For founders, investors, and startup ecosystem players — fundraising channels, founder AMAs, co-founder matching, and deal-sharing.
Best for: Founders, investors, accelerators, startup ecosystems
Recommended channel structure for a startup community.
rulesannouncementsgeneralshow-your-startupco-founder-matchingfundraisingfeedback-wantedhiringamaRecommended roles and what they can do.
Community management
Verified investors and angels
Verified startup founders
Active side-project builders
General community
The bots that work best for a startup community.
Carl-bot
Role assignment and logging
Maven
Surface past founder Q&As and advice
MEE6
Welcome and leveling
Use GuildLabs to deploy this template — channels, roles, and permissions set up correctly. Free and open source.
Gate membership — require an application or referral. Quality matters more than size for startup communities. A vetted community of 200 engaged founders beats an open server of 5,000 lurkers.
Schedule in #announcements 1–2 weeks in advance. Use a dedicated #ama channel with slow mode on. Have a moderator queue questions. Record the session if possible and post a summary.
Use a structured format in #co-founder-matching: background, what you're building, what you're looking for, and how to reach you. Prompt new members to post on join.