Deal flow with the varnish off.
WantBorn walks founders from idea to revenue and records what actually happened on the way — interviews logged, a thing shipped at a real URL, community checks on whether the problem existed at all. This page lists the projects whose founders chose to be visible to investors, beside the signals as they really are.
Where this stands today
No project has cleared the bar and opted in yet. This page went up before there was anything on it, because the alternative was cards pretending activity. What qualifies, when it happens: a founder ships something at a live URL, completes the full SLC declaration — including the cut list of what they deliberately did not build — and separately chooses to be listed here. Both halves are required; neither is ever automatic.
What the signals are
- · Shipped, with a cut list. A listed project declared its SLC — the one thing it does, why someone would love it, and what was deliberately not built — and has a live URL you can open yourself.
- · Community-checked demand, where it exists: a Forum quest reaches VALIDATED only through independent confirmations with cited evidence plus a real pledge — rules enforced in code, not claimed in copy.
- · Self-reported stays labelled. Sean-Ellis PMF tallies, first-user counts and revenue milestones are the founder's own numbers. We show them as their word, never as verification we performed.
- · Opt-in, always. A founder's validation record is theirs. Nothing appears here without their explicit consent, and they can withdraw it any time.
What we're not offering
- · No endorsement. Listing a project means it cleared the stated bar — nothing more. WantBorn never says “invest in this” and is not qualified to.
- · No brokerage. We take no fee, no carry, no success payment on anything that happens between you and a founder. Payments are switched off across WantBorn entirely.
- · No advice. Nothing on this page is investment advice, and we are not a licensed anything. Do your own diligence — the live URLs exist so you can.
- · No automated intros. The form below writes a row a human reads. Nobody is emailed, nobody is matched by a script, and founders hear from a person or not at all.
Tell us what you're looking for
Three fields. A human — currently the founder, there is no team — reads every submission and gets in touch only if an opted-in project genuinely fits what you describe. Nothing about you is published or shared with anyone without asking you first.
Building something instead? The founder side of this lives in LaunchOS — opt in from your dashboard once you've shipped.