StartupFuel × OneHourOne
One person.One hour.No pitch.
Meet someone you would not normally meet.
StartupFuel is partnering with OneHourOne to give founders, investors and ecosystem members a different kind of connection.
Once a week, you can be introduced to one new person for a private one hour video conversation.
You know their first name. They know yours. Everything else starts with a conversation.
Free to join · Private · Ontario beta · 18+ · Sundays
Why StartupFuel is doing this
The Best Connections Are Not Always the Most Obvious Ones.
Startup ecosystems are full of networking events, pitch meetings, LinkedIn requests and scheduled introductions.
But some of the most valuable conversations happen when neither person arrives with an agenda.
StartupFuel is working with OneHourOne to create more of those conversations. You may meet:
- Someone building something
- Someone who invests in companies
- Someone further down the road
- Someone just getting started
- Or simply someone you would never have met otherwise
How it works
Four steps. Then one conversation.
Join
Put Your Name Down.
Register privately through the dedicated StartupFuel OneHourOne page.
Join the BetaVerify
Meet OneHourOne First.
Before your first match, you complete a short fifteen minute video welcome call. This helps keep the community real and accountable.
Get matched
One New Person.
Each week you choose whether you want to participate. If matched, you receive a first name, a time and a private video link.
Talk
One Hour.
Meet privately on video. Talk about work, life, ideas, what you are building or anything else. When the hour ends, there is no obligation to exchange information or continue the relationship.
A different kind of networking
Networking Without the Networking Performance.
Traditional networking
- Profiles
- Titles
- Companies
- Pitch decks
- LinkedIn requests
- Follower counts
- Asks
- Introductions with an agenda
OneHourOne
- First name
- One person
- One private hour
- No audience
- No pitch
- No selling
- No public profile
- No obligation afterward
Sometimes the most useful conversation is the one you did not know you needed.
For the StartupFuel community
Built Into the StartupFuel Community.
StartupFuel is inviting founders, investors and ecosystem members to try OneHourOne as a new way to meet people beyond the normal pitch and networking cycle.
Founder
Talk to someone outside your normal founder circle.
Investor
Meet someone without starting with a deck or an investment thesis.
Ecosystem builder
Discover perspectives outside your usual community.
The conversation is the product.
Privacy
Private By Design.
Only your first name
Your match sees only your first name before the conversation.
No StartupFuel data sharing
Registration goes directly to OneHourOne. StartupFuel does not receive what participants submit through the OneHourOne registration process.
No public profile
No profile page is created for other members to browse.
No recording
Conversations are private and recording is not permitted unless both people clearly agree.
Verified members
Every participant completes a short video verification before being matched.
What this is
Simple On Purpose.
It is
- One new person
- One private conversation
- One hour
- Video based
- Free to participate in the current beta
- Once a week at most
It is not
- A dating app
- A sales meeting
- A pitch session
- A lead generation platform
- Therapy
- A social feed
- A follower network
The weekly experience
One Conversation a Week.
- ThursdaySay whether you are in.
- FridayReceive your match and private video link.
- SundayHave your one hour conversation.
- AfterPrivately share feedback.
Once a Week Is Enough.
OneHourOne intentionally limits the experience to a maximum of one new conversation per week. It is not designed to become another feed, another inbox or another networking obligation.
One hour.One person.Then back to your life.
The partnership
StartupFuel
Capital. Customers. Connections.
OneHourOne
One person. One hour. One real conversation.
StartupFuel builds connections across the venture ecosystem. OneHourOne creates space for a different kind of connection.
Together we are experimenting with something simple: what happens when people from an entrepreneurial community meet without knowing exactly what they can do for each other first?
Join the BetaWho will you meet?
There is no profile to browse and nobody to swipe. Put your name down and let the conversation start from there.
Join the StartupFuel BetaFree · Private · 18+ · Ontario beta
OneHourOne operates the experience. Registration happens on onehourone.com.