I had a cofounder who left because she is getting married and moving to another country and another cofounder who can't take the plunge because of personal reasons.<p>I have very high standards for work ethics and don't want to get a co-founder just for the sake of it but looks like investors and incubators are highly biased against single founders.
You're focused on the wrong thing. Do you need investors right now? Do you even need a co-founder?<p>Focus on building the product and generating revenue. If you can prove your idea works and it can scale, it doesn't matter how many founders there are, or whether you spend 10 or 100 hours a week working on it.<p>No sane investor will turn down an opportunity, given that it generates revenue and it can scale well.
Firstly you have a mess you need to clear up, have you bought out your other co-founders to ensure you own 100% of the company ? - you'll struggle to find investors if you've got zombie cofounders who may claim to the company, you need to get the paperwork sorted out now.<p>Next understand why investors want you to have cofounders.<p>It's not some arbitrary standard, you simply won't have the cash to be able to hire a top tier sales, marketing person, etc. so bringing that talent onboard as cofounders is how you should be solving that problem. Find the best people you possibly can who cover the areas that you're weakest in. Find people who've experienced growing a similar company, they'll be invaluable to you.
You're right that many VCs will be less enthusiastic to work with a solo founder. This is partly because it's taken as a sign that you can't convince any friends to work on this idea with you, signaling either that the idea is not great or that you are not great to work with.<p>But this doesn't mean you should lower your standards too much to find someone just to put down on paper. If you're a technical founder then you can build a lot on your own and bring on a business-focused founder when the time is right.