🚀 Looking for partners to help launch a US stocks trading community

# Looking for partners to help launch a US stocks trading community

Hey founders —

I'm Louis, founder of Varsity Tech (Singapore). We build data and quant infrastructure for AI-driven trading. Currently running:

- Quandora — AI-native quantitative strategy platform (launching Q3 2026, 100+ on waitlist). Users and their AI agents discover, validate, and deploy trading strategies through institutional-grade tooling.
- In-house quant fund — US equities focus, real systematic stack (Tardis tick data, AWS backtest infra, in-house factor research pipeline).

Now spinning up our next product: a paid trading education community for US stocks — fully transparent PnL, quant-validated setups, anti-guru positioning. Real trades, real numbers, real methodology. Aiming for 100 paid subscribers by end of August, 1,000+ by year-end.

I'm reaching out here because I'd rather build with partners than grind it out solo. Specifically looking for:

## The kinds of partners that would move the needle

### Distribution
- Trading-focused newsletter, Substack, or podcast operators with an engaged audience (any size — quality matters more than reach)
- Anyone running an established Discord or Telegram trading community open to a content swap or co-hosted event
- Brokers or trading platforms interested in offering our education as a value-add to their users

### Content collaborators
- US stocks traders (swing or systematic) up for guest content, AMAs, or paid contributor arrangements
- Quant researchers who'd like a platform to publish factor research or strategy breakdowns
- Course creators with proven curriculum looking for distribution

### Infrastructure
- Trading data providers (US equities, options, factor data) open to cross-promotional licensing
- Charting, scanner, or journaling tools willing to offer member discounts in exchange for distribution
- Brokerages with affiliate programs targeting active swing traders

### Strategic
- Anyone who sees the coherent stack (education → strategy tools → fund) and wants in on the broader Varsity Tech thesis

## What partners get from working with us
- A growing audience of serious traders — not the lifestyle-content crowd
- Cross-distribution across the full Varsity Tech stack (education community + Quandora waitlist + fund network)
- Founder-level engagement — I run point on partnerships personally
- Optionality — one partnership can plug into multiple products

## How I like to work

Founder-to-founder honesty:
- Small pilot first (1-2 months, low commitment on both sides)
- I instrument everything and share the data openly — attribution, conversion, retention
- If the pilot works, we scale together; if it doesn't, we walk away clean
- No long lock-ins, no upfront commitments. Relationships earn themselves over time.