Backdoor
Template emails get template silence.
LoopCV applies across job boards and emails recruiters for you. Backdoor drafts a personal note to one startup founder at a time, from your own Gmail.
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Automated applications and templates are easy to ignore.
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Applications go out across boards.
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Emails go out from a template.
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Few people ever write back.
Skip the pile. Land in the founder's inbox.
Founders at early startups often read their own email. A short note about why you fit them stands out there in a way a form application rarely does.
A founder's inbox, the week a role goes up.
One short note, about why you fit. Then a reply.
Hey, this is great timing. We're about to open this role.
Free for a quick call Tuesday?
Here's what it feels like instead.
Backdoor does the searching, writing and chasing. You stay in the loop and say yes.
BackdoorIt sounds like you, not a template
Each note says why you fit that one startup, so it sounds like you.
BackdoorReach them before the job is posted
Startups are picked from funding, launch and hiring news, often before a role is posted.
BackdoorFollow-ups happen without you
Follow-ups happen in the same thread and stop the moment someone replies.
Replies come in weeks, not months.
Backdoor only writes to founders you fit, so the ones who answer tend to answer fast. See the research
first founder replies came within two weeks
interviews came within two weeks
replies came after a follow-up Backdoor sent
Among people who got a reply or an interview, May to September 2026.
Give it three weeks.
Out of every 10 people who let Backdoor run for three weeks or more:
And you never have to chase.
4 in 10 founder replies came after a follow-up. Backdoor sends those for you, so you never have to chase.
Start tonight. Wake up to founders who fit you.
Every morning Backdoor picks startups for you and drafts the notes. All you do is reply.
Say hi
On WhatsApp or iMessage. It takes ten seconds.
Send your LinkedIn
Or your resume. Backdoor reads up on you.
Get your first founders
Startups that fit you, with notes ready to send.
Questions, answered.
It automates applying and emailing across boards. If template emails aren't getting replies, a note written for one founder is a different approach.
For startup jobs, Backdoor. It picks startups that fit you, finds the founder's email and drafts a short note about why you fit.
Many do. 9 in 10 people who heard back got their first founder reply within two weeks, and 4 in 10 founder replies came after a follow-up that Backdoor sent.
No. Every draft waits in your chat until you reply SEND, and then it goes out from your own Gmail. After that, follow-ups go out on their own in the same thread.
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Free to start · No forms · No app
Your next role could be one email away.
Say hi and share your LinkedIn. Backdoor finds the founders, writes the notes and follows up. You just say send.
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