Industry Equity crowdfunding Website dreamfunded.com Founded 2014 | Area served Silicon Valley Headquarters San Francisco | |
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Founders Manny Fernandez, Rexford R. Hibbs, Min Kim Services Marketplace and equity crowdfunding platform. | ||
How to raise startup capital using equitycrowdfunding with manny fernandez ceo of dreamfunded
DreamFunded is a Silicon Valley based equity crowdfunding platform that offers liquidity for employees and early investors in pre-IPO tech companies.
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The company launched in fall 2014 with Manny Fernandez as the CEO. Fernandez was recognized as the San Francisco Investor of the year in 2014. DreamFunded funds tech startups and capitalizes on the equity crowdfunding market.
The company serves as a crowdfunding platform as well as an online marketplace. Membership is limited to investors who meet the SEC self-accreditation requirements. The company is the first private tech stock market for Silicon Valley providing liquidity to employees and access to investors.
After implementation of the JOBS Act in May 2016, of DreamFunded's membership and investment requirements will open up to include non-accredited investors who can then access DreamFunded investments.
DreamFunded became the 1st San Francisco based company to be approved by FINRA / SEC as a registered funding portal. It is also the 1st Latino founded and lead approved equity crowdfunding platform in the world.
The company and its founders have been noted in two book publications on angel investing and appeared on numerous media reports such as Forbes, Inc. Magazine, CNBC Squawk Box, TechCrunch, Fortune, Entrepreneur Magazine, Fast Company, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, ABC and others.