Working with startups
Requests to founders
From discovering a startup to discussing an investment.
The workflow
- DiscoverFind a public startup by name in Discover and open its public profile.
- Express interestSend a short introduction. The founders are emailed and see your request in their settings.
- Get connectedWhen they accept, the startup appears in My startups with the access they chose.
- Ask for moreRequest more sections of data, or a higher access level (Comment or Write).
- Discuss investmentTell the founders you'd like to invest, with an optional amount. If they accept, you're marked as in investment discussion.
Good to know
- You can have one pending request of each kind per startup.
- Private startups don't appear in Discover; the founders add you directly.
- Founders can change or revoke your access at any time.
Try it with demo startups
On the Startups page click Load demo startups. You get Read, Comment and Write access to three sample startups and a fourth to discover. Requests to demo startups are accepted automatically so you can try the whole flow.