Curated, not a catalog

Other domain sellers want your cash.
Joopa wants to help build your company.

A strong company deserves a strong .com — but forcing an early-stage startup to spend heavily on a domain can drain capital at exactly the wrong time.

For selected companies, Joopa offers founder-friendly structures that combine a modest cash payment with equity or warrants. You secure the name early. We participate in the upside if the company succeeds.

Joopa is founder-operated, not a mass-market domain catalog. After three decades of starting, building, and selling companies, I am interested in working with founders whose ideas, judgment, and ambition make them worth betting on. The terms can be unusually friendly because the arrangement is meant to align us — not simply complete a transaction.

Equity & warrant structures for selected startups Founder-operated, three exits
Selected startup domains

Find your company name.

trued.comAI verification, trusted data, identity, diagnostics.Inquire sonalis.comMedical technology, ultrasound, audio AI.Inquire agnosis.comDiagnostics, uncertainty modeling, medical AI.Inquire citan.comFive letters, category-free. Fintech, AI, enterprise.Inquire vantalis.comEnterprise software, health systems, financial services.Inquire eltria.comClean latinate brand. Energy, materials, consumer health.Inquire minvasive.comMinimally invasive surgery and devices — the category, compressed.Inquire neuronware.comNeurotech, brain–computer interfaces, AI software.Inquire altux.comCompact tech brand. Cloud, AI, developer tools.Inquire seire.comFive letters, vowel-forward. Consumer, travel, fintech.Inquire vacia.comSoft consumer brand. Wellness, beauty, hospitality.Inquire yire.comFour letters, unclaimed by any category. Name it yourself.Inquire jovius.comLatin gravitas. Aerospace, AI, finance.Inquire optigene.comGenomics, gene therapy, precision medicine.Inquire teraport.comData transport, networking, infrastructure at scale.Inquire luminel.comOptics, photonics, lighting, consumer health.Inquire tragus.comStrong generic brand. Wearable tech, hearables, piercing technology.Inquire

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The case for now

Why secure the .com early?

A company's domain rarely becomes cheaper as the company succeeds. Once the brand is public, funding is announced, and the buyer's motivation is obvious, the owner has every reason to raise the price. Securing the domain early — partly with equity rather than cash — lets the company acquire the asset before its own success reprices it.

Taking equity is not a payment plan. It means taking a position in the company.

That is why Joopa is selective — and why the terms can be so friendly when it's a fit.

Found your name?

Tell me the name and a sentence about the company. I'll come back with availability, a suggested structure, and — if it's a fit — a few thoughts on the space.

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