Pond: A fundraising and go-to-market platform for startups with bounty-based contributor network
By
Dylan Zhang
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Summary
Pond is a platform that helps startups raise capital, acquire customers, and access a bounty-based contributor network. Founded by Dylan, Pond addresses the gap between fast AI-powered building and slow startup commercialization. Key highlights include a startup raising $150K in 3 minutes, 10,000+ bounty submissions, $36K+ distributed, and integrations with Ethereum Foundation, GPTZero, and PhotoBase. The platform serves 400+ startups across 154 countries and is backed by Archetype & Coinbase Ventures.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledAI has made building startups 10x faster, while the pace of startup commercialization—fundraising, go-to-market, and execution—has barely changed.
a startup on Pond raised $150K in just 3 minutes, and we now have 100+ startups on the waitlist.
Verified founders raise capital, acquire customers, and access 20,000+ contributors in one place.
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