Find Fintech Co-Founders looking for Technical

The Idea
Prelia is 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, so 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
Two finance and trading professionals who have identified inefficiencies in prediction markets and want to test and build around them: bots, data pipelines, automation, backtesting systems.

Who It's For
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What's Built
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Early Traction
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Their Background
Finance and trading background. Have spent significant time analyzing prediction markets and identifying specific inefficiencies they want to build around.

What They Need
A technical co-founder comfortable with Python, APIs, WebSockets, data collection, and automation. Experience with trading systems, data pipelines, or market-making tools is a strong plus. They will cover infrastructure and data costs and bring the market and trading expertise.

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
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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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.