You've built something worth noticing. Now give more people the chance to discover it.
Metropolix is an exclusive network for startups and founders who want to build their brand, grow their online visibility and meet other ambitious businesses. Created by Startup Fortune, it pairs a distinctive digital presence with a Startup Fortune feature and a growing network of startups.
- Founders Area now open: 99 spaces
- Invitation only, in beta
- 10+ years of Startup Fortune behind it
Building a great startup is one challenge. Getting people to notice it is another.
Your website tells people what you do. Recognition takes more: visibility, credibility and the chance to be in front of people who would never have found you. Metropolix brings those together.
A presence people can find
A building with your name, logo and niche, at a real address on a named street, and a page of your own with your products, services, offers, updates and links to your site and socials.
A Startup Fortune feature
Annual membership includes a guaranteed feature on Startup Fortune, from a Branding Feature to an Premium Feature, so your story is told on an established startup platform.
An invitation-only network
A curated ecosystem, not another open directory. See what other founders are building and open the door to partnerships, collaborations and commercial opportunities.
An early position
Metropolix opens in phases, and the first is the Founders Area: 99 spaces. The founders who join here take the best corners and carry a founding number for good. Once the Founders Area is full, it closes.
Backed by Startup Fortune
Metropolix is built by Startup Fortune: more than a decade covering startups and founders, an established online presence and readership, and recognition across the wider media, with its reporting referenced by publications including Forbes, The Washington Post and TechCrunch.
Your membership connects your Metropolix presence with a real branding opportunity. Not just a listing: a defined branding benefit that helps your startup tell its story and reach a wider audience.
Choose the presence that fits
Fixed prices, no surprises. Annual membership is 20% less and includes the Startup Fortune feature. Prices are shown in US dollars as a guide; checkout charges in pounds sterling.
Startup
- A building and a page of your own in Metropolix
- A guaranteed Branding Feature on Startup Fortune (annual plan)
- Discoverable by everyone exploring Metropolix
- A place among the 99 startups of the Founders Area
Rising
- More room: a bigger space with more floors
- A guaranteed Branding Feature on Startup Fortune (annual plan)
- Products and services, visit stats and analytics
- Recognition that grows with Metropolix
Head Quarters
- The biggest space you can take online: 4 by 4 grid squares, up to 30 floors
- A guaranteed Premium Feature on Startup Fortune (annual plan)
- Products and services, Connect, analytics and invites
- A distinctive position in the network
Landmark
- A whole block of Metropolix for your brand
- Full Startup Fortune branding, including a premium founder feature
- Features through the year, agreed with you
- The most prominent position in the network
The Startup Fortune feature is included with annual membership, not monthly. Membership is by invitation and subject to the remaining spaces.
Why join early
The Founders Area has 99 startup spaces, and Startup Fortune holds a space of its own. Joining now lets you choose where you stand, take a founding number and be one of the startups every visitor meets first as the network grows.
A place worth visiting
People can walk the streets, take a bus, ride the observation wheel and drive the Metropolix coupé. A startup in a place people enjoy gets looked at, talked about and shared.
Where Metropolix is going
Metropolix begins with a simple idea: startups deserve more chances to be discovered, recognised and connected. Over time we aim to build towards:
- More interactive business spaces, where startups can showcase their services
- Ways to promote and offer services within Metropolix, including banners
- A marketplace and direct messages and connections between founders
- Richer analytics for your space
- A Metropolix showcase on Startup Fortune, listing participating startups
- In time, ways for startups to offer, rent or sell their spaces to other businesses
These capabilities will develop over time and none of them is part of membership today. Our focus now is on building the network, giving startups real branding opportunities and laying a strong foundation.
How to join
If you are building something you believe in, we would like to hear about it.
Tell us about your startup
What you are building and where you want to take it.
Request an invitation
Our team reviews your enquiry and whether Metropolix is a good fit.
Choose your membership
If invited, pick the plan that suits your ambitions.
Establish your presence
Join, set up your space and receive your Startup Fortune feature.
Your startup is building its future. Give it a place in ours.
Tell us about your startup and why you would like to be part of Metropolix. There are only 99 spaces in the Founders Area.
Request your invitationSearch visibility, audience reach and media exposure can create opportunities for discovery, but specific traffic, search rankings, leads and commercial results cannot be guaranteed.