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Learn about how startup investing works on Startup.inc

Enter your name and email address to unlock access to vetted startups and make investments seamlessly online.

In order to determine what you are legally able to invest in, we are required to verify whether you are an Accredited Investor or a Non-Accredited Investor.

What is an Accredited Investor?

An "Accredited Investor" is defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission as someone who meets at least one of the following requirements:

Has an individual net worth, or joint net worth with your spouse exceeding $1 million (excluding the value of one's primary residence)
Has an income exceeding $200,000 in each of the past two years and expects the same this year
Invests on behalf of a VC firm or other registered investment company
Invests on behalf of a business with $5 million in assets and which was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered
Any entity in which all of the equity owners are Accredited Investors.

Browse Our Limited Offers

Explore all of the selected investment opportunities on the offerings page.

We strive to feature a broad assortment of opportunities on Startup.inc in order to appeal to our entire investor network. Once you find something that interests you, you may continue on to the company's profile to learn more or simply follow the company in order to be kept in the loop.

Our team actively sources deal flows from venture capital funds, incubators, accelerators, and angel groups.

Do Your Investigations

Investing in startups is inherently risky. It is important for you to do your own independent due diligence to mitigate those risks.

Take a closer look at the companies that you're interested in. Get to know the companies by investigating the companies` materials uploaded to the data room.

How to investigate a Company?

Get to know the company you are looking to invest in by viewing their investor deck, any financial documentation, and term sheet.
Understand the industries and marketplace in which the company is positioned.
Do research about the company outside of the Startup.inc platform.

Make Investment

Making an investment on Startup.inc is simple. Click the "INVEST" button on the offering's profile page and follow the steps to complete your investment. Invest as an individual or through an entity (such as LLCs or Trusts).

What are the steps to making an investment?

Click the "Invest" button on a given company's profile.
Enter your investment amount.
Verify your identity and accreditation status.
Execute the required legal agreements.
Enter the account information of your bank account (checking or savings) or choose to wire the funds.
Confirm your investment.

Manage Your Portfolio

Making your first investment is just the beginning of building a portfolio of private company investments on Startup.inc. Most experts suggest that investors invest in at least 10-15 private companies in order to enhance your diversification. Keep an eye out for companies in different industries and come up with a plan for adding additional investments over time.

About us

Startup.inc is a part of Network VC ecosystem for venture market participants: Investors, Entrepreneurs, Corporations and Professionals, that makes it possible to seek extraordinary startups and allows:

Investors - get an access to startups and invest in them
Startups - grow to succeed within our ecosystem
Professionals - make money together with us all over the world
Corporations - seek and implement innovations

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Startup Network ecosystem

Startup.inc

Is an investor’ onboarding and management platform with its own propriety software technology to automatize an investor’s “lifecycle” workflow to reduce the onboarding/management expenses and a minimum entry ticket of $1,000. Our distributed ledger technology keeps and transfers “ownership rights” through a number of nodes — servers that keep and update information using “consensus algorithm” in crypto-secured and distributed environment.

Silicon Valley Syndicate Club

Is structured in the United States as part of the Network VC Syndicate Fund, specially created for this syndicate structure. We invest in startups with proven product-market fit, helping them scale revenue and secure funding to reach the next level with a check of $10,000. They typically come in between an angel/incubator stage and an institutional round. Their focus areas include consumer internet, SaaS, mobile and social applications.

Network.vc

For investors with a $500к check that would like to save time screening all the deals that are done through our Syndicate Club there is an option to invest through our classic venture funds.

VC.HOUSE

Venture Funds (VCs) are able to find startups and co-invest with other VCs by becoming members of a closed community VC.HOUSE that is being set up by us right now. Only active VCs can become community members.

Unicorn Events

The World Largest online Startup Pitch Contest! Business-format events where successful startups interact directly with top VCs, Angels and corporate leaders from all over the world. $320 m were received by our winners.

Startup Network

It is a public web-based service for the venture market participants that allows entrepreneurs post their ideas, startups or business projects to search for investments and gives an opportunity for investors to contact entrepreneurs directly.

FAQs

Who can become an investor on Startup.inc?

If you’re over 18 and can complete our investor authorization process, you are welcome to invest on Startup.inc. To complete the investor authorization process, you’ll need to submit evidences that you are an accredited investor. If you reside outside of the USA, you will be asked to self-certify as an accredited investor in your local jurisdiction.

Before you complete your first investment on Startup.inc, we’ll also need to verify your identity. In many cases, we’re able to run our checks automatically during the sign up process but, if not, you may be prompted to provide proof of your identity, address, and other forms of identification.

What is an Accredited Investor?

An "Accredited Investor" is defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission as someone who meets at least one of the following requirements:

Has an individual net worth, or joint net worth with your spouse exceeding $1 million (excluding the value of one's primary residence)
Has an income exceeding $200,000 in each of the past two years and expects the same this year
Has an income (with your spouse) exceeding $300,000 in each of the past two years and expects the same this year
Invests on behalf of a VC firm or other registered investment company
Invests on behalf of a business with $5 million in assets and which was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered
Any entity in which all of the equity owners are Accredited Investors.

What fees does Startup.inc charge Investors?

For a period of five years from the date of this Agreement, the Manager shall be paid by the Company an annual management fee in the amount of 2% of the aggregate Capital Contributions of the Members, which entire fee shall be paid in advance (the “Management Fee”). Each Member shall prepay such Member’s share of the Management Fee in full, and the Company is authorized to deduct such amount from each Member’s Capital Contribution to the Company. The exact amount of a management fee might vary in each series. You should read through our SEPARATE SERIES OPERATING AGREEMENT for each offering.

Fees charged on exit. We align our success with your own, and charge for providing syndicate services if you have made a profit when you exit. This is sometimes called a 'carry' fee or a 'success' fee.

If a company provides an exit event, you will be charged a 20% carry fee on any profit you make, subject to limited exceptions in which we pass on administration fees incurred when arranging the sale, for example for listed shares on a public exchange. The exact amount of a carry fee might vary in each series. You should read through our SEPARATE SERIES OPERATING AGREEMENT for each offering.

Risks of investing in businesses on Startup.inc

All investments carry varying degrees of risk, and investing in early-stage and growth-focused businesses is no different. The main risk associated with investing on Startup.inc is that the business may simply fail, and investors won't get their money back. Illiquidity is another consideration because, even if the business succeeds, investors are unlikely to receive dividends or be able to sell their shares for a number of years.

There is also a risk of dilution: if a business requires further capital in the future (a highly likely scenario), and issues more shares in exchange for that capital, the percentage of equity held by earlier investors will decrease. Please take a look at our Risk Warning for more information.

What are best practices for building a portfolio?

Investing in private companies is much different than investing in public stocks: Invest in at least 10-15 private companies in order to increase your chances of generating higher overall portfolios. Investors should never consider investing in solely one or two private companies.

It is critical to allocate only a small percentage of your overall portfolio to private companies, typically no more than 5-10%. Investors should be mindful of future diversification as they consider how much to invest per company.

How to investigate a Company?

Get to know the company you are looking to invest in by viewing their investor deck, any financial documentation, and term sheet.
Understand the industries and marketplace in which the company is positioned.

What are the steps to making an investment?

Click the "Invest" button on a given company's profile.
Enter your investment amount.
Verify your identity and accreditation status.
Execute the required legal agreements.
Enter the account information of your bank account (checking or savings) or choose to wire the funds.
Confirm your investment.

How do I update my requisites?

You should be able to update your address, contact details and bank requisites in your “My requisites” page in your account.

In case you get an error message, please contact us ([email protected]).

Meet The Team

Advisory board

Keith Herman

Mr. Herman is an entrepreneur and the founder of IPA Equities. During his career he has owned, restructured and successfully exited more than 50 businesses in the fields of technology, finance, media and real estate. He has raised more than a half a Billion USD and represented over 200 technology companies. Additionally, he architected, incubated and scaled more than 10 startups

Alexandra Sasha Johnson

Co-Founder and Managing Director at HEED Capital, Founder and Managing Director at Global Technology Capital and President of Global Technology Symposium. Sasha is an experienced investor at early-stage companies and was one of the first female partners in the VC community, starting her fund in 2003. She is a board-member of science-enabled tech companies based in Silicon Valley

Jordan Wahbeh

An investor, techy, business driver and partner for startups and investors to grow, scale, fundraise and achieve their objectives through operations, fundraising, business development, and more.

Brett Noyes

Founder and Managing Director of Unbank.Ventures.
Unbank.Ventures is an early-stage FinTech/Blockchain program located in Silicon Valley.

The program has successfully incubated 45 companies since 2016. Prior work includes building incubator programs with Techstars, Jason Calacanis (This Week in Startups) and famous investor Tim Draper.

Our Team

Alexander Soroka

Chairman of board

Founder of the Startup.Network Investment Platform. Entrepreneurship at Harvard Business School

Venture investments at Said Business School, University of Oxford. Member of the Board of the Ukrainian Venture Capital Association "UVCA".

Oleksii Chepelyk

Chief Executive Officer, co-founder

10+ years of management experience in the internationals such as Cisco Systems, Samsung Electronics, Telenor Group. Co-Founder of IT development company and several Fin-Tech start-ups. MBA at Lancaster University Management School.

Igor Radchenko

Chief Operational Officer, co-founder

Serial entrepreneur with more than 20 years’ experience of successful business development in different sectors including manufacturing, real-estate and IT. Strong focus on operation optimization and efficiency.

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Startup.inc — is an investor’ onboarding and management platform to automatize an investor`s “lifecycle” to invest with a check of $1к together with experienced VCs into the best startups that we are able to find via our ecosystem.
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Risk Warnings

Investing in early-stage businesses can be very rewarding, but it involves a number of risks and challenges. If you choose to invest in businesses displayed on Startup.inc, you need to be aware of important considerations:

Loss of Capital

Most early-stage businesses fail, and if you invest in a business displayed on the platform, it is significantly more likely that you will lose all of your invested capital than you will see any return of capital or a profit. You should only invest what you can afford to lose. Do not invest so much that it would impact your lifestyle or retirement plans. Every investment listed on Startup.inc is much riskier than a public company listed on the stock market. It is entirely possible that you will lose every dollar you invest in any start-up.
Illiquidity

Almost all investments you make in businesses displayed on the platform will be highly illiquid. It is very unlikely that there will be a liquid secondary market for the shares of the business. This means you should assume that you will be unlikely to be able to sell your shares until and unless the business floats on a stock exchange or is bought by another company; and, even if the business is bought by another company or floats, your investment may continue to be illiquid. Even for a successful business, a flotation or purchase is unlikely to occur for a number of years from the time you make your investment. For businesses for which secondary market opportunities are available (including any available on the platform), it can be difficult to find a buyer or seller, and investors should not assume that an early exit will be available just because a secondary market exists.
Rarity of Dividends

Businesses of the type displayed on the platform rarely pay dividends. This means that if you invest in a business through the platform, even if it is successful you are unlikely to see any return of capital or profit until you are able to sell your shares. Even for a successful business, this is unlikely to occur for a number of years from the time you make your investment.
Dilution

Any investment you make in a business displayed on the platform is likely to be subject to dilution. This means that if the business raises additional capital at a later date, it will issue new shares to the new investors, and the percentage of the business that you own will decline.
Diversification

You are more likely to avoid loss by diversifying your investments, focusing on areas in which you have expertise, and investing in startups whose products you passionately use. We recommend making several small investments each year rather than one large one. For instance, if you decide you can safely invest $10,000 per year in startups, it'll be less risky to make ten $1,000 investments instead of a single $10,000 one.

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