The Vision.
Born in France. Built for the world.
The startup economy is the engine of global innovation, yet the tools powering it remain fragmented. We are building the operating system for the entire startup economy: founders, investors, mentors, and every player around them connect, structure, fund, and tell their story there.
The scattered-tools problem
Today, a founder juggles LinkedIn for networking, DocSend for the dataroom, a spreadsheet for the cap table, AngelList for visibility, and dozens of emails to run a fundraise. Every ecosystem player lives in their own silo. That is an extraordinary waste of time and trust.
tools on average to manage a single fundraise
One ecosystem, not one more tool
Investors cannot see structured deal flow. Founders do not control their equity. Mentors lack visibility on the maturity of the projects they support. Onefive unifies all of this, starting with the dataroom, extending to cap table, investor deal flow, community, and media.
ecosystem profiles represented on the platform
Four layers, one graph
Each layer feeds the next. The network creates trust. Trust structures the raise. The raise locks in equity. Culture amplifies everything.
Layer 1 · Live
Relationship
Where the startup economy meets, talks, and builds reputation.
- Social feed & professional network
- Discussions & direct messaging
- Spotlight: programs, events, opportunities
Layer 2 · Live
Structure
Where a startup becomes fundable: documents, profile, readiness.
- Secure dataroom with analytics & permissions
- Startup profile: team, funding, hiring
- Investment readiness & investor invitations
Layer 3 · Next
Capital
Where fundraising becomes structured, not a chain of emails.
- Real cap table management
- Deal flow for investors
- Fundraises on-platform & BSPCE simulation
Layer 4 · Beyond
Culture
Where stories travel and open new markets for the platform.
- Onefive Studio: interviews, podcasts, long-form docs
- The Intel newsletter & founder media
- Country-by-country immersion: how startups really work
Global by design, local by module
We start where we know the ecosystem best, then expand through product and stories, not just translation.
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France
BSPCE, legal tools, Station F, BPI: a deep local advantage from day one.
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Francophone world
Belgium, Switzerland, Africa, Canada: same language, shared codes.
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Europe & US
Cap table, deal flow, and media in English, the global standard.
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Everywhere else
Japan, Asia, LATAM: opened through content and local Spotlight, not copy-paste.
Our founding principles
Infrastructure, not just software
Software waits for you to input data. Infrastructure connects every actor in the startup economy, permanently and at scale, beneath how companies are built, funded, and hired.
The whole ecosystem, not founders alone
Founders, investors, mentors, advisors, recruiters, service providers: everyone has a place. Onefive is designed to become indispensable to each of them.
Transparency builds trust
Structured datarooms, traceable access, clear equity, community reputation: transparency turns a cold intro into a high-conviction investment.
Built for the long term
We are not building for the next funding cycle. Cap table, media, deal flow, global expansion: every decision is made with the next decade of entrepreneurship in mind.
Onefive Studio
Media is not marketing for us, it is infrastructure. Other platforms observe the ecosystem. Onefive lives inside it. Every story links back to real profiles, datarooms, and opportunities.
- Founder interviews & The Fundraise Debrief
- Startup Fail Stories, legal minutes, expert deep dives
- The Intel: weekly newsletter for founders and investors
- Long-form global docs: one founder, one country, hours of immersion
Community that moves
A network that stays alive, not a passive feed. We build accountability, reputation, and peer momentum into the product.
- Build Groups: small peer circles with weekly accountability
- Trust signals: reputation built from real activity, not vanity metrics
- Referral & ambassadors: growth driven by the community itself
Founder tools
Practical utilities that bring founders in, then keep them on the graph.
- BSPCE & fundraise simulators
- Startup creation checklist
- Simplified legal document generators
- Hiring pipeline: manage candidates who apply to your startup
If Onefive works, we go further
Immersion documentaries across the world. Physical batches. A media layer that rivals the best startup publications, but wired into the platform where companies actually get built. That is the horizon. Today, we ship the foundation.
Our commitment
To founders
One place to build visibility, share with investors, manage your team and hiring, and eventually your equity, without juggling five tools and a spreadsheet.
To investors
Structured, secure deal flow with context: reputation, dataroom analytics, and community signals. Not another inbox of cold decks.
To the ecosystem
We connect mentors, advisors, accelerators, recruiters, and service providers to the founders who need them, and give every player a reason to stay on one platform.
The Onefive Team
