Global 360 Venture Group

VELA
Progress

The newest venture in the portfolio, with an interactive prototype complete and the trust systems ahead of it.

Development Stage

Prototype Complete

The interactive prototype is complete and the trust and consent model is settled. Backend development and the trust systems come next.

VELA

Find Your Kind of Connection.

Completed

What we have achieved

  • Concept & Positioning

    The proposition is settled, including the decision to carry seven intents on one identity rather than launch as a dating app and add the rest later.

  • Product Scope

    The feature set is defined across intent-led discovery, MutualFit, the VELA Trust Passport, the Attention Firewall, Video Chemistry and SafeMeet, plus travel, activities, creators and professional services.

  • Prototype

    Interactive prototype covering the core journey — set an intent, discover compatible people, and move from first contact towards meeting safely.

  • Brand & Identity

    Name, logo and brand direction complete.

A working prototype and a settled trust model. The systems that enforce it come next.

In Progress

What we are building

  • Platform Planning

    Refining the technical architecture, the verification and consent model behind the Trust Passport, and the moderation and reporting the platform has to run from day one rather than add after an incident.

On a platform where people meet strangers, safety is the launch requirement rather than a later release.

Next Milestones

What’s coming next

Backend & Trust Systems

Identity, verification, consent and moderation services, with the discovery and messaging layer on top of them.

Q2 2027

MVP

First release in a launch market, with the core intents live and the safety feature set complete rather than partial.

Q4 2027

Full Ecosystem

Travel, activities, creator communities and professional services running across one identity, at scale.

2028
From one intent working properly to all seven on one identity.

Development Timeline

Concept & Scope

Q3 2026

Brand & Identity

Q3 2026

Prototype

Q3 2026

Platform Planning

Q4 2026

Backend & Trust

Q2 2027

MVP

Q4 2027

Full Ecosystem

2028

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Funding Unlocks

Strategic investment will accelerate our roadmap and maximize our impact.

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Accelerate the Build

Take the prototype through backend development and into a platform people can actually meet through.

Trust & Safety Systems

Build verification, consent, moderation and reporting to a standard that holds on day one, not after the first incident.

Liquidity in a Launch City

A connection platform is worthless without enough people in one place, so the first market has to be reached properly rather than thinly.

Premium Positioning

Fund the design, video and experience quality the brand promises, which is what separates this from free apps people already distrust.