Cohort-1 opening · $3M @ $10M cap · Saudi anchored

Every founder hits the wall. Foundly is the wall coming down.

The Operating System for building businesses. Verified identity, deep AI matching, smart contracts, escrow, execution, and capital — on one rail.

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Stage
Pre-seed · $3M @ $10M cap
Where
Riyadh · Global day 1
For
Founders · Co-founders · Investors
Aligned
Vision 2030 · DIFC AI license
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You've been stuck.
Cold-emailing strangers. Asking LinkedIn for a co-founder.
Watching ideas die between "I want to build" and shipping.
// THE WALL · WHAT KILLS FOUNDERS

Six walls. Three problems.
One rail to take them down.

No mentor. No money. No plan. No trust. No match. No rails. Every wall maps back to Money · Execution · Trust — and Foundly solves all three on one rail.

no mentor
no money
no plan
no trust
no match
no rails
FOUNDLY
FOUNDLY
FOUNDLY
// THE PRODUCT · 6 FEATURES, 1 RAIL

From stranger
to funded
in 90 days.

Verified humans, AI matching, DIFC contracts, escrowed capital — on one rail. The path that takes years compresses into weeks. Try the live demo →

  • 01
    Identity · Veriff KYC + 17+ + AML. One human, one verified profile.
  • 02
    Discovery · Vector matching by role, sector, stage, skill.
  • 03
    Connection · Mutual-interest unlock + secure chat + AI summary.
  • 04
    Contract · AI drafts, humans sign · DIFC + ADGM legal layer.
  • 05
    Execution · Milestones tracked · AI flags drift · funds release on review.
  • 06
    Capital · Investor matching + Stripe Connect + Escrow.com routing.
foundly.it.com / match
LIVE
// SHIP-02 · matching engine
A
Abdalrahman A. FOUNDER
// Riyadh · AI rails · pre-MVP
✓ verified
M
Maya R. CO-FOUNDER · CTO
// 8 yrs · Next.js · Supabase · Claude
✓ verified
94% match · role + sector + skill →
Hey — saw the match. Your stack is what I need. Free Thursday for a call?
// 3 PROBLEMS · 1 RAIL TO SOLVE THEM

Money. Execution. Trust.

Three problems kill MENA founders before they ship. Foundly solves all three on one rail — matching is the mechanism.
01
Money
Capital is locked behind closed networks. 87% of MENA founders never reach a qualified backer. Foundly matches your team to verified backers — funds, business owners, founder-angels, individuals — by thesis fit.
// BACKERS · MATCHED · ESCROWED
02
Execution
Solo founders ship slow. Matched teams ship fast — co-founder + assigned mentor + AI rails + Foundly operator team in the room. 6 months → 30 days from idea to signed team.
// CO-FOUNDER · MENTOR · AI
03
Trust
Verified humans. Real DIFC + ADGM contracts. Escrowed capital. AI drafts, humans review and sign. Stripe Connect + Escrow.com hold funds. Milestones release money.
// KYC · CONTRACTS · ESCROW
// COHORT-1 · LIMITED · LAUNCH PRICING

Help us build the rail.

Verified founders, co-founders, and investors only. Cohort-1 gets founding-member pricing (Builder from $49/mo · Investor $999/mo · public pricing higher at launch).

// WHY NOW · 2025 MENA

The window opens once.
Eight forces just lined up.

// MENA VC · 2025
$7.5B
Record MENA VC funding · +225% YoY · Wamda 2025
// MENA STARTUPS · 2025
647
Funded MENA startups in 2025 · MAGNiTT data
// SAUDI · LEADER
$5B
Saudi VC deployed in 2025 · 211 deals · most-funded ecosystem
// DIFC · AI LICENSE
LIVE
Foundly registers + operates under DIFC AI Innovation License from day 1
// FOUNDER NOTE · 2026
I started building at 15.
By 17, I'd hit the same wall ten times.
No mentor. No money. No plan.
Foundly is the wall coming down.
// FOUNDER · RIYADH
— Abdalrahman Amr
FOUNDLY/OS · v1.0
foundly.it.com
hello@signalstate.net
// JOIN THE FIRST 200

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