Wayy raises $2M pre-seed for AI sales co-founder aimed at solo founders
What's the deal? WayyDealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → has closed US$1.29M pre-seed round and launched a platform that acts as a virtual sales co-founder for solopreneurs and small business owners. The round was led by 0 to 1 Ventures, with angel investor Tunç Yalgın — who sold his company to eBay and backed founder Leo Popov's previous venture, TrueCare24Dealroom has a profile for this one. Try Dealroom → — and a group of US-based angels.
What's the endgame? The platform automates sales workflows, identifies talent, and handles outreach to investors and partners, freeing founders to build their products. Roughly 70 companies already use it on a recurring basis. The funding will scale go-to-market and speed up product development.
How it works: The autonomous web app analyses a user's company details and LinkedIn profile, then identifies prospects, drafts personalised outreach, and asks for approval before making contact. A scoring engine ranks each lead on industry fit, seniority, intent signals, and alignment with the user's ideal customer profile. Every three days, it refines targeting and messaging based on response patterns.
Why now? Wayy is betting on a surge in solo entrepreneurship driven by tech layoffs. "These are talented, motivated people who have the skills to build something real — but they're doing it alone, with limited budgets and no co-founder to lean on," said Popov.
The company was built by Popov and Dr. Aleksei Samarin, its chief technology officer and technical co-founder. Popov's earlier venture, TrueCare24, grew from a local on-demand healthcare service into a national operation during the COVID-19 pandemic, working with corporations and state governments.
The signal: At $2 million, Wayy's round sits near the smaller end of pre-seed deals, reflecting the lean nature of AI-first startups pitching autonomous agents. The wager is that AI can replicate a human salesperson's judgment at scale — a growing theme as founders look to run more with less.
Read more: Business Insider
Image credit: Rawpixel Ltd
