faq earn 2500 per referral login sign up guide faq glossary videos invest in startups you love back founders solving the things you care about . grok the risks then join 76 348 investors who funded 132 startups with 25 million .1 sign up to start investing or read about the risks break the monopoly of the rich until may 16th 2016 the wealthy enjoyed a government protected monopoly on investing in high growth startups . everyone now has the right to invest in what they care about and believe in . sign up to start investing or read about the risks invest in your local community out of touch bankers on wall st. don t take any risks for main street . let s re create a world where friends and local communities can invest in their neighbors like great grandpa once did it . sign up to start investing or read about the risks invest in hard moonshots venture capitalists invest like a herd of cattle into the next hot app . but where is our hyper loop and flying car support the hard stuff . it s even riskier but it s good for america s long term growth . sign up to start investing or read about the risks it s time to save capitalism together entrepreneurship is dying among the young decreasing from 10.6 % to 3.6 % of sign up to start investing or read about the risks invest for the right reasons do it because you love the founders or love the product or feel their vision is super important and want to help make it happen . but don t do it to make oodles of money . startups are super risky and most fail . sign up to start investing or read about the risks freight farms was funded on wefunder in 2013 vetpronto oversubscribed on demand house call veterinarians 50 veterinary professionals 3500 customers in la and bay area 40 % of customers book follow up appointments in 6 months 35 % gross margins 1 year customer ltv 350 vetpronto barrow s intense oversubscribed award winning ginger liqueur handmade in brooklyn only nationally distributed american made craft ginger liqueur more than 200 lbs . of fresh ginger in every batch distributing in 35 states plus washington dc barrow s intense discotech closing in 2 days digital concierge for the 26 billion u.s. nightlife market 120 nightclub clients ; 50 % client growth since last year 10 15 % commission per customer ; 300k in monthly bookings 3x revenue growth year over year discotech haint blue brewing company oversubscribed the only craft microbrewery in mobile alabama the only microbrewery & taproom in mobile ; population 200 000 and 3 universities alabama governor signs house bill 176 in 2016 business model validated through attendance of stanford ignite stanford graduate school of business . haint blue brewing company n1ce oversubscribed frozen cocktails from superstar djs ingrosso axwell & alesso founded by world renowned djs ingrosso axwell and alesso q2 2016 sales volume 1 250 000 units of n1ce cocktails q1 2016 sales volume 250 000 units of n1ce cocktails n1ce maestroconference oversubscribed a mission driven technology platform for leaders making global impact paid customers include president obama hillary clinton airbnb uber stanford university the world bank and others in 23 countries hosted over 15 000 presenters and more than 7 million participants on the platform graduated from san francisco s most exclusive and well known technology accelerator 500 startups maestroconference mobodexter oversubscribed backend software platform makes it easy to launch any iot company partners include amazon intel gartner qualcomm and microsoft . generated revenues within 3 months of platform launch by signing clients from each of the top iot verticals like connected home m2m retail and healthcare . already built & delivered an alexa enabled smart power hub that transforms legacy appliances to smart connected power managed devices . mobodexter shapescale oversubscribed a scale that scans your body in 3d to show changes in your body and appearance . video went viral on facebook with 5m views 1m views in a day 40k signups on waitlist signups growing at 1k day funded by y combinator in june 2015 shapescale the force for good accelerator fund oversubscribed the first accelerator fund for best for the world b corps 100k in matching funds available for anyone who invests between now and october 21 2016 20k in charitable startup funding raised from b corps like king arthur flour the honest company and guayaki 9 world class advisory board members including rose marcario ceo of patagonia ; kat taylor ceo of beneficial state bank ; and gigi lee chang founder of plum organics the force for good accelerator fund everipedia oversubscribed the crowd sourced online encyclopedia for absolutely everything 1.8 million monthly unique visitors . already making money . vision to become a site more important than wikipedia google and reddit . revenue will increase with popularity . everipedia red bay coffee oversubscribed wholesale specialty coffee hand roasted in oakland ca wholesale partners include uber salesforce twitter and more raised over 87 000 from 822 backers on kickstarter raised 700k of seed capital from fund good jobs and pacific community ventures red bay coffee one technologies oversubscribed kayak.com for the 57 billion u.s. on demand everything market new general electric ge partners with one to leverage big data for consumer application own a piece of 57 billion spent each year in the u.s on demand economy 335b by 2025 6x solving the millennial problem of plenty one one technologies load more how is investing on wefunder different than the stock market it s much riskier never invest more than you can afford to lose . startups and small businesses are hard and even the best founders fail . the outcomes are more binary startups either win big or go bankrupt . you could lose all your money . consider them more like socially good lottery tickets . hold for the long term there is no secondary market and it s hard to price or re sell your shares . you typically hold on to them for years before a return . the money goes to the business your dollars help to create and grow companies not line the pockets of wall street . that s often fulfilling . there are more perks many companies have investor perks like vip access to new products store credits or discounts . it s all part of the experience . get behind the veil each company builds its own community and you re part of it . you can help the companies in your portfolio succeed . learn more about venture investing funded over 16 million invested on wefunder since 2013 . our portfolio has since raised over 600 million in venture capital . zenefits funded affordable benefits for your company in minutes . apr 13 raised on wefunder at 9m valuation may 15 raised 500 million at a 4.5 billion valuation led by fidelity zenefits goldbely funded legendary food from across the country shipped to your door . jul 13 raised on wefunder sep 13 raised 3 million series a led by intel capital goldbely freight 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