DreamFunded

DreamFunded is a Silicon Valley based equity crowdfunding platform that offers liquidity for employees and early investors in pre-IPO tech companies.^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

History

The company launched in fall 2014^[12][13] with Manny Fernandez as the CEO.^{[7][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21]} Fernandez was recognized as the San Francisco Investor of the year in 2014.^{[22][23][24][25][26][27][28]} DreamFunded funds tech startups^[29] and capitalizes on the equity crowdfunding market.^{[12][30][31][32][33]}

The company serves as a crowdfunding platform as well as an online marketplace.^[34][35][36] Membership is limited to investors who meet the SEC self-accreditation requirements.^[37] The company is the first private tech stock market for Silicon Valley providing liquidity to employees and access to investors.^[4][38][39]

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.^{[4][40][41][42][43]}

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.^[44]

The company and its founders have been noted in two book publications on angel investing^[45] and appeared on numerous media reports such as Forbes,^[8] Inc. Magazine,^[24] CNBC^[6][16][46] Squawk Box,^[16] TechCrunch, Fortune,^[47] Entrepreneur Magazine,^[10] Fast Company,^[31] Fox News,^[30] Wall Street Journal,^[9] ABC^[32] and others.^{[15][48][17][18][19][49][50][51][52][53]}

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