FounderPool - De-Risking startup founders by pooling equity

@george_burke @manoj_duggirala @rrhoover Great question. 1. The density of the network. More startups now than 10 years ago, but also much more deeply connected. 2. Startups have become more luck dependent (wrote about it here: https://medium.com/@csentropy/2-...) 3. The perception of luck and uncertainty as factors in startup success is increasing amongst founders from our own surveys. We think together they suggest a tipping point. More impoirtantly, these informal networks like the paypal mafia have existed before. Our goal is to build the infrastructure for that strong network formally and for everyone.

@jim_o_neill High praise coming from you Jim. Thank you. The psychological benefits of having a support network are very under appreciated.

@ikarov Great. Glad to have you.

@alex_papageorge Thanks for the compliment and thanks for recommending FounderPool to your friend

@george_burke Absolutely. Looks awesome! How long have you been working on the project?

@jaketital Thank you! 💪💪 -> 🚀🚀

@zbruhnke Thank you Zach!

@parul_gujral1 🙏🙏

@tomaspaulo We are stage agnostic and have pool members from seed to unicorn status. However to date we have screened for funded companies to ensure there is a valuation. Selection is based on other founder rankings.

@tomaspaulo When we started out, we assumed only pre-seed/seed companies would apply. Turns out we've had applications from companies as far along as SERIES D. A few applicants have raised 9-figures.

@richard_li8 Thank you!

@rightlung Thank you Victor. - We are creating a self serve platform, that makes it super fast and easy to form self selecting founders to join pools on their own. - Matching is based on preferences, stage and other factors, but each founder makes the decision to partner or not with companies. - Terms are standardized and we take care of pool formation when a minimum threshold is reached - Currently we manage each pool (fund), to take away burden from busy founders