Commercial Co-founder (Diagnostics Platform)
Build a category-defining deep-tech company.
This is not a job. This is a founding opportunity with real upside.
We are building a new diagnostics company around strong, defensible deep-tech IP. The science is solid. The opportunity is real. But this is still an early-stage venture.
We are looking for a Commercial Co-founder to take this 0.5-to-1 and 1-to-n.
The Venture
Protein biomarkers drive the majority of clinical decisions, yet protein diagnostics remain slow, centralized, and structurally constrained. Unlike DNA, proteins cannot be amplified, forcing samples into central labs and delaying decisions that directly affect outcomes and cost.
Our platform converts protein signals into DNA signals, enabling:
- 100–1,000× higher sensitivity than standard immunoassays
- A 20–30 minute, one-pot workflow
- No wash steps, no new hardware, instrument-agnostic deployment
This is platform IP, protected by multiple patent families
What's Already Been Done
This is not a raw lab spin-out. Before opening this up to a Commercial Co-Founder, ATUM has deliberately done the unscalable, early work that most founders lose 12–24 months on:
- Deep technical due diligence on the IP, patents, and scientific feasibility
- Commercial pre-validation across multiple use cases, buyers, and value chains
- Explicit learning on what does not work. Some markets and use cases already killed
- A starting opportunity pipeline with relevant industry contacts and early interest
- A grounded view on regulatory, adoption, and procurement realities
What this means for you:
- You are not guessing whether the tech is real
- You are not starting from a blank market hypothesis
You inherit knowledge, contacts, and hard-won insight
What it does not mean:
- There is no guaranteed market
- There is no proven product-market fit
- There is no certainty on timing, regulation, or scale
This is still a venture, just one where the wrong risks have already been paid for.
The Founder Challenge
As Commercial Co-Founder, you will turn validated ingredients into a real company.
You will:
- Take ownership of the venture thesis
- Decide where to play first and commit to execution
- Convert early signals into pilots, partnerships, and traction
- Design pricing, GTM plans, and scale pathways under real constraints
- Lead fundraising together with ATUM
- Be the external face of the company to customers and investors
You work with a Technical Founder who owns the science. You own the commercial reality.
Why build this with ATUM
ATUM is not here to remove uncertainty. We are here to make uncertainty productive.
In practice, ATUM brings:
- Capital invested early as we take risk with you
- A structured venture-building system focused on evidence, not theatre
- Hands-on execution support (product, ops, growth, grants, hiring)
- Access to corporates, labs, and early customers, and help converting access into proof
- A long-term mindset from Pre-Seed to Series A and beyond
- A track-record of building deep-tech ventures with exits to show for
This is for you if…
- You truly want to build a company
- You are comfortable making hard calls with incomplete information
- You can commit to execution once a direction is chosen
- You value ownership, speed, and evidence over safety
This is not for you if…
- You want a de-risked startup with PMF already proven
- You need certainty before committing
- You are primarily motivated by salary or title
- You prefer exploration over decisive execution
- You want to hire lots of people to execute on your behalf
The Deal
- Co-founder-level equity (not employee options)
- Real authority over commercial strategy and execution
- Initial capital invested by ATUM
- A meaningful head start, but no illusion of safety
- Singapore-based, global ambition
If you’re looking for the right risk, this is for you
