OneHop for founders
Warm introductions to the investors and customers you need.
Investors and early customers take meetings from people they trust. OneHop finds the path through your own network, your team's and your communities', and helps you ask for the introduction the right way.
Sound familiar?
Cold outreach doesn't land
You've sent the cold emails. Response rates are low, and the people you most want to meet never see them.
You don't know who knows whom
An angel in your community probably knows the partner you're targeting. You'd only find out by asking everyone.
Asks that make people uncomfortable
Vague requests like "do you know any investors?" put the introducer on the spot. Nobody wants to forward a pitch deck to a friend unannounced.
How OneHop helps
A path to every target
Add the investors or customers you're targeting as a goal. OneHop shows who can introduce you to each, and how strong both relationships are.
Your communities count
Founder groups and operator communities you belong to become part of the search, so a fellow member can open a door you'd never have found.
Built for double opt-in
OneHop helps you write a forwardable blurb and ask your introducer to check with the other side before connecting you, so the introduction is welcome.
An illustrative example
How Sam filled a seed round's first half
- Sam was raising a seed round and had 40 target investors on a spreadsheet.
- She set a goal in OneHop and added the list. For 23 of them, OneHop found someone in her network or her founder community who knew them.
- She started with the strongest paths: an advisor who had co-invested with two of the funds.
- Each ask was a three-line forwardable note. Eleven introductions later she had her first two cheques committed.
Names, figures and details in this example are illustrative, not a customer case study.
Questions
How do I get a warm introduction to an investor?
Find someone who knows the investor well and has seen your work, ask them specifically, and give them a short forwardable blurb. Let them check with the investor first. The forwardable intro email guide has templates.
What is a double opt-in introduction?
An introduction where the introducer asks both people before connecting them. It respects everyone's time and makes the meeting far more likely. Read double opt-in introductions.
Can my co-founders and I combine our networks?
Each person's network stays private to them. Through communities you share, members can opt in to show that they could introduce you to someone, without exposing their contacts.
What does it cost?
OneHop is free during launch.
Guides for founders
Forwardable intro email templates
What a forwardable intro email is, the five-part structure that works, and copy-ready templates for meeting a client, an investor and a contractor or advisor.
Read the guide →Double opt-in introductions
A double opt-in introduction asks both people before connecting them. Why it's the respectful default, how to make one step by step, and templates for each message.
Read the guide →How to ask for a warm introduction
A step-by-step guide to asking for a warm introduction: who to ask, what to say, a forwardable note to include, and how to follow up without being awkward.
Read the guide →Find the one hop between you and who you need.
Bring your inbox, calendar and contacts. See who can introduce you. Free during launch.