A Kolo partnership for twenty businesses in each of eleven US cities.
Put your place on the mapThe real circle.
A coffee in Greenpoint. A pierogi counter in Chicago's Ukrainian Village. A bakery on Sacramento's Watt Avenue. A ćevapi grill in Astoria. Our community already meets at the same handful of places in every city — they just don't know who else is in the room.
Kolo changes that. Quietly.
What is Kolo?
We're launching city circles in New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Philadelphia, Detroit, Pittsburgh, Sacramento, Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, and Miami. Our community is Ukrainian, Polish, Russian, Romanian, Georgian, Czech, Slovak, Baltic, Balkan — first and second generation Americans in their 20s and 30s. They don't need another swipe app. They need a circle.
Culture isn't a filter. It's the foundation.
How it works.
Featured placement on the Kolo map with your photos, your story, and a one-line note from the founder. When a Kolo user walks through your door, the app offers a soft, one-tap check-in. No awkward announcement. Just a quiet signal that they're here.
Once checked in, they see who else from Kolo is at your location right now — and who's been there recently. A first match can start with "I saw you were there this morning."
Serendipity, with consent.
The partnership.
Featured on the Kolo in-app map and in launch materials. Permanent founding badge.
A live funnel of Eastern European locals who are already spending at places like yours — 1.2M+ in NYC alone, millions more across our eleven launch cities.
A founder profile in Kolo's editorial and social — the "why this place" behind your business, told right.
Access to the other nineteen founding partners in your city — and the wider circle across all eleven. Cross-promotion, co-hosted events, a group that books tables for each other.
No booth. No QR sticker by the register unless you want one. No exclusivity clauses, no revenue share, no data the user didn't choose to share.
Once a city hits twenty, its list is closed.
The invitation.
Tell us about your place. If it feels like a fit, we'll reach out to book a 20-minute intro call.
We read every request. If it feels like a fit, you'll hear from us within a few days to book a 20-minute intro call.
In a hurry? Write us at [email protected].