Don’t grow old building the wrong startup

They don’t, at first. Cards are saved at reservation and charged only when your campaign hits its trigger: the pre-order goal for Pre-build, the close date for Pre-launch. No trigger, no charge, no refund drama.

No. That’s what the creator is for: they bring the audience, you bring the thing worth backing.

US founders, 18+, selling something digital: apps, software, courses, creator tools. No physical products, no regulated categories like finance or medical for now.

Commission on the sales their link drives: 30% base, more if they bid on a high-effort pitch or hit bonus milestones you set. It comes out of the raise, not your pocket.

Two parts. 40% is releasable three days after close, once admin confirms no red flags. The other 60% comes after your Day 14 progress check. Show real progress, get paid in full.

You’ll see 1–5 curated matches with their audience stats. Not feeling them? You can browse the network and request others manually. They opt in too: matching is mutual.

Your full pitch: problem, solution, visuals, your interview. Worried about that? Apply for Teaser Mode. And every affiliate signed a 2-year IP agreement before they ever saw a pitch.

Freely, until the first reservation lands. After that, typos and FAQs only. Big changes mean cancel and relist.

First 2 days, no questions asked. After that, you’ll need admin approval and an actual reason. Cancel before close and nobody’s charged: saved cards just detach.

A demo link, repo walkthrough, beta invites. Proof you’re building, reviewed by a human. “The link loads” isn’t the bar.

Iterate? Sure. Pivot to a different product? That’s a milestone fail, a ban, and backers get the unreleased money back. Sell what you pitched.

Only from backers who opt in at checkout. Everyone else shows up as anonymous data. Still useful, just nameless.

It means you showed up with a napkin sketch. Affiliates can bid above the base commission to take it on: you can accept, reject, or counter. More polish, better rates.

You see it side-by-side with your original and nothing ships without your explicit sign-off. Your pitch, your responsibility.

Nope. Organic and SEO sales are 100% yours (minus our 5%). Affiliates only earn on their own links.

No DMs. Updates happen on your campaign page. Need a real conversation? There’s a 1-on-1 meeting request button.

One at a time, 3-month gap between them. Quality over chaos.

Stripe. You’re the merchant of record, we’re the software. Nobody’s running a shoebox bank here.

No. Failing is fine, that’s literally what validation is for. Ghosting after taking money is the only unforgivable sin.