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Seed Round Active
$1M at $10M cap
YC SAFE
No Discount
Building the infrastructure
layer for teen employment.
Teen labour-force participation has fallen to 37.0% (BLS series LNS11300012 · Sep 2026). TeenWurk is the only platform that pairs age verification, work-permit enforcement, and AI career tools for 14–25s. Compliance is our moat. School districts are our distribution. Network effects are our endgame.
Live job listings
30-metro nightly rotation
Teen labour-force participation
37.0%
Ages 16–19 · BLS series LNS11300012 · Sep 2026
PRs merged
339
~365,000 lines · 270 screens · as of Oct 12, 2026
Market Opportunity
Teen participation, ages 16–19
37.0%
Source
BLS series LNS11300012 · Sep 2026
Indeed youngest filter
"Entry level"
Financing Round
Instrument
YC Post-Money SAFE
Why TeenWurk Wins
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Compliance as a permanent moat
Work-permit and hour rules vary by state; TeenWurk carries rules for all 50. Every competitor ignores this. We enforce it at the infrastructure level — the only legally defensible platform for employers.
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A market the incumbents are not built for
Indeed, LinkedIn and ZipRecruiter are built for adult, professional hiring — age-gated or unequipped for minors. Pre-career is uncontested.
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LinkedIn's flywheel, 15 years earlier
The user acquired at 15 is the enterprise customer at 25, 35, and 45. First-mover owns the relationship before any competitor can enter at scale.
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School district B2B distribution
One district = thousands of captive users at near-zero CAC. No job platform has built this channel — first-mover wins it permanently.
Road to Series A
iOS app — feature complete, not yet shipped
~365,000 lines of code, 270 app screens (as of Oct 12, 2026). Firebase + Mapbox + Cloudflare. AI resume builder, WurkScore, parent portal, work-permit gate, real-time job map, employer ATS. App Store submission in preparation.
AUG 2026 · IN PROGRESS
Infrastructure in production
admin.teenwurk.com (40+ features), teenwurk.com live, Adzuna pipeline delivering 50 jobs/city/night — nightly import rotating across 30 US metros.
SEP 2026 · COMPLETE
COPPA & labor-law compliance — built, review pending
Work-permit gate by state (all 50). Age verification. Parent consent. DSAR pipeline. Terms and Privacy Policy live. Independent legal review and the state-by-state review are still under way.
SEP 2026 · IN PROGRESS
Public launch + C-Corp + seed close
Public launch target Dec 1, 2026. App Store submission in preparation. Delaware C-Corp and USPTO trademark in progress. $1M seed concurrent with launch.
TARGET DEC 1, 2026 · IN PROGRESS
Miami launch — first revenue
10 employer partnerships, first subscription MRR.
Q1 2027
National expansion — Series A
10 cities. $50K+ MRR. $5–8M at $25–35M post-money.
Q4 2027
Competitive Landscape
| Platform | Age verification | Work permit gate | Teen-specific tools | Parent portal | AI career tools | COPPA compliant |
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| TeenWurk US | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Indeed | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Partial | ✗ |
| LinkedIn | 16+ only | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Partial | ✗ |
| ZipRecruiter | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | Partial | ✗ |
| Snagajob | ✗ | ✗ | Partial | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
Use of $1M Seed · Planned allocation, subject to change
| Category | % | Amount | Deployment |
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| Employer sales and outreach | 43.0% | $430,000 | Employer acquisition in the launch market, then expansion |
| Marketing and teen acquisition | 28.5% | $285,000 | User acquisition, school districts, campus channels |
| Legal and corporate setup | 14.5% | $145,000 | COPPA counsel, USPTO trademark, C-Corp, IP assignment |
| Technical infrastructure | 8.5% | $85,000 | Hosting, Firebase, Mapbox, AI inference, scaling |
| Operations and misc | 5.5% | $55,000 | Tooling, support, contingency |
Production Database · Real-Time
Live Metrics
Every figure counted in production at the moment this page loaded. Actual data — not estimates.
Pre-launch. Current accounts are internal test accounts.
Total users
Registered accounts
Live job listings
Active across all cities
Applications
Submitted to date
Employer profiles
Companies on platform
Platform Numbers
Metros in nightly import rotation
30
Lines of code as of Oct 12, 2026
~365,000
App screens built as of Oct 12, 2026
270
GitHub PRs merged as of Oct 12, 2026
339
States with work permit gate
50 / 50
Revenue Streams
Employer Subscriptions
$49–$499/mo planned
Monthly recurring SaaS. Core revenue engine with >80% gross margin.
Sponsored Push Notifications
Not yet priced
Targeted push to relevant teens in employer's city. High-intent, low-cost.
School District API
$5K–$50K/yr
Institutional B2B contracts. Recurring annual revenue, near-zero CAC.
International Licensing
2028+
License the compliance engine to partners in Canada, UK, Australia.
Employer Pricing · Plan, not a commitment
| Tier | Price | Key features | Target employer |
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| Free | $0 | 1 live job post, applicant management, compliance gate | Trying the platform |
| Starter | $49/mo | 2 live job posts, basic applicant management, compliance gate | Small local businesses, single-location |
| Pro | $199/mo | 10 live job posts, AI matching, WurkScore, analytics | Mid-size employers, 2–10 locations |
| Growth | $499/mo | 30 live job posts, priority placement, multi-location | Regional chains and franchises |
| Enterprise | Contact us | Custom volume, ATS integrations, SLA | National chains, school districts |
Legal & Compliance Status
Legal & Compliance
Compliance is built into the core — not bolted on. Regulatory adherence is both a legal requirement and our primary competitive moat.
TLS Encryption
1.3
All data in transit
MFA Type
TOTP
Server-enforced
States compliant
50/50
Work permit gate active
COPPA minimum age
14+
Enforced at registration
COPPA Compliance
14+ age floor enforced at registration
Parental consent flows for under-16 users
Data minimization — only what's needed
Parent portal with full oversight
DSAR pipeline — full data deletion on request
Privacy Policy reviewed and live
Independent legal review in progress
Labor Law Compliance
Work permit gate active — all 50 states
Age-appropriate job filtering by state law
Minor work hour limits enforced per state
Employer verification before job posting
Hazardous occupation blocking (FLSA)
State-by-state legal review underway
Corporate Structure
Delaware C-Corp formation
Q4 2026
USPTO trademark (Class 35 & 42)
Pending
Founder IP assignment
Pending
83(b) election
Post C-Corp
Data Privacy
Privacy Policy (GDPR/CCPA compliant)
Terms of Service with arbitration
DSAR deletion pipeline active
Data retention schedule implemented
Third-party processor agreements
CCPA privacy notice — final review
Risk Factors & Mitigations
Teen labor laws could tighten. Mitigation: any regulatory increase actually deepens our moat as competitors scramble to retrofit compliance into general platforms.
Competition from incumbents
Indeed or LinkedIn could build teen features. Mitigation: neither has built it, and retrofitting is costly. Retrofitting compliance into a general platform is fundamentally harder than building natively.
Employer adoption timeline
Employers may take longer to adopt. Mitigation: compliance liability gives employers a legal reason to switch independent of platform quality.
TeenWurk is pre-revenue and pre-launch. Mitigation: ~365,000 lines of code (as of Oct 12, 2026) and the full compliance infrastructure substantially de-risks the engineering and product. Remaining risk is go-to-market execution.
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Documents
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Available Documents
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Pitch Deck — Seed Round 2026
TeenWurk · PDF · Confidential
In preparation
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Executive One-Pager
TeenWurk · 1 page · PDF
In preparation
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YC SAFE — Term Sheet
$1M · $10M post-money cap · No discount · Standard YC terms
On request
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Financial Model — 5-Year Projections
MRR · ARR · Burn · Runway · Hiring plan
In preparation
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Cap Table — Pre-Seed
Founders only · Pre-round · Fully diluted
On request
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COPPA Compliance Documentation
Architecture review · Privacy controls · Legal opinion · 2026
Pending legal review
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Delaware C-Corp Formation Documents
Articles · IP assignment · Founder agreements
In progress · Q4 2026
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Security Architecture Overview
Firebase Auth · Real MFA · RBAC · Firestore rules · Audit logging
Available on request
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Product Demo — iOS App
Recorded walkthrough · 270 app screens
In preparation
Frequently Asked Questions
Why hasn't a larger company built this already?+
Indeed, LinkedIn, and ZipRecruiter are general-purpose platforms optimized for adult, professional hiring. Building teen compliance — work permits, age verification, COPPA, parental consent — would require a fundamental architectural rethink incompatible with their existing systems. It's not a feature add; it's a different product.
What's the business model?+
Primary revenue is employer SaaS subscriptions. The planned ladder is Free (1 job post), Starter $49/mo (2), Pro $199/mo (10), Growth $499/mo (30), and Enterprise by arrangement — a plan, not a commitment. Secondary revenue is sponsored push notifications (not yet priced), school district API contracts, and eventually international licensing. Teens are always free.
How does the YC SAFE work?+
You invest $X today. At TeenWurk's next priced equity round, your SAFE converts to equity at the lower of the new round price or $10M valuation cap. No discount rate, no interest. Standard YC post-money SAFE — the same instrument used by thousands of YC-backed companies.
What's the minimum check size?+
Contact investors@teenwurk.com to discuss. We're focused on finding strategic investors who add value beyond capital — operators, marketers, and connectors who can help us win Miami and then the country.
What if the App Store rejects the submission?+
App Store rejection is common for first-time submissions and almost always fixable. We've prepared all metadata, privacy documentation, and age-rating disclosures for Apple's teen content guidelines. Worst case, we iterate and resubmit — this is a timeline risk, not an existential one.
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