We're making online capital raising mainstream by empowering founders to raise digitally, both from their own communities and through strategically marketed campaigns. Our tech transforms the capital raising process into simple eCommerce. Just add an “Invest Now” button to your existing site, and we'll handle the rest—from compliance to payments and everything in between. We’ve helped companies raise $2 billion and counting, both from the general public and from their customers, followers, and fans—including the Green Bay Packers ($65M), Miso Robotics ($72M), Monogram Orthopaedics (NASDAQ:MGRM), and hundreds more.
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This week, the DealMaker team had a lunchtime Pilates class. This class, which was an idea that Alysha Fardella led, is a perfect example of how our people take initiative and show up. It was great to sweat it out with the team! If you're interested in joining DealMaker, we're hiring. https://lnkd.in/erf-wkCk
It's been a busy month at DealMaker. Here are a few highlights: 🎤 Rebecca Kacaba, our co-founder and CEO, took the stage at Scotiabank's 7th Annual Growth Technology Conference alongside Anthropic and OpenAI, sharing how digital capital formation is reshaping the future of fundraising. Thanks to Matthew Parker-Jones for moderating. 🎬 Variety broke the exclusive on our partnership with Dolphin. We're teaming up with Bill O'Dowd to provide financial infrastructure for creator and influencer-led brands. 🎙️ Rebecca sat down with Heather Barnhouse KC, ICD.D, FEA on the Dentons Women in Leadership and Entrepreneurship Podcast to share lessons from her entrepreneurship journey. Full episode coming soon. 💡 Rebecca joined a panel at BDC alongside Mike Hollinger (Dentons), Daniel Wigdor (AXL: Human Potential, AI Superpowered), and Justin Krieger (RSM) for a wide-ranging conversation on building thriving technology companies as AI reshapes the industry. 🏟️ Eugene Cofie, our Director of Sales, attended the Oakland Ballers' inaugural Tech and Innovation Summit, exploring the intersection of sports, tech, and community investment. 🤝 Amanda Benaim attended Founders Forum by The Founders Club in LA, alongside speakers like George Heaton (Represent) and Stephen Ellsworth (poppi), where she connected with teams exploring community-driven capital. Up next: Catch us at SXSW and Morning Brew's Retail Brew conference. More details on those soon.
Yesterday, our co-founder and CEO, Rebecca Kacaba, joined a panel at BDC on what it takes to build a thriving technology company as AI reshapes the industry. Rebecca was joined by Mike Hollinger, Daniel Wigdor, and Justin Krieger for a wide-ranging conversation on scaling innovation and navigating the balance between growth, investment, and security. It was energizing to be in the room with so many founders, investors, and ecosystem builders thinking seriously about what comes next. Thank you to BDC for the invite and for putting together such a timely event. These are the conversations that move the ecosystem forward. Dentons
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Insightful evening last night at BDC hearing about how we can keep Canadian tech Canadian. Often easier said than done in an evolving global marketplace, Justin Krieger (RSM Canada) led a discussion with Daniel Wigdor (AXL: Human Potential, AI Superpowered), Mike Hollinger (Dentons) and Rebecca Kacaba (DealMaker) on the practicalities of protecting Canadian tech, IP and homegrown talent while still attracting the investment needed to scale and compete. Very interesting perspectives on how we can adapt our innovation ecosystem for the global stage. Thanks to RSM Canada and Dentons, Pulse Law’s strategic alliance partner, for the invite! #innovation #canadiantech #startups #networking
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Leadership isn't what I thought it was when I started out. I sat down with Heather Barnhouse KC, ICD.D, FEA for Dentons' Women in Leadership and Entrepreneurship podcast to share some of what I've learned along the way and my approach to leading a team that’s building a new category — can't wait for you all to hear the full episode soon. Big thanks to Heather for the conversation.
Thrilled to announce our partnership with Dolphin— exclusively in Variety today — and the mission is clear: lead the next generation of funding for creator and influencer-led brands. Dolphin has spent decades turning cultural relevance into market impact, through brands like 42West, THE DOOR, Shore Fire Media, and The Digital Dept. Together, we're building a faster, smarter path to capital for celebrity and influencer-led companies — one that lets them move at the speed of culture. Since launching in 2018, DealMaker has helped raise over $2B across more than 900 deals. Now, we're bringing that infrastructure to some of the most exciting consumer brands in entertainment. The opportunity is real. The moment is now. We're ready. Read more in Cynthia Littleton's piece on this partnership. https://lnkd.in/g2A5TWEg
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We gave Variety the exclusive on this because it deserved that kind of entrance. Today, we’re announcing our partnership with Dolphin — and I genuinely believe we're calling the moment when creator-led brands finally got the capital infrastructure they've always deserved. Dolphin has spent decades turning cultural relevance into market impact through 42West, THE DOOR, Shore Fire Media, and The Digital Dept. What Bill O'Dowd has built is the perfect counterpart to what we've built at DealMaker — and together we're going after something much bigger than either of us could do alone. The most exciting consumer brands in entertainment are being built by creators who understand their audiences better than anyone. They don't need gatekeepers telling them what's possible. They need capital that moves as fast as they do. DealMaker knows what works when founders keep control. When communities become investors. When capital aligns with conviction. This is the next chapter and I couldn't be more energized. Thanks to Cynthia Littleton at Variety for giving this the platform it deserved. https://lnkd.in/gHCEgw-6
Employee stock ownership transformed how companies grow. As our CEO, Rebecca Kacaba, lays out, this same principle extends to customers, users, and believers external to the company. That's the vision driving us at DealMaker.
Employee stock ownership plans are a foregone conclusion today. But once upon a time, they weren't. In the 1970s, employee stock ownership plans were invented to give employees a stake in the companies they built. The results were undeniable: faster growth, lower failure rates, and significantly more employee wealth. Alignment creates momentum. No one argues stock option plans are irrelevant anymore. Ownership aligns incentives. Full stop. So here's the question we should be asking: why does ownership stop at the employee? When customers own equity, they don't just transact. They advocate. Supporters become evangelists. Communities transform into permanent stakeholders who move with you through every stage of growth. Employee stock ownership plans broadened ownership to employees. We're broadening it further: to customers, users, believers. The communities actually fueling these companies. Same principle. Wider circle. Exponentially more powerful. For VCs and institutional investors skeptical of retail capital: you already believe this thesis. You just don't realize it yet. If employee stock ownership plans work—and they do—then you already know why customer ownership works too. The infrastructure exists. The regulatory framework exists. What's left is the will to extend ownership to everyone who believes. That's what we're building at DealMaker.
Huge congratulations to Jan Goetgeluk and the Virtuix team on their public listing! Trading under $VTIX on the Nasdaq, this is a historic moment we're incredibly proud to be part of. Virtuix’s journey started with a vision, grew through our community of believers who invested early, and today reaches a major milestone. To our community who backed Virtuix during their equity crowdfunding raise: you saw the potential early. You believed in the mission. You're part of this story. And now, as a publicly traded company, those early shares have a path to liquidity that wasn't available before. This is what it's all about: supporting founders with bold visions and giving everyone the opportunity to invest in the companies shaping tomorrow. Congratulations, Virtuix and your entire community! 🚀
Today, Virtuix debuted on the Nasdaq stock exchange under ticker symbol VTIX. It’s a dream come true for me, and surreal to think about it. In 2013, I left my high-paying job at JP Morgan to plunge into the unknown and start a VR company, way before VR was cool again. It sounded crazy to some, but it seemed a no-brainer to me. Becoming an entrepreneur requires both naivety and unstoppable optimism. It’s been a long journey filled with blood, sweat, and tears. While I’m bad at celebrating (because “what if…”), I’m eternally grateful for this moment and for everyone who’s supported me and Virtuix along the way, not in the least my wife Erica, my loving parents and my sister, our investors and player community, and our incredible Virtuix team members, both former and present. We’re still only getting started, and we’re working on some really cool tech. In a world where AI is used to rapidly generate realistic virtual environments, whether fictional game worlds or replicas of the real world, the missing piece is the ability to move through those worlds naturally. We will continue to pioneer products that enable movement in virtual environments and advance the convergence of AI and VR. Onward! $VTIX Virtuix’s registration statement on Form S-1 was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on January 22. A copy of the final prospectus can be obtained via the SEC website at www.sec.gov.
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Jan Goetgeluk proved something we've believed from day one: the future belongs to founders brave enough to build it, and communities bold enough to back them. Virtuix is now trading on the Nasdaq under $VTIX. That's not just a listing. That's validation. That's a community of believers turning conviction into ownership, and early believers turning early bets into real returns. When we powered Virtuix's equity crowdfunding raise, we weren't just facilitating a capital event. We were building a permanent investor community around a founder with an unshakeable vision. The kind of community that doesn't disappear after the raise closes. The kind that grows stronger with every milestone. Today, that community is reaping the rewards. To everyone who backed Virtuix early: you didn't just invest in a company. You invested in a founder. You believed when belief mattered most. And now your early conviction has a path to liquidity that changes everything. This is the shift we're building toward. A world where capital and community move together. Where founders keep control. Where believers become owners. Where early conviction compounds into real wealth. Congratulations, Jan and the entire Virtuix community. You're writing the playbook for what's possible when you raise boldly.
Today, Virtuix debuted on the Nasdaq stock exchange under ticker symbol VTIX. It’s a dream come true for me, and surreal to think about it. In 2013, I left my high-paying job at JP Morgan to plunge into the unknown and start a VR company, way before VR was cool again. It sounded crazy to some, but it seemed a no-brainer to me. Becoming an entrepreneur requires both naivety and unstoppable optimism. It’s been a long journey filled with blood, sweat, and tears. While I’m bad at celebrating (because “what if…”), I’m eternally grateful for this moment and for everyone who’s supported me and Virtuix along the way, not in the least my wife Erica, my loving parents and my sister, our investors and player community, and our incredible Virtuix team members, both former and present. We’re still only getting started, and we’re working on some really cool tech. In a world where AI is used to rapidly generate realistic virtual environments, whether fictional game worlds or replicas of the real world, the missing piece is the ability to move through those worlds naturally. We will continue to pioneer products that enable movement in virtual environments and advance the convergence of AI and VR. Onward! $VTIX Virtuix’s registration statement on Form S-1 was declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on January 22. A copy of the final prospectus can be obtained via the SEC website at www.sec.gov.