Happy 3rd Birthday, Regulation Crowdfunding!

Three years ago, it became legal for anybody – regardless of wealth – to invest in startups. Since then, we’ve funded 194 startups with over $61 million thro...

How to Build a Wefunder Profile

First off, what's a Wefunder Profile? Your Wefunder profile should concisely and accurately summarize your company’s investment opportunity. It’s the page yo...

Founder Profile: The Founder Behind The New Private Markets

By: Chris Lustrino, Founder of KingsCrowd Original article here. Wefunder has been one of the leaders in creating the new private capital markets. Be it hel...

Introducing Zero Down, a Homeownership Solution From the Co-Founder of Zenefits

Laks Srini is making a habit of disrupting established markets. First was Zenefits, the cloud-based HR service he co-founded as CTO in 2013 that completed pa...

Nomiku Gets One Step Closer to Owning the Food System

I spoke with Nomiku CEO and co-founder Lisa Q. Fetterman on the phone last week to catch up on company progress since the company raised on Wefunder in Octob...

AMA with Airbnb Cofounder Nate Blecharczyk

In addition to our weekly dinners, we’ve hosted a slew of AMAs this quarter, which are online question and answer sessions popularized by Reddit (AMA = ask m...

Looking to Scale, Freight Farms Adds New On-Site Farming Service

Six years after selling its first flagship product, an all-in-one hydroponic farming system inside a 40-foot shipping container, Freight Farms has proven th...

Feature Update: New Company Profiles!

Looky here, we have new company profiles! (For above the fold anyway). What is it? It's a company's dating profile. Investors use it to decide whether or n...

Everipedia Completes Largest Follow-On Financing in Reg Crowdfunding History

Whatever wall space not covered in taped-up newspapers is plastered with close to a dozen unpressed flags. Sweden, Colombia, and the United States criss-cro...

Meet Jeff and Paul, the Crowdfunding Generals of Legion M

At the time, startup fundraising seemed simple enough to Jeff Annison and Paul Scanlan. Back in 2000, the two entrepreneurs were raising money for MobiTV, w...

Case Study: Wefunder Helps Oodles Corporation Expand To Colleges Nationwide

This case study was written by the team at Oodles Corporation, currently raising funds in its second Regulation Crowdfunding campaign on Wefunder. Overvi...

Case Study: How Neurohacker Ran a Successful Wefunder Campaign

Why would anyone invest in something they don’t understand? When Darrell Grable first heard about equity crowdfunding, he saw a real challenge in explaining...

New feature update: Annual Report Generator

What is an annual report? To launch a crowdfunding campaign, founders file a Form C with the SEC. This Form C discloses everything there is to know about a c...

2017 | Year in Investments (with a video!)

In 2017, we helped 72 startups and small businesses raise more than $25 million. Together, we funded audacious moonshots like LPPFusion to create a cleaner a...

Train Trip Days 1-2: The Modern Ghost Stories of New Mexico

The way Tom Hyland tells it, Lamy was once the quintessential New Mexican town, a place so typical of the Wild West it looked out of a postcard. There was a...

A new design for investor updates

Over the last couple weeks, I've worked non-stop on a major upgrade to our news feed. Today, we released a major upgrade - this page you are reading is part ...

Having trouble coming up with perk ideas? Here are some of our favorites.

Founders often get stumped when coming up with perk ideas for their campaigns. So today, we want to tell you to stop worrying about coming up with the greate...

AB Test on New Profile Design

Version 1Versus Version 2Let's see which one wins!

Silicon Valley: Love it or hate it, equity crowdfunding is here. Embrace it.

TLDR: In 2012, Congress passed Regulation Crowdfunding. It took the SEC four years to write the rules. Today, it finally happens. We now all can invest as li...

Founders: The Strengths and Dangers of Investment Crowdfunding

On May 16th, the law changes: startups can raise up to $1 million per year from their friends and supporters, who can invest as little as $100 each. (Before,...