Alex Founder

Building: Appify

"Looking for a technical cofounder!"

💬 "Let's connect!"

🚀 Build a Mobile MVP, Fast!

Co-Founder Challenge

Prototype a React Native app for peer-to-peer skill matching. All experience levels welcome—show what you can do!

React Native UI/UX Async Equity Trial

"I've got this idea…"

Some Assembly Required

Stop networking. Start building. The first founder platform designed for doing, not just talking. Find your missing pieces and create something extraordinary.

What's the deal?

Tired of swiping for the most important decisions in your life?

Skip the games. Browse founders like a database, filter by real skills, and connect with purpose.

Walked a different path that gave you skills not credentials?

Prove your worth through real-world challenges, peer review, and portfolio verification.

Had enough of the same old playbook?

Founders are trailblazers, not copycats. Write your own playbook and hit it out of the park.

What's different about Cira?

Complete Freedom

No artificial limits.
No daily swipe caps.
No algorithm.

Browse and filter the entire founder database based on your needs and discover connections at your own pace.

Merit Over Credentials

Show your GitHub, not your diploma.Here, founders are judged on real skills and actual work, not where they went to school.

Built for Every Founder

Stop worrying that you're not cut from the same boring cloth. Whether you're introverted, international, or unconventional—there's a place for you here.

The Almost InvestorsSo close to backing the next big thing

Rejections represent trillions in missed returns from investors who chase credentials over creativity. While they stick to their tired playbook, the next generation of unicorns is building in plain sight. Tired of explaining why your unconventional path makes you the perfect founder? Stop justifying your journey to people who wouldn't recognize innovation if it came with a Harvard MBA.

Your weird is our wonderful.

The Rejection Collection

Greatest hits from the gatekeepers who missed the memo.

"We prefer teams with previous exits"

Get back to us when you have a track record.

- Blocker Capital

"We're looking for teams with more traction"

Feel free to apply again in a few months.

- Gatekeeper Ventures

"Great hustle, but we need proven operators"

Best of luck with your startup!

- Establishment Equity

"Impressive, but we need a warm introduction"

Keep at it with your fundraising journey!

- FAANG Alumni Fund

"We prefer technical founders with CS degrees"

Wishing you all the best in your entrepreneurial endeavors.

- Status Quo Syndicate

"We typically invest in Stanford/Harvard founders"

Don't take it personally. Keep building!

- Ivy League Labs

The Catch-22 Compilation

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It's time to start making sense.

Warm introductions only. Translation: I need you to know people you don't know.
Traction required to get traction. Translation: Build a product that people want before you have the resources to build it.
Need a team to get funding to hire a team. Translation: Be rich enough to work for free while recruiting other people to also work for free.
Prove market fit before building product. Translation: Convince people to buy something that doesn't exist yet.
Must have paying customers to get funding. Translation: Bootstrap to profitability, then we'll give you money you no longer desperately need.

The Cira Manifesto

What We Stand For.

🎯 Merit beats credentials, always.

🚀 Your work speaks louder than your words.

💡 Great ideas come from unexpected places.

🛠 ️ Builders change the world, not talkers.

⚡ Execution trumps explanation.

🌟 Every founder's journey is valid.

🔥 Innovation happens when you stop following rules.

💪 Your potential matters more than your past.

🎨 Creativity beats conformity.

🌍 The future belongs to those who build it.

This is our declaration of independence from BS.