From signup to closed round.
Five steps, end to end. The platform handles matching, NDAs, data rooms, and bid leaderboards so the conversation stays about the idea — not the logistics.
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Sign up — founder or investor
Two minutes. We ask for the basics — name, email, role, a one-line pitch — and route you to the matching portal. Founders sign a one-time NDA; investors apply for empanelment so founders know they're real.
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Tag your idea (founder) / Set your thesis (investor)
Founders pick from 22 industries × 7 stages × 11 investor types so the match engine knows exactly who should see the idea. Investors set thesis filters once — sectors, stage, ticket range, geography — and we surface only deals that fit.
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Match scoring on 18 signals
Industry · sub-vertical · stage · round type · ask range · geography · co-founder traits · prior investor network · operator background · domain depth · capital type · cheque-size fit · timing · thesis keywords · momentum · founder-market fit · co-investor signal · revealed preferences. The engine picks the top investors-per-idea and the top ideas-per-investor; you see why each match scored as it did.
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NDA-gated data rooms + structured discussion
Investors sign a viewing NDA before the data room unlocks — granular per-file permissions, optional watermarks, full audit log. Conversations stay in-app: messages, calendar invites, file shares, status updates, all under the same thread. No founder is chasing investors over five inboxes.
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Bid leaderboard → close
Investors place bids inline. The leaderboard shows valuation, instrument, conditions in real-time. Founders accept / counter / reject; the winning bid moves to term sheet. PocketFund tracks the close; the success fee invoices once the round is funded — never before.
What you don't have to think about.
The mechanics that usually eat fundraising time. They're solved once, on the platform, for everyone.
- Cold-email outreach + tracking who replied
- Manually re-explaining your stage / sector / round to every investor
- Lost decks, rogue sharing, no audit trail
- Side-channel SMS / WhatsApp / DMs that vanish
- Rebuilding your pipeline tracker every quarter
From first line to first intro.
Write idea card
Takes ~12 minutes. 280 words + deck.
Matching runs
Top 20 investors routed within 2 hours.
Pockets & replies
Median 6 replies, 2–3 intro calls.
Close the round
DD, term sheet, commitments tracked in-app.
From pocket to portfolio.
Curated feed
5–15 new ideas/day — none below 70% thesis fit.
Pocket & note
Shortlist with private tags and stage flags.
DD & data room
One-click access. Watermarked. Audit-logged.
Commit & track
E-sign term sheet. Portfolio view auto-updates.
You also get access to a member-only resource library.
The day you create an account, the Library, Forum, Founder guides, Investor playbooks, document Skeletons, and interactive workbooks open up. They're gated for non-members so the signal stays high.
Curated library
9 books for founders · 9 for investors. YouTube channels, podcasts, newsletters — every entry has a one-line summary, Amazon link, and Google Books search.
Document skeletons
Battle-tested copy-paste templates for the docs founders ship: pitch deck, one-pager, PRD, MVP scope, financial model, cap table, investor update, customer interview, co-founder agreement.
Interactive workbooks
Apply Zero to One and Sarthak Ahuja's Daily Coffee with Startup Fundraising to your own startup. 40 fillable exercises that auto-save locally.
Founder guides
Deep, opinionated walkthroughs: writing the one-pager, the 10-slide deck, the data room, term sheets, co-founder agreements, negotiating the close, bridging to Series A, investor Q&A scripts.
Investor playbooks
For partners, principals, angels, and syndicate leads: written thesis, the 30-min first meeting, parallelised diligence, cheque sizing, term-sheet anatomy, SPV ops, allocation discipline, exits.
Discussion forum
Channels for fundraising, term sheets, diligence, product, hiring, show-and-tell. Real founders and investors swapping notes, not LinkedIn-grade posturing.
The PocketFund blog
Weekly posts from the team — fundraising playbooks, market signals, product updates, and founder stories. Q1 funding pulse, matching-engine teardowns, real-deal walkthroughs.
Changelog
Twice-weekly product updates. Tagged New / Improved / Fixed. See exactly what shipped and when — sub-accounts, bulk CMS, theme system, discussion bidding.
Activity feed
Every page you view and key click is captured locally so you can pick up exactly where you left off. View it from your account profile, clear it any time.
Frequently asked.
How much does PocketFund cost a founder?
Why are resources gated for members?
What activity does PocketFund capture about me?
How are investors verified?
Who owns the data in my idea card?
Is PocketFund a broker-dealer?
Does PocketFund invest itself?
Try it on your idea.
Two minutes to launch a project. Two minutes to apply as an investor. We handle the matching from there.