San Francisco Co-Founder Matching: Find a Partner by Solving Real Problems
You don't find a co-founder by reading a profile. You find one by working.
Two hours next to someone shows you how they think, argue and cut scope. A profile shows you nothing. So we don't do matching — we do work, and the partnership question answers itself.
🧩 YOUR PROBLEM IS ON THE BOARD BEFORE YOU WALK IN
After you book, you send us one line: the problem you're bringing. By the time you arrive it's already on the board with everyone else's. The room votes, the top problems get the tables — five people, twenty-five minutes each, one problem at a time.
Two minutes to explain it. Three minutes of questions only. Eight minutes while the table works on it out loud and you turn your chair around and take notes — you don't defend, you don't explain, you write. Two minutes for what you're taking away.
Halfway through there's a second vote, so the problems that didn't make the first round get their turn. By the end you've worked shoulder-to-shoulder with eight to ten people. That's a filter no profile gives you.
🎯 NOBODY LEAVES WITH NOTHING
Before we scatter, the host asks one question out loud: who still doesn't have an answer? Every hand gets the room's attention — and someone in it has the contact you need.
🤝 MUTUAL MATCHES ONLY
You mark the people you'd build something with. We connect you only when both sides say yes, within 48 hours. No cold intros, no lists, no awkward follow-ups to people who weren't interested.
📋 ONE THING IS REQUIRED BEFORE YOU COME
A three-minute form in our Mini App: your problem in one line, some context, how long it's been unresolved. Only submitted problems make the board and the vote.
👥 WHO'S IN THE ROOM
Solo founders looking for a technical or commercial partner · engineers and builders who want to co-found, not take a job · product and GTM operators ready for zero-to-one · founders with a team who came to unstick something.
Hosted by Andrey Krylow. He greets every guest at the door, seats you at the right table, and makes the introductions — nobody stands alone at this event.
WHAT'S GUARANTEED: a curated room, two working sessions, mutual matches within 48 hours.
WHAT WE DON'T PROMISE: a co-founder by the end of the evening, or a room full of investors. What we promise is the working session that tells you who's worth a second conversation.
Three rules, said out loud in sixty seconds: what's said here stays here · we share experience, not advice · moving to another table mid-session is normal.
Registration required. Check-in through the Ascent Valley Mini App inside Telegram: everyone you meet stays saved, matched and reachable after tonight.
Ascent Valley — a founder and investor ecosystem across 21 cities. IDEA → PROCESS → RESULT.