Features — Verdex | Silicate Labs

Directory & Deal Flow

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Founder Directory

7-tab profiles, founder posts and interviews, and feature requests.

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Investor & LP Directory

Free browse for everyone, with premium-gated contact details.

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Deal Flow Module

Anonymized deals, deck requests, and full pitch-deck versioning.

Accelerator & Learning

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Accelerator Cohorts

Structured applications and cohort management for a real accelerator program.

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12-Chapter Masterclass

A founder curriculum with chapters 7–12 premium-gated.

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Expert Marketplace

7 categories of freelance experts, bookable directly from a listing.

Community & Admin

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Content Hub

A public/portal-toggle blog, podcast, and announcements.

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Partner Perks

Curated partner listings alongside the expert marketplace.

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Admin Portal

Covers founders, investors, deal flow, accelerator, content, and revenue in one place.

Technical Specifications

Frontend

React 18, Zustand, Axios, 40+ role-scoped pages.

Backend

Django 5, DRF, PostgreSQL with pgvector, 9 fleshed-out apps.

Deployment

Docker Compose + nginx.

Auth

Five-role system, Founder, Investor, VC Scout, Expert, Admin, with premium/subscription flags.

Not wired yet

Calendly booking, in-app "Ask AI" search (currently plain keyword filtering, not real AI), SMTP cold-outreach tracking, and payments (the models exist, but no live payment gateway is connected yet), data-model-only today, called out directly rather than presented as shipped.

Built for Pakistan's startup ecosystem