they are, see what others have missed, and have the conviction to build around it. They treat building as their life's work, combine ambition with disciplined execution and can persuade exceptional people to join them. Often, they’re solving hard problems in what may appear to be unsexy markets.

Why Evertrue

I've been a founder and early-stage investor, backing companies at the very beginning that went on to define their categories. Evertrue brings that experience, network and judgement to the earliest stages of company building.

How I work

Conviction should have consequencesHow Evertrue Sees the Worldyvonnebajela.substack.comRead it; I invest £250k–£500k at pre-seed, predominantly in founders with European roots. I’m building a concentrated portfolio Five black chess pieces on a black ground, side-lit, the pieces behind falling out of focus into the dark. and move quickly when I'm convinced. My approach is to show up when it matters, drawing on an inner circle of 50+ operators and former founders from Anthropic, Revolut, J.P. Morgan, and beyond to provide the right support.

Recognise early. Back with conviction. Stay for the build.