Now accepting founding members

Founders
backing
founders.

A closed, verified platform where founders back each other — with capital, introductions and hard-won experience. Free to join. Impossible to fake your way in.

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Your application
Claim your
founding number.

Reviewed personally. Your serial number is permanent — the earlier you join, the lower it is.

How it works

Three steps.
One trusted community.

Deliberate by design. Every member verified. Every number permanent.

Step 01
Apply as a verified founder

Tell us what you're building, your stage and where you're based. No pitch deck required. A short form and a LinkedIn or Companies House link. Reviewed personally.

Step 02
Receive your founding number

If approved, you're issued a permanent serial number. #001 goes to the first external member. Numbers never change — they're your badge of when you believed.

Step 03
Access the full platform

Browse and offer perks. Attend founder and VC events. Connect with the community. When fundraising launches, raise from and invest in other verified founders.

What's inside

Six pillars.
One platform.

Built in phases. Perks and community launch first. Fundraising follows once the network has weight behind it.

01
🛍
Perks Marketplace

Founders offer their products and services to other founders at exclusive rates. A warm, verified client base for every provider.

Live at launch
02
📅
Founder Events

Curated startup events in one place. Free and paid. Members get early access and discounted tickets. Founders only in the room.

Live at launch
03
👥
Staff Marketplace

Post roles. Find freelancers. Hire from a network where everyone on both sides has built something. No recruiters. No noise.

Phase 2
04
🏦
VC & Guest Events

Vetted VCs attend. Verified founders attend. Direct access to top investors.

Phase 3
05
💸
Fundraising via SPVs

Raise from other founders through SPVs. Investors who've done the raise and bring more than just a cheque.

Phase 4
06
📊
Portfolio Tracker

Members who invest track their angel portfolio in one place. Clean, simple, built for operators.

Phase 5
Who it's for

The gatekeeping is
the product.

Quality over quantity. Always. We'd rather have 100 people who belong than 1,000 who don't.

You're in if you're
Building something real.

Any stage, any sector, any background. Pre-product or post-Series A. Bootstrapped or VC-backed. All that matters is that you're a founder building something that could exist without you personally doing all the work.

A verified founder at any stage
Building a product, platform or company
Based anywhere — London focus at launch
Willing to back and support other founders
This isn't for
Consultants, freelancers or spectators.

We have deep respect for consultants and freelancers — they're just not the community we're building. The network only works if every person in the room is a founder. That filter is permanent.

Solo consultants or freelancers
Service providers seeking clients only
VCs or investors without their own company
Anyone who can't pass the one-line test
Serial numbers from day one

Your number
never changes.

#000 is our founder. #001 through #1000 are the people who built this alongside us. Early adoption is the rarest status there is. The lower your number, the earlier you believed. In this community, that means something.

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#000
The Founder
Founding Member
#001
Waiting for you
Founding Member
#002
Founding Member
#003
Founding Member
Numbers assigned in order of approval
Applications open

Ready to apply?

Tell us what you're building. Every application reviewed personally. Response within 48 hours. No fees, ever.