Hey, we want to partner with you.
If you’re reading this, it means you’re a key part of the startup ecosystem and you care about helping more founders succeed. Us too.
We’re like "Robinhood for pre-IPO companies" — we help founders engage their community of customers, users, and superfans as investors. We created this industry in the U.S. by lobbying the government to make it legal for average people to invest in startups for as little as $100. Since then, we've helped over 1,000 pre-IPO startups collectively raise over $500M from their communities & our network of 1.5M+ investors. More information about our journey & our growth in our founding story.
We’ve seen incredible growth over the past two years as more founders are turning to their customers and users to raise capital alongside traditional angels and VCs.
Engaging customers and fans as investors brings new value:
- Companies can increase the lifetime value of their current customer base & build an army of new brand ambassadors to fuel growth. Mercury Bank raised $5M in 90 minutes from a single email to their subscribers & got 10% of their Wefunder investors to sign up as new customers.
- Founders can raise more money, faster. Streamlining bridge rounds to allow founders to focus on building. Immersed was running out of runway and VCs were dragging their feet. They turned to Wefunder and raised $7M in 14 days.
- Diversifying your investor base can broaden horizons and foster new connections. Synthesis raised $5M from their community of teachers & parents. They saw a 20% surge in their waitlist and 200% uptick in the number of job applications they received the week following their Community Rounds (of which they ended up hiring 5 FTEs & 92 contractors)
Read it from our CEO himself: “Why Every Startup Should Pledge to Open a Community Round.”
We’re expanding to Europe! 🛫
After 2 years of negotiations, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) recently passed new legislation that harmonizes the outdated country-by-country laws into one consistent set of regulations for all 27 member states. These laws now make it much easier for founders across the EU to access capital via crowdfunding.
Why be a Wefunder Venture Partner?
- Earn fees. For every company you refer that launches on Wefunder, we’ll give you 1/3 of our platform fee. This is usually 2.5% of funds raised, based on our standard 7.5% fee. You can receive this as cash, or allocate it to an investment in the company.