Co-founder pitches, sourced and curated.

The Idea
A transparent, data-driven marketplace for private loan sales — connecting lenders, institutions, and investors in a market that's still largely manual and fragmented.

Who It's For
Private lenders and institutions looking to buy and sell loans more efficiently, and future investors who want access to that asset class.

What's Built
MVP in progress on Lovable, 3 months in. Business overview, revenue model, and pitch deck underway.

Early Traction
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Their Background
Former Head of Operations turned Product Manager in private lending and mortgage-tech. Led LOS development, managed offshore dev teams, and shipped underwriting, pricing, and workflow tools from zero to production. Scaled operations from $10M to $20M+/month at Easy Street Capital.

What They Need
A technical co-founder comfortable building large-scale applications with solid architecture and data warehousing.

The Idea
PetCool — a mobile app that turns pet ownership into a shared experience. Mini-games to play with your pet, daily bonding challenges, and a way to save memories. Think Duolingo meets pet care. Free to start, with a premium tier that also donates to animal shelters.

Who It's For
The 70M+ US pet households who feel guilty they're not doing enough with their animals.

What's Built
One year in. MVP was targeting a May launch, iOS-first. Pre-launch at time of posting.

Early Traction
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Their Background
Product manager with a track record across multiple startups — drove 4x revenue growth at Go México and launched a new product to $1M in Q1-Q2, grew Yana's user base 80% per quarter as a PM consultant, and delivered a 20% retention increase and 30% engagement lift at Hichee.com. Marketing degree from ITESO, Reforge member.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to build and own the product.

The Idea
DroneHire is a B2B marketplace connecting commercial drone pilots with enterprise clients who need aerial data for construction, agricultural mapping, real estate, and infrastructure inspection. It streamlines pilot sourcing, airspace compliance, scheduling, and large dataset transfer.

Who It's For
Enterprise clients who need reliable licensed drone operators, and commercial drone pilots who want a better way to find and manage work.

What's Built
High-fidelity wireframes and a mapped-out user journey. No product built yet.

Early Traction
Spoke with dozens of commercial drone pilots and enterprise customers. Pain point is verified — they are actively losing time and money on scheduling and unreliable pilots.

Their Background
Non-technical founder with a background in operations and sales. Has spent the last few months on market validation, ICP mapping, and building out compliance and regulatory frameworks.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to own the full architecture and roadmap — full-stack marketplace development, data architecture for heavy file handling and photogrammetry/LiDAR pipelines, and early-stage velocity. Equity split with standard vesting.

The Idea
MITRA — a platform that lets professionals create, monetize, and manage their own B2B events without prior experience. Think Kajabi or Teachable but for in-person events: removing the traditional intermediaries and letting industry experts host high-quality gatherings that generate real revenue.

Who It's For
Thought leaders and industry experts who want to monetize their knowledge through events, and B2B companies looking for more authentic, high-value alternatives to the standard conference circuit.

What's Built
Close to a year in. Detailed product vision, GTM strategy, and a list of interested beta users in place. Already has one technical co-founder — looking for a second to join as an equal partner.

Early Traction
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Their Background
Commercial Director at Reuters Events, where she built the entire event portfolio to $10M/year in annual revenue. Launched Reuters Next during the pandemic — reached 2 billion people and featured world leaders including Justin Trudeau, Christine Lagarde, and CEOs from Google, Airbnb, and Meta. BA in International Relations.

What They Need
A second technical co-founder excited to build the platform from the ground up.

The Idea
A B2B sales enablement tool targeting a specific pain point he experiences firsthand in his day job. Details kept tight for now, but Salesforce integration is central to the product.

Who It's For
B2B SaaS sales teams. He's built the target ICP already and has a clear sense of the buyer from working inbound and outbound sales motions closely with marketing and GTM teams.

What's Built
Working demo, a PRD, and a defined ICP. Currently gathering market research and demo feedback.

Early Traction
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Their Background
Top performing sales rep at Tebra, a double unicorn healthcare SaaS. Independently built a music and content business to 10M+ streams and 50k followers. BS from University of Oregon Lundquist College of Business.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to own the build. Chrome extension experience and Salesforce API integration skills are a plus.

The Idea
Prelia — an AI-native operating system for non-bank real estate lending firms ($10M–$500M AUM). Replaces legacy loan origination systems and adds an intelligence layer that recommends actions and flags risk, compounding in value as the customer base grows.

Who It's For
Hard money funds, bridge lenders, and private credit firms that have outgrown spreadsheets and legacy LOS tools. He co-manages an active hard money fund — he's the customer.

What's Built
Demo live, 3 months in. Company materials built out, multiple conversations with lenders and servicers for product feedback and positioning. Operator-led discovery approach: sits on-site with each customer's team for a week before configuring their platform.

Early Traction
Pre-seed in motion. $50k personal commitment and soft commits from other interested parties. Prospects in active discovery.

Their Background
Co-President of Parallel Lending, which he built from $0 to ~$28M in committed capital across 100+ loans with a sub-1% default rate. Prior VP at Three Point Capital (film finance) and Co-Head of Media & Entertainment at The Forest Road Company. MFA in Film Producing from UCLA, BA in Economics from St. Edward's.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to lead engineering from demo to production. Multi-tenant architecture, third-party integrations, and document processing experience ideal — vertical SaaS or fintech background a plus.

The Idea
An AI-driven accounting and bookkeeping automation platform with a clear wedge and distribution strategy already in place.

Who It's For
Businesses looking to automate accounting and bookkeeping workflows.

What's Built
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Early Traction
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Their Background
Previously at KPMG, then scaled two B2B SaaS companies from 0 to $10M+ ARR. Head of sales at Merge, helping scale to $20M+ ARR.

What They Need
A technical co-founder to build the product.