Yonder

Selected Yonder investments across B2B, B2C, AI, healthcare, construction, logistics, labor, commerce, and other marketplace categories.

Cold Start by Yonder: a $10,000 investment and a 6-week jump start with weekly meetings for founders building marketplaces and network-effect businesses. Solo founders and cofounders are welcome.

A practical 13-slide pitch deck structure for early-stage startups, with what investors want on each slide and a prompt for AI deck reviews.

A source-checked directory of venture funds with a marketplace focus or documented marketplace track record, organized by fund name.

Practical marketplace terms, metrics, matching models, Marketplace+, fundraising templates, and operating ideas for founders.

Who publishes Yonder's marketplace news, how sources and conflicts are handled, and how to request a correction.

Marketplace news and analysis from Yonder. Source-backed commentary on the deals, launches, and changes shaping marketplaces.

Yonder invests first-check and pre-seed in marketplace and network-effect founders, usually at around $10M post-money and under.

Colin Gardiner is a marketplace operator and first-check investor with 16+ years of experience building, advising, and backing marketplaces.

Yonder invests first-check and pre-seed in marketplace and network-effect businesses, typically $50K to $100K at around $10M post-money and under.

Yonder's thesis on Marketplace+ companies, AI-era network effects, constrained supply, liquidity, trust, and transaction data.

First-check capital. Operator judgment. Marketplace focus. Yonder invests $50K to $100K at first-check and pre-seed in marketplace and network-effect founders.