No endless scrolling. No cold messages. Knowu uses deep matching — skills, domain knowledge, ambition level, and working style — to surface the right person, not just any person.
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Build your profile
Tell us who you are, what you've built, what you know — and crucially, what you're looking for in a building partner. Takes 8 minutes.
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Get matched
Our matching engine pairs solopreneurs with domain experts based on skills, industry, vision alignment and working style.
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Meet your match
A curated shortlist of 3–5 matches, every week. No swiping. No spam. Just warm, mutual introductions ready to talk.
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Start building
Use our building partner workspaces to explore an idea together — before you commit to anything. Chemistry first, company second.
Who's on Knowu
People between chapters.
From ex-BigTech PMs to seasoned surgeons, from laid-off engineers to retired lawyers — every person here chose ambition over waiting.
Founder
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Knowu Founder · Builder · Singapore
Solo
Seeking: Domain Expert in Construction or FinTech · Singapore preferred
Building Knowu from the ground up. Looking for a domain expert who knows construction or financial services from the inside — someone who's lived the problem, not just studied it.
TechProject MgmtInfra & CyberSingapore
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Sarah Chen
Ex-Meta · Growth Lead
Solo
Seeking: HealthTech Expert
Left Meta after the last round of cuts. Ready to build a preventive health app for Gen Z. Need someone who knows the system from the inside.
GrowthProductB2CMobile
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Dr. Rajan Mehta
20yr Fintech Regulator · Ex-MAS
Expert
Seeking: Execution-focused Solopreneur
Retired from regulatory work. Know the licensing landscape inside-out across SEA. Have the knowledge, need the builder.
ComplianceLicensingPolicy
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Tomas Reyes
Ex-Shopify Engineer · Full Stack
Solo
Seeking: Supply Chain Expert
Built Shopify's logistics integrations for 4 years. Laid off in Feb. Want to build the missing layer between small manufacturers and global markets.
ReactAPIsLogisticsB2B
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Amara Diallo
25yr Agri Expert · West Africa
Expert
Seeking: Tech-Savvy Solopreneur
Spent a career mapping smallholder farming networks. The data exists. The connectivity doesn't. Ready to co-found the platform that changes that.
AgriTechSupply ChainNGO
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Jess Park
Ex-Stripe · Sales & BD
Solo
Seeking: Legal / LegalTech Expert
Closed enterprise contracts at Stripe for 3 years. Now between jobs. Want to build contract automation for SMEs in Southeast Asia.
Enterprise SalesGTMSaaS
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Marcus Lim
Ex-McKinsey · EdTech Specialist
Expert
Seeking: Product-driven Solopreneur
Advised 12 education ministries across Asia. Left consulting to actually build something. Deep knowledge of what schools need vs what exists.
EdTechGovStrategyAsia
Solopreneur
Drive & Execution
Domain Expert
Knowledge & Authority
The Match
Knowu
Why Knowu
The missing middle.
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Not LinkedIn
LinkedIn is a job board in disguise. Knowu is a building partner platform — built for people who want to build, not just be hired.
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Not YC Matching
YC caters to already-funded or Stanford-pedigreed founders. Knowu is for the other 99% — the talented, the transitioning, the underestimated.
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Deep Domain Focus
We don't just match skills. We match domain authority with execution hunger — the rarest and most powerful building partner combination.
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Global from Day One
Built for the world's 186 million unemployed people who have ambition and expertise but haven't found each other yet.
Early Members
What they're saying.
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I'd been on LinkedIn, YC Matching, CoffeeSpace — nothing felt right. On Knowu I found a 20-year pharmaceutical insider who wanted exactly what I was building. We signed a building partner agreement within 6 weeks.
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Nadia Osei
Solopreneur · Ex-Amazon · Accra
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I retired with 30 years of maritime law expertise. Knowu helped me find a builder who turned that knowledge into a product.
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Hiroshi Tanaka
Domain Expert · Maritime Law · Tokyo
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Between jobs felt like between worlds. Knowu made it feel like the start of something much bigger.
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Priya Sundaram
Solopreneur · Ex-Grab · Singapore
Knowu. Start building.
Five questions. 48 hours. Three hand-picked matches waiting for you.
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