How It Works
Conserve your cash burn and assemble a highly motivated technical & commercial team. We match visionary founders with part-time, remote talent for equity, using a privacy-first Handshake system.
From Job Post to MVP Team in 4 Steps
Post Your Role
Describe the role, equity range, and skills needed. Your startup details are visible to candidates. Only motivated builders with genuine interest will apply.
Browse Anonymous Profiles
Explore 8,000+ profiles showing skills, bio, experience, and location category. No real names, photos, or contact info are visible. Identity stays masked until connection.
Send a Handshake Invite
Found someone promising? Send them a Handshake invite for your specific role. They receive your startup details and decide to accept or decline.
Profiles Unlock. Team Starts.
Acceptance reveals full identity, email, LinkedIn, and CV on both sides. Secure your equity agreement and start building within days.
Privacy-First by Design
Talent profiles are always anonymous until a Handshake is accepted. Real name, photo, email, LinkedIn, and CV unlock only after mutual consent, protecting candidates from their current employer while ensuring founders only get high-intent connections.
Which Stage Are You?
We support founders at every stage, from pre-revenue idea to VC-backed scale-up.
New Idea-Stage Startups
Raising cash to build your MVP is extremely difficult. Fundraising is a full-time job that distracts you from building and securing early customers.
Assemble your part-time product team from 8,000+ vetted candidates. Pay $0 upfront + exchange ~3% equity per talent to build your MVP in 8 weeks.
Angel & Pre-Seed Funded
You have raised a minimal angel/pre-seed round, giving you only 1–2 years of runway. You must find product-market fit before you run out of cash.
Conserve your cash runway. Hire elite part-time lead candidates for $1,500 upfront + ~2% equity. Equity options only vest upon successful deliverable milestones.
High Growth & Funded
You have secured significant seed or Series A capital, found product-market fit, and need to rapidly scale your full-time core team with the very best.
Let us run your dedicated recruitment pipeline. We source, screen, and place elite full-time candidates for a standard 20% recruitment fee on base annual salary.
What Unlocks When You Connect
When a candidate accepts your Handshake, both sides get full visibility instantly.
- Real name & profile photo
- Email address
- LinkedIn profile URL
- CV / Resume download
- Contact phone number
- In-app messaging chat
- Founder's full name & contact
- Company email address
- Startup website & details
- Full job description & equity terms
- End-of-project reward details
- In-app messaging chat
Core Engagement Guidelines
Every project is built around a standardized, high-performance execution framework.
16h/Week Remote Commitment
Talent works 16 hours per week remotely on flexible schedules, ideal to fit around primary jobs.
$10k Share Buyback Option
Founders agree to offer talent the option to sell back up to $10k of vested shares once securing >$150k funding.
Coderbyte Vetted Candidates
Every candidate undergoes strict technical screening and coding assessments before being listed.
Milestone-Based Vesting
50% of equity vests at MVP completion. The remaining 50% vests at project closure after 6 months.
MacBook Air Rewards
Outstanding talent becomes eligible for premium operational rewards like a MacBook Air upon delivery.
Direct Hire Conversion
Convert part-time developers into full-time paid employees once your venture secures meaningful funding.