About Founderhop
Founderhop is a free website where verified founders and business owners meet on live 1-on-1 video. You sign up with a business email, enter the room, and are paired with one random founder at a time. When you're done, you hit Hop to meet the next person.
Founderhop at a glance
- What it is
- A free website for live 1-on-1 video chat between verified founders and business owners. Each call is with one member at a time, picked at random.
- Where
- Worldwide. There is no country restriction: anyone with a business email can join from any country, and matching is random, so a call can be with a founder in another country or time zone. The site is in English.
- Who can join
- Founders, co-founders and business owners who have a business email address.
- How members are verified
- A one-time 6-digit code is sent to a business email. Free email providers such as Gmail are not accepted. Members also give their name, business and role, and can add a LinkedIn profile, and the team removes anyone who is not who they say they are.
- What other members see
- On a call, your name, role, company and country. The country is worked out from your connection and is never your city. Your email address and LinkedIn link are never shown.
- How a call starts
- One click in the lobby pairs you with a random verified member on live video. Pressing Hop moves you to the next person.
- Cost
- Free to join and use while Founderhop launches.
- Video and recording
- Video and audio travel directly between the two browsers (WebRTC), encrypted in transit, or through an encrypted relay if a direct connection is not possible. Founderhop never records calls.
- Chat
- A text chat sits next to the video, and links can be shared in it. Chat messages are not stored, except that the last messages of a chat are saved for review if a member reports it.
- Safety
- Members can report someone in one tap. A reported member is never matched with the reporter again, the team reviews every report, and people who break the rules are banned.
- Devices
- Works in the browser on phones and laptops (Chrome or Safari). There is no app to install.
- Founder
- Yash Gupta
- Contact
- [email protected]
Why it exists
Founders are surrounded by people and still talk to almost no one. Cold messages sit unanswered for weeks, events are rare and slow, and big group chats are mostly noise and people selling to each other.
Founderhop is a live room instead. One founder, one conversation, right now. Because every member verified a business email, the person on the other side of the screen is someone who actually runs, or works in, a business.
How it works
- 01
Verify your business email
Sign up with your work email and enter the 6-digit code we send. Gmail and other free emails aren't accepted.
- 02
Enter the room
Click once. You are paired with one random verified founder or business owner on live video.
- 03
Talk, chat, hop
Have the conversation, share links in the chat, and press Hop when you want to meet the next person.
Who is behind it
Founderhop is built and run by Yash Gupta. Questions, feedback or press: write to [email protected] and a real person will reply.
Read more
- 25 Founder Networking Conversation Starters25 conversation starters for a 5-minute founder video call, grouped by goal, plus a simple format so the chat never goes quiet or turns into a pitch.
- How to Find a Co-Founder: A Step-by-Step GuideA practical 7-step guide to finding a co-founder: decide what you need, where to look, how to test the fit, and how to agree on roles, equity and vesting.
- How to Get Honest Startup Feedback From Other FoundersHow to ask other founders for feedback that is honest and useful: what to show, which questions to ask, and how to avoid polite but empty answers.
See also the privacy policy and the terms of service.