Every pitch brings you closer to investors.

Gatekeep is a discovery layer between founders and investors. Founders pitch an AI persona built on a real investor's published criteria, get scored across 12 evidence-backed dimensions, and pass the bar for their report to reach the real fund. The same evidence can also match other investors through Discovery Mode, so one pitch works far beyond one inbox.

Pick an investor, see their real thesis and pass bar, then pitch in a timed 30-minute conversation. The persona asks real questions, challenges weak answers, and follows up. You get a 12-dimension scored report with evidence tied to what you said, plus an action plan.

Gatekeep replaces the warm intro. You pitch the investor's real bar, and if you pass, your scored report reaches the actual VC. No cold emails, no introductions, no network required. If you are not there yet, you get exact feedback and can retry.

Pitching is direct: you choose one investor, and passing their bar surfaces your report to that investor. 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.

Every completed pitch becomes scored, cited evidence. If you are visible in Discovery, matching investors can find an anonymized version of that evidence and request an intro. The request lands in your dashboard. Approve it and the investor finally sees your name and contact. Decline and you stay invisible.

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, report surfacing is on by default; turn it off anytime to keep a pitch in practice mode. A report only reaches an investor if you pass their bar and surfacing is on.

Claiming your persona and receiving direct handoffs is free forever. Discovery Mode, the anonymized founder feed, is included with VC Pro ($50/mo) and Scale ($150/mo). Partners and approved angels have Discovery access as well.

Claim your persona for free and calibrate it: thesis, red flags, signature questions, and a pass bar. Founders pitch against those real criteria around the clock. Only founders who clear your bar land in your inbox as scored handoffs, and Discovery Mode adds anonymized matches from founders who never pitched you directly.

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 plainly that reports cannot reach the real fund until the profile is claimed.

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 10-investor syndication, warm intro requests, match alerts, and update automation.

A one-time $379 founding membership: Core-level access forever, 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.

The competition runs in rounds. When a round is open, founders enter from the competition page, and the leaderboard scores the whole record rather than one pitch: your best scores across claimed investors, improvement between attempts, how many investors you clear, and persistence. The prize is a $10,000 angel investment commitment, subject to diligence. Between rounds, the competition page shows when the next one opens.

One score is a snapshot, not the whole story. At pre-seed, investors back the founder: how you handle hard questions, what you fix, and how you progress across pitches. Gatekeep tracks that trajectory, and below-bar founders can still be matched with investors through Discovery. The competition scoring works the same way: best scores matter, but improvement, breadth, and persistence carry real weight.

You get that investor's verdict on the pitch (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; your trajectory across pitches is tracked and visible. If you passed, your report can reach the real VC behind the persona.

A 12-dimension breakdown across Team, Market, Product, Traction, Business, and Pitch Quality. Every score comes with the evidence behind it: what you said, why it moved the score, and exactly what to improve. Plus benchmarks and a prioritized action plan.