Every "AngelList alternative" post on this sub looks the same: "we connect founders to investors!" and every one of them fails for the same reason.
The incentives are broken on both sides.
Founders blast cold emails into the void. Investors drown in 100 inbound pitches a week with no signal filter. Nobody on either side has a reason to actually engage.
So we built hop. Think Tinder meets Intro, but for pre-seed and seed.
- Swipe-based discovery for investors. Curated feed of AI-matched startups by stage, sector, thesis, and check size. Scrolled on your schedule, not pushed to your inbox.
- Office hours for founders. Book paid time directly with investors who've opted into being available.
- A credit economy that incentivizes both sides to interact. Founders spend credits to pitch (quality filter). Investors earn credits for engaging (signal that the platform is worth their time).
- Founder-to-VC reviews. Ghosting and unaccountable funds are part of why fundraising sucks. Now founders can review their experience with investors after the conversation, the same way investors evaluate them.
We're currently running an 8:2 founder-to-investor ratio, with 3 to 5 new founders signing up per day and 1-2 new investors, which is exactly why we're posting here. We want more of everyone on here. The goal is to get 1,000 startups and 100 angels from each country.
It started as a private tool I built for a handful of founders. By the time the fifth VC asked if they could have a spinoff version, I realized the real product wasn't the tool, it was the network. So we opened it up.
If you're an angel or early-stage investor who wants curated deal flow without the inbox spam, we'll onboard you this week.
The credit economy is the part I'm most curious to pressure-test.