Friends of TAG
The Community Layer

A Curated Community of Exceptional Founders

Friends of TAG is a curated community of founders who are evaluated and supported through the Invessence intelligence layer.

This is not a marketplace and not a directory. Friends of TAG is a structured, long-term community designed to improve investment readiness and ecosystem quality.

A Rigorous, Supportive Journey for Founders

Friends of TAG shortens fundraising cycles, reduces misalignment and helps transform scattered outreach into purposeful engagement. The focus is always on quality over volume, preparation over exposure.

Structured Evaluation

Founders enter through a rigorous assessment process powered by Invessence

Continuous Feedback

Receive clear guidance on materials, positioning and investor expectations

Readiness Development

Focus on meaningful preparation rather than rapid but ineffective exposure

Contextualised Introductions

Connect with investors when genuinely ready, with full context and reasoning

For Founders

Friends of TAG provides structured feedback and clarity on expectations.

Startups are not just introduced to investors, but contextualised. Their evolution over time becomes visible rather than hidden behind one-off decks.

For Investors

Access a consistent and enriched flow of founder information.

Each interaction, update and feedback loop improves the collective intelligence of the system, creating compounding value.