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David OkonkwoIn the thick of it
2h ago
Rewriting the pitch deck for the third time this week.
The honest thing is I still can't explain what we do in one sentence, and that scares me more than the runway.
Now forming the first circles
Social for where you actually are in life.
A small circle of people in the same chapter as you. No audience, no performance, just depth.
Free to join the listNo feed to perform forPeople in the same chapter (nearby, or around the world).
First circles forming · Be among the first in
Why Grouv exists
Every other feed asks you to perform a life.
Grouv only asks where you actually are, and finds the few people standing there with you.
A post on Grouv
Showing up is one honest sentence.
No likes to chase. No highlight reel. You say what you're actually doing, and one true thing about where you are. Your circle roots for you.
- Root, not like — you're cheering someone on, not scoring them.
- Post anonymously when the honest thing is hard to sign.
- Seen by the people you want to see it.
The eight Spaces
Pick the chapters you're living.
You hold up to four at once. Grouv places you alongside people in the same space, and the same chapter of life.
Career
Work, builds, pivots
Spiritual
Faith, meaning, inner life
Wealth
Money, freedom, growth
Adventure
Travel, risk, new ground
Health
Body, mind, recovery
Creative
Making, expressing, building
Learning
Study, growth, new skills
Relationships
Love, friendship, family
Aura ✦ your state, before your words
Some days you don't have a sentence.
Choose your ring and lock it in until you’re ready to change it. Your circle reads your state at a glance, and so does anyone else who encounters you on Grouv.
Open to connect
Reaching out
Reflective
Turned inward
Deep focus
Heads-down, away
In transition
Between chapters
Active nearby
Here, right now
Somewhere between doing too much and doing nothing. This is where I live right now.
Sky went from grey to gold and I decided that was reason enough to begin.
Inbox at zero for the first time in a month. Nobody else would care. You do.
Kitchen-floor dance break because the song came on. No reason needed.
Moved the last box in today. Walls are bare but it already feels like a beginning.
Coffee's hot, dog asleep on my feet, no plans till noon. Quietly, life is good.
Ran the 5k I swore I couldn't. Last, slow, and prouder than I've been in ages.
A quieter kind of post
Some nights don't need a paragraph.
One frame, one honest line — the time, the place, the thing you'd never post anywhere public. Your circle sees it. No one else does.
Root · a small lift
Some mornings just tilt right.
The good days don't need a filter. Drop the moment in and the people in your chapter feel it lift with them.
Root · heads down
Progress nobody else would clap for.
The quiet wins count here. Your circle roots for the grind, not the highlight reel.
Just Grouv · for the joy of it
Joy doesn't need an occasion.
The silly little moments are the point. Share them with the few who would laugh right along.
Root · a new chapter
Beginnings rarely announce themselves.
Big or small, every shift is a new space. Open one and let your circle grow into it with you.
Just Grouv · grateful
The small, ordinary good stuff.
Not every post is a milestone. Sometimes it's just calm worth keeping and worth being seen.
Root · showed up
Showed up, finished. That's the whole win.
Effort is the headline here. Your circle cheers the fact you laced up, not the time on the clock.
Bonds
A small circle. Not a crowd.
The handful of people who actually know what you're carrying. Bonds deepen with conversation and continued shared activities over time, not followers… and the good thing is Grouv remembers all.
Amara Lindqvist
Bond · 7 months · last voice note 2d ago
DEPTH82%
Grouv Nearby · when you're ready to be found
Turn it on when you want to be found.
The people nearby (3km) who are in the same chapter show up around you. Their stage, their status, right there. It goes off the moment you leave it idle for a while. No location saved, no trace left. Just the right people, close enough to actually meet.
3 nearby
Gatherings
An invitation, from someone in the same chapter.
A dawn walk before the pitch. Sketch night, no laptops. A slow run for the burned-out. Someone a few streets over makes the first move — you just show up.
Founders' dawn walk
David · Career · 0.4 km away
Walk and talk shop before the day starts. No pitches.
Tomorrow · 7:00am5 going
Meet & greet
Someone in your chapter made the first move.
A dawn walk before the pitch. Sketch night, no laptops. A slow run for the burned-out. Small, intentional, close by. Someone decided to stop doing it alone. You just have to show up.
TechCrunch Disrupt 2026
Moscone West · Founders & builders
live · 12 here
Indie coffee, this block
Right here · whoever's around
live · 4 here
Stage-only
Found by the few standing exactly where you are.
Not your city. Not your interests. Your exact stage — “building a business, early,” “starting over.” The most honest kind of nearby is a wave from a stranger who already gets it, because they’re carrying the same week you are.
In Stage-only, you’re visible only to people in your exact stage.
How it works
Three honest steps in.
Name your chapter
Tell us the spaces you're living and where you actually are in each — not the headline, the real situation.
We assemble your circle
A small group of people in the same chapter is quietly gathered around you. No follower counts, no feed to game.
Show up honestly
One true sentence at a time, Bonds deepen. When a chapter closes, you archive it and carry what it taught you.
The first circles are forming
Begin your chapter.
Join the waitlist and tell us where you are.