Co-founder Match
Speed-dating for co-founders. Meet potential partners who share your interests, complementary skills, and vision.
What is Co-founder Match?
A curated matching program to help you find the right co-founder for your startup journey.
Up to 3 Matches
We match you with up to 3 potential co-founders based on your profile and preferences.
20-Minute Sessions
Each meeting is a focused 20-minute one-on-one conversation to explore potential collaboration.
Limited to 80
Only 80 spots available to ensure quality matches and meaningful connections.
Early Bird Priority
Early ticket holders get priority access when registration opens.
How It Works
1. Register
When registration opens, you'll receive an email with a link to submit your profile. Share your background, skills, and what you're looking for in a co-founder.
2. Get Matched
Our AI reviews profiles and creates matches based on complementary skills, interests, and goals.
3. Meet at the Event
On event day, meet your matches in dedicated 20-minute sessions. You'll receive your schedule and meeting location via email or text.
Tips for Success
- Be clear about what stage your idea is at (concept, MVP, launched)
- Highlight your unique skills and experience
- Describe the type of co-founder you're looking for
- Be open-minded. Great partnerships often come from unexpected matches
- Prepare a few questions to ask your potential co-founders
Key Dates
Registration Opens May 7
Early ticket holders have priority access. When registration opens, you'll receive an email with instructions on how to apply.
Limited to 80 participantsCo-founder Match FAQs
Got questions? We've got answers.
Co-founder Match is an AI-powered speed-dating program that pairs you with up to 3 potential co-founders based on complementary skills, interests, and goals. You'll have a dedicated 20-minute session with each match on event day. We'll provide the exact details on where to meet them.
Founder and Future Founder ticket holders can participate. The program is limited to 80 participants, and early ticket buyers get priority.
Registration opens May 7 and closes May 12. You'll submit a profile describing your background, skills, and what you're looking for in a co-founder. We do expect the Co-founder Match to fill up quickly, so buying a ticket earlier gives you priority access to register for this program.
Our matching algorithm analyzes your profile (your skills, experience, industry interests), and what you're looking for to find complementary matches. The goal is to pair people whose strengths fill each other's gaps.
You'll meet each match for a 20-minute 1:1 conversation at a dedicated table. Come with a 2–3 minute introduction about yourself. Highlight great achievements in your professional career and previous startup experience. Listen to each other and ask questions about their interests, goals, and why they want to do a startup. After the event, it's up to you to follow up and continue the conversation.
This is a first meeting. Your expectation should be that if you and your match seem to align, for both of you to follow up after the event to continue the conversation. We share each others contact information.
Only the people who check in physically at the venue will participate in the Co-founder Match, even if they filled out the participant information beforehand. For that reason, we'll only provide the names of the people you'll be meeting with a few hours before the Co-founder Match program begins.
No. This is not what Co-founder Match is about. If all you want is a software engineer to build your startup, this program is not for you. Co-founders share a passion for a problem, a curiosity and open-mindedness about how to solve that problem, and a shared set of expectations and values. If you want someone to just build your idea, you are looking for an employee, not a co-founder.
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