How It Works

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  • Onboard your company

    Work with our investment team to build your offering. We'll review your company's materials and build your offering page with you.

• • Market your round

    Engage investors in as many ways as possible. Use PR, social media, email campaigns, and meetings to round up the capital you need.

• • Close your deal

    Accept your investments countersign documents, prepare regulatory forms, and receive funds from the offering deposit account or escrow.

• • Grow your business

    Once you've received your capital, keep investors up to date on your progress. Keeping investors informed will position you for successful future fundraising.

What We Offer

• Tools and Services to Build a Compelling Pitch

  Pitch Editor

  Tell your story with our pitch editor. Your offering hub will include everything you need to pitch to the entire world online, including a product page, video, assets and team overview.

  Legal Onboarding

  Work with onboarding specialists to prepare all your fundraising documents. We provide investment document templates, conduct background checks, and establish an offering deposit or escrow account for you to make your round compliant. Your onboarding and offerings will be handled by either our broker dealer or funding portal.

• Analytics and Communication Tools to Promote Your Round

  Dashboard

  Keep track of who your investors are, their locations, and their investment progress with comprehensive analytics. Understand what works in your marketing campaign, and what doesn't, as you monitor investment activity from your dashboard in real time.

  Investor Communications

  Answer questions in a forum-style comments section that creates transparency in your offering. Get notified instantly when investors request an introduction. We also provide the email address of any registered user who has engaged with your offering page, so you can convert them into shareholders.

• Streamlined Deal Execution

  Investor Verification

  If accredited investors participate in your offering, our broker dealer will verify that they meet SEC requirements. Our broker dealer also conducts customer identification program (CIP) and anti-money laundering (AML) procedures to monitor proper handling of your funds.

  Regulatory Compliance

  Our broker dealer or funding portal will file your SEC forms, Blue Sky forms, and/or articles of incorporation on your behalf, and assist with all the other legal documents necessary to close your round in a compliant manner.

• Ongoing Post-Fundraising Investor Management

  Sutter Shareholder Services

  We support you after the deal is done. Sutter Shareholder Services, LLC is an SEC-registered transfer agent that electronically records all your investors' shares in book-entry format, should you elect to utilize their services. We maintain an organized record of your cap table, manage all inbound investor requests and help disseminate your annual financial reports.

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Frequently Asked Questions

• • How can I raise capital on FlashFunders?

  • When considering companies to list on our platform, we are highly selective in our approval process. Most companies on our platform are looking to raise between $500,000 and $2 million, but that can vary widely. While we...

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• • What are the requirements to raise capital on FlashFunders?

  • Your company must be for-profit with a Tax ID number (EIN). You must be over 18, a U.S. resident with a Social Security number, a U.S. address, bank account and ID, and NOT a bad actor or criminal.

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• • What investment documents can I use on FlashFunders?

  • Companies fundraising on FlashFunders set their own investment terms. You can choose to either use one of our templates below or bring your own documents. Our templates include: Flash CF Preferred Stock, FlashSeed Preferred...

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