PocketFund
How it works

From signup to closed round.

Five steps, end to end. The platform handles matching, NDAs, data rooms, and bid leaderboards so the conversation stays about the idea — not the logistics.

  1. 1

    Sign up — founder or investor

    Two minutes. We ask for the basics — name, email, role, a one-line pitch — and route you to the matching portal. Founders sign a one-time NDA; investors apply for empanelment so founders know they're real.

  2. 2

    Tag your idea (founder) / Set your thesis (investor)

    Founders pick from 22 industries × 7 stages × 11 investor types so the match engine knows exactly who should see the idea. Investors set thesis filters once — sectors, stage, ticket range, geography — and we surface only deals that fit.

  3. 3

    Match scoring on 18 signals

    Industry · sub-vertical · stage · round type · ask range · geography · co-founder traits · prior investor network · operator background · domain depth · capital type · cheque-size fit · timing · thesis keywords · momentum · founder-market fit · co-investor signal · revealed preferences. The engine picks the top investors-per-idea and the top ideas-per-investor; you see why each match scored as it did.

  4. 4

    NDA-gated data rooms + structured discussion

    Investors sign a viewing NDA before the data room unlocks — granular per-file permissions, optional watermarks, full audit log. Conversations stay in-app: messages, calendar invites, file shares, status updates, all under the same thread. No founder is chasing investors over five inboxes.

  5. 5

    Bid leaderboard → close

    Investors place bids inline. The leaderboard shows valuation, instrument, conditions in real-time. Founders accept / counter / reject; the winning bid moves to term sheet. PocketFund tracks the close; the success fee invoices once the round is funded — never before.

What you don't have to think about.

The mechanics that usually eat fundraising time. They're solved once, on the platform, for everyone.

  • Cold-email outreach + tracking who replied
  • Manually re-explaining your stage / sector / round to every investor
  • Lost decks, rogue sharing, no audit trail
  • Side-channel SMS / WhatsApp / DMs that vanish
  • Rebuilding your pipeline tracker every quarter

Try it on your idea.

Two minutes to launch a project. Two minutes to apply as an investor. We handle the matching from there.