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

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Today we have Peter Harris, partner at the University Growth Fund, the largest student-run fund in the country. The VC provides growth capital to entrepreneurs scaling their businesses, and gives students an educational opportunity that sets them apart from their peers and prepares them to perform at the highest levels. https://www.ugrowthfund.com/

Hosted by Jonny Price
Produced by Amalia Stern

"Wefunder does not endorse, recommend, ...
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January 27, 2023 33 mins
Today we have Tim Lipton, managing partner of Momentum Finance - a fractional CFO firm that works with VC backed companies to help them manage all the backoffice and projections correctly.

Hosted by Jonny Price
Produced by Amalia Stern

"Wefunder does not endorse, recommend, or advise investing in any company"
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January 16, 2023 49 mins
In this interview, we chat with David Shaner, founder & CEO of Offline, a technology platform that gives people daily curated events and experiences in their city, helping them to get offline, go outside and fall in love with their city and their lives. This local concierge service is currently available in Nashville, Durham, Charlotte, Tampa and Raleigh. https://www.letsgetoffline.com/

Here's a short article by David about Offl...
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January 13, 2023 32 mins
In this interview, we chat with Anna Gudmundson, the founder and CEO of Sensate -- a relaxation device that uses low-frequency infrasound waves to activate your body's own healing system by calming it down, relieving both mental health issues as well physical conditions. https://buy.getsensate.com/hero-story/

Hosted by Jonny Price
Produced by Amalia Stern

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