Cofounders
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cofounders.nyc is a curated New York City platform and in-person community for finding cofounders and early team members.
Also known as cofounders.nyc
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Company profile
researched Aug 2026cofounders.nyc is a platform and community focused on helping people in New York City find cofounders and early team members. It was launched in January 2025 by Daniel Chesley, a teammate at the enterprise-focused venture firm Work-Bench, which has been active in NYC enterprise tech since 2013.
The offering combines an online profile-and-browse mechanic with curated, intimate in-person events. Users create a profile describing their vision, skills and what they are seeking in a cofounder or early team members, browse other profiles, then begin conversations and meet in person. The stated positioning is that it is not solely an online cofounder matching site but a curated in-person community for NYC technologists and builders looking to start something new.
Founding story
Daniel Chesley, a member of the Work-Bench team, launched cofounders.nyc in January 2025, framing it as a response to the difficulty of finding a cofounder and to the influx of people moving to New York City who want a community to connect with other prospective founders.
Business model
Operates as a community and matching platform; the sources do not describe pricing or monetization.
Latest developments
Launch announced in January 2025, with a Cofounder & Founding Engineer launch event set for February 4, 2025.
▸Full profile — market position, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Positions itself against general online cofounder matching platforms by being geographically concentrated on New York City and curated, with in-person events as a core component.
Three stated points of differentiation: an exclusive New York City focus, curation of the member base across exited founders, engineers and sellers so that complementary strengths can be matched, and regular in-person events rather than purely online matching.
Go-to-market
Community-led: curated membership, regularly hosted intimate in-person events, and distribution through Work-Bench's blog and newsletter audience.
NYC-based technologists and operators looking to start a company or join one early, including exited founders, engineers and salespeople seeking cofounders or founding team members.
Geography
New York City.
History
The launch was announced on January 15, 2025 in a post by Daniel Chesley on the Work-Bench website and on January 16, 2025 via the Work-Bench Substack newsletter. A Cofounder & Founding Engineer kickoff event was scheduled for February 4, 2025.
Compiled by commissioned research from 8 cited public sources — announcements, filings, and press listed under research sources below.
Timeline · 2
launches, deals, and filingscofounders.nyc scheduled a Cofounder & Founding Engineer event on February 4, 2025 as its 2025 kickoff/launch party, with public RSVP.
Daniel Chesley announced the launch of cofounders.nyc, a curated platform and in-person community for finding NYC-based cofounders and early team members, via the Work-Bench blog (Jan 15, 2025) and Work-Bench newsletter (Jan 16, 2025).
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In the news
▸Research sources · 8
primary sources listed
- Introducing cofounders.nyc: Meet NYC-based cofounders & early team membersworkbench.substack.com · web
8 public sources were cited for this profile; the first-party ones are listed here.
Frequently asked questions
- What does Cofounders do?
- cofounders.nyc is a curated New York City platform and in-person community for finding cofounders and early team members.
- Who are Cofounders's investors?
- Cofounders's investors include Work-Bench.