Submit an Expedition
Expeditions are non-dilutive grants awarded to early-stage thinkers, who we call Explorers, working on questions that don't fit conventional moulds. We fund researchers, founders, and field-makers exploring upstream ideas—projects too early or too interdisciplinary for traditional academia, venture capital, or philanthropy.
Our support is flexible. Explorers receive non-dilutive funding, signal, and a place within a growing ecosystem of people shaping the edges of their disciplines. Our early expeditions have already published foundational work, founded institutes, and sparked dialogue across neuroscience, sociology, and systems design. They are proof-of-concept for a different kind of funding system—one that meets ideas before they become legible.
What We Look For
Analogue is built on a simple truth: talent is distributed, opportunity is not. The next great insight might come from a machinist, a high school dropout, or a scientist walking away from the academy. Some people bloom early, some late, some where no one is looking.
We're not looking for polished pitch decks or predefined problem areas. Instead, we back reframers: people asking better questions, at the right time. That might look like a prototype, a paper, or a pattern you're tracking.
We look for:
- Reframed Questions: We fund ways of seeing that rewire how problems are defined, not just solved.
- Grounded Novelty: Originality is not enough. The ideas we fund are strange but situated—deeply novel yet anchored in a testable, buildable trajectory. We ask: Could this be built today, even in part?
- Temporal Readiness: Is this the moment to accelerate this idea? We fund at the inflection point—when something early is ready for momentum.
- Catalytic Potential: We measure upside in surprisal: could this unlock new fields, tools, or ways of thinking?
We don't ask for a PhD, journal publications, or a company upfront. We care less about who you are on paper, and more about what becomes possible if we back your line of sight.