Prehype is a venture development firm founded in 2010 by Henrik Werdelin, headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in London, Copenhagen, Sydney, and Detroit. The firm specializes in co-creating new ventures by collaborating with corporations and venture capitalists to identify and address business challenges through entrepreneurial approaches. Prehype offers services such as business incubation, angel investments, and access to a network of entrepreneurs, engineers, designers, and developers.

Notable projects include BarkBox, a subscription service for dog products, and collaborations with companies like Diageo, NewsCorp, Mondelez, LEGO, and Verizon to foster innovation within large organizations. The firm's portfolio includes ventures like BarkBox, Basno, Three Spirit, UnionCrate, Penrose Hill, Edwin, Fancyhands, Feast, Ro Health, LemonTree, Portofino Labs (Because Market), Hoist (formerly MainStreet), Headway, Parade, Dollaride, Hilma, Catalina Crunch, Catch, Every, Mellizyme, Aide, Elo, Capbase, For Them, Nabr, MetaLabel, United Fintech, Ferry, MTHD, Isaac, and Edwin.