Warm
fundraising
support
Share investor context. See who is speaking to whom. Ask for warm intros when the timing is right.
+ access to the TRMNL4 investor network
Founders Circle
A curated room where consumer
tech founders get unstuck
Built by TRMNL4, shaped by our alumni, now open to selected consumer tech founders outside the accelerator.
This is a room full of consumer founders sharing what's actually working right now: growth, fundraising, product, distribution, hiring, and lessons learned the hard way.
Join waitlist
Inside Founders Circle
Warm
Matched founder intros
Monthly 1:1s with founders who are relevant to where you are now, by stage, category, growth channel, market, or current challenge. Not random networking.
Founder hotline
Same small group of 6 to 8 founders. Every two weeks, 90 minutes. Everyone shares what they stuck on. Time-boxed, founder-led, lightly facilitated.
Tactical
sessions
Bi-weekly deep-dives led by members who have done the thing, or experts we bring in for the community.
Topics can include growth, paid acquisition, organic loops, onboarding, retention, pricing, monetization, creator strategy, fundraising and product.
Plus, you unlock
In-person events
Early bird access to TRMNL4 community events and bootcamps around the globe, where the most fun and the most value is being shipped. Coming up:
Portugal workation | July 5–10
Full TRMNL4 session library
Access to recordings, playbooks, and tactical sessions across all TRMNL4 acceleration programs from operators in Stripe, OpenAI, Tinder, Flo Health, Suno, Higgsfield AI, and more.
$150k+ in partner perks
Member-only discounts and stacked perks from our provider network, including software credits, tools, and services. AWS credits, discounts, and good offers from Zendesk, Superwall, Notion, Lovable, you name it.
Founders in the TRMNL4 orbit
They are building across edtech, fintech, health and wellness, creator economy, fitness and social. Different products: apps, marketplaces, AI tools, communities, wearables.
Why Circle exists?
A room for honest conversations between people building consumer products.
Consumer is its own beast
Paywalls, App Store, attribution, creator funnels, TikTok, Meta, retention, LTV, pricing, activation. SaaS playbooks do not fully translate. You need a place where people actually understand what you are going through.
You cannot be honest everywhere
Not with investors. Not always with your team. Not on LinkedIn. Some conversations need a room of people who have actually been there.
Most communities trade wins. We trade failures too.
Founders love sharing what worked. Almost no one shares what burned tons of money, time, and sanity. Inside the Circle, we open that Pandora box.
How it works
As the community grows, IRL meetups, workations, and founder dinners follow.
Join the waitlist
Name, email, LinkedIn. That’s it. No essay on the first click.
Tell us who you are
Here comes the essay. We’ll send you the full application so we can understand what you’re building and whether the Circle would actually be useful for you.
Doing homework
We are not trying to build the biggest community but the most useful one. We need the right people. Once you submit the full application, you’ll hear from us within two weeks.
Start with a free month
If it’s a fit, you’ll get invited in for your first month free. After that, membership continues at $100/month. Founder Circles, intros, session library, WhatsApp access, the whole thing. You can stay as long as you participate.
About TRMNL4.
[terminal for] — your unfair advantage in consumer tech
- 12K+ applicants
- 280+ alumni
- $30M invested
- 330+ VC network
- 5,000+ event guests
- 50+ partners
Acceleration
Up to 3-month growth programs for Pre-Seed to Series A startups with Meta, Snap, Inworld & more.
Check programs →Consumer tech IRL
Consumer tech gatherings across Europe & the US. Next: Founder bootcamp, Portugal | 5–10 July
Check it →T4.Platform
Workshops, peer network, and 100+ experts from Tinder, Spotify, Pinterest & more. Startup pipeline access for VCs like Lightspeed, SignalFire, Speedinvest, Index Ventures.