The platform for young investors
YES is the platform for young investors. Kids from 8 invest in real companies inside an adventure world, and parents approve every trade. I co-founded it in November 2025 and lead product and art direction.
- Client
- Young Early Starters
- Role
- Co-founder, product & art direction
- Years
- 2025–now
- year-olds investing
- 8+
- Co-foundersBart Vanhaeren, Mathieu Hardy, Dennis Covent
- RoleProduct & art direction
- Webyoungearlystarters.com
The idea
Give your kid the 20-year head start you wish you’d had. YES lets kids from 8 invest in real companies they already know, like Disney or Starbucks, with education first and parents approving every trade.
I co-founded Young Early Starters in November 2025 with Bart Vanhaeren and Mathieu Hardy, and I lead product and art direction.
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The product
Your portfolio is an adventure world: the companies you own show up as places on the map. A fox guide tells you what is happening, like Starbucks sharing its latest results, with short videos and an assistant you can ask anything.
- Education first
- Real investments
- Parental control: parents approve every trade
The appPortfolio and Adventure, with a fox guide
How it is made
Every world starts as a story, not a prompt. I sketch the idea, generate and iterate with AI tools, then art-direct every frame by hand so the result feels designed, not generated.
- Worlds: from rough mood to explorable scenes in days instead of months
- Characters: one consistent cast across every world and format
- Product: the same workflow takes ideas to clickable prototypes
CharactersOne cast, every format
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World buildingAI-powered workflow, screen recording
What’s next
We’re building it right now. Follow along at youngearlystarters.com.