PrePad Partners with Funk Futures to Expand U.S. Adoption of Its Well Delivery Simulation Platform

Helping oil and gas operators evaluate design, schedule, cost and development tradeoffs before capital is committed

DENVER, CO —May 14th, 2026 — Funk Futures (www.funkfutures.com) today announced a partnership with PrePad (www.prepad.io), PrePad combines physics-based simulation with real world operational constraints, helping operators compare well delivery scenarios across design, schedule, cost, sequencing, resource availability, and development timing before execution begins.

The partnership is focused on accelerating PrePad’s growth in the U.S. market by strengthening strategic business development and driving senior level industry engagement.

As operators face increasing pressure to improve capital efficiency, reduce operational risk, and accelerate decision-making, many teams still rely on disconnected spreadsheets and static planning tools to evaluate complex well delivery decisions.

PrePad addresses this gap by providing a simulation environment for well delivery decisions, enabling teams to evaluate tradeoffs across cost, schedule, design, timing, and financial KPI’s.

PrePad combines well design inputs, operational efficiencies and assumptions and production economics into a unified simulation environment. This allows teams to evaluate well delivery scenarios and understand their impact on cost, timing, capital efficiency and economics before execution begins.

PrePad has been used by operators across the industry and has met stringent enterprise security requirements, maintaining SOC 2 compliance.

“The industry’s current approach to economic analysis still relies heavily on manual spreadsheets and disconnected tools for decisions that have major capital impact” said Sean Hervo, CEO and Co-founder of PrePad. “PrePad sits in the decision space before execution. We help operators run design, cost, schedule, sequencing, and economic tradeoff analysis in minutes rather than weeks, so teams can make better well delivery decisions before capital is on the line.”

Jeremy Funk, Founder and CEO of Funk Futures noted that: “Oil and gas companies are under constant pressure to improve well delivery decisions, protect capital, and reduce avoidable AFE leakage. PrePad brings physics-based clarity to decisions that have historically been driven by spreadsheets and assumptions. I have wanted to work with Sean and his team for years, and seeing it come to fruition is incredible. We are excited to partner with PrePad to put this capability in front of the U.S. operators who need it most.”

This partnership reflects a broader shift in the oil and gas industry, where competitive advantage is increasingly driven by the ability to integrate operational constraints and technical modeling with financial decision-making workflows. By combining PrePad’s simulation platform with Funk Futures’ strategic approach to business development, this alignment is positioned to help operators modernize planning workflows, compare scenarios faster, and make better decisions before execution begins.

About PrePaf

PrePad (www.prepad.io) is a well delivery simulation platform for capital intensive energy development. Originally developed within Shell, the platform helps operators evaluate design, schedule, cost, sequencing, constraints, and development tradeoffs before capital is committed. PrePad supports workflows across capital planning, execution optimization, and asset development optimization, helping teams compare scenarios, improve planning confidence, and make better well delivery decisions earlier.

About Funk Futures

Funk Futures (www.funkfutures.com) is a growth and operations-focused firm that partners with companies to build the systems, structure, and execution discipline required to scale. The firm supports organizations across sales, business development, recruiting, and internal operations, helping leadership teams move from reactive execution to structured, repeatable growth.