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Less Time. More Money.
Our interactive deal memo does the heavy lifting, so founders spend less time pitching and more time building. Angels decide fast because it finally feels easy.
For Founders By Founders
Because raising shouldn’t feel like chasing investors across five inboxes. Bring angel investors, fans, and friends onto your cap table in one click.
0%
carry for your investors
Free for founders
The Angels cover the fees.
$30K SPV minimum
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See how a raise comes together.
Follow one founder from applying to life after the close.
The platform
The platform that gets Angels to invest.
Play Money helps founders raise faster, without the legal mess, investor confusion, or admin drag of a traditional angel round.
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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.
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Amplify Your Round
Strong deals get shared, fast. When our community rallies, rounds fill quicker and founders get way more visibility (and love).
Track record
The track record
~100
SPVs closed on the platform
( and counting )
~30%
higher deal page conversion than the industry average
30–50%
more capital raised on deals shared with the Play Money network
$40K–$850K+
typical raise range on the platform
~3min
from click to funded, for a ready investor
Your raise, run from one place.
We set up one SPV, so all your angels are one line on your cap table, and we write your deal page with you. You run the raise from a dashboard that shows who’s in, who’s warm and who to follow up with, on the web, on your iPhone or from your AI.
On iPhone and Android, so you can raise on the go.
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A deal page that pitches for you
Your story, traction, terms and founder videos in one place. We write the first draft from your deck.
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An AI that answers your investors
Casey, our AI assistant, answers day or night from your deck, your page and your terms. What it can't answer comes to you.
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Your raise at a glance
What's committed and funded, every new investor as they come in, and who's warm but not in yet.
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Run it from your phone or your AI
The iPhone app tells you the moment someone commits. And through our MCP, Claude, ChatGPT or any AI can check on your raise and help you answer investors.
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Links that show who brought whom
A Friends of Founder link with no carry for your people, and a share link for everyone else.
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Angels who stay useful
After close, your updates reach every investor, and your asks reach people who want to help.
Raised on Play Money
You’re in good company.
Household names, venture funds and Broadway shows have all raised from Play Money’s angels.
Liquid Death
Series DValued at $1.4B in 2024
Backed by Live Nation
Series X
Venture fundInvests only in spin-outs from Google X, the Moonshot Factory
Run by Gideon Yu, former CFO of Facebook
Odynn
FintechTravel and rewards programs for banks, card issuers and fintechs
Used by Bilt and Flight Centre
Aquaria
Climate techClean drinking water made from the air, for homes and businesses
A TIME Best Invention of 2024
Hello Divorce
Legal techMakes divorce simpler and more affordable, start to finish
Fast Company Most Innovative, 2024
Redwood
BroadwayAn original musical written for and starring Idina Menzel
Dyme
MedtechAn insulin patch pump built to be smaller and more comfortable
Edited Capital
Private equityA stake in the firm itself, a deal usually kept for institutions
Alchemity
EnergyTurns waste gas into jet fuel in a single step
A Breakthrough Energy Fellow
LymeAlert
HealthAn at-home test that checks a tick for Lyme disease
Won MIT's IDEAS Challenge in 2024
Packsmith
LogisticsOrder, inventory and fulfillment software for online brands
Backed by M13
Venice
AIRapidly growing privacy-first AI platform
Who it’s for
Who Should Apply
We’re prioritizing pre-seed and seed rounds that fit one of these vibes:
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Your People, Your Round
Play Money supercharges your friends & family round. Got angels, alums, or uncles who could pool >$50K+? We make it so easy your grandma might text you a term sheet.
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Backed by the Big Kids
Topping off a VC-led round? Perfect. Pair that with a swarm of smart Angels who bring way more than cash: connections, cheerleading, and cap table clout.
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Bring Your Own Syndicate
Got an angel group or syndicate lead ready to run an SPV? Bring it to Play Money. We turn their diligence into dollars, faster. No other platform gets you that kind of lift.
( Pre-seed and seed rounds )
Sound like you?
Tell us about your company and your round, and we’ll let you know if it’s a fit.
Hate forms? Apply with Claude, ChatGPT or any AI through our MCP. You’ll connect it once you’ve started.
The process
How a raise runs, start to close
Here's every step, so you know exactly what's coming and what we need from you at each one.
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Intake form
About 10 minutesYou fill out a short intake form (which takes about 10 minutes) that gives us the information we need to set up your deal page (info like round details, equity docs, pitch deck, founder info, etc.). If a deal lead or partner is involved, they hand us a deal memo or diligence doc in parallel.
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Record your pitch and Q&A
Our team or your deal leadDepending on the deal, either our team will schedule a recording session or your deal lead will. It will include a short pitch intro, and then a quick Q&A session. We edit the footage into short, punchy clips for your page.
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We build your deal page
About 2–3 business daysOnce we have your materials, your first deal-page draft is ready in about 2-3 business days. You review it and request any changes. Every person sharing the deal gets a unique tracking link, so always share the link our team shares with you, never a copy-pasted browser URL.
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Launch and amplify
Your network firstYou launch to your own network and any deal lead's community first. Once checks start landing and the SPV clears its $30K minimum, deals with strong momentum and clear signal can then qualify to be shared more widely across the Play Money network.
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Close
We handle the adminAt close, the SAFE is signed between the SPV and your company, and then the funds are wired. From there we handle K-1s, tax filings, and all the ongoing admin.
Founder guide
How Play Money helps you raise
A quick guide to what Play Money is, how it helps you raise, and what to expect if your deal lead brings you into the network.
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.
Testimonials
What Founders Say
See how founders raise their rounds, tap their own communities, and turn first-time angels into long-term champions on Play Money.
I wanted to personally to thank you for the big gift you gave me. You may not realize it but Play Money fundamentally shifted my fundraising strategy + allowed me to tap into my existing community in a way I didn't think was possible.
You truly have made angel investing more accessible and by doing so, you've moved the needle on getting diverse founders funded. A lot of people talk a big game on showing up for founders but you and your platform are the real deal.
750k+
invested by Play Money angels into fund managers they found on the platform
Results founders actually feel
Founders raise their rounds on Play Money, tapping their own communities and turning first-time angels into long-term champions.