Curated directory connecting startup founders to free founder-offered services

Curated directory connecting startup founders to free founder-offered services targets a $4.5B = 1.5M early-stage startups × $3K ACV for discovery/marketplace/promotion services total addressable market with medium saturation and a year-over-year growth rate of 10% YoY — marketplace and gig-economy services for startups growing as remote-first hiring and micro-agency models expand (industry trend estimate).

Key trends driving demand: Founders offer services for exposure — this creates a reliable, low-cost supply of high-quality free offers that can be aggregated.; Community-driven discovery still outperforms algorithmic marketplaces in trust for early-stage founders, creating opportunity for editorial-first products.; AI-enabled scraping and classification makes building a structured, searchable directory of dispersed offers inexpensive and fast.; Startups are more experiment-driven with growth channels; low-risk free offers are attractive for rapid validation before committing spend.; SEO and weekly curated newsletters continue to generate compounding traffic for niche aggregators targeting founders..