Are you looking for the right partner with the right skills to start your business in Nigeria, or indeed the world? Founder2be is setting up the platform for this to happen.
It’s own co-founder, Oliver Bremer, tells TechCrunch it now has more than 15,000 registered users all hoping to meet their startup Mr/Ms Right although he notes it is of course about quality as much as quantity when choosing a co-founder.
Still, having a large enough pool to choose from in the first place isnt a bad thing, provided you dont mind doing a little more sifting to find your ideal business partner.
Founder2be is also berthing in Australia and would be having its debut event in Perth. More elsewhere are coming all the time (Mexico, Bulgaria, etc.) as applications by people wanting to host events are pouring in, adds Bremer. As well as accepting potential co-founders in two new continents, Founder2be is also accepting applications for ambassadors aka event hosts for its local networking events.
According to Bremer, Founder2be is powering a few thousand introductions per month. Beyond that, its of course hard to measure the impact/success rate of a networking service especially as he notes it makes a point of not snooping on members so has to wait to hear when co-founders meeting through its network have clicked. But he cites Cureeo is one example of a Founder2be success story that has been made public. Maida met her co-founder Abid on Founder2be and together they got into TechStars.
Founder2be is also a startup itself, of course, and is bootstrapping the service. Its taking revenue from premium subscriptions although it does offer a free service option too. The premium subscription helps people find a potential match faster, says Bremer. It gives better search, features your project or startup idea more prominently, and generally makes life easier.