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Past Performance

Wefunder has higher returns than the top quarter of venture capital firms1

2013-2016 Regulation D

Results as of December 2023, assuming an investor chose to invest $25,000 in each company that was funded on Wefunder from 2013-2016.
21%
Unrealized net IRR2
Vs. 15% IRR for Top 25% of venture capital firms3
$2,125,000
Total if invested $25K in each startup on Wefunder
$12,714,000
Current unrealized value as of December 2023
6.0X
Return multiple
100%
Startups still active
(85 of 85)
52%
Startups who went on to raise a Series A over $3M
$4B
Follow-on financing
after our investment
9 @ $100M
9 startups now valued at over $100 million
Company Follow-on Funding
after We Invested		 Last Status Return Multiple Value of
$25K Investment
Zenefits $581,500,000 $582M $500M Series C by Fidelity 281.68X $7,042,000
Checkr $309,000,000 $309M $160M Series D by T. Rowe Price 34.31X $857,750
Rappi $1,391,800,000 $1.39B $1B Series E by SoftBank 26.23X $655,750
Ginkgo Bioworks $719,000,000 $719M $290M Series E by T. Rowe Price 13.76X $344,000
Guesty $59,400,000 $59.4M $35M Series C by Viola Growth 12.82X $320,500
Ironclad $84,000,000 $84M $50M Series C by Y Combinator 11.01X $275,250
Scope AR $11,700,000 $11.7M $9.7M Series A by Romulus Capital 10.6X $265,000
Equipmentshare $58,600,000 $58.6M $25M Venture Round
Unbabel $91,000,000 $91M $60M Series C by Point72 Ventures 5.76X $144,000
Gravitational $29,200,000 $29.2M $25M Series A by Kleiner Perkins 5.6X $140,000
Second Measure $25,400,000 $25.4M $20M Series A by Bessemer Venture Partners
Freight Farms $11,405,407 $11.4M Alive 3.98X $99,500
ShipBob $63,000,000 $63M $40M Series C by Menlo Ventures 3.51X $87,750
GrubMarket $90,000,000 $90M $28M Series C by Digital Garage, WI Harper Group 3.14X $78,500
Casetext $41,400,000 $41.4M Alive 2.72X $68,000
Mux $31,800,000 $31.8M $20M Series B by Evolution Media 2.72X $68,000
Privy $6,500,000 $6.5M $4.3M Series A by Samuel Clemens 2.69X $67,250
Flaviar $1,600,000 $1.6M Alive 2.08X $52,000
Virtuix $7,700,000 $7.7M $7.7M Equity Crowdfunding 1.96X $49,000
Next Caller $5,000,000 $5M $5M Series A by Crystal Towers 1.9X $47,500
Eden $38,700,000 $38.7M $25M Series B by Reshape
Astranis $13,500,000 $13.5M $13.5M Series A by Andreessen Horowitz 1.86X $46,500
Skymind $17,500,000 $17.5M $11.5M Series A by TransLink Capital
Paperspace $23,000,000 $23M $14.5M Series A by Battery Ventures, Intel Capital 1.63X $40,750
Regalii $0 $0.0 Alive 1.53X $38,250
7 Cups of Tea $0 $0.0 Alive 1.5X $37,500
Mashgin $11,000,000 $11M $8.2M Series A by Matrix Partners 1.4X $35,000
Aptible $12,000,000 $12M $12M Series A by Maverick Ventures
Cleanly $5,000,000 $5M $5M Series A by AddVenture 1.24X $31,000
OwnLocal $0 $0.0 OwnLocal buys back investors. 1.18X $29,500
Flirtey $16,000,000 $16M $16M Series A by Menlo Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures 1.11X $27,750
Eight (Formerly Luna) $69,400,000 $69.4M $40M Series C by Founders Fund
RealCrowd $0 $0.0 Alive 1.07X $26,750
ROSS Intelligence $13,120,000 $13.1M $8.7M Series A by Inovia Capital 1.06X $26,500
Experiment $0 $0.0 Alive 1.03X $25,750
Goldbely $30,000,000 $30M $20M Series B by Enlightened Hospitality Investments
Jopwell $10,920,000 $10.9M $7.5M Series A by Cue Ball 1X $25,000
ZenProspect $9,200,000 $9.2M Nexus Venture Partners 1X $25,000
LivBlends $8,620,000 $8.62M $6.9M Venture Round
Senic (YC) $7,464,967 $7.46M $4M Seed Round by Birchmere Ventures, Target Partners, Gira 1X $25,000
Gecko Robotics $7,000,000 $7M $7M Series A by Founders Fund 1X $25,000
AlphaFlow $6,300,000 $6.3M $4.1M Seed Round by Point72 Ventures, Resolute Venture Partners 1X $25,000
Zenysis $5,800,000 $5.8M $5.8M Series A
Shinesty $5,165,000 $5.17M $3.4M Venture Round 1X $25,000
Plate iQ $4,000,000 $4M $4M Series A by Eileses Capital 1X $25,000
MTailor $3,856,034 $3.86M $2M Venture Round by Khosla Ventures 1X $25,000
Parknav $3,748,808 $3.75M Alive 1X $25,000
Wevorce $3,100,000 $3.1M $3.1M Series A by Techstars Ventures 1X $25,000
OncoSynergy $3,000,000 $3M $3M Series A by Connecticut Innovations
Smarking $3,000,000 $3M $3M Seed Round by Khosla Ventures 1X $25,000
Final $3,000,000 $3M Acquired by Goldman Sachs 1X $25,000
The Ticket Fairy $2,500,000 $2.5M $2.5M Seed Round 1X $25,000
PAKIBLE $2,250,000 $2.25M $1.5M Seed Round 1X $25,000
Meadow $2,100,000 $2.1M $2.1M Seed Round 1X $25,000
Chai $2,000,000 $2M $2M Seed Round 1X $25,000
Transcend Lighting $2,000,000 $2M $2M Venture Round by Rose Capital 1X $25,000
VOIQ $2,000,000 $2M $2M Seed Round by 10x Capital Management, LEAP Global Partners 1X $25,000
Lawn Love $1,800,000 $1.8M Alive 1X $25,000
Instavest $1,700,000 $1.7M $1.7M Seed Round 1X $25,000
Naytev $1,300,000 $1.3M Alive 1X $25,000
Roomstorm $1,300,000 $1.3M $1.3M Seed Round by S2 Capital, Y Combinator 1X $25,000
Terrafugia $1,000,000 $1M Acquired by Geely for Stock 1X $25,000
Asseta $1,000,000 $1M $1M Seed Round by Flight Ventures 1X $25,000
Chronos $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
Depict $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
Underground Cellar $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
Toymail $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
GBatteries $0 $0.0 $1.2M grant by Canada 1X $25,000
Italist $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
Akido Labs $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
Her $0 $0.0 $1M Seed Round 1X $25,000
Ravti $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
MotionSavvy $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
Give Me Tap! $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
CapLinked $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
BitAccess $0 $0.0 $1M Seed Round by Pantera Capital 1X $25,000
Roost $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
Traction $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
Bonfire $0 $0.0 Acquired by GTY Technology Holdings for $108M 1X $25,000
Vertical $0 $0.0 $1M Seed Round 1X $25,000
Nextravel $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
One Month $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
TrendMD $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
Lynks $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
Unima $0 $0.0 Alive 1X $25,000
1.Assuming all startups funded by Wefunder Advisors were in the portfolio of one fund with equal $25K investments, comparison data by Cambridge Associates.
2.Net IRR after fees and carry. Marked as of March 2019, to latest valuation paid by an investor. Unaudited. Unrealized. Learn about IRR
3.Source: Cambridge Associates. Note that unrealized IRR often goes down over time. The final realized return will likely be lower.
4.Past performance is not indicative of future returns. Read Other Disclosures

2016-2017 Regulation Crowdfunding

Company Date Closed Amount Raised on Wefunder Last Status
Everipedia Dec 2016 $129,878 $30M Series A by Digital Galaxy
Beta Bionics Aug 2016 $1,000,000 Co-led by Perceptive Advisors and Soleus Capital.
Meow Wolf Jul 2017 $1,069,939 $158.6M Venture Round
Industry Water Filtration, Inc. Jul 2018 $56,926 Alive
Cleveland Whiskey Oct 2016 $711,787 Annual sales increased in 2017 by 63%
Legion M Aug 2016 $999,999 Alive
Payroll4Free.com Inc. Jan 2018 $113,471 Alive
MySwimPro Sep 2017 $130,530 Official training partner of the Global Swim Series
Barrow's Intense Dec 2016 $301,688 Partnership with Vermont-based Mad RiverDistillers
Tampon Tribe Apr 2017 $119,119 876% net subscriber gain in 2017
Chicago Steak Company Feb 2018 $82,780 Alive
Ganaz Inc. Nov 2017 $89,420 Accepted to Techstars Seattle
Voyage Media Jun 2017 $375,982 Alive
Grit Grocery Feb 2018 $82,160 Alive
BioClonetics Immunotherapeutics Sep 2017 $386,766 Alive
VooDoo Spirits Sep 2016 $84,312 Alive
Daplie Apr 2017 $500,000 Alive
Aro Lucha Sports & Entertainment Company Jul 2018 $129,216 Alive
Digitally Imported Dec 2017 $396,113 Alive
WhiteClouds Jul 2017 $1,070,000 Alive
Malibu Compost Feb 2018 $101,835 Alive
Maison Marcel Dec 2017 $48,025 Alive
MobileSpike Mar 2017 $83,147 Alive
LiquidPiston Apr 2017 $999,999 Entering UAV market with rotary engine for drones
ZipZap Jul 2017 $134,933 Alive
VAUTE Nov 2017 $341,406 Upcoming documentary about Vaute from Shopify
Impact Science Education Mar 2018 $96,262 Alive
Kibin Nov 2016 $27,602 Alive
Vera Roasting Company Apr 2017 $128,065 Alive
GlobeChat May 2018 $103,454 Alive
SlingFin Dec 2016 $105,891 Alive
Amulet Protective Technologies Jul 2018 $128,304 Alive
North by Northwest Brewing Company Jun 2018 $398,752 Alive
Mobodexter Dec 2016 $266,641 Alive
Red Bay Coffee Company Oct 2016 $160,269 Led by Richelieu Dennis and David Drummond
Loveseat.com May 2018 $179,702 Alive
Ohos Nov 2016 $169,611 Alive
QMedic Sep 2016 $100,000 Named one of the "best entrepreneurial companies in America" by Entrepreneur Magazine
Force for Good Fund Nov 2016 $401,401 Alive
Edge Dec 2016 $304,708 Alive
Ridgemont Outfitters Oct 2017 $195,272 Alive
Rumor Nov 2016 $84,670 Alive
Haint Blue Brewing Company Dec 2016 $266,429 Alive
Discotech Oct 2016 $126,688 $1.2M by Wavemaker Partners
Powur May 2017 $1,036,904 Alive
Epec - James F.C. Hyde Sorgho Whiskey Oct 2017 $222,354 Alive
Hopsters Feb 2017 $1,069,997 Opened 2nd location in Seaport on Jan 4
Happy Tax May 2017 $242,205 Alive
KALiiN May 2018 $55,277 Alive
Oodles Corporation Aug 2017 $107,000 Alive
Boardwalk Hospitality Nov 2017 $500,000 Opened location on Venice Beach
My Trail Sep 2016 $189,675 New retail location at The Outlets in Silverthorne
South Austin Brewery Feb 2017 $210,680 Alive
PlantSnap Sep 2017 $118,150 Regulation Crowdfunding Round.
Snapwire May 2017 $184,752 Raised $800k seed by angels
The Speakeasy Aug 2016 $459,551 Alive
Minds Jun 2017 $1,036,095 Over 1 million users and over 105,000 monthly active users
Native American Natural Foods Dec 2017 $123,852 Alive
Magic Instruments Dec 2016 $175,348 Alive
VetPronto Nov 2016 $362,718 Acquired by Vetted
Palmia Jul 2017 $204,565 New distributor, now in Good Eggs & Mollie Stone
Bloomery Jan 2017 $197,000 Successfully lobbied West Virginia to change the law
EVELO Jan 2017 $729,764 Alive
fun-gi Feb 2017 $238,222 Alive
Rentus.com Aug 2017 $130,038 Alive
Motoroso Apr 2017 $87,200 Alive
Recoup Fitness Oct 2017 $238,824 On Season 2 premiere of "Entrepreneur Elevator Pitch"
N1CE Jul 2016 $101,386 Alive
Orthogonal Thinker May 2018 $251,482 Alive
MaestroConference Dec 2016 $263,969 Priced Round.
Neurohacker Collective Nov 2017 $808,454 Alive
Spotlight:Girls Dec 2016 $62,500 Grant from RSF Social Finance
Urban Juncture Nov 2017 $176,829 Bernard Lloyd earned 2018 Governor’s Difference Makers Award
Martingale Jun 2018 $99,999 Alive
I-PASS Patient Safety Institute Feb 2018 $149,055 Alive
BLAZnTECH Dec 2017 $68,706 Alive
ZYPPAH Jul 2018 $359,340 Alive
Bogobrush Oct 2016 $57,500 Alive
CrowdMed Apr 2017 $403,471 Alive
ComicBlitz May 2017 $87,810 Alive
ShapeScale Dec 2016 $190,889 Led by Alsop Louie Partners.
FAFCO Aug 2017 $204,527 Alive
Eliot’s Adult Nut Butters Nov 2017 $88,837 Alive
Van Cleave Dry Goods Aug 2018 $58,595 Alive
Chareau May 2017 $390,782 Won Double Gold Medal at the 2017 SF World Spirits Competition
That Christmas Movie Oct 2017 $308,900 Alive
Hops and Grain Aug 2016 $1,000,000 Alive
Vodi Jun 2017 $90,391 Partnership with Viettel Group
Border X Brewing LLC Nov 2018 $187,564 Alive
Monkey Rum Feb 2017 $425,058 Recruited former chief growth officer for Pabst as CEO
LPPFusion May 2018 $963,250 Alive
SpaceFab Mar 2018 $169,397 Alive
Next Door Photos Apr 2020 $383,066 Alive

Applying our Expertise as Online VC's to Crowdfunding

Regulation Crowdfunding has flaws. Rarely does an experienced lead investor set terms, do a deep dive due diligence, obtain voting rights, or advocate on behalf of the crowd. Since the average investment is under $300, not many do the work.
We've created Funds to fix these flaws, to motivate domain experts to do that work.
How it Works

A venture capital fund where you can be a partner

1

Choose a fund to follow

What issues you care about? What industry are you an expert in?
2

Help out where you can

You can help scout startups, vet companies, do technical due diligence, or mentor startup founders with office hours.
3

Earn a 'promotion' to partner

Each fund is like a small decentralized VC firm. Experts "on the ground" can become a part-time partner, with a few hours a week.
4

Get paid with carried interest

Partners are paid with 15% carried interest, divided based on their contribution. You can make a lot of money if the startups succeed.


Learn why we created Funds

FAQ

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Who manages these funds?

Wefunder's fully-owned subsidiary, Wefunder Advisors LLC, manages the funds. Wefunder Advisors is an exempt reporting investment advisor.

Wefunder recruits fund managers to run funds. Fund managers are the most experienced and credible angel investors on our platform.

Can anyone join a fund?

Yes! Our goal is to democratize venture capital. We don't believe the best investing decisions in early-stage startups are made by MBA's in suits on Sand Hill Road. They are made by operators on the ground within each industry.

What are the benefits of being a member?

You get inside access to see how experts vet startups. You can view the deal memo and decide if you want to invest personally yourself. We expect this is a good way for new investors to learn the ropes. It's also a fun way to learn about an industry or meet interesting people.

If you decide to get more involved, you can get promoted to a partner, and earn carried interest.

How do I become a partner?

Fund managers can promote members to partners. Each fund has their own criteria. Generally, the best way to become a partner is to establish a reputation as a helpful human. Help find, vet, or mentor startups.

What are the benefits of being a partner?

You earn carried interest. Each fund divides 15% carry between partners, based on their contributions on that deal. This is how VC's are paid. You are a part-time VC.

How does carried interest work?

Let's say the fund invest $100,000 in TheNextUber at a $10M valuation. Six years later, TheNextUber files for an IPO, and that stock is sold for $50.1M. The fund partners divide 15% carry. That is $7.5 million ($50,100,000 proceeds - 100,000 initial investment returned to investors * 15% carried interest).

How is the carried interest divided among partners?

The fund managers decide how to allocate carried interest. It varies from fund to fund. Generally, most funds give the largest chunk (up to 10% carry on a deal) to those who find startups and act as a lead investor. A smaller portion (perhaps 1% on a deal) is allocated to those who vet or mentor startups.

What is the time commitment?

It can be as little or as much as you want. There is no commitment. Stop anytime.

We expect that the best members are often very busy with their full-time jobs or running their own startups. If you have a couple hours per month to do one single useful task (i.e., holding office hours to mentor a founder or vetting a startup), that is very helpful.

How does this work legally?

There is no paperwork for members. You are volunteering your time.

If you decide to earn carried interest as a partner, Wefunder Advisors must hire you as an independent contractor. You then have a duty to disclose any conflicts of interest, and to act in the best interests of the limited partners in the fund.

Can I invest in the fund as a limited partner?

Under current federal law, only accredited investors (those earning $200k+ per year or over $1m in assets) may invest in Funds.

If you are an accredited investor, you can view which funds are actively fundraising.

Disclosures. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. Examples of previous Wefunder investments are for illustrative purposes only. Full list available upon request. There is no guarantee that any fund will achieve the same exposure to, or quality of, startups held by any existing fund. Any investment involves a high degree of risk and is suitable only for sophisticated and qualified accredited investors. We do not provide investment advice to investors and no communication, through this website or in any other medium, should be construed as a recommendation for any security offered on or off Wefunder. This material is provided for informational purposes only and shall not constitute an offer for any security.

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Wefunder Portal is a funding portal (CRD #283503) that is registered with the SEC and is a member of FINRA. Wefunder Portal operates sections of wefunder.com where certain Regulation Crowdfunding offerings are available. For Reg CF investments, Wefunder Portal may charge issuers up to a 7.5% fee. Anyone with a financial stake in a company fundraising on Wefunder, such as a promoter, employee, or founder, must disclose their relationship when communicating with other investors. Investors should read our educational materials on startup investing. Educational materials are continually updated at https://help.wefunder.com.

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