Fill your event with the right founders.
From a 50-seat pitch night to a 5,000-seat conference, your event is only as good as who's in the room. Reach 9,100+ founders and 1,100+ startups across 100+ countries, fill your seats, and keep the community engaged long after the last session.
Put your event in front of
9,100+
founders
1,100+
startups
100+
countries
Founders in South Africa are already here
One partnership. Four ways your event wins.
Foundersbase helps you reach the right audience, source standout startups, and turn a one-off event into a community that lasts.
Fill the room with the right founders
Empty seats and the wrong crowd sink an event. Promote yours to thousands of active founders filtered by location, stage, and industry — so you reach the people who'll actually show up, take part, and make it worth attending.
Become a partner9,100+
founders in the community
Source the startups and speakers worth featuring
Great pitches and speakers make an event memorable. Discover standout startups for your pitch competition, demo day, or stage — searchable by stage, industry, and location — so your program is full of founders worth showing up for.
Become a partner1,100+
startups already building
Promote to exactly the audience you want
Generic ads waste budget on the wrong crowd. Reach a focused community of founders and startups — locally for a city meetup or globally for a flagship conference — so every promotion lands with people who care.
Become a partner100+
countries represented
Turn a one-day event into a year-round community
The energy shouldn't end when the doors close. Keep your attendees connected, line up next year's speakers and startups early, and stay top of mind between editions — so each event builds on the last instead of starting from zero.
Become a partner31,000+
monthly community reach
Founders in South Africa are already here
A glimpse of the startups building on Foundersbase in South Africa — the founders you can invite to your next event.
Fyndae
Cape Town
Fyndae is transforming community safety and informal signals into structured trust intelligence
Cortex
East London
AI-generated matric practice with mark-scheme marking, so tricky questions stop being a surprise.
Plugm8
Cape Town
Plugm8 connects artists directly with radio, making music submissions simpler, more transparent
Tim's Web Worx
Cape Town
An AI-generated SEO and malware audit tool that runs on the latest Google algorithm.
Bloodline Medical Tech
Plettenberg Bay
Bloodline Medical Tech is building a secure digital health platform that enables emergency respo
wonderr studio
Brakpan
First South African anime studio focus on producing 2D animations for IP holders ready for streaming
9,100+
active founders
1,100+
startups
100+
countries
Partnering takes one conversation
No engineering, no heavy lift. We make it easy to reach and grow your audience.
Tell us about your event
A short call to understand your event, your audience, and who you want in the room.
We set up your partnership
Co-branded promotion, a presence in the community, and tools to reach the right founders — shaped around your event and your brand.
Founders show up
Founders discover your event, attend, take part, and stay connected for the next one.
Fill your next event with the right founders.
Tell us about your event and we'll show you how a partnership works.
Become a Partner