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"We saw so much success with having Billy Joe [lead singer of Green Day] go to Wefunder and wire $100k. It's so easy." - Founder on a call just now. How amazing is this?

Some pretty cool companies at KINGSCROWD's virtual demo day ?? Founders will give 8m pitches with investors' Q&A. Join us tomorrow!

?? Join us for an exclusive panel discussion on Fundraising in 2024, featuring industry experts Serg Rodenzuela, Head of Strategic Partnerships at Wefunder, and Kelly Lyons, founder of Lyonshare.

I spoke at the Chattanooga Entrepreneur Week conference on Tuesday -- about Wefunder, community rounds, and raising capital from your customers. A few minutes previously, I had walked into the press box at Finley Stadium, the home of Chattanooga Football Club, where the conference was being held. I was confronted with the view in the photo below. And I was pretty moved. In 2019, Chattanooga FC opened up a community round on Wefunder, raising $873K from 3,256 fans and local citizens. I reflected that this stadium that I was suddenly looking at was owned by the people of Chattanooga. This is cool. And it's powerful. Over the last 50 years, too much of the wealth created by capitalism has been concentrated in too few hands. If ownership is diffused through a broader swathe of the population, that will make for a stronger economy, and a more dynamic capitalism. Capitalism is great. But it has its challenges, and our current version of capitalism can be improved. More community ownership, vs. concentration of ownership, is one such improvement. And it's not just about "wealth" or "economics". It's about culture, civic pride, passion, engagement, citizenship. The Green Bay Packers have the most passionate fans in the NFL. Because their fans own the team. Thank you to Tim Kelly, Sheldon Grizzle, and all the team at Chattanooga FC -- for letting your fans become owners, and sharing the love!

Coming up in May, we're parting with Wefunder and Dell Technologies to discuss #startup #fundraising trends. Hear from these inspiring founders and leaders: + Serg Rodenzuela, Wefunder [Moderator] + Jonny Price VP of Fundraising, Wefunder + Lindsey Kilbride, VC at Detroit Venture Partners + Yelitsa Jean-Charles, Founder of Healthy Root Dolls + Jeff Fry, Executive Director, JPMorgan Seats are limited. Join us in #Detroit: https://lnkd.in/eJSpDJZP

Hey beehiiv, we've booked a billboard in Times Square just to ask you... Will you let your community invest alongside VCs?

Jonny: "Congrats on the $10K investment just now!" (to a former Kiva founder / friend now raising on Wefunder) Founder: "I KNOWWWWW AND I DON'T EVEN KNOW THESE PEOPLE !!!!!" It's the little stuff like this that happens in my day to day. This is what brings me joy. This is the why.

Grateful for another successful Founder Secrets with our amazing guest Hinge founder Justin McLeod. Serg Rodenzuela from Wefunder helped reveal it all. From fundraising, startup inflection points, to the meaning of love, this private conversation was both intimate & insightful. PNC is proud to continue supporting startups & founders across the Austin ecosystem & beyond. Look out for the next one! -CW

This week marked six years at Wefunder! I'm super grateful to Jonny Price, who convinced me to take the leap initially; to Nicholas Tommarello who might have made a greater influence on my life than anyone I've ever worked with; to Jake Suggs for being my right-hand guy for the last four years. Lots of love for this group. And as usual at Wefunder, we're hiring! We're looking for a builder to come in as our first full-time Controller. Smart, CPA / CFA, founder-type. DM me if you know anyone! https://lnkd.in/gnA3Cn7u

In 2020, we launched Render Capital and the Louisville Community Fund. Through this regional investment strategy, we partnered with Wefunder to deploy the nation's first community round matching fund. The goal of this match fund was to unlock creative ways of supporting founders, to catalyse new investment within the region, and to cultivate a much larger community of micro-angel investors excited to support local founders. Since then, we have seen... $5.2M raised ?? $2M of it on Wefunder ?? and ~$800K of it matched by Render Capital ?? ...from over 2000+ investors and growing!! Learn how a community round match fund can help catalyze this critical capital to support entrepreneurs. Download the playbook TODAY https://buff.ly/3T2slXb