Raise for Startups

Are you looking to raise capital for your startup?  🚀

Equivesto may be able to help.  Equivesto is a fully licensed Exempt Market Dealer, and we use our license and online portal to help private companies raise capital.

Raising your first Family & Friends Round or a Private Angel Round?

Make use of Equivesto’s platform to streamline and simplify the process for your investors.  

Give investors access to your private campaign page and data room, and let Investors sign documents and move the funds digitally in as little as 5 minutes.  

Give your investors more confidence through knowing that Equivesto has completed our due diligence (Know your Product) process on your business before you can list.

Feel more secure about the process yourself knowing that Equivesto has verified the identity of each investor, confirmed any Accredited Investors are Accredited, and that all investors understand the risks and have completed the necessary risk disclosure forms.

Need help setting a valuation, structuring a round, or reviewing your legal documents to ensure you are investor ready? Equivesto specializes in this, and has helped many founders and organizations learn more about how to price and structure early stage startup rounds.

While Equivesto does have a community of investors, these individuals should not be seen as a key source of investment for you.  We strongly recommend that all companies raising capital on our platform plan to attract 100% of the funds they plan to raise through their own efforts.  Think of Equivesto as an online processing location, not a pool of investors.  

For an additional Fee (not charged by Equivesto), it is potentially possible to make your round TFSA/RRSP eligible, so that investors can hold their investments in registered accounts.  Click here to learn more.

Click Here to learn about our pricing for private rounds.

Looking to raise an extended Family & Friends round, invite your community to invest, or an Equity Crowdfunding round open to all Canadians?

Raise up to $1.5MM every rolling 12 months from all Canadians with equity crowdfunding. 

Equivesto is an equity crowdfunding platform at it’s heart.  We are built to help startups allow their extended community, network, and the public invest in small amounts. 

Equivesto will help you learn to strategize for your equity crowdfunding campaign, build community and gather interest prior to your campaign.  We will introduce you to marketing experts to help you build momentum, and legal firms that specialize in equity crowdfunding with founder friendly fees.  Equivesto will walk you through the entire process and help make it simple. 

While Equivesto does have a community of investors, these individuals should not be seen as a key source of investment for you.  We strongly recommend that all companies raising capital on our platform plan to attract 100% of the funds they plan to raise through their own efforts.  Think of Equivesto as an online processing location, not a pool of investors. 

Not sure if Equity Crowdfunding is right for you?

We will set up a ‘Coming Soon’ page for you for free, where you can gather and track community interest before doing any paperwork or spending a dime. 

Click here to Apply with a short summary of your business and raise goals

Once approved, we will set up your free ‘Coming Soon’ landing page. 

Click here to learn more about Equity crowdfunding and how it works

Click here to check out our company bootcamp to teach you the basics

For an additional Fee (not charged by Equivesto), it is potentially possible to make your round TFSA/RRSP eligible, so that investors can hold their investments in registered accounts.  Click here to learn more.

Click Here to learn about our pricing for public rounds.

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Interested in getting started?

Want to learn more about raising first? Visit our Learning Centre.