Company Profile (AI Text)
Name: Fundraise Up
Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/fundraiseup-secret
Updated at: 2026-06-02T05:00:15Z

Tagline: Help nonprofits around the world make a greater impact
Elevator pitch: Nonprofits are the third largest industry in the U.S. bringing in $410B in donations every year of which $31B comes from online giving. That seems like a lot, but a full 85% of online donors never finish the process because the forms are unnecessarily long and not user-friendly. Our tech combines donor psychology with e-commerce best practices to maximize donations. By converting more donors to give higher amounts, we generate 3x the donations of traditional donor flows.

Key claims:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 86867 | citation: https://wefunder.com/fundraiseup-secret#claim-total-raised
- Total investors: 96 | citation: https://wefunder.com/fundraiseup-secret#claim-total-investors

Verified facts:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 86867 | observed_at: 2026-06-02T05:00:15Z | expires_at: 2026-06-03T05:00:15Z
- Total investors: 96 | observed_at: 2026-06-02T05:00:15Z | expires_at: 2026-06-03T05:00:15Z

Computed metrics:
- total_amount_raised: 86867
- total_investors: 96
- team_size: 10
- featured_investor_count: 0
- faq_count: 5
- recent_post_count: 0

Quick facts:
- $31B donated online to U.S. nonprofits in 2017. | citation: https://wefunder.com/fundraiseup-secret#claim-fact-1
- 32% donor conversion rate vs 15% industry standard. | citation: https://wefunder.com/fundraiseup-secret#claim-fact-2
- Collected over $1.2M in nonprofit donations since January 2018 launch. | citation: https://wefunder.com/fundraiseup-secret#claim-fact-3
- Generates 3x the donation revenue. | citation: https://wefunder.com/fundraiseup-secret#claim-fact-4
- 45 nonprofit clients. Zero attrition. | citation: https://wefunder.com/fundraiseup-secret#claim-fact-5
- 3,300 transactions to date. | citation: https://wefunder.com/fundraiseup-secret#claim-fact-6
- Founders invested $200K and raised $265K from angel investors. | citation: https://wefunder.com/fundraiseup-secret#claim-fact-7

FAQ:
- Q: Per your recent update, you fell very short of the $3 - $6M processing volume you estimated in your pitch deck. What was the cause of this large miss and how does it affect your estimates for 2019 and beyond? Also, you mention that multiple clients reported x2 increase in digi...
  A: Hi John,Thanks for askingFor the last 4 months our focus has been on product iterations and fundraising over sales. Unfortunately, fundraising is FT job by its own. Now, we have secured enough investment  and matured product sufficiently to start paid marketing campaigns and we are expecting significant user acquisition in the first half of 2019.It's difficult to estimate how many of new clients we can get but our marketing budget is close to $200K. We hope to secure additional inst...
- Q: Would the team consider distributions in the future? I would prefer distributions instead of looking for a buyout.
  A: Hi Matthew, Currently we are not considering repaying dividends as we want to invest as much as possible in the future growth. Dividends are very uncommon with tech, VC oriented companies, especially in the early stages.Instead, we do see a payment company acquiring us to switch to their processing network ( happens all the time in payment processing industry ). We are going for $1B+ valuation in the next 6 years based on $5B+ annual processing vol...
- Q: Hi Peter - You mentioned below VC fundraising efforts. Can you shed any light on where you with those, who has invested and roughly how much? I ask because it looks like fundraising on this platform might come in on the lower side, which may not have anything to do with your v...
  A: Hi Julian,This is a great question. The short answer is that will will have more than enough money to keep going. We have a $1M term sheet we are considering. Our goal is to raise $3M. The truth is that the Wefunder campaign was so that my friends and family would have an opportunity to be a part of this venture. I will post March update this week—a LOT of great things going on.
- Q: Hey, Just wondering the status of our investment. I invested $2k in 3/2019, but have not heard anything in a few years.
  A: Hi Gregory, Thanks for reaching out, and thank you again for your trust and support early on.The company is doing well, and we’ll be sending an update later.Also, apologies that we haven’t shared much over the past few years. We’ve grown into a much bigger company, and with competitors watching closely, we’ve had to be more thoughtful about what we share publicly.Really appreciate your support.Best,Yuriy Smirnov
- Q: Hi, Can we get an update to how our investment is doing? Seems like the company has been growing recently. Thanks.
  A: Hi Tim, Thanks for reaching out, and thank you again for your trust and support early on.The company is doing well, and we’ll be sending an update shortly through Carta's investor update