Co-founder Match
Find the co-founder who fills your gaps.
Meet Filipino founders who want what you want and are strong where you aren’t. Like or pass in private — contact details unlock only when you both say yes.
Free · Private until you match · Pause any time
Why it matters
Who you build with shapes what you build.
A co-founder is the longest decision you make at the start. The right one multiplies your skills and your stamina; the wrong one costs months. So we match on the things that matter before the first coffee.
Skills that cover each other
Building, selling, and running the numbers rarely live in one person. A co-founder who is strong where you’re not keeps the work moving.
The same destination
Raising venture capital and bootstrapping to profit are different companies. Agreeing on the goal early saves the hardest arguments for later.
Matching commitment
Full-time, part-time, or still exploring — knowing where each of you stands up front makes expectations fair from day one.
Someone to share the calls
Two people who own the outcome decide better and recover faster. You get a sounding board, not just an extra pair of hands.
How it works
From founder card to first call, in four steps.
- 01
Build your founder card
Share your idea, up to 3 goals, up to 5 target markets, your specialties, what you’re looking for, and how much time you can give.
- 02
Meet founders who fit
You see founders who share a goal or a market with you, ranked by a match score out of 100 — best fit first.
- 03
Like or pass, privately
Nobody sees who passed on them. You only learn how many founders are waiting on your answer — never who.
- 04
Match, then talk
When you both like each other, it’s a match. Only then do you see each other’s email and LinkedIn to set up a call.
The match score
Ranked by fit, not by who signed up last.
Every founder you see gets a score out of 100, made of four equal parts. Complementary skills count as much as shared goals, so you meet people who round out the team — not copies of yourself.
Pick up to 3 specialties you bring and up to 3 you’re looking for.
Match score
100 points
- Shared goalsup to 25
How much your goals overlap.
- Shared marketsup to 25
The industries you both want to serve.
- Idea overlapup to 25
How closely your idea descriptions line up.
- Fitup to 25
Each of you brings what the other is looking for.
Private by design
You decide who gets to know you.
Matching is personal. Your founder card belongs to you, not a workspace, and the database only shows it through matching.
Your card isn’t public
It never appears in the startup directory or search. Only founders with their own card see it, through matching.
Contact only on a match
Email and LinkedIn stay hidden until you have both said yes.
Step away any time
Hide yourself from the deck when you’re not looking, and come back when you are.
FAQs
Questions, answered.
Yes. Create a free 3C account, build your founder card, and start meeting founders.
No. Matching belongs to you as a person, not to a workspace. You can join with just an idea — or no idea yet — and say what you’re looking for.
Other founders who have their own card and are shown you as a candidate. It is not listed publicly, and your contact details appear only after a mutual match.
No. Passes are never shown. Founders only see a count of people waiting on their answer, not who liked them.
You both see each other’s email and LinkedIn in your matches list. Reach out, meet, and take it from there — maybe straight into a workspace together.
Your co-founder might already be here.
Build your founder card in a few minutes and see who fits. It’s free, private, and you can pause any time.