Talent is
everywhere.
Access isn't.

Find your city's creatives. Build your network, grow your craft, and make work that actually gets made, with photographers, models, videographers, and stylists who are ready to do the same.

Seed Round · 2026
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Uncliq Discover
The Problem
Talented doesn't
mean connected.

Every city is packed with talented photographers, models, videographers, and stylists. Rising creators have the raw skill. What's been missing is the infrastructure to connect them, help them grow, and let those networks spread like a web across their city and beyond.

01
The Noise

Platforms built for engagement reward volume over craft. Even exceptional creators get drowned out, not for lack of talent, but for lack of the right professional network around them.

02
The Gap

Experienced creatives have built their networks over years: referrals, agencies, and industry contacts that open doors. Rising creators deserve the same infrastructure, without waiting a decade to earn it.

03
The Ceiling

Without the right collaborators, growth stalls. Every creative, from beginner to working pro, benefits from a network that connects them to people who push their work further.

"Every city has the talent. What's been missing is the network that brings them together."

The Solution
Built for every stage of the
creative journey.

A location-first professional layer for the creative industry, not here to replace social media, but to fill the gap it leaves. Where beginners find mentors, intermediates build their crew, and pros grow and scale their talent networks in their home city and in every city where work takes them.

"If it doesn't require two people in the same city, it doesn't belong on Uncliq."

Build Your Network on the Map

Find photographers, models, videographers, and stylists in your city, filtered by role, availability, and specialty. The right collaborators are already near you.

Grow Your Skills Through Collaboration

Working with better creatives makes you better. Verified profiles show role history, gear, and real collabs, so you find people worth learning from.

Build a Reputation That Travels

Sign real agreements, complete real work, earn verified collaborations on your profile. Your reputation grows with every shoot, not every follower.

Product
How it works
STEP 01
Role selection
Tell us what you create

Pick your role, add skills, gear, and interests. Your profile becomes your verified creative identity.

STEP 02
Roles selected
What are you open to?

Set your collaboration preferences: paid gigs, creative collabs, TFP shoots, or all of the above. Your availability and preferences show on the map so the right people know how to approach you.

STEP 03
Profile setup
Tell your creative story in detail

Add your visual style, creative interests, sports you cover, and the kind of work you want to make. The richer your profile, the stronger your matches on the map.

Platform
LIVE DEMO
Your city.
On the map.

Discover is Uncliq's core experience. Filter by role, see who's active, and connect directly. Every pin is a real professional in your city.

Filter by 80+ roles, disciplines, interests, and sports: photographers, models, dancers, location scouts, musicians, and more
Availability + Beacon signals to see who is actively looking to collab right now
Creator cards with verified skills, gear, and collaboration history
Pro: Travel Mode to take your profile to any city when you're on location
Pro: Find your crew: talent scouts, local guides, or creatives who can help you plan shoots and scout locations anywhere
Pro: Brand accounts: studios and agencies can find verified local talent
Discover map
Use Cases
Who it's built for.
How they use it.

Uncliq isn't one product for one type of creator. It's a living, indexed network of local creative talent. Here's a snapshot of the people already using it and what it unlocks for them.

01
CREATOR
The Emerging Photographer

Wants to build their portfolio but needs models for PFP shoots, editorials, and headshots, without paying agency rates.

Filters map by Model, finds available talent nearby
Signs a TFP agreement in-app, both parties protected
Earns a verified collab on their profile. Reputation grows.
02
PRODUCTION
The Production Company

Crewing up for a commercial shoot: needs a gaffer, drone pilot, and wardrobe stylist, fast, in a city they don't work in regularly.

Posts a Beacon listing specific roles needed + timeframe
Browses verified crew with gear lists and collab history
Contracts signed before day one, no verbal agreements
03
CREATOR
The Editor Looking for Work

Skilled in colour grading and post, but finding local clients means cold outreach to strangers on Instagram with no context.

Lists skills and software, appears in searches by local shooters
Gets found by proximity, no cold pitching required
Paid gig agreements handled directly in the app
04
BRAND
The Brand Seeking Local Creators

Needs hyper-local UGC: lifestyle photography and video in a specific city, but doesn't know the creative community there.

Creates a brand account, searchable by local creators
Posts a Beacon specifying asset type, style, and budget
Taps a verified, indexed community, not just whoever has the most followers
Real Scenarios
Three creators.
Three needs. One network.

Three of countless ways creators connect on Uncliq. The platform works for any creative, at any level, looking to build, collab, or grow. These are just the beginning.

Beacon · Collab
"Looking for Skateboarders, sunset shoot"
CREATOR
Photographer
The Skate Photographer

Wants to shoot action sports but has zero connections in the skating world. His portfolio needs something different. Instagram can't help him find a skater who wants quality shots.

01Posts a Collab beacon; nearby skaters see it on the map
02A skater who wants quality content connects. They arrange a time to link up
03Shoot happens. Both vouch. Verified collab on both profiles. Networks grow.
Availability · Status
"Keen to get some editing experience for portfolio!"
CREATOR
Video Editor
The Editor Seeking Projects

Skilled in colour grading and motion, but Instagram is a growth platform, not a professional one. She wants real projects with real filmmakers, paid or not, that actually challenge her craft.

01Sets availability status, appearing as a green pulse on the map
02Local filmmakers posting collab and paid opps find her by skill, not follower count
03Lands paid and collab work that no algorithm on TikTok would ever surface
Brand Beacon · Agreement
TFP / Collab Agreement, signed before event day
BRAND
Local Winery
The Winery With an Event

Hosting a harvest event and wants quality content, not stock photos. They need local photographers who'll actually show up and care, paid or content-hungry. Either works.

01Posts a Brand beacon: paid and collab tiers, specific roles, date set
02Content-hungry local creators discover it on the map. Engagement, not cold outreach.
03Agreements signed in-app before the event. Protected content, real coverage.
Market Opportunity
A massive, untapped
professional layer.
$250B+
Global creator economy
Growing 25% YoY
500K+
Independent creative professionals in Canada
Photographers, models, videographers, stylists
No platform
owns this
Local, in-person creative collaboration
Vampr, Shortfundly & Facebook Groups exist, but none solve it locally
Serviceable Market: Canada First

Canada-first launch cities (Vancouver, Calgary, Toronto, Montreal, Victoria, Kelowna) serve as test runs for a model that's city-repeatable. But creatives are everywhere, in every city, fighting for growth and meaningful connections in a social media landscape that wasn't built for them.

Expansion Trajectory

Canada to US Pacific Northwest to full North America. The model is city-repeatable. Any metro with an active creative scene is a viable market. No platform has combined local discovery, professional verification, and built-in agreements to own it.

Why Now
The window
is open.

Small and mid-size creators are ready. The infrastructure to support them hasn't existed. Until now.

Local creative talent has no cohesive infrastructure

Photographers, models, videographers, editors, and stylists all exist in the same cities, but there's no single platform bringing them together under verified, professional infrastructure. They're scattered across DMs, Facebook Groups, and word of mouth.

Gen Z creators are professionalizing

The next generation treats their craft as a business. They want tools that match their ambition, not repurposed social apps built for engagement metrics.

Competitors exist, but none solve this

Vampr, Shortfundly, and Facebook Groups touch parts of this space. None combine local discovery, professional verification, in-person coordination, and built-in agreements in a single platform. That's the gap Uncliq fills.

Creators aren't going away. They're looking for leverage.

In a rapidly shifting social media landscape, creators at every level are seeking new ways to grow. Teaming up with local talent, building a verified reputation, and accessing new markets. Uncliq gives them the edge to do it.

Business Model
Built to monetize as it scales.
FREE TIER
$0

Forever free, invite-only launch

✓ Home city discovery
✓ Full profile + portfolio
✓ Core agreement templates
✓ Direct messaging
✓ Feed + Beacons
PRO
PRO TIER
$9.99
/mo CAD

For serious, working creatives

✓ Everything in Free
✓ Travel Mode (any city)
✓ Full agreement library
✓ Custom agreement uploads
✓ Priority search placement
MARKETPLACE · ROADMAP
Platform %

On paid gigs booked through Uncliq

→ Brand + agency subscriptions
→ Paid gig posting and booking
→ KYC identity verification
→ Roster mgmt for agencies
Go-to-Market
Make the value impossible to ignore.
The right people will spread it from there.

Three phases, each building on the last, starting with the right people in the right rooms.

PHASE 1 · NOW
Invite-Only Seeding

Seed 3-5 tight creative communities per city using invite-only access. Pair that with organic outreach on Instagram, TikTok, and Threads to small and mid-size creators to build curiosity, generate installs, and let the product prove itself before scaling.

PHASE 2 · POST-FUNDING
Creator Ambassador Program

Onboard known Canadian creators as Founding Creators, compensated for early adoption and genuine advocacy. They bring their audiences and communities; Uncliq gives them the infrastructure their followers actually need. City by city expansion.

PHASE 3 · SCALE
Brands, Agencies & the Creator Marketplace

Once the creator base is solid, brands become the incentive that pulls more creators in. Uncliq opens a direct creator marketplace with verified, vouched talent and no agency overhead. Smaller brands eliminate the middleman. Creators land paid work. The network compounds.

Competitive Landscape
Competitors exist.
But not here.

Facebook Groups, Vampr, Shortfundly, and Contra each touch part of this space. None combine local discovery, professional verification, and built-in agreements in a single platform.

Instagram / TikTok Global · Discovery only · No infrastructure
LinkedIn Professional · Not creative · Not local
Contra / Behance Portfolio & freelance · Remote · No agreements
Vampr / Shortfundly Niche creative networks · Not local · No agreements
Facebook Groups Informal · No verification · No agreements · No structure
uncliq Local · In-person · Agreements · Rep system ✓
Collaboration Infrastructure
Discovery Only
LOCAL
GLOBAL
Instagram
LinkedIn
Contra
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The Team
Built by a creator
who wanted this tool
for himself,
so he built it.

Uncliq was created because the founder wanted it for himself: a tool to find and connect with other creators who could bring ideas to life. Built solo using AI-assisted development, which is a statement about resourcefulness. The product exists because it had to.

JW
Josh Woodman
Founder & CEO

Kelowna, BC-based photographer, marketer, and entrepreneur. BBA + Advanced Diploma in Marketing & Communications, Capilano University. Founder of Josh Woodman Photography and HANGR3 Entertainment Corp.

+
Technical Co-Founder / CTO

Actively seeking a technical co-founder or CTO advisor with mobile/web experience to join the team.

Strategic advisors and incubator partners welcome. We're building with people who believe in the creator economy.

V2 Roadmap
Uncliq becomes an AI-native
creative talent OS.

The network is the moat. V2 puts an API and MCP layer on top of it, fast-tracking talent sourcing and creative crew assembly for brands. Submit a creative brief; get matched with verified, vouched local creators near-instantly.

Brand / Enterprise

Connect your AI client directly to Uncliq's verified creator network via MCP. Automate talent sourcing, outreach, and campaign crew assembly.

Search verified creators by city, role, and skills
Send outreach and connection requests at scale
Build and manage curated talent pools per campaign
$99–299/mo CAD
Pro Creator Alerts

Opt-in AI alerts notify Pro creators the moment talent or opportunities matching their saved filters appear on the platform. Zero FOMO.

Real-time match alerts (push + email)
Saved filter subscriptions
Passive career intelligence
Included in Pro · $9.99/mo
AI-Native Platform

First creator network with a first-party MCP server

Defensible Data Moat

MCP is only as good as the verified network beneath it

SaaS Revenue Layer

Fundable at a different level: AI SaaS for the creator economy

The Ask
Raising $50K–$100K
pre-seed.

Strategic capital to launch Uncliq with the right creators, in the right cities, with the kind of momentum that compounds.

01
Product Launch

Polish, testing, PWA rollout, and launch-ready infrastructure across 3 Canadian cities.

~40%
02
Creator Influencer Strategy

Ambassador partnerships, content, and community seeding with mid-tier Canadian creators.

~35%
03
Operations & Legal

Corporate structure, legal templates, compliance, and runway to reach initial user milestones.

~25%
Looking for strategic partners who believe in the creator economy.

Incubators · Angels · Creator-economy investors · Operators who've scaled community platforms

Rise of the
empowered creator.
Every creator, at every level,
with the network, infrastructure,
and reputation tools to grow
and do their best work.

A creator platform designed with the creator in mind.

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