Company Profile (AI Text)
Name: Main Street Phoenix Workers Co-op
Canonical URL: https://wefunder.com/mspp
Updated at: 2026-06-22T05:03:20Z

Tagline: We turn local restaurants into worker-owned coops
Elevator pitch: We acquire restaurants that COVID has impacted, and we make them resilient. We later re-launch the restaurant as a worker-owned business.

Key claims:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 299761 | citation: https://wefunder.com/mspp#claim-total-raised
- Total investors: 98 | citation: https://wefunder.com/mspp#claim-total-investors

Verified facts:
- Total raised on Wefunder: 299761 | observed_at: 2026-06-22T05:03:20Z | expires_at: 2026-06-23T05:03:20Z
- Total investors: 98 | observed_at: 2026-06-22T05:03:20Z | expires_at: 2026-06-23T05:03:20Z

Computed metrics:
- total_amount_raised: 299761
- total_investors: 98
- team_size: 6
- featured_investor_count: 1
- faq_count: 2
- recent_post_count: 0

Quick facts:
- 💸 Raised $350K in investments, grants, donations; making 1st concept-proving acquisition now | citation: https://wefunder.com/mspp#claim-fact-1
- 🤝 Partnered w/ the Gates Family Foundation, multiple CO impact funds | citation: https://wefunder.com/mspp#claim-fact-2
- 💫 Our virtual Restaurants Rising Summit ft. CO Governor Jared Polis, restauranteurs, founders | citation: https://wefunder.com/mspp#claim-fact-3
- 💸 Plan to acquire & coop-ify 23 restaurants in the next 5 yrs, affecting 1100+ workers | citation: https://wefunder.com/mspp#claim-fact-4
- 👩🏾‍🍳 Team experienced in rest. consulting, management, equity initiatives, worker advocacy etc. | citation: https://wefunder.com/mspp#claim-fact-5
- 💡 Featured in NY Times, Fast Company, Impact Alpha, & beyond | citation: https://wefunder.com/mspp#claim-fact-6
- 💥 Helping women, people of color, undocumented workers own a piece of the businesses they work for | citation: https://wefunder.com/mspp#claim-fact-7

FAQ:
- Q: Looks like a great project! I'm pretty familiar with worker coops (I'm a political scientist who studies them). Some questions, in no particular order: 1) Your model sounds a lot like Arizmendi in the SF Bay Area (based in Oakland -- full disclosure: my dad was a co-founder). ...
  A: Hi Mark, Thanks so much for your questions! Our answers to them below: 1) Yes, we are very familiar with Arizmendi. Our Founder and Board Chair Jason Wiener has studied their model for 10+ years. 2) Jason works very closely with USFWC and DAWI. He has been retained by USFWC for a project, and his law firm has been a member for 8+ years. He is one of the participants in the DAWI-stewarded Workers 2 Owners collaborative, and has also worked with many DAWI work streams for years. 3) Workers woul...
- Q: How is the Co-op revenue share paid out to the investors? Do we have a choice in what class to invest in?
  A: Hi Yoshimi, Thanks for your question. All WeFunder investors become Class B investor-members and receive dividends out of free cash flow up to 1x the original investment. Dividends begin accruing 12 months following the closing of the investment. Once a 2x dividend allocation cap has been reached, the co-op will begin making distributions back to investors up to 2x the original purchase price. Please see the investment documents on the campaign page for a more thorough summary.