Provenance — Seed Round One-Pager

What we do
Provenance is a platform for artists, collectors, and galleries to manage and verify artwork provenance and professional data (CVs, grants, leads). We provide a single source of truth for authenticity and history.

Traction
Pre-revenue / early stage. Founding team has purchased initial shares; product in development with clear path to paid tiers.

Business model

• Artist Pro: $10/month
• Collector Pro: $30/month
• Gallery: $100/month
• API: usage-based (integration & data access)
• Additional revenue from enterprise (institutions).

Roadmap

• Talk at CAM (Contemporary Art Month) awards
• SXSW events (Capital Factory)
• Join accelerators (TechBloc, Antler, Founder University, Techstars, Y Combinator)
• Evaluation (insurance and appraisals) system based on the MET’s system
• System for donating artwork to museums
• Grant list with AI helper
• Gather provenance from news sources / publications for galleries, institutions, and artists
• Identify unknown artworks
• Relationship tracker
• Real estate portal (provenance and verification for property and assets)

Round terms

• Instrument: SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity)
• Valuation cap: $10,000,000 (pre-money)
• Raising: $2,500,000

Use of funds

• Survival funds — Runway to focus on provenance without distraction.
• SXSW events & accelerators — Presence at SXSW (e.g. Capital Factory), applications to and participation in accelerators (TechBloc, Antler, Founder University, Techstars, Y Combinator) to build distribution and credibility.
• Current tools — Ongoing $188/month for stack (Vercel, Supabase, Google Workspace, Cursor, Resend, QuickBooks).

Team
Bryson Brooks, Timothy Lefkowitz, Justin Parr.