The funding intel you’ve needed.

Verified, anonymized founder experiences and strategic insights across grants, loans, angels, and VCs, so you can fundraise with confidence.

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What you get today:

  • Actionable truths that support smarter decisions. Not hot takes and venting.

  • Strategic guidance to know what to pursue first, and what to skip.

  • A women-centered approach, because when you've been underestimated, the right intel changes everything.

Funding shouldn’t feel like a black box.

Every day, smart founders waste months on mismatched investors, apply to programs they don't actually qualify for, and miss opportunities they didn't know existed.

The problem isn’t you. It’s information asymmetry.

Investors control their narrative. The real intel of who they actually fund, what makes them move fast, what disqualifies you before you even apply, lives in private conversations, not on marketing sites.

BeeCene changes that.

We're building a trusted space where founders share what actually happened in their fundraising journey. This is about clarity, not complaints. It’s verified intel to help founders move smarter and faster.

What founders are sharing:

  • "[Redacted Angel Group] moves fast if you come through a warm intro from a portfolio founder. Cold applications through their form rarely get responses. I reached out to three portfolio founders, got intros, and had a term sheet within 60 days."

    Marketplace Founder • Pre-seed stage • $350K raised

  • "[Redacted Community Bank] markets 'loans for all stages,' but they require minimum annual revenue before approval. Wish I'd known that before spending weeks on the application."

    Wine Bar Founder • Early-stage • $150K raised

  • "You can’t tell from their website, but [Redacted Fund] isn’t actually deploying. They’re just building out a pipeline for the next fund they are raising."

    B2B SaaS Founder • Series A stage

  • "A woman-focused fund manager told me to come back when I had a male co-founder. They marketed themselves as supporting women in tech."

    HealthTech Founder • Pre-seed stage • [Fund name redacted]

How BeeCene works:

Verified + anonymous

We verify you're a real founder (via company email/domain or equivalent proof), but your posts stay anonymous. Share honestly without risk.

Useful over sensational

Structured prompts focus on facts: "What happened? How long did it take? What would you do differently?" Less gossip, more actionable intelligence.

Community-driven standards

Clear guidelines. Respectful, specific, helpful contributions. We remove any illegal or abusive content.

Funding is harder than it was a few years ago. Founders, especially women founders, need every advantage.

BeeCene isn't about tearing down investors. It's about arming founders with the intel they need to make smart decisions, move faster, and stop wasting time on dead ends.

Think of it as the conversation you'd have over coffee with a founder friend who just closed their round, but with 100 founders, across every funding source, in every city.

Why now?

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