Pinned Tweet
$1B+ in equity is now onchain with @fairmint .
The spreadsheet era is ending. Programmable equity is here, paving the way for regulated DeFi.
🧵 Full story below 👇
15
28
112
17,990
Today, we're proud to unveil the CAFE ☕️
Continuous
Agreement for
Future
Equity
A digital, open & scalable alternative to the SAFE that enables fundraising on a rolling basis while turning a company's equity into a compelling community engagement tool:
medium.com/fairmint/introduc…
10
65
288
Starting today, any company can make community ownership a reality! 🚀 Fairmint empowers any founder to grant tokens of equity to their community in exchange for cash or talent they contribute. We’re giving founders the tools to reward them. Read more: blog.fairmint.co/we-raised-7…
29
63
255
🎉 @TimDraper invested $2M via Fairmint’s continuous offering. A powerful new ally has joined the movement to transition the world toward stakeholder capitalism!
tinyurl.com/x95fjxmm
9
22
149
Today we released the Open Cap Table Protocol (OCP) whitepaper: the onchain infrastructure making equity programmable.
If you believe ownership should move like code, this is the spec 🧵
10
36
153
43,571
We're very proud to let you know that Fairmint is now open for business 🎉 blog.fairmint.co/fairmint-is…
15
38
125
Today, we're excited to release the CSO Handbook. CSOs are a novel way for ambitious entrepreneurs to raise funding globally, continuously (and compliantly!) while giving stakeholders the opportunity to embark on their journey: medium.com/@thibauld/introdu…
5
23
101
🚀 Thrilled to share:
"Crowdfunding RWAs" panel with Fairmint co-founder @Joris_DLN - hosted by @buildcities @angelo_a_jr
Dive into how communities can compliantly fund their ecosystems, cities, lands. 🌱
📆 March 1st
⏰ 4:30 PM MT
📍 @ EthDenver
🙎♂️ Panelists: @Joris_DLN (@fairmint ), @fedepo (@fabricaland ), @TylerSherwin (@RwaWorld )
ALT Crowdfunding RWAs with Joris Delanoue, Fairmint; Federico Pomi, Fabrica; Tyler Sherwyn, RWA World - Hosted by Angelo @ Build_
2
10
21
2,168
Today, we're happy to announce the release of @fairmint's smart-contracts in Open Source 🎉
They are likely one of the most audited and documented contract if you're looking to implement a linear bonding curve.
blog.fairmint.co/continuous-…
3
24
69
Well well well... it seems we just passed the $500K raised via our continuous offering 🎉
...and we haven't even started communicating yet 🙈
2021 will be wild friends!
2
5
45
🧵Startups know the importance of dogfooding–using your own product to see how it works IRL.
At Fairmint we feel that responsibility in our hearts & our wallets–and we've used our new rolling fundraising tool to raise over $5.8M.
This is how 👇
blog.fairmint.co/how-fairmin…
3
16
44
After raising $6M+, we've got a pretty clear idea of how raising w/ a rolling SAFE means following a brand new playbook as compared to traditional fundraising.
So we wanted to share some insights to help other founders succeed with their company's rolling fundraising 👇
3
9
41
🌟We’re LIVE on #ProductHunt!🌟
We are so excited to launch Fairmint to an even larger community.
Check out our page here: producthunt.com/posts/fairmi…
#community #producthunt #productlaunch #equity #startup #founders #entrepreneurs
@fairmint by @Joris_DLN & @thibauld
3
13
36
Rather than releasing yet another press release, we decided to celebrate this moment by creating an original comic strip featuring @TimDraper. We are releasing it as a unique NFT, see it on @tryShowtime, buy it on @withFoundation #NFT
tinyurl.com/aucpe4zp
2
8
37
We caught up with @SECGov Commissioner @HesterPeirce at BTC2025,
the morning we submitted our letter to the SEC Crypto Task Force.
🧵 Read on to see why equity should be issued on the same onchain rails it will trade on, from day one.
👇
2
9
35
4,390
Market intelligence on tokenized equity just got easy!
@fairmint Observer Node app is now live & featured in the @CantonNetwork App Store by @IntellectEU
➡️ Why it matters:
- Equity is effectively moving onchain
- Plug-and-play deployment for data & analytics firms
- Unlocks oversight across the $6T private equity market
Observer Nodes are the new pipes of onchain market intelligence.
Wall Street can now monitor private equity going onchain, without friction.
👉 Full announcement: fairmint.com/press/fairmint-…
20
5
17
2,945
Fairmint v2 is here 🚀
We've redesigned Fairmint from the ground up to make it simpler, faster, and immensely better!
Are you raising your pre-seed with YC SAFE?
Closing your priced equity round with VCs & Angels?
Meet your premier fundraising companion👇
ALT Meet Fairmint v2, your premier fundraising companion
2
6
29
5,721
And... we're live 🎉 invest.fairmint.co
JUST IN: DeFi startup launches platform that lets people invest in startup revenue instead of equity (via @celiawan2) theblockcrypto.com/post/5518…
3
4
32
Seamless sign-up (powered by our friends at @privy 👋):
Email, Google ID, Apple ID, or any wallet...
Investors can now use whatever account they already have to start investing!
ALT Fairmint v2 — Sign-up using email, Google ID, Apple ID or any wallet
2
1
5
308
For all founders and angel investors who have experienced the pain and friction involved in the fundraising process, this is for you.
Here's the user experience of investing in a CSO. It takes less than 2 min. This literally is the future of investing 🚀
1
5
29
A CSO is the best way to finance your growth:
📈 You raise non-dilutive capital at public market valuation
🤗You allow anyone in the world who supports your product and mission to become an investor.
Here's how it works:
blog.fairmint.co/continuous-…
1
9
29
Fairmint $FAIR performance was once again strong in October 💪
It's never tool late to join us in our journey to re-invent capitalism: invest.fairmint.co
2
4
27
We were #1 yesterday on @ProductHunt!!!🥇
If you upvoted, commented, or reviewed, thank you from the bottom of our hearts. 💗
#ProductHunt #startups #Entrepreneurship #community #ownership
1
2
26
A notable difference between the SAFE and the CAFE is that the CAFE allows for "always open" equity offerings allowing founders to raise funds on a rolling basis... while keeping dilution predictable and under control!
1
4
25
Fairmint is 3⃣ years old! 🎂 Ever since we launched, we have powered community ownership for dozens of startups around the world. Thank you for being part of our adventure! 💫🚀 🙏
#business #entrepreneur #startups #founders #equity
1
4
22
1,572
🚨 @fairmint just joined the @CantonNetwork Foundation committee,
and became the first validator dedicated to equity markets!
Alongside @digitalasset @GoldmanSachs , @jpmorgan , @BNYglobal , @circle , @The_DTCC , and 30+ Wall Street institutions 🧵
5
7
18
2,258
Today we're happy to publish Fairmint's Q2 report. Our first ever report since the launch of our CSO 🎉️
blog.fairmint.co/fairmint-q2…
Here is the main takeaway 👇
1
6
20
February 2024, here we go 🔥
Fairmint is now an SEC-registered Transfer Agent (TA).
What is a TA?
Glad you asked!
A (short) thread 🧵👇
5
5
16
2,946
Gradually, then suddenly...
The bliss of fundraising while building 💆
Yesterday, @fairmint hit the $30M valuation mark thanks to more than $5.5M investments received from 280 investors.... and we're barely getting started!
Buckle up, Buttercup! 🚀🔥
2
16
One of Fairmint's most-loved feature: Personalized investment links for investors.
Tailor your fundraising by:
* Setting specific investment amounts
* Offering pro-rata rights or warrants selectively
* Requiring manual reviews or ID verification
* Seamlessly guiding investors from signing docs to funding your crypto wallet or bank.
Just send the link and let Fairmint work its magic!
3
2
13
1,001
Fairmint makes it possible to use tokens to share ownership far and wide, raising capital from anyone who believes in your product and mission.
It’s all about enabling flexible ways of owning a piece of the pie.
#StakeholderCapitalism
4
16
Wow 😍
It's rare to read an article that conveys so well what @fairmint is building!
If you want to get a glimpse of the future, this piece authored by @packyM and @sariazout is a must read 👌
Thank you guys, we sincerely could not have written it better 🙏
🔥 CYP x Not Boring Collab 🔥
@fairmint's potential to reshape who gets equity in a business, and even what types of businesses can be built, is so massive that @sariazout and I had to team up to tell its story.
notboring.substack.com/p/fai…
3
18
"Companies should be able to issue stock to their users more easily."
We have you covered @ntnsndr and @MannanMorshed
wired.com/story/opinion-let-…
1
8
17
Wait until we start locking real-world companies' revenues into #DeFi. It's still day one.
The total amount of money locked into decentralized finance (DeFi) applications and protocols has crossed a milestone of $1 billion.
theblockcrypto.com/post/5521…
4
16
Save the date! On Monday 4th at 3pm PST, @thibauld will be speaking at @DystopiaLabs online conference about how Fairmint can help you raise funds by turning your stakeholders into investors. To register: defi-discussions.dystopialab… #DefiDiscussions
9
13
Come talk to us if you want to do this 👇
Use Fairmint to let your fans, people who love your product & vision, invest in your company. Directly from your website (no intermediaries) & continuously (no campaigns).
#StakeholderCapitalism
Every company in the world should give its employees equity.
Every company that raises capital should enable its stakeholders (customers, partners) to invest.
Share the wealth to create more wealth and reward your true believers.
1
4
17
If you're advising a startup but didn't tell them about @fairmint and the opportunity of raising funds on rolling-basis with a CAFE offering...
are you advising at all? 😅
spent the morning advising a team working with @fairmint to raise funds and i’m already feeling that crypto’s 2021 is going to be wild.
4
16
Exciting update 🔥
@fairmint is the first SEC-Registered Transfer Agent to integrate with the Transfer Agent Protocol (TAP)
🧵Let's dive into what it means for the equity management industry 👇
1
3
14
5,996
Fairmint was founded to transition the world toward a stakeholder capitalism 🙋♀️🙋🙋♂️
Fairmint exists to give founders the opportunity to turn their equity into their most powerful community engagement tool.
The CAFE ☕️ was designed to make this vision a reality.
1
2
15
We partnered with @collins_belton & @lex_node to keep the simplicity of the SAFE while addressing the expectations of founders, investors & stakeholders:
1. Equitable access to the financial upside for all
2. Increased liquidity for investors
3. Long-term control for founders
1
2
15
When @MihaiC, CEO of Beem, first heard about Fairmint, he was on board immediately. @beemxyz is a #web3 video platform that empowers creators to own their own data and revenue. Community ownership was a perfect fit for them. Read more here: blog.fairmint.co/building-a-…
7
13
In our beta phase, we helped dozens of startups raise over $17.3M from their communities. @erxesHQ is one of them. Read about how they successfully raised funds by using Fairmint's portal to turn their community into owners:
blog.fairmint.co/how-erxes-i…
#founderfridays
2
7
15
7/
If you think the antiquated equity system needs a reboot, here we go.
🔗 Press Release: fairmint.com/press/fairmint-…
🔗 Whitepaper: fairmint.com/whitepaper/open…
Let’s make equity move. Onchain.
2
14
572
6/
This week, SEC Chairman Atkins said that on-chain securities have “the potential to remodel aspects of the securities market.”
OCP does exactly that.
Not a wrapper. Not a layer.
A system of record.
1
14
592
"Founders have wasted way too many hours trying to invent reasons for why they’re raising $3M instead of $2.5M, when the simple fact is that they don’t know, investors don’t know, nobody knows how much capital a startup actually needs."
blog.fairmint.co/a-new-era-o…
2
14
Founders aren’t the only ones who should tap into community capital. VCs have a lot to gain, too — like less risk, longer runway, and more opportunities to invest. Here are our top reasons why #venturecapital should be investing in #web3 equity:
medium.com/@FairmintCo/8-rea…
6
15
5/
OCP is live and production-grade.
It already powers thousands of stakeholders and sets the foundation for regulated DeFi in equity.
It enables secondary markets, programmatic vesting, and automated compliance, all built in from day one.
1
13
510
We're crushing it on Product Hunt! 💪 Let's keep up the momentum! ⚡️Check out our page here: producthunt.com/products/fai…
1
4
14
Congratulations #Ethereum for the successful London hard-fork activation 🔥
Fairmint could not exist without Ethereum. We're standing (building!) on the shoulders of giants.
Cheers to many more successful (and gas optimized!) blocks 🥂
1
2
13
Thanks @MessariCrypto and @twobitidiot for the shoutout to Fairmint.co in your 2020 crypto thesis report 🙏 2020 will be the year where continuous securities offerings take off 🚀🐼
1
4
15
4/
What it does:
✔︎ Turns equity into smart contracts
✔︎ Enforces transfer rules at the protocol level
✔︎ Keeps cap tables accurate in real time
✔︎ Gives investors self-custody, verifiable ownership
1
13
555
When Gil Hildebrand started his company @GildedFinance, he knew that he could speed up its success by involving his community. Read more about the results he's seen with angel investors, fans, customers, and VCs: blog.fairmint.co/how-gilded-…
@giltotherescue
2
4
14
2/
Cap tables today are still stuck in PDFs, Excel files, SaaS private databases and legal workflows.
OCP replaces that with smart contracts, wallet-based ownership, and real-time compliance - already in production.
1
12
874
Come and join us tomorrow for a meetup in SF hosted at @ideocolab and organized in collaboration with @abridged_io and @meta_cartel 👇
Come chat with the folks in the weeds regarding DAOs and crypto-organizations this Thursday in SF!
Event starts at 5pm at @ideocolab, 840 Battery St.
Co-created with @fairmint and @meta_cartel
1
13
The LegalTech Fund invests in the most exciting companies focused on accelerating innovation in the legal world & we're excited to be one! We're building a #web3 world where equity can be tokenized and transferred to your community. Read more here: legaltech.com/post/why-we-in…
12
💥 We're excited to announce that we've joined UC Berkeley's Blockchain XCelerator! 💥 Fairmint was one of only 20 companies selected from a pool of 300+ applicants. Check it out: medium.com/berkeley-blockcha…
#blockchain #Web3 #Berkeley
1
2
12
Media platform @snowball raised over $1.5 million from their community by leveraging @fairmint technology! 🤑 This is a perfect use case many #founders can learn from. Check it out: blog.fairmint.co/snowball-xy…
7
13
Six founders, six different ways to use Fairmint! Hear from real-life entrepreneurs on what it's like to start and run a non-traditional business. blog.fairmint.co/6-ways-comm…
@GildedFinance @WhatsCookinUs @erxesHQ @salesfolks @hospitableHQ @beemxyz
5
12
"The concept of community ownership of businesses is hardly new. Back in 2016, there was a viral idea floating, suggesting that Twitter should be owned by its users. At the time, it was referred to as 'platform cooperativism.'"
Via @NasdaqExchange: nasdaq.com/articles/web3-can…
6
2
13
We'll make sure to support Mars securities laws then so that Mars can start with proper stakeholder capitalism from day 1 😄
You're welcome @elonmusk
3
13
If you're in SF tonight, come join us at @ideocolab for a meetup we organize with the great folks of @meta_cartel and @abridged_io. We'll be talking DAOs, compliance and Continuous Securities Offerings: mailchi.mp/07f83d986208/futu…
1
5
12
Erxes @erxesHQ raised over $2 million from their community using Fairmint tech! Learn how we can help your #startup raise money from your community at fairmint.com.
#equity #communityownership #entrepreneurs
3
10
Great to see scientific publications being published on bonding curves, the foundation of CSOs. Congrats @mZargham and thanks for pioneering this new research field!
How do we achieve predictability of properties in otherwise unpredictable social systems without imposing strong assumptions about agent's utility functions?
Manifolds;
Bonding Curves are one such mechanism.
Check out our New Paper from @crypto3conomics:
epub.wu.ac.at/7381/1/zargham…
4
13
The CAFE keeps what made the SAFE successful (simplicity + high-resolution fundraising: paulgraham.com/hiresfund.htm…) and adds some key additions:
1. Accessible for qualifying investors *and* stakeholders
2. Digital (#DeFi powered)
3. More liquid (can leverage decentralized AMMs)
1
3
12
Attention @fairmint customers, investors & friends:
Impersonators are attempting session hijacking by offering to host Twitter Spaces. They are going after crypto.
Please disregard any such messages and always verify communications through our official channels. Stay safe!
5
1,802
🚀 Today @fairmint introduces Roll-Up Investments!
With Fairmint, you can now bundle all your angels, friends and family, SAFE investors, into one line on your cap table.
🧵
ALT Introducing Roll-up investments
1
11
5,248
The CAFE is the perfect combination between the SAFE and #DeFi: companies can get the most value out of their equity by aligning the financial interest of founders, investors and stakeholders to their financial success.
The CAFE is a win for everyone:
1
3
12
Right now, Fairmint is only serving US-based companies.
If you'd like to help us accelerate the opening of other countries, participate in the upside of Fairmint & support our vision of a stakeholder capitalism, very simple: you can invest in Fairmint invest.fairmint.co
1
2
11
“Fairmint & The Democratization of Upside” with @ljin18 @MerschMax_ and our cofounder @Joris_DLN
Today, Mar 24 at 8:00 PM EDT on @joinclubhouse.
Join us! joinclubhouse.com/event/mZ1E…
2
5
12
Excellent discussion on tokenized stocks from our CEO @Joris_DLN at the @rwasummit.
Standardization, onchain IPOs, and DeFi composability are changing the face of equity markets.
4
13
634
How could Airbnb's first 1,000 hosts or Uber's first 10,000 drivers have really benefited from those companies' explosive growth?
#CommunityCapital
Luckily, the coming generation of startups will have new tools to help reward their communities.
Stay tuned 😎
3
9
We'll start off with quick introductory lightning talks from @thibauld, @OKDunc, @rzurrer, @eric_rsno, @Nat_Scherer, @jamesyoung and @ericwchung followed by a panel where we'll be joined by @collins_belton. Come and join, we'll have fun (provided you like crypto of course 🙈)
1
10
3/
OCP is:
✅ Open source (MIT-licensed)
✅ Aligned with OCF from the Open Cap Table Coalition
✅ Compliant by design
✅ Supported by SEC-registered Transfer Agent
1
10
637
@WhatsCookinUs is a one-of-a-kind events platform that is truly dedicated to community. As a hybrid company that is innovative at its core, they found that Fairmint was a natural fit for them to distribute granular equity on a continuous basis. medium.com/@FairmintCo/whats… @gvelez17
2
5
12
⚖️ 🔑 And some of our newest community members, like the LegalTech Fund & its team led by @zposner and @Sigil_Fund, guided by @PavelStehno and @Fiskantes 😍 😍
1
10
"Fairmint is a much quicker route to the #capital that makers need to improve their products than traditional #fundraising. Makers in the Product Hunt community are taking notice.”
Thank you @ProductHunt for featuring us in your newsletter today! Read the rest here:
2
12
You may have noticed that we look a little different 😉 We've updated our brand with a fresh take on our colors and logo. We have also changed our domain to fairmint.com! Check it out: fairmint.com
5
12
The coming decade will see the world transition from a shareholder centric capitalism to a stakeholder inclusive one and we intend to greatly contribute to it. Be ready. #2020
3
11
Launch your CSO to get financing at public market valuation by letting anyone in the world who supports your product & mission invest in your company.
You retain full ownership and stay focused on what matters most: developing your business!
1
2
9
🔔 The highly anticipated Ethereum Merge is taking place over the next few days. Fairmint supports USDC, which is based on the Eth blockchain. We don't expect any issues and are monitoring the situation closely.
For more info, read our blog post: blog.fairmint.co/how-fairmin…
3
11
What is a community worth?
Ask the market for mergers & IPOs–communities can be worth billions.
Why? They represent trust, work, and the elusive power of authenticity & connection.
We are making community ownership for startups a reality.
#community #ownership
2
8
The more equity you open to your community, the more engagement you create. ♥️
⭐️ Learn more about how you can raise value for your startup with community ownership at fairmint.com.
#startup #community #engagement #investing
1
10
Don't miss @thibauld tonight as he pitches @fairmint LIVE at the @UCBerkeley Blockchain Xcelerator (@Xcelerator)! ▶️ The livestream starts at 7:30 PM (less than two hours away!).
⭐️Tune in here: piped.video/playlist?list=PL…
9
This is why rolling fundraising w/ community capital is the path forward:
- turns the company's biggest supporters into investors
- lets founders focus on the product & execution
- merges the best of VC w/ best of bootstrapping
- and NO ROUNDS ;)
All this VC money is great until...
1) Series A company doesn't hit their numbers
2) Board is pissed + even abusive (curses at the founder)
3) Pushes out the founder/CEO despite him controlling the equity
4) How? By sinking the bridge round
This is just the beginning😵💫
3
10