# Featured in TechCrunch (again!) | Tribevest

- Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/feed/157798
- Entity ID: wefunder:feed_item:157798
- Published at: 2022-08-29 19:56:47 UTC
- Updated at: 2025-07-09 03:22:22 UTC

## Author
Brittany Barchalk

## Subject
Tribevest

## Content
"Investing in stocks with your friends' input may be good enough, but if you want to invest in higher-priced assets, pooling money with friends can make all the difference. Unfortunately for those looking to band together to invest in alternative assets, there is no shortage of red tape - ahem, SEC - and legal hurdles in making group investing a reality.That’s precisely what motivated entrepreneur Travis Smith to found group investing platform Tribevest — he realized how logistically difficult it was for him to invest in a real estate property alongside his brothers. The Columbus, Ohio-based startup now allows anyone to form an investor group with their friends by helping them create an LLC and providing in-app voting mechanisms to foster collective decision-making. Smith told TechCrunch in January that the app had over 570 investment groups actively transacting on it, most of which were investing in private markets.Tribevest’s efforts underscore the recent push to expand the boundaries and definition of a community-oriented investment club while still operating within the constraints of the traditional financial system."Read more here: https://techcrunch.com/2022/08/27/community-group-dao-investing-clubs-wall-street-bets-collective-social-startups/Thanks for including us in your article TechCrunch as an easy way to group invest without the logistical difficulties.