Find your CTO before you find your office.
Post the idea. Engineers, operators, domain specialists, hobbyists — apply. Qatoto helps shape the cap table, define roles (CEO, CTO, CFO, leads), and seal commitments before a line of code ships.
For foundersBring the idea.
Bring the idea.
We bring the rest.
No capex. No connections. No supply chain. Just a concept and the will to build it. Qatoto stitches the team, the funding, the build process, and the go-to-market into a single workspace — so first-time founders ship like tenth-time founders.
Round raised
$1.2M
crowdfund · 38% · 412 backers
EOD updates · today
- CTO · firmware v0.4shipped
- ME · enclosure rev3shipped
- Reg · FCC pre-scanin progress
AI workflow note
Move enclosure review before firmware freeze — saves 4 days.
Crowdfund, equity, or VC — same dashboard.
Run a community crowdfund, sell equity for capital, or close a strategic investor. All three flows live in the same fundraise console with disclosures, term sheets, and signing baked in.
Every team member posts EOD.
Investors see real progress, not curated decks. AI ingests video and transcripts, flags blockers, suggests workflow improvements, and quietly compounds team velocity update by update.
Compliance, fulfilment, and marketing — handled.
Qatoto Store ships your product, files compliance paperwork, and handles support tickets. Marketing videos get produced on the same platform you used to build it.
The workspace
One platform. The full operating stack.
Team, funding, daily updates, AI oversight, fair pay, audit trail, compliance, ship, and market — without leaving the tab.
Team builder
Roles, cap table, NDAs
Fundraise console
Crowdfund, equity, VC
Daily standup wall
EOD posts, AI summary
Workflow AI
Suggests fixes from updates
Compensation ledger
Pay = effort + research + promo
Audit trail
Every fund movement, traceable
Compliance + ship
Store handles end-to-end
Marketing studio
Spin up product videos in-platform
Demand map
Where the buyers actually are
Founders on record
Built without the usual gatekeepers.
I had the AI architecture in my head for two years. Posted it on Qatoto, had a hardware lead and a regulatory specialist on the team within a week. We crowdfunded the first prototype.
Defense robotics founder
Pre-seed, AI ground systems
The daily-update wall changed our investors' relationship with us. They stopped asking for monthly reports — they could see the work, every day.
Climate hardware CEO
Series A, atmospheric capture
Fair pay was always the hardest part of a small team. The compensation ledger settled it. Effort, research, and promotion contributions are visible — nobody has to argue.
Medtech CTO
Bootstrapped, diagnostic devices
Idea + grit
That's the only entry fee.
Pitch your concept, draw a team, raise the round, and ship the product. The platform keeps the receipts honest and the workflow moving.