Turn your network into a scoreboard

Your network is your portfolio.
Start stacking.

You know brilliant people. Start a podcast, interview them, and earn cred every time a MatCap portfolio founder wants to meet one of your guests. No fund required — just the people you already know.

Early access · no spam · takes 10 seconds
◆ Open to anyone ◆ Start this week ◆ Cash prizes ◆ Private community

You have the network to be a great investor.
You're just not in the room — and nobody's keeping score.

How it works

Three steps. That's the whole game.

01

Start a podcast

A mic and a calendar link. That's the barrier to entry. No audience required on day one.

02

Interview interesting people

Anyone worth knowing — a young hustler chasing their first big job, a VC, talent ready to jump, an operator. Who you interview is wide open.

03

Earn cred

When a MatCap portfolio founder asks to meet one of your guests, you earn cred. Your conversations become a room that real, funded founders want into.

The only rule

Cred = a MatCap founder wanting to meet your guest.

Not downloads. Not followers. Not production value. The single thing that counts is whether a founder in the MatCap portfolio — a real, funded startup — wants an intro to someone you've built a relationship with. Every guest is a node. Every meet request is cred: proof you belong in venture, and a track record you own before anyone hands you a fund.

↳ The portfolio is MatCap's growing roster of funded founders. They're always looking to meet sharp people — investors, operators, talent, future hires. Bring them guests worth meeting, and you climb.

Who makes a good guest

You already know them.

The best guests are people a founder would want to meet — but who aren't obvious yet. Look around you.

Smart friends inside great companies
The operator who sees how it actually works from the inside.
Students & early-career hustlers
The classmate everyone will be working for in five years.
Founders before they're big
Back the person on the record — before the round, before the hype.
Experts at their craft
The best engineer, designer, scientist, or operator you know.
Anyone whose skill or knowledge you respect
Simple test: if you'd take their call, a MatCap founder probably would too.
The leaderboards

Two boards. Show up, and go valuable.

One rewards doing the reps. One rewards being the host whose guests MatCap's portfolio founders most want to meet.

Most Interviews

Volume · season 1
RANK · HOST · EPISODES
01maya.rivers48
02deshawn.k41
03priya_ops37
04j.calloway33
05tomas.edits29
…and 214 hosts stackingyour rank: —

Most Valuable Node

Portfolio demand · season 1
RANK · HOST · FOUNDER MEET REQUESTS
01priya_ops27
02maya.rivers22
03andre.builds19
04lena.k15
05deshawn.k12
the board that gets you noticedyour rank: —
↑ illustrative — your name goes here once the season opens
No downside

Even if you never win, you already won.

Points and prizes are the upside — not the reason to start. A podcast is the best excuse in the world to reach out to people you admire and actually build the relationship.

You grow your network, sharpen how you think, and leave a public trail of the people you spotted early. The leaderboard just makes it a game.

  • Reason to DM anyoneevery episode
  • A real relationshipevery guest
  • Public track recordcompounding
  • Sharper instinctsevery convo
  • Top Valuable Nodecash prize*
  • Most Interviewsreward*
  • Guest of the monthspotlight
  • Rising nodefeatured
Prizes & rewards

Being valuable pays.

We're putting real rewards behind the hosts whose guests the portfolio most wants to meet — cash prizes, spotlights, and perks for climbing the board.

*Prize structure is being finalized. Join the waitlist and you'll be first to hear the details.

The room

Every node in one group chat.

Membership isn't just a leaderboard — it's a private community of every host. Swap guest intros, trade booking tips, and meet the other people turning their networks into something real.

A WhatsApp for nodes: warm, small, and full of people playing the same game.

Who it's for

Great network. Not yet in venture.

Operators with deep rolodexes Community builders & connectors Creators who love a conversation Scouts-in-waiting without a fund Ex-founders between things Anyone who knows interesting people
Season 1 · early access

Start stacking.

Grab your spot before the first season opens. We'll send you the playbook and your invite to the node community.