What we do...ProFounder is a new crowdfunding platform for U.S. entrepreneurs to raise capital from their communities to start or grow a business.
On our online platform, entrepreneurs can:
- create a clear, simple, legally compliant pitch (including customized terms) to raise both equity and debt financing up to $1M
- invite their friends, family members, colleagues, and broader communities to contribute, including those on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, and other social networks
- transact online to collect their investments
- manage their community of supporters, including repaying and rewarding investors, providing regular updates on business progress, and more
Who we are...We are two women changing the world by empowering entrepreneurs and the communities that support them.
- Jessica Jackely, CEO and FounderJess is a cofounder and former chief marketing officer of kiva.org, the world's first peer2peer microfinance platform. Since its launch in 2005, Kiva has raised over $125M of funds, connecting lenders and entrepreneurs in over 191 countries around the world. She graduated from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2007. Jess is a trained yoga instructor, surfer, and refuses to check luggage at the airport.
- Dana Mauriello, President and FounderDana was part of starting and running multiple family businesses and has lived, eat, and breathed entrepreneurship for as long as she can remember. She is the master of developing a deep customer understanding and applying this empathy to creating, marketing, and selling outstanding products. She created a unique major in Product Development at Stanford and working on the Corporate Product Innovations team at Estee Lauder creating new product concepts and bringing them to market. She also graduated from the Stanford Graduate School of Business in 2009, is a champion powerlifter, and die-hard New Yorker.
How to get in touch with us...info@profounder.com -- that's us!
How you can use ProFounder...We are launching this spring with a small group of entrepreneurs. If you have a business or are starting a business for which you need to raise funding, let us know! We'd love to talk to you about how we can help. We're open to working with start-ups, existing businesses, or franchises that need to raise less than $1 million dollars and want to involve their communities in this fundraising. Send us an email at
info@profounder.com with some basic info about your business, including how much funding you need and for what purpose, and we'll get in touch with you.
How you can join our team...We are actively recruiting for a Chief Technology Officer and a Ruby on Rails developer to join our team. If you are interested, email us for the details and tell us a little about yourself.
We're also always excited about working with smart, enthusiastic interns, especially if you have skills & interest in technical development, finance, or legal. Just shoot us an email.
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The ProFounder Mission"The Crowdfunding Platform for Entrepreneurs"
ProFounder allows entrepreneurs and small businesses raise money from their community in exchange for a share in the upside of the company. Right now, more than ever before, small businesses and startups need funding to start and grow their businesses. We believe we have the solution to the small business credit crisis by engaging the community in helping out the startups they know and love.
Our ProductsProFounder is a new way of crowdfunding startups and small businesses through friends, family, and social network/community involvement online. There is a huge gap and need for funding for startups/small businesses right now and ProFounder has an innovative solution for it.
Our TeamCo-Founded in August by Jessica Jackley (Previously Co-Founder of Kiva, the world's first peer2peer microfinance site) and Evan Reas (previously an investor, entrepreneur and venture capitalist) and Dana Mauriello (previously an entrepreneur with heavy experiences. We are all passionate about entrepreneurship and its transformative power in the world.
We are heavily advised by Cory Ondrejka, Co-Founder of SecondLife and Chris Larsen, Founder and CEO of Prosper.com
Life at ProFounderFun! Always-changing environment, traveling to SF and back quite often, but mostly working at our office/house from Palo Alto. This is the extreme end of early stage and we love it ;-). There aren't set hours or "corporate rules"--simply do what is needed to get the job done!
ProFounder Locations| Name | Address | Employees |
| Headquarters | Palo Alto, CA, USA | 3 |
