The AI-native operating system for venture.
Pitch to get connected, and every update, document, metric, and investor conversation lives in one record. Investors discover founders who clear their bar, then run diligence, deals, portfolio, and LPs from the same system. 2 free pitches.
Try a few turns, no sign-up- One record for the whole raise
- Investors review the same record
- Every update and document joins the record
19 calibrated investors on Gatekeep
Browse the rosterHow it works.
Four steps per side, in the same order on every pitch.
For founders
- 01
Create your profile in two minutes, free to start.
- 02
Pitch an investor persona for 30 minutes.
- 03
Read your scored report, with every score cited to what you said.
- 04
The record compounds and can surface to matching investors you choose, with no intro guaranteed.
For investors
- 01
Calibrate your bar in minutes.
- 02
Receive only founders who clear it.
- 03
Read the evidence record before any meeting.
- 04
Decide, then track progression with Watch, fund, and LP tools.
Why this is different.
Every score is traceable
Each score cites the answers and sources behind it, so you can check the reasoning.
Diligence before the first meeting
Investors read the full evidence record before they meet a founder.
One record for both sides
Founders and investors share one record instead of decks and email forwards.
Fund operations in the same system
Positions, commitments, marks, and LP updates run alongside the pitch record.
Assistant access
Your record, from your assistant.
Connect Gatekeep to the assistant you already use. Ask about your pipeline, portfolio, fund, or Watch. Say what changed and it prepares updates as approval cards; nothing saves without your yes, and it never pitches, sends, or acts on your behalf. Revoke access anytime from your Workspace. Already running with agents? Bring them - your assistant can fill your Gatekeep record while you approve each change.
What the record unlocks.
Six capabilities built on the same scored record, for founders and investors.
Evidence keeps its sources
Every score points to the answers and public sources behind it, so you can see what held up.
Room access is scoped and revocable
Share a data room with specific investors and set what they can open. Access is logged and revocable.
Fund positions, commitments, and marks in one place
Track entry, ownership, follow-on commitments, and current marks in one view.
Discovery is opt-in and aimed by your thesis
Founders decide whether matching investors see anonymized evidence. Names unlock only on approval.
Warm-intro requests route to the right partner
Intro requests carry the record and fit reasons to the partner who owns the thesis.
Every score and decision is traceable
Every decision and score change is logged with the evidence in view, for both sides.
Only 2 founders have passed the bar so far. Think you can?
Live from the platform · Updated October 7, 2026
Live demo
Pitch first. The record follows.
A few turns with General VC, the Gatekeep demo persona. Answer the questions, read your report, and see how the record starts.
The workspace
Run the round from one place.
Founders keep the pipeline, the self-updating data room, and diligence readiness in view. Investors work scored handoffs, blind matches, and their fund view on the same record.
Sample data. Companies and investors shown are fictional.
Shortlist: thesis fit first
Northwind Capital
AI infrastructure · pre-seed
Kestrel Partners
Developer tools · seed
Sent the first note
Lumen & Vale
Fintech · pre-seed
Harbor Row
Climate · seed
Gatekeep report filed
Quillstone Ventures
AI infrastructure · seed
Live call: send follow-up
Tessellate Capital
Developer tools · seed
- Company profileRound, team, and linksComplete
- MetricsExtracted from public sourcesComplete
- DeckLatest version syncedComplete
- Pitch evidenceScored pitches attachedComplete
- Diligence recordsSourced and citedComplete
- Investor updatesLatest note draftedDraft
Assembled on every read. Access is scoped and revocable.
Checked against the same record investors will read.
- DataReady
- TeamReady
- MetricsNeeds review
- LegalIn progress
Next gap: incorporation docs for the data room.
Get matched to more investors.
Matching investors see your scored evidence, never your name, until you approve the intro. The record keeps surfacing new fits as you pitch.
For founders
Get found, on your terms
- Matching uses your evidence and thesis fit, not who you know.
- Fit reasons come with every match, so you know why an investor is interested.
- Visibility is a setting: turn it off and the record stays practice-only.
For investors
Thesis-matched, pre-screened founders
- Matches arrive only when the evidence clears your own published bar.
- Every match carries the scored evidence and the fit reasons behind it.
- First contact is a request the founder can decline.
Roster
Pick your investor.
8 you can pitch right now. 4 more behind the gate: sign in to see who.
Claimed profiles carry a green badge and are calibrated by the real investor
Evan Buhler
Talok Capital
Ishan Panchaal
The Unreal Lab
New York City
Jason Choong
Aument Capital Partners
Singapore
Miles G
Horus Group
Ivonne Qiu
Argor Capital
Brij Singh
Rebright Partners
Bruno Mickael Martins da Silva
1MX AI
Igor Zilak
識富天使會 Smart Capital
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Behind every green badge: real calibration data from claimed personas
Wish He
Llama Ventures
Thesis: I invest in one sentence. Every deal has to compress into "what I'm investing in is ___" — one sharp, specific, defensible standout, in either the people or the…
Pass bar: Yes means I can write that one sentence and defend it against the "what I'm not investing in" column I write right next …
Open persona →
jon gall
jon gall
Thesis: Invests in consumer crypto, looking for founders living in the future who've discovered secrets the market hasn't figured out yet.
Open persona →
Balu Sriram
ShipsFocus Ventures
Thesis: We look for market wedges where maritime complexity can become operational leverage—not just incremental software. Incremental software makes a process 10% fast…
Pass bar: We invest in founders who understand the industry from inside the workflow, but can build beyond today's constraints. St…
Open persona →
Briefs
What VCs are looking for
6 open briefs · updated as funds post
Each pitch adds to a record you keep.
Gatekeep is early. The direction is clear: evidence, judgment, and outcomes accumulate in one place, owned by the people who create them.
Evidence graph
Every pitch adds structured, cited records: what the founder claimed, what public sources substantiate, what changed between attempts. Records are queryable and exportable.
Owner: product team · Live now
Decision data
Accepts, declines, score feedback, meetings, and terms feed precision and observed-versus-stated views. Your calibration improves with every deal you run through the platform.
Owner: data team · Live now
Market intelligence
At volume the graph becomes a market signal: substantiation rates, pass rates by sector and stage, where bars are moving. Built from consented records.
Owner: platform team · Next release
On the roadmap
What ships next on the way to the full operating system for venture. One email gets you every launch.
Assistant access (MCP) is live in early access - connect Claude or ChatGPT from your Workspace.
North star
Capital formation, end to end.
Gatekeep is infrastructure for capital formation. Pitches become evidence, evidence becomes diligence, and diligence becomes checks. The same record serves the hand-run process today and the agent-run one next, and it stays with whoever creates it.
Pitch as much as you need.
Free to start. $20/mo Core for unlimited pitches and discovery depth. $50/mo Pro for syndication and warm intros.
Early pricing, locked for as long as you stay subscribed. Prices rise at 1,000 paying members.
$379 once. Core-tier access for the lifetime of the service.
Unlimited pitches, no cooldowns, up to 10 discovery matches with fit reasons, benchmarks, the data room, and investor updates. Includes the evidence package (records, sources, dossier exports) and future Core-tier data features. One payment, no subscription.
Enough to get your real score. The deeper discovery layers stay locked.
- 2 full free pitches to start
- 15 AI copilot credits / month
- 1 free pitch every day
- Full 12-dimension verdict + score
- Shareable score card
- Prep brief on every pitch
- 1 discovery match, no reasons
- Sector benchmarks
A fail starts a 7-day retry cooldown on that investor.
Unlimited pitches, and every learning layer unlocked.
- Unlimited pitches across every persona
- No retry cooldowns
- Full 'how to win' prep briefs
- Up to 10 discovery matches with fit reasons
- AI copilot: 150 credits / month
- Sector benchmarks vs other founders
- Score trends + improvement analytics
Everything in Core, plus the access layer. For founders who are ready to be seen.
- Everything in Core
- New-match alerts + update automation
- Syndication to 10 investors on pass
- AI copilot: 500 credits / month
- Warm intro requests to matched investors
Students get 6 months of free pitches
Stanford · MIT · Harvard · Berkeley · Wharton · NUS · NTU · HKU +20 more
Don't see your school? Club leaders, email us or book a call and we'll add your university right away.
One record, from first pitch to close.
Pitch to get connected, then keep updates, documents, and every investor conversation in one place. Start with 2 free pitches.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What founders and investors ask before they start.
01What is Gatekeep?
Gatekeep is an AI-native platform for venture. Founders pitch an AI persona built on a real investor's published criteria and get scored across 12 evidence-backed dimensions. Every pitch adds to the same record, which investors can read with its cited detail before any intro is made.
02How does a pitch work?
Pick an investor, read their thesis and pass bar, then pitch in a timed 30-minute conversation. The persona asks real questions and follows up. You get a 12-dimension scored report with evidence tied to what you said, plus an action plan. Every attempt adds to the same record.
03How do I get in front of investors without a network?
You pitch the investor's real bar instead of asking for an intro. When that persona has been claimed and you pass, your scored report can reach the investor. You do not need cold emails or a network. If you are not there yet, you get exact feedback and can retry.
04What is the difference between pitching and Discovery Mode?
Pitching is direct: you choose one investor, and passing their bar can surface your report if they have claimed the persona. Discovery runs alongside it. With visibility on, your anonymized evidence can match other investors who opted in, even investors you never pitched. They can request an intro, and you decide whether to reveal who you are.
05Do investors see who I am before I approve a connection?
No. Discovery shows investors an anonymized profile with fit reasons, not your identity. Your name and contact unlock only when you approve an intro request. For direct pitches, surfacing is on by default; you can turn it off to keep a pitch in practice mode. A report reaches an investor only if the persona is claimed, you pass, and surfacing is on.
06Is Discovery Mode free for investors?
Claiming your persona and receiving direct handoffs is free. Discovery Mode, the anonymized founder feed, is included with VC Pro ($50/mo) and Scale ($150/mo). Partners and approved angels have Discovery access too.
07Who are the AI investor personas based on?
Personas are based on real investors and funds. Claimed personas are calibrated by the actual investor and carry a green badge. Unclaimed personas are built from public investment data and tell you that reports cannot reach the real fund until the profile is claimed.
08Is it free to pitch?
Yes. You get 2 free pitches to start, plus 1 free pitch every day. Core ($20/mo) adds unlimited pitches and up to 10 discovery matches with fit reasons. Pro ($50/mo) adds syndication to 10 investors on pass, warm intro requests, match alerts, and update automation.
09What is the founding membership?
A one-time $379 payment for Core-tier access for the lifetime of the service, with no subscription. It includes unlimited pitches, no cooldowns, up to 10 discovery matches with fit reasons, benchmarks, the data room, and investor updates, plus future Core-tier data features. Limited to 100 spots.
10What happens after I complete a pitch?
You get that investor's verdict (Pass, Conditional, or Fail), a score out of 10, a 12-dimension breakdown, evidence-based feedback, a SWOT analysis, and a next-step action plan. A Fail is one investor's read on one conversation, not a verdict on you. If the persona is claimed and you passed, your report can reach that investor.
11What can the assistant do?
Connect Gatekeep and the assistant can read your own pipeline, portfolio, fund, or Watch, then prepare changes as approval cards. Nothing saves without your approval, and it never pitches, sends, or acts on your behalf.