Where Founders
Find their people
Your city is already full of people building something. DMC helps you find them and meet them IRL. Coffee walks, runs, and real meetups in every DMC city you visit.
and 283+ others joined this month
DMC is built for every stage of the founder journey.
Whether you’re building, dreaming, or supporting the builders, the DMC app is where you find your people.
Active Founder
Running a business. Looking for peers, co-founders, accountability, and people who understand the journey.
Early Stage Founder
Just getting started. Need mentors, collaborators, beta testers, and someone a few steps ahead.
Future Founder
Still employed, dreaming of building something. Want to be around founders, absorb the energy, and find the courage.
Supporter
Investors, advisors, and mentors. Close to the action, giving back, finding deal flow, and staying connected.
Find exactly who
you’re looking for
Need a co-founder in fintech? A mentor who’s raised a Series A? A startup to invest in? DMC makes the invisible visible. It takes the founder community that already exists in a city and makes it discoverable, filterable, and accessible.
Apply for access“I moved to London knowing no one. A week after downloading the DMC app, I have a Sunday coffee walk crew, someone to co-work with, and two people I’m now bouncing business ideas with.”
Meet in real life
Browse real-world founder meetups happening in your city and around the world. RSVP to the ones that resonate, show up, and meet other entrepreneurs while doing the activities you love.
Join the communityStart real
conversations
Connect with local founders in your city or with international founders from other parts of the world. Learn from each other, share what’s working, plan meetups and grow your business together.
Apply to joinWhat makes DMC different
Founders are more than their businesses. DMC shows you the human behind the company, who they are, what they’re into, and why the two of you should actually connect.
Why you should connect
Every profile comes with real reasons to reach out: shared goals, complementary skills, the same stage. No more guessing who’s worth a message.
Filters that actually filter
Search by industry, stage, what someone needs help with, what they’re looking for, even the activities they enjoy. Find your people, not just any people.
One community, every city
Moving to Lisbon next month? Visiting Cape Town for a week? Unlock the local founder scene before you land, so day one already feels like home.
Activity-based connections
Surf, padel, cold plunge, co-work, coffee walks, cycling, 40+ ways to connect. Because the best relationships start with something you both already love doing.
Profile insights
See who viewed your profile, who saved it, and who’s quietly circling. Turn passive interest into your next intro.
Host your own meetups
Pick an activity, set a time, invite your city, and let the right people find you. The fastest way to build your own founder community.
Frequently asked questions
DMC is the meetup app for founders. It plugs you into your local founder community with searchable profiles, real-world meetups, and direct messaging. Live in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria, and London, with 150+ cities launching worldwide. Free to join.
DMC is built for every stage of the founder journey. Active founders running a business, early stage founders just getting started, future founders still employed but dreaming of building, and supporters like investors, advisors, and mentors who want to stay close to the action. If any of those sound like you, you belong here.
Yes. The Free tier gives you full access to your home city’s founder community and meetups, with Why Connects suggestions, smart filters, and RSVPs included. No credit card required. Upgrade to PRO only if you want multi-city access, unlimited DMs, meetup hosting, and full analytics.
PRO is $35/month on monthly billing, $30/month billed quarterly, or $20/month billed yearly. The Founding Member rate is $15/month locked in for life, limited to the first 50 members per city. Every plan unlocks all DMC cities, unlimited messaging, hosting, and analytics.
LinkedIn is transactional and job-focused. On Deck and Founders Network are cohort-based and application-only. DMC is built around real-world connection in your city. Every profile surfaces “Why Connects” to show you why another founder is worth reaching out to, and meetups give you a natural reason to meet in person. Free to join, open to all founder stages.
Browse your founder community, filter by “looking for a co-founder,” then narrow by industry, stage, and skills. Every matching profile shows Why Connects, the real reasons you two might build something together. Message anyone directly, or RSVP to a meetup where they’ll be. Most members find a co-founder conversation within their first 2-3 weeks.
We’re live in Cape Town, Johannesburg, Pretoria, and London. Over 150 more cities are on the waitlist across 40+ countries, including major founder hubs like New York, San Francisco, Berlin, Lisbon, Tokyo, Bangalore, Tel Aviv, Singapore, and São Paulo. One PRO membership unlocks every DMC city, so you can switch whenever you travel or relocate.
Real activities hosted by real members. Surf sessions, coffee walks, co-working mornings, padel, cold plunges, sauna, trail runs, cycling, yoga, and 40+ other activities. No pitch nights, no awkward name-tag networking. You show up, do something you enjoy, and meet other founders along the way.
Why Connects are personalized reasons another founder might be worth reaching out to, surfaced by our suggestion engine. Based on your profiles, it highlights shared industries, stages, activities, what you’re each working on, and where you can help each other. It’s a starting point, not a match. You always choose who to message.
Launching soon on both iOS and Android. Sign up now to reserve your spot and be first in when the app goes live in your city. You’ll browse the founder community, filter by industry, RSVP to meetups, message directly, switch cities on demand, and see who’s viewed your profile, all from your phone.