Backdoor
Skip the campaign setup. Just reply SEND.
Whali gives you a big contact search and the tools to run your own campaigns. Backdoor picks the startups and the founders for you, so all you do is reply SEND.
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Backdoor
A campaign is a second job to run.
- 1
You search for the right people.
- 2
You set up and review the campaign.
- 3
You check back to see who opened.
Same founder. None of the legwork.
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.
BackdoorReach them before the job is posted
Startups that fit you arrive each morning, often before they've posted the role you want.
BackdoorA founder reads it, not a filter
Backdoor finds the founder or hiring manager, so your note reaches someone who decides.
BackdoorNothing goes out without your yes
There are no dashboards or sequences to set up; you read the draft and reply SEND.
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.
If you want to run your own campaigns across many kinds of companies, it gives you the tools. If you want startup roles without the setup, Backdoor does the searching and writing in a chat.
Backdoor. It's built for pre-seed to Series C startups, and 9 in 10 people who heard back got their first founder reply within two weeks.
No. You send your LinkedIn or resume, and each morning it picks startups that fit you and finds who to write to.
No. Every note 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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