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I made an MVP, how do I make it public ? How do I raise money ? What will I need to make it a company ?

I just made an AI product which I think is pretty amazing and it has a great potential of becoming a big thing. But I don’t have a company neither do I have big money ? What do I do ? Please help me, I don’t mind giving a share to someone who helps me.

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u/SharpComedian7961 — 12 hours ago
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Title: AI-powered secure smartphone & personal security platform | Technical Co-founder / CTO (mobile security + AI) | Full-time, all-in

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I’m K, the founder of Cryptheim.

The idea started from a simple observation: people with a high security profile still rely on a completely fragmented stack.

One app for encrypted messaging. Another solution for identity. Another for crypto or sensitive credentials. Separate threat-intelligence feeds. Google Maps for navigation. A security company when something becomes physical.

None of these systems really understand the complete situation.

I want to build Cryptheim to change that.

What Cryptheim is

Cryptheim is an AI-powered personal security platform built around a hardened smartphone.

The long-term product combines:

a cryptographically secured smartphone

hardened Android/AOSP-based operating environment

hardware-backed encryption and secure elements

mechanical privacy / kill switches where technically feasible

end-to-end encrypted messaging, calls, video and files

cryptographically verified identity

secure storage for credentials and digital assets

policy-based transaction/signing controls

real-time cyber and geopolitical threat intelligence

OSINT and commercial/private intelligence sources

AI-powered personal risk analysis

risk-aware navigation

travel security

emergency assistance and human escalation

an enterprise command platform for security teams

The phone is important, but Cryptheim is not just a phone company.

The device becomes the trusted endpoint through which we can connect:

device → identity → communications → assets → location → intelligence → risk → response

Imagine travelling to an important meeting.

Instead of simply telling you that protests are occurring somewhere in the city, Cryptheim could understand that the incident is close to your planned route, that your destination is inside an elevated-risk area and that your device has simultaneously connected to a suspicious network.

It could then recommend another route, increase the device security posture, protect sensitive operations and — if necessary — connect you or your organisation with human security support.

That is the product I want to build.

Who I’m looking for

I’m looking for a technical co-founder / CTO, not an agency, freelancer or someone who only wants to advise from the sidelines.

Someone who wants to help turn the concept into the actual company.

Ideally you are strong in several of these areas:

Android / AOSP / mobile systems

mobile or endpoint security

applied cryptography

secure communications

backend / distributed systems

AI/ML engineering

threat-intelligence pipelines

privacy-preserving architecture

device attestation / secure elements / hardware security

infrastructure and cloud security

You do not need to know everything on that list.

What matters more is that you can think like a systems architect, know where you need specialists, and are comfortable making difficult security-versus-product trade-offs.

What I do not want to do

I don’t want us to make claims like “unhackable phone” or pretend we can reinvent an entire mobile operating system, manufacture proprietary hardware, build an intelligence company and create a global protection network on day one.

The first version should be much more disciplined.

My current thinking is:

Phase 1: hardened AOSP/reference hardware + secure communications + identity + intelligence MVP

Phase 2: integrated Cryptheim reference device + Command platform + enterprise pilots

Phase 3: certification, production hardware and broader security services

The architecture should assume that components can fail or be compromised and use compartmentalisation, zero-trust principles, hardware-backed trust and minimal data collection to limit the blast radius.

Current stage

Cryptheim is currently at the concept / company formation stage.

I am working on the product vision, market positioning, business model, funding strategy and early company architecture.

The founding technical team will be formed as part of this stage.

I’m not going to pretend that we already have customers, revenue or a finished device when we don’t.

The next objective is to turn the vision into:

a credible technical architecture

an integrated MVP

a reference-device prototype

design-partner conversations

initial enterprise pilots

a security and certification roadmap

I’m planning a founding/pre-seed round to finance that transition rather than trying to raise a huge hardware round before we have proven anything.

Why I'm looking for a co-founder instead of hiring a CTO

Because the technical architecture is the company.

Security cannot be outsourced as an implementation detail.

The person making decisions about the operating environment, cryptographic boundaries, identity model, intelligence architecture, telemetry, AI, privacy and hardware trust should have founder-level ownership.

I’m looking for someone who wants to sit on the same side of the table and build this for years.

Not someone waiting for a Jira ticket.

The bigger vision

If we execute this correctly, Cryptheim could eventually sit between a high-risk person or organisation and the threats around them.

Not only:

“Your communication is encrypted.”

But:

“We understand the changing risk around you, protect the systems and assets you depend on, and help you decide what to do next.”

That combination of secure endpoint + encrypted communications + intelligence + AI + navigation + response is the company thesis.

If you are a senior technical builder who finds mobile security, cryptography, intelligence systems and ambitious hardware/software products genuinely interesting, I’d like to talk.

Full-time / all-in co-founder role.

DM me with a little about yourself, what you’ve built, which part of this problem interests you most, and — importantly — what you think is wrong with the idea.

I’d much rather meet someone who challenges the architecture than someone who simply tells me it sounds great.

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u/Sirkddh — 11 hours ago
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Building credit infrastructure for India’s gig workers — looking for introductions

India’s 20M+ gig workers earn through platforms, but traditional credit systems often struggle to understand their actual income and cash flow.

I’m building a financial identity and underwriting layer that helps lenders better assess platform based workers.

We’re currently building the MVP and raising a small angel round to get to our first pilots.

Right now, the most valuable help would be introductions to:

Angels interested in fintech/lending

NBFCs or lenders willing to pilot

CXOs/founders at gig platforms

Even a relevant introduction or lead would be extremely helpful.

DM me if you can connect me with someone relevant.

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u/lifefuckedup_69 — 22 hours ago

Need investor for my ventures.

I need capital partner for my two ventures. Looking to raise capital of around 50 lakh Rs.

Regarding the ventures:

One is private label E-Commerce, where we buy products, rebrand to our brand, and sell them at good margin of close to 20 percent (profit margin).

Second is a FinTech - where I am getting a license from regulators. Lending to people who have gone near bankruptcy (super bad credit), offering credit counseling and restructuring of loans, and bring them back to shape. Doing this for people the first time, will make them our loyal customers, because whenever those people need credit again - only source is to come back to me again and again.

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u/cdinesh18 — 21 hours ago
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Legion Trade Corp. | We are the outbound sales team for B2B companies that cannot afford a $7K a month rep | Pre seed, raising $60K to $80K CAD

SECTION 1: VERIFICATION

Website: https://legiontradecorp.com

SECTION 2: THE SUMMARY

The Hook:

  • Paying B2B client since August 1st, invoiced weekly in USD, paid on time every week since. 40 percent gross margin on that first contract.
  • Solo founder and I built the delivery stack myself: a client desk that keeps every account separate, CRM, live call logging, weekly client reporting, a publishing tool. Not a reseller with a spreadsheet.
  • Toronto based, Italian and Canadian status, and manufacturing possibilities in China through my wife. Three markets reachable without standing up a new entity.

SECTION 3: THE BUSINESS CASE

The Problem:

A small B2B company cannot hire a salesperson. A loaded Toronto rep runs six to seven thousand a month, takes weeks to ramp, and often does not work out. So the owner does outreach themselves, between jobs, and it stops the week work gets busy. I watched this on a live call last week: an agency I am talking to burned four thousand dollars on two reps and closed nothing.

The Solution:

We are their sales team, not a lead list. We build the prospect list, call and email in the client's name, handle objections, book qualified appointments into their calendar, and send a report every Friday. Delivery runs on a contracted partner floor of 25 trained agents, so a client gets a full time desk for roughly a third of what a domestic hire costs them.

Market & Why Now:

Every small B2B services company needs pipeline and almost none can carry a salaried closer. Our delivered cost per hour is a fraction of a domestic rep, and the software that used to need an ops team I now run alone. The same engine serves a Toronto trades company and a US software company, which is why this does not stay local even though the first clients are.

SECTION 4: TRACTION & VALIDATION

PATH A: Commercial Traction

Revenue: about 1,733 USD per month recurring from the anchor client, invoiced weekly at 400 USD, unbroken since August 1st. Across the whole business we are roughly breakeven right now because I also fund a second agent seat that prospects for my own book. That is deliberate growth spend, not a hole.

Users: nine live prospects on our own desk and an appointment booked off our own calling this week. A second deal is at proposal with a US agency that already did the homework we asked of them. Contract values are 2,400 USD per month for US buyers and 2,800 CAD per month for Canadian trades, against a delivery cost near 866 USD per seat per month.

CAC/LTV: acquisition cost today is one agent week of dialing. The anchor client is one month in and renews weekly, so lifetime is not proven yet and I will not invent a number.

SECTION 5: THE ASK

The Team:

Solo founder, 28, Toronto. I sell it, I onboard it, and I built every piece of software it runs on. Delivery is a contracted partner floor of 25 agents with six seats currently occupied, so capacity exists the day contracts do. No technical co founder and no salaried staff, which keeps burn near zero and is the honest reason I want a mentor and not only a cheque.

The Deal:

Raising 60,000 to 80,000 CAD, seeking a lead. Use of funds is sales capacity, not product: prepay agent seats so a new client starts the day they sign instead of the week I can afford them, one domestic closer for the calls I cannot take alone, and the compliance work that opens a regulated calling lane we currently turn away.

Specific Feedback Requested:

Roast the unit economics, in particular whether funding my own prospecting seat out of margin is right at this size or whether that money should buy a closer first. I am also looking for one angel who has scaled a services business and wants to be involved month to month rather than hands off. The cheque matters less than that.

[Edit: labelling the margin properly after a fair question in the comments. The 40 percent is my first client, signed before I repriced. New contracts at the current card are closer to 64.]

Investor

I'm an investor actively seeking promising ideas to invest in. I'm also interested in joining the team and contributing beyond just the financial investment. If you have any ideas, please send me a DM and we can discuss them further.

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u/yashlp — 1 day ago

Investor

I'm an investor actively seeking promising ideas to invest in. I'm also interested in joining the team and contributing beyond just the financial investment. If you have any ideas, please send me a DM and we can discuss them further.

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u/yashlp — 1 day ago

I’m building a small “brain” for your phone and looking for early investors. No not another chatbot or a llm wrapper.

I’m building something called Wick.

The idea is simple.

Your phone sees a lot of things every day: messages, bookings, bills, decisions, reminders, conversations, etc.

But your phone doesn't really remember your life.

Wick is trying to change that.

It creates a small personal memory that lives on your device. It remembers the important things from your digital life and lets you ask AI about them later.

For example:

“What was that restaurant I booked last month?”

“Did I promise someone something?”

“When was my last payment?”

“What did I decide about this project?”

But Wick is not just about remembering things. It can also understand when something is supposed to happen and whether you actually did it.

For example, someone tells you:

“Post a reel on the XYZ account by tomorrow.”

Wick remembers that task.

Then, if you actually post the reel from your phone, Wick can see that the task was completed and automatically mark it as done.

So over time, it becomes more than just a memory. It starts becoming a personal system that understands what you have to do, what you have done, and what you have talked about.

The goal is to keep this personal memory on your device and let AI assistants like Claude or ChatGPT access the relevant information when they need it, instead of giving them access to everything on your phone.

Think of it as:

Your own small brain that lives on your device.

I’m building this around MCP so it isn't tied to one AI. The goal is for it to work with Claude, ChatGPT and other AI assistants.

I already have a working technical architecture and prototype.

I’m now looking for early-stage funding / angel investors to take this from a working prototype into a proper product.

I’m not looking for a huge round right now. I’m looking for someone who understands the future of personal AI, privacy and on-device computing and is interested in getting involved very early.

If this sounds interesting, I’d love to talk.

Happy to show the architecture, demo and what I’m building privately. Right now it is an Android app but by time we will also add wearables support and other things.

Would also love to hear what people here think about the idea.

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u/Low-Dinner9461 — 2 days ago
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Ai levels the global playing field

These wars over fiat and oil need to end. And they will. Being very deep in enterprise agents I can say I don’t think traditional commerce is going to be around much longer. Agent to agent commerce is expected to hit $1.5 trillion by 2030. No humans involved

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u/robauto-dot-ai — 3 days ago
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My app is 95% finished and launching next month - how should I approach investors?

Hey everyone!

I'm building a startup and my app is currently around 95% complete. I'm planning to launch in September, and I'm now looking into raising the initial capital I need to fund customer acquisition (CAC) and give the launch enough momentum.

The product itself is almost ready, so I'm not really looking for funding to "build an idea." The main challenge now is getting the product in front of enough users after launch.

I believe the business model has strong economics and, if the initial acquisition works as expected, the investment could have a relatively short payback period. I'm confident in the potential, but I'm trying to figure out the best way to approach this stage.

For founders who have been through something similar:

  • How did you raise your first investment?
  • Would you recommend angels, accelerators, VCs, or approaching individual investors directly?
  • Is it realistic to raise a relatively small pre-seed round primarily for initial CAC?
  • How much traction should I aim to have before approaching investors?
  • Would you launch first, collect some real metrics, and then raise, or start fundraising before launch?
  • What would you consider essential to have in an investor pitch at this stage?

I'd especially love to hear from founders who were in a similar position - product nearly finished, launch coming soon, and looking for initial capital to acquire the first users.

I'm happy to share more details about the business model if anyone is interested.

Thanks!

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u/julioschuambach — 3 days ago
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Seeking some guidance regarding seed fund/Angel investment

Hello everyone,

Me and my one of friend is working on an business idea from some time and now want to start working on it, leaving our jobs. But our idea requires an initial capital of about 1 CR to start. Is it realistically possible to get that much amount as seed funding in India? Any leads whom and how to approach.

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u/Outside_home_sound — 4 days ago
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What's the best possible way to find pre seed/seed round investors being a SOLO founder?

I am committed to an idea and working on the MVP, need advice on how to get in connection with such investors, who are serious enough to invest and help me through this whole journey for long term.

key points:

  1. already working on MVP

  2. domain: gaming , social

  3. prototype is ready for testing and hands on.

  4. already have 7 years of experience in building scalable gaming infrastructure and game.

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u/gyan_maurya — 3 days ago
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This project exists because my gf believed in it enough to spend ₹2,000 every month.

[SOUND ON]

I honestly wasn't planning to launch this project.

I thought it would end up as just another GitHub repository because I couldn't justify paying to keep it running.

Then my girlfriend convinced me otherwise.

She had a terrible roommate experience while preparing for NEET, and I had similar issues during my UPSC preparation in Allahabad. We realized that most platforms help you find a room—but almost none help you find a roommate whose lifestyle actually matches yours.

She even offered to contribute ₹2000/month so I could keep the server running. Otherwise, this would've probably stayed a resume project forever.

So I built Aspimate.

Instead of matching only on rent and location, it matches people using factors that actually affect daily life during preparation:

  • Exam & coaching
  • Study schedule
  • Sleep timings
  • Food preferences
  • Cleanliness
  • Noise tolerance
  • Smoking
  • Gaming habits
  • Lights on/off while sleeping
  • ...and several other behavioural metrics.

Tech Stack

  • FastAPI
  • PostgreSQL
  • SQLAlchemy
  • Docker
  • Nginx
  • Redis
  • Cloudinary
  • Firebase Auth
  • Leaflet + OpenStreetMap
  • Vanilla JS + HTML/CSS

& Bahut se nayi cheez seekhi maine while building it

  • Docker networking headaches
  • Nginx reverse proxy
  • PostgreSQL migrations
  • DNS & SSL deployment
  • Rate limiting
  • VPS monitoring
  • Image upload pipelines
  • Search indexing & SEO

It's still Version 1, and I have a long roadmap ahead.

Since the platform is brand new, the user base is obviously small. So if someone creates a profile today, they'll automatically receive an email whenever a compatible roommate joins.

If you're a developer, I'd genuinely love feedback on:

  • the product idea
  • the UI/UX
  • the matching approach
  • the tech stack
  • or anything you'd improve.

Website: https://aspimate.com

Also, if anyone has experience scaling marketplaces or solving the cold-start problem, I'd really appreciate your suggestions.

[used ElevenLabs for the voiceover because I'm a bit insecure about my own voice]

u/Logical_Tart210 — 5 days ago

Looking to raise pre-seed for B2B SaaS

We’re building in a growing B2B SaaS market with existing players doing $20–40M+ ARR. Category is sales and customer support.

We launched a few months ago targeting solo users, but we’ve been getting inbound inquiries from team users. We’re now looking to scale the product to serve that segment properly.

We are looking to raise $150K pre-seed to accelerate this, and we have a strong engineering team.

If you’re interested in early-stage B2B SaaS in sales and customer support segment, feel free to DM me.

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u/mayursiinh — 3 days ago
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Looking for an investor for my mobile venue + studio business

I’m TENDiE, an artist and the founder of ILIKEHOWITSSOUNDING.
I DO THIS FOR THE LOVE OF THE GAME. I built this company to give independent talent the exact platform we deserve, with the ultimate goal of scaling this into the biggest label in the world. Im doing a 50 state tour to get deep into the music industry and scene of all artists, my plan is to buy a van, and convert it into a mobile studio and venue and travel the usa. Funds are a little tight and i figured id reach out to people who would be interested in helping out the cause. The music industry is dying and im trying my best to revive it.
Thank you for reading
Sincerely, TENDiE

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u/Previous_Task_5739 — 4 days ago
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Anyone want to join or provide feedback?

My daughter spends money and doesnt know the concept of how money works. So from this an idea came:

Fintech:

Child wants something, ie barbie doll. The doll is added as a goal, lets say value of £20.

The child contributes from savings and transfers from parents to that goal.

the next screen is learnings, so for every work,task, learning completed on the platform a certain amount will be put towards the goal. Parents can also add bespoke goals.

There is also a simulated stock market, with company financials, data and charts. Videos explaining the conepts are tailored to the childs age for understanding.

So for example, there is a company called monsters inc, the child buys the stock with virtual coins, then accordingly to market movement the child makes a profit/loss. For profits, the virtual coins can be exchanged for real money for contribution to the goal.

Aim is to also provide daily financial news tailored to the child age, so this helps in learninf financials and how markets move with news.

Children can run weekly challenges with their friends to see who has the most profit in the week etc.

This is just a concept i have, i am surw we can implement many other features.

Would love for someone or some people to join in and help make this work from the ground up.

Thanks

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u/needalltheprayers — 5 days ago