The Invention Network, a new holding network founded by six-time founder Alan Curtis and backed by notable investors, has launched with a mission to build companies in large markets and share 50% of revenue with contributors, simultaneously introducing its first venture, the fintech superapp Invent Money.
The Invention Network aims to invent new business models that align incentives for all contributors, challenging incumbent systems. Alan Curtis, Founder and CEO of The Invention Network, stated, “We started The Invention Network to help the underdog thrive, unleashing human potential and empowering the most ambitious people in the world. We believe that everyone who creates value should capture value. Not just investors. Not just employees. Everyone. We call this Contribution Capitalism – we’re rewriting the playbook, ensuring we bet on users and split the upside.”
Invent Money is designed as a fintech superapp to help individuals earn money and build wealth online. The platform targets a market of over 500 million “Internet Earners” – individuals whose primary income is derived from content creation, task completion, and gig work across various online platforms. This sector, valued in trillions of dollars, is growing over 20% annually but is noted for incumbent platforms that often retain a disproportionate share of user earnings without offering ownership or wealth-building mechanisms.
Invent Money addresses this market gap through four core features:
$INVENT Tokens: These programmable digital assets are earned by users for contributing to and participating in network growth, such as winning competitions, completing missions, or recruiting new inventors. For every dollar Invent Money generates, at least 50% is paid out in cash (USD) to $INVENT holders.
Competitions: Fair, skill-based challenges that solve real-world problems, spanning categories like invention, prediction, and user-generated content. Prizes range from $1,000 to over $100,000, with scoring and ranking facilitated by AI.
Missions: Curated earning opportunities aggregated from across the internet, including paid tasks in categories such as research, content, micro-work, gaming, and software. These opportunities are vetted for quality, safety, and payout reliability.
Wealth: An integrated financial tool designed to help earners save, invest, and compound their income over time, supporting both earnings from the app and external assets. Early access to Invent Money is available.
Initial backing for The Invention Network includes pre-seed funding from more than 20 founders from companies such as Yahoo, 23andMe, Circle, and OpenSea. Alan Curtis has also committed substantial personal capital to the network for its growth and future investments. Curtis brings extensive experience as a founder, operator, and investor in the crypto, fintech, and technology sectors, having founded and exited five startups. His past executive roles include CTO of Core Scientific during its $4 billion IPO and COO of EigenLayer during its $7 billion Token Generation Event. As an investor, Curtis has supported over 50 companies, including seven unicorns and nine exits, in addition to 15+ venture funds.
Ted Breyer, Partner at Breyer Capital, commented, “This is the fourth time we’ve backed Alan. He’s a relentless executor and strategist. Alan is now building an enduring network designed to better align the economics of the Internet with the people who power it. Invent Money is purpose-built for Internet Earners.”
The Invention Network operates as a holding company focused on building ventures in large markets to introduce new business models that align incentives for all contributors and secure market share from established incumbents.
