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  • DSTLD
  • CurlMix
  • Kreatures of Habit
  • Levels
  • Knightscope
  • Monogram Orthopaedics
  • LiquidPiston
  • Winc
  • Nine Line Apparel
  • Republican Red Winery
  • Proud Mary Coffee

Brands funded by people, not institutions.

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Latest · Vol. III, No. 4 · Oct 23, 2026

They turned down the Sharks

Shark Wheel, Misunderstood, First Jet Airways, HEVO

Vol. III, No. 3 · Oct 16, 2026

We put a founder on live TV

Vol. III, No. 2 · Oct 9, 2026

The beer that won a medal in year one

American

Grit

Founders who were turned down, ran out of road, and built it anyway.

American

Made

Companies still choosing American factories, materials, and hands.

American

Dream

The ones who broke through, past $5 million in revenue.

American

Hero

They served, then they started something.

Live

See who's raising. Hear it from the founders.

United We Fund

Updated Oct 9

20 open Reg CF rounds on the list this week

  1. 01 Satschel, Inc
  2. 02 Greenville Pro Soccer LLC
  3. 03 Hope- Neuron Therapeutx, Inc
  4. 04 Sherpa Healthy Inc.
  5. 05 Alula Film LLC
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From SEC Form C filings. A list, not a recommendation.

Crowdfunder Live

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Founders, live. Ask them anything.

Live shows on YouTube where founders explain what they're building and take questions from the crowd. Replays stay up.

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The shift

For a century, you weren't invited. Now you are.

If you weren't already wealthy, you couldn't invest in a company until it was already big. The JOBS Act changed that. Most people still don't know it's legal.

2016

Regulation Crowdfunding opens private-company investing to every adult in America.

Source: SEC, Regulation Crowdfunding

$5M

The most a company can raise from the crowd in 12 months.

Source: SEC Rule 100(a)(1)

$2,500

What any adult can invest across crowdfunding rounds each year, at minimum. Higher incomes can invest more.

Source: Investor.gov, Crowdfunding

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