Communities run on favours. They deserve better plumbing.
Asking for help in a busy WhatsApp group rarely reaches the right person. We are building a private way to ask, with contacts shared only when both agree.
मिलवाओ
milvao · “introduce”
Milvao means “introduce”
Milvao comes from the Hindi word मिलवाओ (milvao), which means "introduce" or "help us meet". It is what members ask an organiser every day, and what Milvao does for them, privately.
In a busy group, “can someone introduce me to…” is how people ask for a contact. Milvao keeps that habit and adds what the group can't: privacy, the right person, and a yes from both sides first.
Two problems, one fix
Organisers are drowning in requests
In many business and founder communities in India, the organiser is the switchboard. Members message them privately: do you know a CA, a supplier, a lawyer. The organiser remembers someone, forwards a number, follows up, and does it again tomorrow. It doesn't scale past a few hundred people, and the requests that go unanswered are invisible.
Members' numbers end up everywhere
The alternative is asking in the group. The request reaches everyone except the person who could help, phone numbers get posted for hundreds of people to see, and the thread moves on in minutes. People who could help get pitched to, and people who need help stop asking.
What we built instead
A private desk on the community's own WhatsApp number. Members ask one to one. Milvao writes a short brief, asks the member most likely to help, and shares contacts only when both say yes. The organiser sees everything and steps in when it matters. See how it works.
What we won't compromise on
Consent before contact
A phone number is never shared on one person's say-so. Two yeses, each for one request, checked again at the moment of sending.
The group stays the group
Milvao never joins, reads or posts in a WhatsApp group. The group keeps its culture; asking for help moves to a private side door.
Organisers stay in charge
Matching is automatic so organisers get their evenings back, but they can see every request, step in on any of them, or approve each match.
Fair to the helpers
The most helpful members shouldn't be asked every time. Limits and a rotation spread requests around.
Plain rules, shown openly
Who can be asked, and in what order, is written down and shown with every match. No mystery scores.
No fake proof
We don't show invented customers, logos or numbers. When we have real pilot results, we will publish them with permission.
Early, and honest about it
Milvao is starting with assisted 30-day pilots for communities in Chandigarh, Mohali and Panchkula. We set each one up by hand, learn from it, and improve the product before opening it wider.
Who is building it
- Founder
- [TODO: founder name]
- Company
- [TODO: company legal name]
- Registered office
- [TODO: registered office address]
Build this with us
Pilot communities shape what Milvao becomes. If your members ask each other for help every week, we would like to hear from you.