Target users

Five audience types touch Founder Profiles: founders (their own + peers), investors (pipeline scanning), accelerators (cohort discovery), partners (counter-party search), and editorial (the directory as ground truth for every article and event).

Per-audience use case

Founders (their own)

Verify accuracy of editorial profile OR own the profile via Founder Account. Highest emotional engagement — the profile is "their public face on the platform."

Founders (peers)

Browse other founders for benchmarking, inspiration, potential intro requests.

Investors

Filter by industry + stage + country to build sector pipeline. Click through from a startup → founder for diligence depth.

Accelerators

Find founders eligible for their programs. Discover cohort alumni when researching potential mentors / judges.

Partners

Sponsors, banks, foundations, government bodies looking for founders matching specific criteria (e.g. female founders in CleanTech).