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CadlyCadly, Inc. · Delaware corporation
Hardware ideas to market — without the factory, the tooling bill, or the warehouse.
Cadly is the platform that takes a product idea from sketch to designed, listed, manufactured-to-order, and sold. Inventors keep their IP. The network of designers and manufacturers gets paid when the product sells. Cadly takes a share of the transaction.
Private materials are shared by invitation. This page is not an offer to sell securities.
1,000+Community members
50+Products brought to market
100+Manufacturers & designers
Public figures from cadly.ai. Full traction, financials, and the cap table live in the data room after we invite you.
The product
Hardware startups usually die in the gap between a drawing and a shippable SKU. Cadly collapses that gap into one workflow.
Crowd the design
Designers join for cash or revenue share. Collaboration is the product, not a side chat.
List, then make to order
Approved products list on Cadly.shop. Manufacturing happens against demand — no speculative bulk inventory.
Everyone earns on the sale
Cadly charges for the transaction layer. Inventors, designers, and manufacturers participate in the economics of what actually sells.
Why this is investable
A marketplace with a real bottleneck
Hardware has a brutal cold start: design cost, MOQs, tooling, and go-to-market. Cadly’s bet is that a networked design + manufacturing layer, paid on outcomes, can take more products to market than any single brand can.
- Inventor acquisition without “pay us first to try.”
- Supply-side density across plastics, metals, and fabrics.
- Make-to-order so Cadly is not a balance-sheet factory.
- A shop that turns collaboration into GMV, not just files.
Where Cadly is today
Live platform
cadly.ai is the front door for inventors, designers, and manufacturers. cadly.shop is the commerce surface.
Network, not a catalog
1,000+ community members and 100+ manufacturers and designers is the flywheel. Density is the moat we are compounding.
Products in market
50+ products have been taken through the Cadly path. That is operational proof, not a slideware factory.
The conversation we want
We are raising from people who understand marketplaces and physical goods. Typical next step is a call, then an invited look at the data room. Instruments and terms are shared privately — this site does not quote a price, a valuation, or a “buy now” button.
Use of proceeds, at a high level:
- Product: faster idea-to-listing, better collaboration tools.
- Network: more qualified manufacturers and designers.
- GTM: inventors and buyers into Cadly.shop.
- Operations: quality, fulfillment, and the equity/legal stack.
Thomas Patrick Brennan is Chief Executive Officer of Cadly, Inc. After you request access, you hear from Cadly directly — not a third-party listing site.
FAQ
Is this a public offering?
No. Submitting this form is a request for information. Cadly decides who we speak with and who we invite into the data room.
Do I need to be an accredited investor?
Tell us how you invest. Eligibility depends on the exemption counsel uses for this raise (for example, a quiet 506(b) process vs. a 506(c) raise that requires verification). We will not ask you to wire from this page.
Will you send an NDA first?
Venture investors typically review a deck before any NDA. If you are an angel, family office, or strategic and want an NDA first, say so in the form. Sensitive files stay behind an invite either way.
Where does Cadly operate?
Cadly, Inc. is a Delaware corporation. The product is a global marketplace connecting inventors with designers and manufacturers.
How do I follow up?
Use the form so the request lands in our lead list. You can also write pat@mycadly.com.