Investment
Methodology
Every investment Vector Asylum makes must clear three layers of review. This page documents the standard in full, so that any partner can read exactly how we work before committing capital.
Vector Asylum invests only in businesses that are clean from the ground up. This is not a compliance screen applied after the fact — it is the starting condition for any investment conversation.
The methodology has three layers: excluded industries, financing requirements, and a source-of-wealth review. Every investment must clear all three before we proceed.
Excluded Industries
Any company that derives revenue from the following activities is excluded. We do not set a tolerance threshold.
Financing Requirements
Zero interest-bearing debt. No exceptions.
A company carrying conventional bank debt, revolving credit facilities, bonds, or any other interest-bearing instrument is excluded until that debt is eliminated or restructured into an asset-backed or profit-sharing arrangement.
We do not apply threshold ratios. We do not tolerate any level of interest in a portfolio company's capital structure.
If a portfolio company requires additional financing after investment, it must accept asset-backed, lease-based or profit-sharing structures as a condition of that financing. Conventional debt introduced post-investment is a material breach and triggers the exit process.
On Digital Assets & Crypto
Evaluated case by case. Asset-backed instruments with underlying productive activity may qualify. Speculative tokens, staking protocols with interest-like returns, and instruments without real economic backing do not.
Source-of-Wealth Review
For every new investment, we conduct a qualitative review of the founding team and business history.
Did this business originate from legitimate activity?
Is the revenue model clean — does it create real value, or extract it?
Are founders willing to sign a Compliance Declaration?
Any outstanding controversies, regulatory actions, or public concerns?
Any existing financial relationships that would compromise the standard?
The Declaration
Every portfolio company signs a Compliance Declaration at the time of investment confirming:
- 1.Their primary business activity meets this standard
- 2.They will notify Vector Asylum immediately if their business model materially changes
- 3.They consent to annual compliance review
Portfolio Monitoring
All portfolio companies are re-screened annually. If a company breaches the standard — acquires an excluded subsidiary, takes on conventional debt, or shifts into an excluded revenue model:
Vector Asylum notifies the company formally
Company has 90 days to remediate
If unresolved, exit discussions begin
Governance & Review
This standard derives from Islamic finance principles, and it is applied to every engagement regardless of who the client is. A formal advisory board is being established; until it is confirmed, the methodology is applied as internal policy by the principal.
The board will review and approve this methodology annually, issue formal opinions on ambiguous cases, sign off on any new fund structures, and be publicly named on this page once confirmed.
The size of the market this standard serves is documented in The $24.5T nobody manages.
Questions about this methodology or how it applies to a specific investment situation: [email protected]
Last updated: August 2026 · Version 0.3