Fieldnote — $1.2M pre-seed, fully from Cofounder for Startup
AgTech · Rotterdam · matched March 2026
Rosa Tran had 40 investor names in a spreadsheet and no intros to any of them. She filled the standardized traction fields — $11k MRR, +24% MoM — recorded the 45-second pitch, and set filters to pre-seed agri and climate funds writing $50–250k.
Eleven investors cleared both filter sets. Seven matched. The first call happened within 48 hours of the first match; the round closed six weeks later with five checks — every one of them from the platform.
“We matched on a Tuesday, had the first call Thursday, and closed our $1.2M pre-seed six weeks later.”
James Okafor's problem wasn't deal flow — it was noise: 60 cold decks a week, most outside thesis. On Cofounder for Startup his filters do the reading: fintech infrastructure, seed, $500k–$1.5M, standardized traction on every card.
He passes quietly on 90%. The 10% he connects with already fit — and both term sheets he issued last quarter came from founders whose verified MRR fields matched what diligence later confirmed.
“The standardized traction fields save me hours. Two term sheets so far.”
Lena Kovács — from solo founder to funded team of two
Consumer logistics · matched with her CTO in 9 days
Lena had signed retailers and no one to build the platform. She turned on cofounder search, listed the must-have skills — logistics systems, mobile — and stated the equity range upfront: 25–35% for a technical cofounder.
Her now-CTO matched on day two; the equity conversation that kills most cofounder courtships took ten minutes because the terms were on the card before they ever spoke. They closed a $2M seed eight months later.
“Equity expectations were on the card before we even spoke.”