For Founders
By Founders
The most founder-friendly way to bring small checks, angel groups, and your existing networks onto your cap table.
The platform that gets Angels to invest.
Less Time. More Money.
Our interactive deal memo replaces 1:1 pitches. Simple 2-click investing doubles conversions from interested to invested.
An SPV to Rule Them All
Low minimums, rolling closes, 0% carry for your investors. Plus, we're free for founders; the Angels cover the fees.
Amplify Your Round
Strong deals get shared across our platform. We've 4x'd the amount raised for deals with community support.
Who Should Apply
We're prioritizing pre-seed/seed stage raises with one of these three profiles:
Existing Community
Play Money supercharges your Friends & Family round. If accredited investors in your network could collectively invest >$50K, we want to talk. It's so easy 87-year-old uncles and entire PhD programs will invest.
Professional Backing
There is no better way to top off an existing round than with the connections, expertise, and advocacy of high-caliber Angels. If you have a VC or elite angel group ready to share why they've invested, let's talk.
Syndicate Lead
Do you have a syndicate lead or angel group interested in sponsoring an SPV? Bring it to Play Money. We make their diligence translate into the most capital for you. No other platform can promise that.
Frequently Asked By Founders
Pre-seed/seed stage founders with either: (1) An existing friends and family community of accredited investors who could collectively invest >$50K, or (2) Professional backing (VC, super angel, or angel group) and a scalable business that would interest everyday angels.
Founders pay nothing. We charge Angels a 10% platform fee (capped at $1,500). The Angels you bring to your deal get 0% Carry.
We need SPVs to clear $50K to cover our costs.
Angellist and Sydecar are transaction execution platforms designed for experienced Angels. We host SPVs/RUVs just like them - but better.
Deal Memo That Converts: ‘Everything in one place’ deal memo with 2-click investing removes the barriers to investing, especially for first-time angels.
Deal leads say Play Money 2x’s the investing rate of their own communities while drastically reducing the time they need to spend on 1:1 pitches.
Zero-Effort Co-Syndication: Once an SPV gets traction with your own community, we’ll share it with the perfect angels across the Play Money network.
Our network consistently boosts the amount raised by 40-80%. Plus, 15% of founders have received 6-figure direct investments from VCs who discovered them on Play Money.
Very little.
We need you to do three things:
- Spend 10 minutes filling out our intake form.
- Spent 30 minutes with us recording your pitch and a deep dive Q&A
- Share the deal with your network, and as you pitch other angels and groups.
A VC, super angel, family office, or high-velocity angel group - someone who sees hundreds of deals for every check they write and has done basic hygiene diligence on your company. Play Money relies on this due diligence when representing deals to the broader community.
Ready to Get Started?
Join the founders who've already shifted their fundraising strategy with Play Money.