FAQs

Q: What is your investment focus?

Information about Platform's investment focus and strategy.

Q: Why do you love marketplaces?

Platform's perspective on marketplace businesses and why they focus on this sector.

Q: What do you look for in a Founder?

The qualities and characteristics Platform seeks in startup founders.

Q: How do I submit my startup idea or pitch?

You can submit your startup by signing up to PlatformOS, sharing it with us on DeckSend, or getting help from our AI agents.

What is your investment focus?

We are currently focused on AI-enabled marketplace businesses.

We particularly like marketplaces in proptech and future-of-work, but we are open to other verticals.

Why do you love marketplaces?

We love marketplaces because of the the network effects they generate and their ability to be in the payment stream and exert pricing control. Marketplaces tend to become "winner takes all" or "winner takes most" in any category.

This power is demonstrated by the many marketplace companies that have become unicorns - Uber, Lyft, Fiverr, DoorDash, Instacart, Airbnb, and Zillow, to name just a few.

Historically, marketplaces have been operationally expensive and complex but AI is massively reducing these costs and making marketplaces more appealing than ever.

What do you look for in a Founder?

We assess from many angles but the main qualities we seek are Coachability, Grit, Smarts, and Empathy.

We also like to work with Founders who have unique earned insight in the market or problem their startup is attacking.

What are the "5Cs"?

The 5Cs represent the value Platform aims to provide to founders it backs:

- Capital - pre-seed funding on YC-like terms
- Coaching - to prevent unforced errors
- Code - common patterns and a shared platform for the fastest go-live
- Connections - a network of over 85,000 investors, advisors, coaches
- Customers - go-to-market playbooks that work

How do I submit my startup idea or pitch?

If you are early in the journey, and have found a problem to solve, we recommend you sign up to PlatformOS and post it as an Unmet Need, and then tell us about your proposed Solution. We provide many tools to founders for free that help you analyze your startup idea, build a pitch, connect with potential co-founders, investors and advisors.

If you already have a pitch deck, you can share it with us on DeckSend.

Not sure where to start - our AI agents can help.
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What is PlatformOS?

Getting a startup off the ground is hard - 99% of startups fail.

PlatformOS is a suite of tools, AI agents, playbooks, and a network that we provide to founders free of charge to help build zero-to-one.

PlatformOS helps founders in many areas, including:

- Validating early stage ideas
- Finding co-founders and advisors
- Building and distributing great pitch decks
- Matching to investors
- Tracking and sharing progress

The first step is to create an account on PlatformOS.

Still have questions? Our AI agents can help.