Founding Circle · Angels Welcome · Pre-Seed 2026

The operating system for community is being built right now.

Lehman pilot complete. Now launching Westchester.

We’re inviting a small group of aligned people. Investors who understand community, believe in the power of great teams, and want to be part of this from the very beginning.

I’m Interested. Let’s Talk

No commitment yet. Just a conversation.

Bases › Unicorn Startup
LB
SA
AK
MT
Rooms
Board
Tasks
Events
💬
General
3 online
🔒
QA
Private
🔒
DevOps
Private
🔒
Growth
Private
LB
Lamont B
Today 9:02 AM
Web funnel is live. Anyone can now build their Base before downloading the app. This is how we go global. 🚀
♥️ 8
🔥 5
💬 Reply
Lamont, Samuel, and Charis
Samuel
Lead Engineer
Lamont
CEO & Founder
Charis
Product Manager
The Team

Builders with skin in the game.

I’m Lamont Badru, the founder. Before building Paragon, I worked as a community organizer, non-profit director, and spent years running a coworking space in Yonkers, NY. I learned firsthand that the tools community builders rely on were never built for them. Paragon is the platform I wished existed.

Samuel leads engineering and Charis drives product. Together we ran a closed beta at Lehman College, incorporated what we learned, and we’re ready to move.

When you join the Founding Circle, you’re not backing a pitch. You’re backing a team that has been in the field.

Recognition & Milestones
🏆 Business Council of Westchester 40 Under 40 Rising Star Award
🎓 Element 46 Accelerator Graduate
🏠 Founder of the first private coworking space & incubator in Yonkers, NY
Connect on LinkedIn
The Problem

Community builders are duct-taping their organizations together.

WhatsApp for chat. Meetup for events. Google Sheets for ops. Instagram for reach. Four apps, zero coordination. None were built for community builders, organizers, or team leaders. And none talk to each other.

📢
The tools are wrong
WhatsApp has no structure. Meetup has no workspace. Slack is for enterprises. Community organizers and team leaders get the leftovers. And it shows in their results.
📸
Discovery is broken
There’s nowhere to find a local club, event, or community near you. Growth dies at “tell your friends.” New members never find their way in.
💥
Leaders burn out managing the stack
The best community builders spend more time on infrastructure than leadership. The tools fail the mission, every single time.
I’m Interested. Let’s Talk

No commitment. Just a conversation.

What We’re Building

The workspace. The people. Connected by design.

Bases is where your community or team works. The social layer is where it comes alive. And where your world opens up.

LAYER ONE · THE WORKSPACE

Bases. Where your community lives and works.

One workspace for everything your team or org needs. Chat rooms, task boards, event coordination, file sharing. No fragmentation. No switching apps. No duct tape. Whether you’re running a community org or a tight-knit team, it replaces the broken stack entirely.

🏠 Replaces the fragmented stack
Paragon Bases
LAYER TWO · THE PEOPLE

Social. You come for the tool, you stay for the people.

Members don’t just work together. They follow each other, post, react, and build real relationships. The social layer is what makes Paragon feel alive. It turns a workspace into a community people are proud to belong to.

And when they look up from the work? NearMe shows them what’s happening around them: events, groups, and people nearby worth knowing. Not just a feed to scroll. A reason to step outside.

The tool brings them in. The people make them stay. The world keeps them curious.
Paragon Social
The Market

A massive, underserved opportunity.

Millions of teams, orgs, and community groups are running their operations on tools that were never built for them. Student organizations, nonprofits, civic groups, meetup groups, and local business teams don’t fit inside enterprise software or mass-market social platforms. Paragon gives them a real home base. As the creator economy grows, that demand is only expanding.

$100B
TAM
Teams, orgs, community groups & creators globally
$10B
SAM
North American community-driven organizations and teams
$250M
SOM
Early adopters: campuses, nonprofits, grassroots orgs & local businesses

Our 5-year model targets $41.9M ARR anchored by 100,000 paid Bases and 10,000 local business premium members.

Founding Circle & Angel Investors

Be part of building this from the start.

Founding Circle members are accredited investors who want to be close to what Paragon is building, at the earliest stage. A 25-seat cohort. Equal terms for every member.

25 Founding Circle Spots

A small, intentional group of aligned accredited investors.

Everyone in the Founding Circle gets the same access, the same relationship with the team, and the same terms.

What you get
🌟
Early access and alignment
We’re opening this to a small group first. If Paragon grows, Founding Circle members participated from the very beginning.
🎙️
Direct access to the founding team
Quarterly product previews before launch. Your feedback shapes what gets built. You are credited as a founding member.
🤝
Private access and early visibility
Access to a private Founding Circle Base on Paragon. You’ll be the first investors with a hands-on relationship with the product, connected directly with the founding team and each other.
Conversations typically start with accredited investors who want to be closely involved at the earliest stage. Everyone we bring into the Founding Circle gets the same relationship with the team and the same terms. We’ll walk through everything on a call. No pressure, no commitment until you’re ready.
If we decide to move forward together, participation is structured as a SAFE note. Details are discussed privately.
I’m Interested. Let’s Talk
Get In Touch

Let’s talk about
whether this is a fit.

No commitment yet. Drop your info and we’ll reach out personally within 48 hours to set up a quick conversation.

No commitment until you’re ready. We’ll walk through everything on a call.
Or email directly: lamont@getparagon.app

Investment opportunities are available to accredited investors only, as defined under SEC Rule 501 of Regulation D. Nothing on this page constitutes an offer to sell or a solicitation to buy securities. All investments involve risk.

20 seats currently available Request a Conversation