Private beta. Access is currently by invitation.
A BETTER STARTING POINT FOR CAPITAL DISCOVERY
Fundraising should not depend only on who a founder already knows.
Founders can spend too much time navigating broad investor lists, repeated outreach, unclear mandates, and conversations without enough context. Investors face the other side of the problem: too many opportunities and too little relevant information.
Uma is designed to bring more structure to the space between finding someone and finding someone who may actually fit.
UMA / MATCHING PRINCIPLES
Better signals on both sides of the table.
Founders are looking for investors who fit what they’re building. Investors are looking for opportunities that fit what they invest in. Uma brings those perspectives together with structured criteria, AI-assisted understanding, and relevant context—so both sides can spend less time sorting through possibilities and more time considering the ones that may genuinely fit.
START WITH WHAT MATTERS
Founders can define the kind of investor and capital relationship they are looking for. Investors can set out their investment thesis, including sector, stage, check size, geography, and other deal-flow preferences.
The clearer the intent, the more useful the discovery.
LOOK BEYOND KEYWORDS
Not every relevant connection uses the same language.
Uma uses AI-assisted semantic analysis to identify meaningful relationships between what a founder is looking for and what an investor is interested in—not simply whether the same words appear in both profiles.
SEE WHY IT MAY FIT
A potential connection should come with more than a name.
Uma can surface relevant alignment factors such as stage, sector, check-size, geography, investor activity, and portfolio fit, giving both sides a clearer basis for deciding whether an opportunity is worth exploring.
BRING MORE CONTEXT TO THE CONVERSATION
The right context can change the quality of an early decision.
Company information, pitch-deck insights, reputation signals, and investment context can help founders and investors understand a potential connection before deciding whether to engage.
BUILT FOR THE REALITIES OF FUNDRAISING
THE CAPITAL ACCESS GAP IS SIGNIFICANT. THE OPPORTUNITY IS TOO.
Women entrepreneurs worldwide
400M
Estimated worldwide
Source: World Bank / We-Fi, 2024.
* Based on gender-disaggregated data from 95 countries.
† Estimated if women entrepreneurs had equal access to finance.
BETTER DISCOVERY STARTS WITH BETTER QUESTIONS
Alignment Before Introduction
Fundraising has traditionally placed enormous value on access.
Who knows whom.
Who can make an introduction.
Who gets a reply.
Who already belongs in the room.
But access does not necessarily mean relevance.
Uma is designed around a different starting point:
Make alignment easier to identify before asking either side to invest their time.
That means treating founder preferences and investor mandates as meaningful information, not background details.
And it means giving both sides more context before they decide what happens next.
