A decentralized civic platform where impact replaces likes. Build trust through reputation, not vanity.
Instagram made you a viewer. Twitter made you a commenter.
Good Neighbour makes you a neighbour.
Arun Prasad E S — Founder & Technical Lead
[email protected] · +91 9946146920
Eight systemic failures leaving communities disconnected, underfunded, and unsafe — while social media profits from passive scrolling.
People want to help but can't verify who genuinely needs it. No system to validate requests.
Your neighbour may be struggling — with bills, illness, or loneliness — but you'd never know. There's no way to surface local needs.
Social media rewards likes, not impact. Likes don't feed families or solve real problems.
There's no metric for being a good human. Good deeds go untracked and unrewarded.
Organizations operate independently with zero spend transparency or coordination.
4+ hour emergency response in underserved regions. No trusted community resource network exists.
Millions of gender-based violence incidents globally each year. No safe-stop network. No coordinated community alerts.
Missing persons in crowded festivals, disaster zones, or rural areas — where cellular networks fail, coordination becomes impossible.
A decentralized civic platform where anyone posts a request for funds, help, or volunteers. Trusted community members back it by staking their reputation — if the request is fraudulent, backers lose points too.
Anyone shares their need — funds, help, or volunteers
Trusted members back requests with their reputation score
AI scores fraud risk and flags anomalies before human review
50-meter geofence check-ins ensure location authenticity
Campaigns bind to hospitals & orgs — staff validate requests and earn reputation points
Every dollar tracked transparently. Complete spend visibility.
No gatekeepers. No middlemen. Just neighbours helping neighbours.
Five reputation tiers unlock real privileges — from basic requests to governance participation. The higher your score, the more you can do.
Backers risk their score when vouching for requests. Skin in the game ensures accountability.
Village to Country level with appeals process. Local knowledge meets national oversight.
Fraud scoring algorithms flag suspicious patterns before human review begins.
50-meter geofence check-ins confirm users are where they claim to be.
Every dollar auditable by anyone. Complete transparency builds trust.
Advance to the next level based on community voting
| Level | Points | Tasks/Day | Coordinator |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 0 – 1K | 5 | — |
| 2 | 1K – 5K | 10 | — |
| 3 | 5K – 15K | 20 | — |
| 4 | 15K – 50K | 50 | Village/City |
| 5 | 50K – 100K | 75 | District |
| 6 | 100K – 200K | 100 | State |
| 7 | 200K+ | 150 | Country |
A $36B+ intersection of social media, civic tech, charitable giving, and emergency services — launching in India (1.4B people, $3B/year mandated CSR) then expanding globally.
India launch market — expanding to SE Asia, Africa, LATAM
Urban smartphone users ready for civic tech
Year 1 target users in pilot cities
Worldwide mobile penetration enabling scale
Annual corporate social responsibility budget (India launch market)
The post-pandemic trust crisis demands accountability globally. Governments actively seeking civic tech solutions. 6.8B smartphones worldwide create unprecedented connectivity. India’s mandated $3B+ annual CSR spend provides initial traction. Communities everywhere need tools to coordinate help effectively.
No existing platform combines trusted community scoring, transparent fund management, emergency response, and decentralized governance in one place.
| Feature | Social Media | GoFundMe / GiveDirectly | Emergency Services | Good Neighbour |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community trust scoring | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Verified safe locations | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Transparent fund tracking | ✗ | Limited | ✗ | ✓ Full ledger |
| Emergency response | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Gov only | ✓ Community+Gov |
| Reputation system | Likes ≠ trust | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Dual-impact |
| Offline mesh | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Phase 2 |
| AI fraud detection | Limited | Limited | ✗ | ✓ Phase 2 |
| Decentralized governance | ✗ Corp | ✗ Corp | ✗ Gov | ✓ Community |
| Warehouse & logistics | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Supply chain |
| Works without internet | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ Mesh |
Good Neighbour is not a better version of something. It's the first of its kind.
Transparent 1% platform fee scales linearly with impact. Every dollar tracked, every allocation published — cost under $0.06 per active user per month.
Projected Year 2 revenue: $100K+
City-by-city expansion via:
Network effect: Helping someone requires inviting someone.
| Year 1 | Year 2 | Year 3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Users | 50K | 200K | 500K |
| Donations | $30K | $300K | $1.5M |
| 1% Fee | $300 | $3K | $15K |
per active user / month
per year at 100K users
Funds go directly to hospitals, vendors & service providers — not to bank accounts. Escrow holds until verified spend.
Phase 1 in active development — online features first. Core architecture validated and approaching pilot launch readiness.
Scalable for 100K+ users with load testing completed
50+ data models with full API contracts documented
18 feature slices — authentication, safehouses, campaigns, logistics, moderation
React-based admin dashboard with 30+ pages live and operational
5-tier moderation system with appeals process complete
Phase 1 online features built by founder — offline & mesh features queued for Phase 2
Full Stack Developer · Technical Founder · 10+ Years · Senior Engineer · Ex-Team Lead · AI/ML Builder
Senior Software Engineer, US Government Health Department
Full stack product development · Microservices · Cutting-edge tech stack
20+ engineers managed, 15+ products shipped
| AI/ML | Vector search, LLM, face verification |
| SaaS | TaskMinderPro, StockMaster, ServicePro |
| Enterprise | Escher Riposte (~1B consumers) |
| Gov | US Health Dept (current) · Global Postal Solutions (prev company) |
| What I Lived | What GN Solves |
|---|---|
| Raising cancer funds | Public ledger |
| Finding blood donors | Geo-matched requests |
| No credibility to help | Reputation system |
| Coordination failure | Warehouses + vehicles |
| No proof of impact | Impact ledger + network |
Education. Career. Investments.
Good Neighbour is next.
Flexible seed to cover full development, team hiring, marketing, and pilot launch. Every dollar mapped to a deliverable.
User acquisition & growth
5+ hires, dev & ops
Servers, hosting, storage
Nonprofit registration + tax-exempt + IP
5K+ users, onboarding
MVP + 1 city pilot
Core features, 2K users
Full platform + 5 cities
Mobile app, 25K users, nonprofit partnerships
National scale + Phase 2
15+ cities, 100K users, mesh R&D
Lean team, maximum impact — every dollar mapped to a deliverable.
Pilot to national dominance in 18 months. Marketing-first strategy to capture the market before any competitor can respond.
Complete all online features · UI/UX polish · Nonprofit registration · Testing & QA · 5+ team hires
15+ cities · 100K+ users · 100+ nonprofit campaigns · Marketing blitz
100+ cities · 1M+ users · Mesh networking · AI fraud · Multi-country expansion
Multi-continent · IoT · AI optimization · Enterprise APIs · Global safety layer
The Next Social Media — Where Every Action Builds a Safer World
Child goes missing → community activated in minutes
Disaster strikes → supplies, vehicles, volunteers — even offline
Someone needs help → trusted, verified responders connected
Nonprofit fundraises → every dollar tracked, trust earned
Arun Prasad E S
[email protected] · +91 9946146920 · linkedin.com/in/arunprasades
Deep dives on governance, infrastructure, technology, security, and funding strategy.
Community-elected moderators at every level. No corporate gatekeepers.
Core Platform Team · Ultimate oversight
100K service + 100K donation points
50K + 50K points OR professional credentials
25K + 25K points OR professional credentials
10K + 10K points OR professional credentials
Split between service & donation leaders
Enhanced audit for new coordinators
Anonymized quarterly reports
GPS-verified rest stops and a full supply chain — warehouses, relief vehicles, tool lending — form the physical backbone of community emergency response.
100m activation, 50m check-in
QR + PIN for both parties
Reputation for uptime
Real-time discovery
Services: Water · Phone Charging · Rest · First Aid · Shelter · Food
Intake tracking, variance reports, photo audits
GPS telemetry, QR manifests, driver verification
Wheelchairs, generators — condition tracking
When infrastructure fails, Good Neighbour doesn't.
Dedicated offline relay devices that pair with phones via BLE/Wi-Fi Direct — enabling community-wide mesh communication even with zero cellular or internet coverage. If at least one device in the mesh reaches the internet, the entire network syncs automatically. Currently in research & feasibility study.
| >80% | Immediate action |
| 50-80% | Daily digest review |
| <50% | Weekly summary |
The only platform that works when the internet doesn't.
Enterprise-grade, cloud-native, scalable to millions — built on proven open-source foundations with bank-grade security for community data.
Enterprise-grade, feature sliced
Geospatial queries, EF Core + Dapper
Sessions, caching, real-time
Structured logging, RabbitMQ / Azure SB
JWT + refresh rotation · 2FA · RBAC · SIM swap detect
AES-256 at rest · TLS 1.3 · Signed URLs · Virus scan
Rate limits · Input sanitization · Append-only audit · 7yr retention
Five parallel funding channels targeting $60K in Year 1 — building toward a $120K-$360K Series A on the back of proven traction.
$30K-$60K per partner. Google.org, Microsoft Philanthropies, Salesforce.org.
Omidyar $60K-$120K, Ford Foundation, Gates Foundation.
USAID, UNDP, national disaster & safety agencies worldwide.
$120K-$360K post MVP. Accel, Y Combinator, LVX Ventures.
Recurring tax-deductible donations + transparency dashboard.
Corporate + Foundations