Fools.com - Raise your friends, family, and fools round.
Raise your first round from the people who already believe in you.
Small checks from early believers, made legal and legible, for founders without a wealthy network. Honest about the risk, by design.
For founders
Run the round yourself.
Your pitch in your own words, your contacts and follow-ups, your timeline and filings checklist. Fools drafts nothing and sends nothing for you.
For backers
Back people you believe in.
Watch pitches in a neutral screening room, read the risks before anything else, and hold everything you back in one place.
What is live today
- Now
- The founder workspace. A pilot founder is running a Reg CF round with it today, on a licensed funding portal.
- Next
- Partner rails. We requested API access from a licensed portal on Aug 31, 2026. When it lands, commitments made there appear in the workspace without the founder typing anything.
- Later
- Backing on Fools. The screening room, the risk register, the portfolio and the discussion channel are a preview with sample companies until our partner agreement and counsel review are complete. Fools is not currently offering securities.
How it works
- 01
The founder writes the pitch
Video, skin in the game, receipts, terms. In the founder's own words. Fools drafts nothing.
- 02
Backers watch in the screening room
Newest, closing soonest, alphabetical. No default order, by law and by choice.
- 03
Backing starts with the risks
One checkbox per statement. Your limit in one sentence. The cancellation window on screen the whole time.
- 04
Money moves through a licensed partner
Escrow, identity checks and filings run on a registered portal's rails. Fools never holds funds.
You'll probably never see this money again.
Most startups don't make it. A Crowd SAFE only pays if the company later raises a priced round or is acquired. Back people because you believe in them.
The pilot round
One pilot founder is running a round with the founder workspace now. Figures appear here as the round runs.