Main Hall
FreeThe free floor. Twenty-four stands, first come first served. Everyone starts here.
- Booths
- 24
- Admission
- Free
- Stands held for newcomers
- None
- Tears down
- Never
FounderFloor · Programme 2026Main Hall, open nowAdmission free · nothing to install
A trade-show floorthat never tears down.
FounderFloor is a small 2D world where startups keep a stand and real founders are there to talk to. You walk around, you read the signs, you meet people.
W A S D walkE talkTap where you want to go.
Click, then walk with W A S D
- 0
- open spots waiting
- 0
- reactions to unlock
- 0
- floors open
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- badges to earn
The whole idea#route
Three stops, one lap
Nothing to learn. The route from the door to a conversation you'd have had at a real hall is about ninety seconds long.
Walk in
Pick a name, pick a face, pick a floor. Arrow keys, or just tap where you want to go. No calendar invite, no badge scanner.
Talk to founders
Every stand has a person behind it. Walk up, press E, ask what they actually do. They will tell you, briefly.
Connect
If it's worth remembering, hit Connect. The list lives in your profile, not in a CRM you'll never open.
W A S D or ↑ ↓ ← → to walkE to talk to whoever you're standing in front of
The map#index
Find your way around
Four places, each with one job. Everything you do in one shows up in the others.
- FloorsThe halls themselves. Walk in, browse stands, talk to whoever's there.Walk a floor →
- DirectoryEvery startup on every floor, searchable. One click walks you to their booth.Search startups →
- ConnectionsThe people you've met. Requests, accepts, and chats that work from anywhere.Open your rolodex →
- ProfileYour name, your stand, your quests and badges. And an account, if you want one.Set yourself up →
Who is here#wall
The founders wall
Every startup that has taken a stand, live from the floor server. Adding yours is free and takes one form.
This is the whole product: a stand with your name on it, a person standing at it, and an address people can walk to. It costs nothing and it goes up in about a minute.
Add yours
Put your startup on the wall.
Free, and it stays up. The same entry becomes your stand on the floor, so you are not filling in a form twice.
The venue#halls
The floor
One hall, open to everyone, and everyone is in it. A young floor fills up faster than four empty ones. The miniature is to scale.
The board#ranks
The rank ladder
The plan: ranks set by verified monthly revenue through a read-only Stripe connection. This beta simulates it: founders self-report their number and the badge follows. Treat every rank as a claim.
RankMonthly revenue
Garage$0+Building in the dark.
First Dollar$0+Someone paid. It counts.
Ramen Profitable$0+Covers rent and noodles.
Default Alive$0+Grows without asking permission.
Escape Velocity$0+The booth is a formality now.
Gold is self-reported in this beta. Verification is the roadmap
What costs money#admission
Admission
Walking in is free and stays free. What you can buy is a better position on the floor, never a key to it.
Season pass · one payment
Become a founding memberFounding Member
$79 once: a year of Founder+ and a founding badge on your card that never goes away.
Always freeFree
$0
No card, no expiryThe whole floor, every social feature. Plenty to see.
- Every social feature: chat, connect, quests, reactions
Admit one · FreeChoose Free
Most takenPro
$9/ mo
or $79/yr · 3.2 mo freeEverything in Free, and your stand gets found first.
- Priority listing in the directory and co-founder board
- PRO tag on your stand, card, and listings
- “Pro member” title on your hover card
Admit one · ProChoose Pro
The gold oneFounder+
$19/ mo
or $159/yr · 3.6 mo free7 days free first · no cardTop of every list, and a gold-trimmed stand people notice.
- Top placement everywhere, above Pro and free
- Gold-trimmed stand on the floor
- FOUNDER+ tag and “Founder+ member” title
Admit one · Founder+Choose Founder+
Shipping weekly#roadmap
The floor keeps changing
Walk in after a few days away and the lobby will tell you what you missed.
Landed recently
- A directory that grows itself. Every startup someone creates shows up the moment they save it, and its category becomes a new filter.
- Chats that follow you. Message a connection from anywhere. They get a pixel-mail ping whether they're on a floor or in a menu.
- Your own banner logo. Upload any image and it is shrunk to a 16×16 mark on your stand.
- Your progress, everywhere. Stand, quests, badges and streaks now follow your account across devices.
- Smooth on any machine. The floor measures your hardware and picks its render resolution to match.
- Real email accounts. Sign in with an address, reset a forgotten password, and get an alert if the account signs in somewhere new.
In the shop
- Real revenue verification. A read-only Stripe connection, so the gold badges stop being simulated and start being earned.
- A real events calendar. Open Doors gets siblings: pitch hours, category meetups, co-founder speed-walking.
- Bigger halls. New floors open as the existing ones fill with real stands.
Before you ask#faq
Fair questions
The five that come up most, answered without marketing.
Is it actually free?
Walking the floors, talking, connecting, and keeping a stand: free, permanently. Paid memberships buy visibility (priority in the directory, gold trim on your stand), never access.
Are the people real?
Yes. Every stand is set up by a real founder and every avatar is a live visitor. The one exception is Pixel, the clearly-labeled tutorial robot, who never leaves the practice hall.
What happens to my stand when I close the tab?
It comes off the floor: a floor only shows who is in the hall right now. Your spot stays reserved, so walking back in puts the stand back where it was. Meanwhile the stand keeps its own page in the directory, open at any hour, collecting guestbook notes and connection requests. Leave it 7 days and the spot frees up for someone else — though stands are kept longer around show weeks.
Do I need an account?
No. You can walk in as a guest with just a name. An account (free) makes your progress follow you across devices and lets you reset a forgotten password by email.
What are the ranks on the stands?
Monthly revenue tiers. They're labeled honestly: in this beta, verification is simulated: founders type a number. Read-only Stripe verification is the first post-beta feature.
Closing time: there isn’t one
The doors are propped open. They stay that way.
No badge, no lanyard, no schedule. The founders are at their booths.
Walk the floor →Or come back when it’s busy
The floors fill up every Sunday at 18:00 CET. Leave an address and we’ll tell you when it’s worth walking in. No newsletter, no drip campaign.