When the 2025 HatchThis weekend came to a crescendo and team UpKeeper was announced winner, something unexpected happened. Without planning or prompting, team Me2We quietly formed a circle to reflect on the whirlwind experience. It wasn’t the start of their idea, but something clicked—it solidified their bond and confirmed their desire to keep building together.
Their project, Me2We, is a holistic cofounder and collaborator matching app designed to solve a deeply personal, widely shared challenge: the isolation of building alone.
For founder Lilly Field, this wasn’t just a theory—it was her reality. Every entrepreneurial venture she’d taken on had been a solo climb. Fueled by passion, yes—but often shadowed by burnout. She knew how hard it was to find people who didn’t just have the right skills, but who shared the mission, the mindset, and the risk.
The weekend before HatchThis, a question surfaced:
What if there were a better way to find your people?
That spark became the seed for Me2We—and the answers started growing fast.
In the months since, Lilly and teammate Nathan Phillips have been steadily building momentum. They’ve geared up to host mini build sprints, secured a fully sponsored venue for an upcoming launch event, and teamed up with mentors whose insights into team-building span industries and decades.
The Me2We app will guide users through a reflective onboarding process—helping them discover their “genius zone,” uncover blind spots, and match with collaborators who share not just complementary skills, but shared values and vision.
And clearly, the need is real. During HatchThis, the team conducted dozens of discovery interviews with fellow founders, mentors, and organizers. Nearly everyone echoed the same frustration: finding the right people is hard. Resumes and networking events don’t go deep enough. LinkedIn can’t measure alignment.
That realization expanded Me2We’s scope. Through continued research, the team saw broader potential. The same values-based approach could connect more than just cofounders—mentors and mentees, startups and VCs, creative teams, nonprofit collaborators. Relationships that thrive on trust, chemistry, and purpose.
Now, they’re building toward a unified, AI-powered platform that matches people not just by what they do, but by who they are—and what they want to build together.
The goal for year one?
Make the matches that move ideas from “maybe” to momentum.