How visibility works
Founder Partners is a transparent marketplace for attention. Rankings are bought, and we say so on every page.
1. List
Create your company profile. Free, always. Listings are reviewed before they go live — usually within one business day.
2. Get discovered
Founders browse the companies serving the startup ecosystem and filter by category.
3. Move up
Pay from $100. Beat another position by $100 to move higher. Payments are cumulative and never expire, so nothing you've paid is ever lost.
The rules
- Minimum paid visibility
- $100
- Increment
- $100 — beat any position by $100
- Expiry
- None. Payments are cumulative and permanent.
- Ranking basis
- Total paid visibility, ties broken by who paid first
- Categories
- Filters only. They never change your rank.
- Refunds
- Full refund if your listing is rejected in review
- Free listings
- Always allowed, and always shown below paid positions
Cumulative payments
If you have $1,000 of paid visibility and #1 holds $1,500, taking #1 needs $1,600 total — so you pay the $600 difference, not $1,600 again. If someone later passes you, you keep your amount and simply move down until you add more.
Sponsored positions are ranked by paid visibility, not by service quality, recommendation or endorsement by Founder Partners.