[jathu]

Hi Peter, thanks for doing these AMAs! I’m a Canadian currently working in the US on a TN visa. I am interested in starting my own SaaS startup.

I’m currently exploring my options to raise a pre-seed round as a solo founder. Will I be able to stay in the Bay Area to start a company as a solo founder with some pre-seed and angel investors?

If not, will it be possible with an American co-founder? If not that, what is the best way for a Canadian technical founder to continue to stay in the Bay Area to startup?

[proberts]

There are options for you. The TN is complicated for founders (although possible under certain circumstances particularly if there are cofounders). But there are other options for you - that is, for a founder/owner, such as the O-1 and the E-2 investor visa.