Intent
Searching · Idea
01 —
Curated, Not Crowded
Selective onboarding. High-signal people only.
02 —
Built for Action, Not Just Discovery
From idea → co-founder → execution in one flow.
03 —
Intent-Based Matching
Connect based on what you want to build now—not just who you've been.
The Problem
Finding a co-founder today is broken.
LinkedIn is noise. Communities are crowded. Warm intros are random.
And even when you meet someone — there's no way to know:
Do you think the same way? Can you actually build together? Will this last beyond week one?
Most partnerships fail before they even start.
Every great company started with two.
A tiny sample of the partnerships that shaped modern tech. Found exists to engineer more of them — starting here in India.
MZ
ES
Mark Zuckerberg & Eduardo Saverin
Facebook
TK
GC
Travis Kalanick & Garrett Camp
Uber
BC
JG
Brian Chesky & Joe Gebbia
Airbnb
RH
MR
Reed Hastings & Marc Randolph
Netflix
JK
BA
Jan Koum & Brian Acton
WhatsApp
DH
AF
Drew Houston & Arash Ferdowsi
Dropbox
KS
MK
Kevin Systrom & Mike Krieger
Instagram
SB
BB
Sachin Bansal & Binny Bansal
Flipkart
BA
AK
Bhavish Aggarwal & Ankit Bhati
Ola
JW
LS
Jimmy Wales & Larry Sanger
Wikipedia
Our Thesis
Company formation shouldn't start with chance.
The greatest companies in history were built by two or three people who knew each other before they knew the idea. Today, most partnerships begin with a cold DM or a random hackathon table. Found rebuilds that moment — with intent.
We match you on what actually matters: conviction, complementary skill, and a shared theory of how to build — so you're aligned before you write the first line of code.
01
Intent over impression. Everyone on Found has declared whether they're shipping, searching, or joining — no casual observers.
02
Verified, not anonymous. Optional DigiLocker Aadhaar verification gives every profile a trust signal you can rely on.
03
Proximity when it matters. Distance visibility for founders in the same city — because most partnerships still begin in person.
How Found Works
Three intents.
One protocol.
You join Found by declaring where you are in the journey. Every match, every conversation, every signal is tuned to that intent.
⚡ Solo Founder
☰
✓
I'm shipping.
Has Startup
You already have a company, a wedge, maybe first users. You need a co-founder who can own a function from day one and wire in like they were there at incorporation.
HIGH INTENT · VETTED
✦ Idea-Stage Builder
💡
👤
☰
I'm searching.
Has Ideas
You have the conviction and a clear wedge into a market. You want to pressure-test it with someone who will complement your skills and commit before the first line of code.
IDEA STAGE · VETTED
◎ Aspiring Co-Founder
👤
👤
☰
I'm joining.
Wants to Join
You're a builder — engineer, designer, operator, domain expert — ready to leave a comfortable role for real equity and ownership. Found surfaces founders looking for exactly you.
BUILDER · VETTED
STEP · 01
Declare intent
Pick Startup, Idea, or Join. Add skills, industries, and the city where you build.
STEP · 02
Get curated matches
No feed. No infinite scroll. Found surfaces the people most aligned with your intent.
STEP · 03
Connect or pass
If it's mutual, the chat unlocks instantly. No cold inbox. No paywall.
STEP · 04
Build the thing
Once paired, Found supports you across legal, banking, and ops as you incorporate.
The Product
High-signal matches.
No doom-scroll. No 400-person Slack. Just curated, high-signal introductions — in your pocket, when you're ready to build.
🎯
Intent-based onboarding
Declare whether you're shipping, searching, or joining — your entire experience is shaped around it.
🔍
Curated discovery
Founders are surfaced and scored on skills, industry, and working-style fit — not follower counts.
📍
Proximity visibility
See how close your match is — because most real partnerships still start with a coffee.
👆
Connect or pass
Weigh conviction, not resumes. Connect to proceed. Pass and your next curated match is waiting.
💬
Mutual match unlocks chat
No cold inbox. No paywall. When both sides say yes, the conversation unlocks instantly.
✅
Verified builders only
Optional DigiLocker Aadhaar verification gives every profile a trust signal worth believing.
Trust & Identity
Verified via DigiLocker.
No fake founders.
Found is the first founder-matching platform in India with optional government-backed identity verification. Builders who verify with Aadhaar through DigiLocker get a blue tick, a priority boost in discovery, and the kind of trust that makes "let's meet Saturday" actually happen.
✓
Consent-driven Aadhaar verification via DigiLocker — no numbers stored.✓
Verified builders get priority in curated matching.✓
Only minimum identity attributes are retained.✓
Fully compliant with DigiLocker & Indian data-protection rules.
FOUND · BUILDER ID
✓ Verified
AM
Aarav Mehta ✓
Technical co-founder · Fintech
City
Bengaluru, IN
Identity
DigiLocker ✓
On Found
Since Mar 2026
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Profile→
✓
DigiLocker→
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Consent→
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Blue tickOur Vision
Built for the next generation of Indian founders.
Found exists to help builders in India find the right co-founder and build companies with the right support — through meaningful, aligned partnerships.
Our Mission
A structured way for founders to come together.
Most companies today begin with chance — a hallway chat, a warm intro, a Tuesday-night hackathon table. We believe great partnerships deserve a more serious starting point. Found is that starting point, and the support system after.
Our Team
A small team with one question on the wall.
We care about intent, ownership, and long-term alignment — not profiles. Every product decision is filtered through one question: does this help founders build better partnerships? If not, it doesn't ship.
Our Approach
Alignment, not randomness.
We don't rely on surface-level matching. Found scores on skills, vision, values, and working style — and keeps supporting you after the match, across legal, operations, and execution as you incorporate.
The next great partnership starts here.
A curated platform where founders connect with the right co-founder — based on intent, values, and how they actually build. Reviewing a small cohort of serious builders each week — Bengaluru, Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad, Pune, and expanding.