Welcome to Startup Otter

Helping the Startup Ecosystem Thrive

Startup Otter is your people-powered platform for community, connection, and collaboration. Find the right people, in the right space, at the right time to help your venture move to the next level.

We're open now — but join us for our official platform launch on October 1st!

Get started

Getting started is easy.

Create an account

Join the ecosystem and set up your foundational profile in minutes.

Complete a profile

Showcase your venture — video, industries, insights, and what you need.

Start connecting

Find the right people, businesses, and capital and grow together.

Profiles

Robust profiles that feature you with video, industries, and insights.

Whether you're a startup, business, accelerator, or VC, enjoy profiles that highlight the key needs of your organization tailored to the startup ecosystem.

startupotter.com/p/maya-chen

startupotter.com/businesses

Discover

Finding the right people got a whole lot easier.

Research startups, businesses, and capital opportunities based on a variety of traits — from location to industry, to check size, to stage and more.

Chatter

Conversations with purpose.

Share posts tailored to categories such as requests, insights, offers, and more, so each post brings purpose instead of just endless scrolling.

RequestsInsightsOffersMilestones

startupotter.com/chatter

Otter Assist

Somebody out there can help. Otter Assist goes and finds them.

Post what you're stuck on and Otter Assist works the community for you — reading the ask, weighing who genuinely fits, and putting it in front of a handful of people at a time.

No cold blasts. No spray and pray. Just people worth asking.

startupotter.com/dashboard/otter-assist

Community Needs delivered by Otter Assist, showing why you matched and the I Can Help action

Top it all off with community-sourced and rated tools, resources, and events that are happening right in your backyard or all over the globe.

Community-rated tools, guides & events

Build something that lasts, together.

Startup Otter helps facilitate meaningful connections and resources with the right people just for you. Join us in building a collaborative environment that helps everyone in the startup ecosystem thrive.