Wovin Become a Design Partner

People join your community for the people.

This week’s match
Oct 27
Jamie Lee
Jamie Lee
Founder, Northwind
Why this match
Arjun Rao
Arjun Rao
Partner, Kite Ventures

Jamie is raising a seed round in climate fintech. Arjun led two last year and asked to meet founders at this stage.

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The problem we see

A list of people isn't a community. The connections are.

You can’t hold it all in your head

What each member knows, and needs, is spread across notes, calls, and memory. No one can keep it all straight.

The quiet member gets overlooked

The same few names come to mind every time. The person who’d actually be perfect stays invisible.

You mean to connect them later

Later rarely comes. The moment passes, and the introduction never gets made.

Every community is full of people who should know each other. Most never meet.

Members join for the people. Then they get a directory of 2,000 names, a Slack with 40 channels, and a monthly mixer. The right connection is in there, three clicks and one awkward cold message away.

Wovin does the finding. It surfaces introductions worth making, explains why, and checks in before sending. The community gets stickier because its members get what they came for.

Members of a community working alone in a shared space

For any community where the members are the point.

If your members show up to meet each other, Wovin is built for you. From accelerators to alumni networks, and every member community in between.

Become a Design Partner
Accelerators & incubators
Fellowships
Professional & trade associations
Accelerators & incubators
Fellowships
Professional & trade associations
Accelerators & incubators
Fellowships
Professional & trade associations
Alumni networks
Peer & leadership networks
Faith & mission networks
Alumni networks
Peer & leadership networks
Faith & mission networks
Alumni networks
Peer & leadership networks
Faith & mission networks
Angel & investor groups
Coworking spaces & hubs
Founder communities
Angel & investor groups
Coworking spaces & hubs
Founder communities
Angel & investor groups
Coworking spaces & hubs
Founder communities

Everything a community needs to make the match.

Member profiles that mean something

A short, structured intake captures what each member is building, needs, and can offer: the parts a directory never asks.

A weekly match, with the reason

Every week Wovin proposes one introduction per member and explains exactly why these two should talk.

Approval by your team

Community managers review and approve the batch in minutes. Nothing goes out without a human saying yes.

Introductions where members already are

Matches land in email, Slack or Discord with a warm opener drafted, so the first message isn’t the hard part.

Built for your existing workflow.

Wovin lives in the tools your team already opens every day. No new inbox to check.

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Ask Wovin
Who in the network should meet Kevin this week?

Two strong fits. Both are a stage ahead of Kevin and have said yes to intros before.

Dr. Lena Fowler · Founder, clinical-stage biotech
Strong fit

She’s raised and run the exact gauntlet Kevin is heading into, and she’s generous with early founders.

Tom Whitaker · Biotech advisor, ex-GSK
Strong fit

Knows the approval path cold — the guide Kevin will want before the next raise.

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Your home base

Set up, review every intro, and set how far Wovin can go. Ask about your network in plain language and get matches back — with the reason each one fits.

How it works

Four steps from sign-up to a real introduction.

1 Step one · Member data

Start with the member list you already have.

  • Pulls in your CRM and member lists, and merges duplicates into one record per person.
  • Fills in each profile with current, public career info, so old job titles don’t steer the matches.
  • No new forms for members to fill out.
Member intake
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What are you working on right now?
Raising a seed round for our diagnostics startup and hiring a first clinical lead.
What do you need most this quarter?
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2 Step two · Matching

Find the pairs who should already know each other.

  • Matches on intent and complementarity, not keywords.
  • Avoids repeats and respects members’ availability.
  • Every match carries a plain-language reason.
Suggested matchStrong fit
Dr. Lena Fowler
Dr. Lena FowlerFounder · clinical-stage biotech
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Kevin Chen
Kevin ChenFounder · diagnostics startup
Why you two

Lena has run two clinical trials. Kevin is designing his first. Both asked for a peer one stage apart.

3 Step three · Review

Your team approves every batch.

  • One screen, one weekly batch, approve or swap in minutes.
  • Flag sensitive pairings; Wovin learns from each decision.
  • Full audit of what went out and why.
This week’s batch12 pairs · sends Thu 9:00
LenaKevin
Lena ↔ KevinClinical trials · one stage apart
ApproveSwap
TomPriya
Tom ↔ PriyaHiring · can introduce a recruiter
Approved ✓
SofiaDaniel
Sofia ↔ DanielGo-to-market · same city
Flagged · same employer
Send 11 introductions
4 Step four · Follow-through

Know which introductions turned into conversations.

  • Members confirm with one tap whether they met.
  • See connection rates by cohort, chapter or topic.
  • Show your board that the community is doing its job.
Connections · Q3Last 8 weeks
Intros sent184
Met121 66%
Repeat rate41%
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The future of community is belonging.

Human in the loop

Wovin proposes; your community manager approves. Nothing reaches a member that a person you trust didn't sign off on.

Your members, your data

Profiles belong to the community. No ads, no reselling, no cross-community pooling. Export or delete everything at any time.

From Sprout AI Studio

AI can erode connection, or amplify it.

  • We picked a sideWe only build technology that deepens human connection instead of thinning it. We call it Relational AI.
  • We build, then we run itWe co-found and operate our ventures, so we own whether Wovin actually works for you.
  • Why communitiesPeople stay when they feel known, connected to the right person at the right time. That’s what Wovin protects.

Questions, answered.

No. A directory asks members to do the searching. Wovin does it for them: one curated introduction a week, with the reason it was made, approved by your community team.

Get in early and help shape what Wovin becomes.

Design Partners run Wovin with their real members while we build alongside them. Your community gets the matches first.

What you get

  • ✓Full use of Wovin for 12 weeks, including matches for your members
  • ✓A full enrichment of your member data, kept current as members change
  • ✓A direct line to the founders every week
  • ✓Features built for your community’s specific needs
  • ✓Your program fee credited back, and a heavily discounted first year agreed up front

What we ask

  • A community of 300+ members who joined to meet each other
  • One person on your team who owns the weekly review
  • Thirty minutes a week with us
  • A small program fee, credited back in full toward your first year
  • Honest feedback, including the uncomfortable kind
Weeks 1 to 4

Set up and first matches

  • ✓Shape the intake around your community’s purpose
  • ✓Onboard a group of up to 500 members
  • ✓First weekly batches reviewed together
Weeks 5 to 8

Tune the matching

  • ✓Weekly call: what landed, what missed
  • ✓We build the features your team needs next
  • ✓Expand to the full membership
Weeks 9 to 12

Prove it and plan ahead

  • ✓Connection-rate report for your leadership
  • ✓Founding-partner pricing locked in
  • ✓Roadmap input for the next cohort
Applications open

Become a Design Partner.

Tell us about your community. We reply to every application within a week and pick the first cohort together.

Prefer to talk first? Email us