Boardy was founded by Andrew D'Souza, Ankur Boyed in 2024.

Who are Boardy's investors?

Boardy's investors include Akka, Deep Acre, FJ Labs, Golden Ventures, NextView Ventures, Northside Ventures, Phaze Ventures, Creandum and 2 more.

Boardy

Founded 2024 · 1,144 employees on LinkedIn · 10 known investors

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Boardy is an AI-powered networking agent that identifies relevant people for users to meet and facilitates introductions. It focuses on connecting individuals for purposes such as fundraising and building professional relationships.

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Founders & leadership

Boardy was founded in 2024 by Andrew D'Souza and Ankur Boyed.

Andrew D'Souza Founder // CEO (aka Creator // Mad Scientist)President at Nymi

Ankur BoyedTechnical Co-Founder2024–2025Ankur Boyed began developing software at age 14 and later shipped AI products for multiple startups through a development agency before founding Boardy, an AI-powered networking platform.

Abhinav BoyedFounder

Matt SteinFounder

Shen SivananthanFounder

Investors · 10

Akkalisted by Akka$100K

How we know: Akka's portfolio page · Not right? Tell us

Deep Acrelisted by Deep AcreFort Lauderdale

FJ Labslisted by FJ LabsNew York · $100K – $3M

How we know: fjlabs.com · Not right? Tell us

Golden Ventureslisted by Golden VenturesToronto · $500K – $2.5M

How we know: Golden Ventures's portfolio page · open dataset · 5k.vc investor directory · Not right? Tell us

NextView Ventureslisted by NextView VenturesNew York · $250K – $4M

How we know: NextView Ventures's portfolio page · a partner's Signal profile · Not right? Tell us

Northside Ventureslisted by Northside VenturesToronto · $73K – $365Kvia Alex McIsaac · inferred

Phaze Ventureslisted by Phaze VenturesMuscat

How we know: open dataset · 5k.vc investor directory · Not right? Tell us

CreandumreportedSan Francisco · $216K – $8.6M

How we know: funding news · techcrunch.com · open dataset · 5k.vc investor directory · Not right? Tell us

Fortify VenturesreportedWashington · $100K – $2M

How we know: a partner's Signal profile · Not right? Tell us

Portalreported

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Funding

SEC filings, press & company announcements

Undisclosed amountseed roundJan 2026
Creandum
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Undisclosed amountseed roundJan 2025
Creandum (lead)
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.

Founder mafia

21 people who came through Boardy went on to found or lead other companies.

Steven RenwickBoardy Pro Advisory BoardFounded Tilores +1 Tristan PollockDeal PartnerFounded Storefront Charles HudsonConnectorFounded Bionic Panda Games Anirvan BordoloiDeal PartnerFounded Hevodata Josue GioDeal PartnerFounded GuruHotel Rishabh PanwarDeal PartnerFounded Watto AI Muhammad AwanFounding EngineerFounded Sequence Markets Najmuzzaman (Nazz) MohammadConnectorFounded Nex Matthew WadiakDeal PartnerFounded Blue Apron Andrew GrahamConnectorFounded Borrowell Kingsong ChenDeal PartnerFounded Scanate/Fellow Nina HeineDeal PartnerFounded Shit2Power

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In the news

Boardy AI raises $8M seed round months after closing pre-seed | TechCrunchtechcrunch.com · Jan 2025

Frequently asked questions

What does Boardy do?: Boardy is an AI-powered networking agent that identifies relevant people for users to meet and facilitates introductions. It focuses on connecting individuals for purposes such as fundraising and building professional relationships.
Who founded Boardy?: Boardy was founded by Andrew D'Souza, Ankur Boyed in 2024.
Who are Boardy's investors?: Boardy's investors include Akka, Deep Acre, FJ Labs, Golden Ventures, NextView Ventures, Northside Ventures, Phaze Ventures, Creandum and 2 more.