Where the Future is Funded First.

Welcome to Fools — where founders run their friends, family & fools round. Discover the future and your new network of founders and backers.

Founders raising now

Open the screening room to watch full pitches. All pitches shown are samples for preview — commitments are simulated.

1:50

Clearwater Claims

Flood claim co-pilots for independent adjusters.

Sample pitch · Fintech · Idea

Cap $6.5MCrowd SAFE
Raise progress0%
$0 of $150k2 interest · New Orleans, LA

Ryan Holt

Co-founder

1:28

Craftfolio

Marketplace for vetted specialty trades in secondary cities.

Sample pitch · Marketplace · Idea

Cap $5MDiscount 20%Crowd SAFE
Raise progress16%
$12k of $75k4 interest · Columbus, OH

Tessa Brooks

Founder

1:36

StudyNeighbor

Live homework help from vetted near-peer tutors - by zip code.

Sample pitch · Consumer · Pre-seed

Cap $5.5MDiscount 20%Crowd SAFE
Raise progress23%
$18k of $80k5 interest · Atlanta, GA

Amira Hassan

Founder

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The network gap

If your first checks depend on wealthy blood relatives, most founders never start. Capital formation should not require a trust fund in the family tree.

The friends, family & fools round

The oldest name for a first raise — checks from early believers who back the founder before any institution does. Expanding that circle requires process, not pressure.

Treat every check seriously

A standardized Crowd SAFE, clear risk disclosure, only capital people can lose 100%. Money movement is the core. Without a path to real capital, the idea is worthless.

How Fools works

  1. 01

    Pitch with terms

    Problem, solution, team, traction (even zero), raise target, use of funds, Crowd SAFE terms, and a pitch video.

  2. 02

    Screen in theater

    Discover is a screening room: one focused pitch video, a queue, and filters in a top bar.

  3. 03

    Public offering Q&A

    Ask the founder questions in the open; issuers answer publicly, so every investor sees the same information. No private deal-making.

  4. 04

    Commitment path

    Reserve, confirm, transfer, and Crowd SAFE acceptance, with clear labels when the flow is simulated.

Aligned incentives

Free for founders and backers alike. No upfront fees, no charge to back a founder — the final fee structure is being completed with securities counsel.

Free for founders and backers

Create a pitch, set Crowd SAFE terms, browse, ask questions, and back founders at no cost. No upfront fees for the founder without a wealthy network.

Success fee only

Charged only on capital actually raised, through a registered funding portal, sized to cover per-raise costs (provisional, around 5%, not yet final). Raise nothing and you pay nothing.

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