Adventure Capital by Wefunder

Adventure Capital by Wefunder

Welcome to Adventure Capital, where we not only discuss the adventures with founders who have raised capital on Wefunder but also the different resource providers and mentors helping founders along the way.

Episodes

The Nest Egg — with Niles Lichtenstein, founder of Nestment

August 27, 2025 • 52 mins
In this episode, we interview Niles Lichtenstein (linkedin.com/in/nileslichtenstein), founder and CEO of Nestment — a San Francisco-based startup helping first-time homebuyers hack the outdated housing system. A three-time startup founder, Niles saw the massive, growing problem of declining home-ownership in America, and determined to do something about it. And being committed to expanding economic opportunity for more citizens, it...
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Closing Time — with Maria Springer, founder of Capital Department

June 13, 2025 • 42 mins
In this episode, we interview Maria Springer, founder of Capital Department (www.capitaldept.com). Capital Department is an agency that helps founders raise capital — both through conventional funding rounds (VCs, Angels, etc.), and community rounds (Reg CF). Maria and her team have helped founders raise hundreds of millions of dollars, and they are outstanding at what they do. In this interview, we explore how to identify, pitch a...
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Heart Medicine — with Bartholomew Jones, founder of Cxffeeblack

May 23, 2025 • 38 mins
In this episode, we interview the founder of Cxffeeblack, Bartholomew Jones. An artist, musician and coffee lover, Bartholomew and his team at Cxffeeblack have a bold vision for a more sustainable, equitable coffee supply chain. Based in Memphis, Cxffeeblack recently closed on a community round on Wefunder, funded by 568 investors. 
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Nixing Nosebleeds — with Liz Clayborne, founder of NasaClip

May 16, 2025 • 52 mins
In this episode, we interview the co-founder and CEO of NasaClip, Liz Clayborne. Liz had the idea for NasaClip — a simple device that stops nosebleeds — while working as an ER doctor. And in case starting a startup isn't enough of a challenge, she still works several shifts in the ER each week. After raising a $1M pre-seed round, Liz and her co-founder Romil Patel recently raised $500K on Wefunder, as part of a larger round. In thi...
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SenSational — with Jim Iversen, founder of Sen-Jam

May 3, 2025 • 43 mins
In this episode, we interview the co-founder and CEO of Sen-Jam, Jim Iversen. A community round veteran, Jim has run a number of Regulation Crowdfunding raises — both on Wefunder, and other inferior platforms. (Boooooo!!!!). Of the thousands of founders that have raised capital on Wefunder over the years, Jim stands out as someone who's deeply committed to transparently communicating with his investors, and building community aroun...
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Take Your Shot

April 25, 2025 • 53 mins
In this episode, we interview the founder of Pirouette Pharma, Conor Cullinane. After graduating from Y Combinator's S21 batch, and raising from angels and VCs, Pirouette launched a community round on Wefunder in 2024. It was one of the largest ever — raising $7.9 million from a combination of Regulation Crowdfunding and Regulation D. You can view Pirouette's page here (wefunder.com/pirouette), and the 1,072 investor notes here (we...
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Welcome to Life in the (Community) Round

April 22, 2025 • 44 mins
This week, we talk with Micha Mikailian, the CEO of Geoship. Towards the end of 2024, Geoship closed on $1.9 million in capital, raised from 1,151 investors on Wefunder. A serial entrepreneur, Micha has raised loads o dough for a number of companies he's founded, and been involved in down the years. And he's also raising from institutional investors for Geoship — in parallel to his customers and community. But he also sees great va...
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Our Town, Your Team

April 11, 2025 • 51 mins
On today's episode of Adventure Capital, we interview the co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer of the Oakland Roots & Soul, Edreece Arghandiwal. In late 2023, the Oakland Roots & Soul launched an explosive community round on Wefunder, raising $3M from thousands of their fans. Edreece was instrumental in orchestrating the raise, and in this interview he shares about how — and why — the Oakland Roots & Soul invited thei...
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Twrling with Olivia Chen

August 8, 2024 • 45 mins
On this episode of Adventure Capital, we interview Olivia Chen, the founder of Twrl Milk Tea. We often interview founders who have successfully run community rounds on the podcast, but in this episode we interview a founder who is considering running a community round. It's interesting to dive into her thought process, and the pros and cons of running a Wefunder raise, as she sees it.
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Redefining food delivery for high end restaurants with Alvaro Meyer of Volup

September 8, 2023 • 41 mins
On today's episode, we interview Alvaro Meyer, founder & CEO of Volup, a premium food delivery app in Portugal. Alvaro is our first guest from our Wefunder EU alumni. Coming hot off his successful community raise, Alvaro discusses his founder journey from starting Volup during covid to scaling the company internationally.
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How to run a great investor webinar! With Jose Renteria from Grohak

August 11, 2023 • 26 mins
Today we have Jose Renteria, CEO & founder of Grohak, a startup that helps founders with fundraising and marketing tactics such as page building, running ads and managing investor relations. This chat will discuss investor webinars as a fundraising strategy for running a community round. https://grohak.co/

Hosted by Jonny Price
Produced by Amalia Stern

"Wefunder does not endorse, recommend, or advise investing in any company”
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Studio Time with Maggie Zheng

July 17, 2023 • 78 mins
Today we have Maggie Zheng, Head of Fundraising for Wefunder Studio, which is Wefunder’s internal agency for helping founders fundraise.

Hosted by Jonny Price
Produced by Amalia Stern

"Wefunder does not endorse, recommend, or advise investing in any company”
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Revenue Based Finance with Justin Renfro

June 10, 2023 • 60 mins
Today we have Justin Renfro, who leads revenue based financing at Wefunder as well as being the founder of Chill Charters, a boat charter company in San Diego. Justin and Jonny worked together on the US team at Kiva.org, before joining forces again at Wefunder a few years back. They discuss the pros and cons, and ins and outs, of revenue based financing as a potential investment structure for a community round.

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Community Led Growth with Mac Reddin

April 26, 2023 • 52 mins
In this interview, we chat with Mac Reddin, founder & CEO of Commsor, a platform helping organizations to become community-led. https://www.commsor.com/

Hosted by Jonny Price
Produced by Amalia Stern

"Wefunder does not endorse, recommend, or advise investing in any company”

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Valuation Evaluation with Daniel Faloppa

April 13, 2023 • 37 mins
In this interview, we chat with Daniel Faloppa, founder & CEO of Equidam, a platform which produces data driven valuations for startups to understand how much their companies are worth. https://www.equidam.com/

Hosted by Jonny Price
Produced by Amalia Stern

"Wefunder does not endorse, recommend, or advise investing in any company”
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CrowdScale with Kevin Fulmer

April 6, 2023 • 50 mins
In this interview, we chat with Kevin Fulmer, founder and CEO of Crowdscale, a media entity that covers the equity crowdfunding industry, in an effort to keep people up to date, and to help educate people to prevent poor investment choices. https://www.gocrowdscale.com/

Hosted by Jonny Price
Produced by Amalia Stern

"Wefunder does not endorse, recommend, or advise investing in any company"
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The Crown Joules with James Wagoner

March 6, 2023 • 44 mins
In this interview, we chat with James Wagoner, CEO of Joule Case, a powerful battery system which offers a portable and eco-friendly energy solution that is scalable to power any need. https://joulecase.com/

Hosted by Jonny Price
Produced by Amalia Stern

"Wefunder does not endorse, recommend, or advise investing in any company"
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The Tar Heel with Will McGuire

March 2, 2023 • 44 mins
In this interview, we chat with Will McGuire, founder of Incolo, a community owned accelerator on a mission to make the rewards of capitalism accessible to all. Their goal is to help 1000 founders fund & scale through the crowd by 2030. https://incolo.io/

Hosted by Jonny Price
Produced by Amalia Stern

"Wefunder does not endorse, recommend, or advise investing in any company"
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Wefunder's EU Launch with Katie Powers & Asbjorn Holmlund

February 16, 2023 • 39 mins
Today we have Katie Powers and Asbjorn Holmlund of the Wefunder team, who are kicking off Wefunder’s EU launch in February 2023. This is a huge milestone for Wefunder who is one of the first platforms to operate on a pan-European basis and is THE first platform to bridge the US and European ecosystems.

Hosted by Jonny Price
Produced by Amalia Stern

"Wefunder does not endorse, recommend, or advise investing in any company"
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Decked Out with Robert Harary

February 7, 2023 • 45 mins
Today we have Robert Harary, founding partner at DECKO, which helps startups create world-class pitch decks that resonate with investors by connecting founders directly with active VCs and expert designers. https://www.getdecko.com/

Hosted by Jonny Price
Produced by Amalia Stern

"Wefunder does not endorse, recommend, or advise investing in any company"
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