Our SEIS Investment Opportunity in the Co-Founder Matching Market

Our investment opportunity at a glance:

• Total ask: £80,000

• Minimum investment required: £10,000

• Over 500 individually screened users in waitlist

• Consolidated Go-To-Market Strategy

• Tax incentive for investors: SEIS Advance Assurance from HMRC

The Founders Junction is raising £80,000 in SEIS-qualifying investment.

Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) Advance Assurance has been obtained from HMRC.

We have over 500 individually screened founders on our waitlist, an MVP in active development, and a proven user acquisition strategy.

Here is everything you need to know about the opportunity.

The Problem: The current Co-Founder Matching landscape Is Overdue for Change

A poor founding team is one of the leading causes of early-stage startup failure. Yet, most founders still rely on their existing network, random LinkedIn outreach, or luck to find the right co-founder. That is a structural problem, not a personal one.

General-purpose platforms like LinkedIn mix recruitment, sales, and job-seeking into a noisy feed that makes serious co-founder search extremely inefficient. Existing specialist platforms suffer from idle or fake profiles, weak search functionality, and poor engagement. Our own user surveys confirm this: founders are frustrated with the tools available to them.

The Solution: The Founders Junction

The Founders Junction is a purpose-built co-founder matching platform designed from the ground up to address these pain points. Unlike generic networks or low-trust directories, TFJ is built exclusively for serious founders seeking complementary co-founders.

Our key platform features are:

• Advanced search and filtering by skills, industry, stage, and working style (not just keywords)

• AI-assisted discovery to surface high-quality, compatible matches faster

• Humanised profiles with optional video introductions (which helps display mindset and vision, not just CVs and pictures)

• Optional ID verification to build trust and credibility across the platform

• Investor discovery layer, connecting vetted startups with the right investors at the right stage

Market Opportunity

The co-founder and founder networking market is growing, and is largely underserved.

• Co-founder matchmaking market: valued at $1.9 billion in 2025, forecast to grow at 14.5% CAGR to reach $3.5 billion by 2033

• Founder networking tools market: valued at $1.6 billion in 2025, forecast to grow at 16.4% CAGR to reach $3.36 billion by 2032

These markets are growing faster than the broader SaaS sector, driven by a sustained rise in startup formation, remote-first founding teams, and the globalisation of early-stage entrepreneurship.

Traction

We are pre-revenue but post-validation. Our traction to date demonstrates genuine, organic demand from the target audience: 

• 500+ individually screened users on our waitlist (acquired through targeted campaigns, not bulk imports)

• MVP in active development, informed directly by user survey responses

• User acquisition strategy tested and proven to generate consistent sign-ups at a repeatable cost

• SEIS Advance Assurance secured from HMRC

SEIS tax advantage for investors:

• Income Tax Relief: 50% of the amount invested off your personal income tax

• Capital Gains Tax Exemption: 0% CGT if you sell the shares after at least 3 years

• Ordinary shares with full voting, dividend and distribution rights

• 50% Loss Relief: should the investment not go as intended

Funds raised will be deployed to sustain product development, fund further market research, scale user acquisition and onboarding, and cover key operational expenses ahead of the next funding round.

For more information review our pitch deck and financial projections, or get in touch directly to discuss the opportunity.

Visit our investor page: https://www.thefoundersjunction.com/investors

or contact us at: info@thefoundersjunction.com