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The Future of Equity is Onchain

How Fairmint is bringing equity onchain — and why that actually matters.

FM Fairmint February 20, 2025 3 min

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Product Your inbox is now part of your cap table

Forward or CC a signed SAFE, board consent, or other corporate document to your personalized Fairmint address — Fairmint prepares draft cap table updates for your review.

TF Thibauld Favre July 22, 2026
Vision Bringing Equity Onchain to Make It Move Easier, Faster, Safer

Equity is static and that’s a problem.

JD Joris Delanoue February 25, 2025
Product Introducing Roll-Up Investments 🚀

Keeping a clean cap table is essential for startup founders. It sharpens governance, makes financial operations smoother, and eases future fundraising.

JD Joris Delanoue February 23, 2024
Product Fairmint v2 is Here: Simpler, Faster, Better.

Raising funds pre-seed from business angels, friends, and family with a YC SAFE or closing an equity-priced round with VCs has never been easier. Meet Fairmint, your premier fundraising companion!

TF Thibauld Favre February 16, 2024
Protocol Fairmint is the First SEC-Registered Transfer Agent to integrate with the Transfer Agent Protocol (TAP)

We are thrilled to become the first SEC-registered Transfer Agent to integrate with the Transfer Agent Protocol (TAP).

FM Fairmint February 6, 2024
Regulatory Fairmint is now a SEC-registered transfer agent

At Fairmint, we offer the simplest way to raise capital from one or more investors. We designed Fairmint for quick setup and effortless closing of funding rounds, public and private.

JD Joris Delanoue February 2, 2024
Product Where does the cap table industry go now?

The Open Cap Table Coalition should lead the way

FM Fairmint January 16, 2024
Product Tokenized Securities Never Took Off. Why?

Onchain is the next online 🚀

FM Fairmint April 26, 2023
Case study How Bloom Network is creating a circular economy with Fairmint

The Regenerative Finance movement, also known as ReFi, focuses on restoring our local economies to better the world. Rather than abide by…

FM Fairmint March 30, 2023
Vision The days of SaaS are numbered

Did you know that SaaS companies have increased over 500% in the last seven years? This pricing model — of paying a fixed fee every…

JD Joris Delanoue February 23, 2023
Vision Reward your community’s contributions with equity 💰+❤️

Equity is a startup’s most valuable resource. It can enhance performance, align incentives, and affect the long-term success of your…

TF Thibauld Favre February 8, 2023
Guides How to start a business in the US

This is the first post in a series about starting a business and running it like a boss in the US.

JD Joris Delanoue December 8, 2022
Case study Snowball.xyz raised $1M+ from their community. And you can, too

Did you know that 90% of Gen Z think it’s important to invest now to prepare for their futures? Snowball.xyz, a media startup that is…

FM Fairmint November 17, 2022
Company How we placed #1 on Product Hunt

What the power of community can do for your startup

FM Fairmint November 11, 2022
Company We’re live on Product Hunt!

Join us in changing the way equity works

FM Fairmint November 2, 2022
Case study Winechain rewards its community through WiNeFTs and ownership

Many fine wines never make it from the cellar to the dinner table due to an overly complicated supply chain hindered by complex customs…

FM Fairmint October 11, 2022
Company Join Fairmint for Cocktails at Converge22!

Join the Fairmint team at Circle Converge in San Francisco! 🌉 From September 27th to 30th, we’ll be welcoming founders and investors to…

FM Fairmint September 21, 2022
Vision The inevitable rise of community capitalism

Although community capitalism may seem like a new topic, humans have been striving for it for centuries. As different societal models…

TF Thibauld Favre September 15, 2022
Product How Fairmint is Preparing for the Ethereum Merge

The upcoming Ethereum Merge will transition the Ethereum blockchain from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake. This is taking place so that…

TF Thibauld Favre September 12, 2022
Guides What is a “community” in tech?

We talk about community a lot at Fairmint. But besides evoking a warm feeling of good cheer, what does the word “community” really mean in…

FM Fairmint August 5, 2022
Case study 6 Ways Community Ownership Has Helped 6 Real-life Founders

We’ve been running a series of blog posts every Friday called Fairmint Stories. In each post, we interview founders who use Fairmint about…

FM Fairmint July 22, 2022
Case study How Gilded is leveraging investor interest with $GFi

As a B2B SaaS founder, Gilded CEO Gil Hildebrand knows that his company’s path to community ownership is a bit different than that taken by…

FM Fairmint July 8, 2022
Case study Salesfolks is using community ownership to cross the chasm with $SALES

As a five-time VC-backed founder, Salesfolks CEO Lief Larson knows the traditional fundraising game. He also knows how that game can pull…

FM Fairmint June 24, 2022
Product How Fairmint Helps You Build in Public

Fairmint gives you a transparent view into your investment.

FM Fairmint June 21, 2022
Vision 8 Reasons Why Early-Stage VCs Love Community Ownership

The community-based world of Web3 presents a new opportunity for founders. Here is why early-stage VCs love community ownership alongside traditional venture rounds.

FM Fairmint June 8, 2022
Company We raised $7.3 million in our sleep. Now your startup can, too.

Fairmint lets every startup unlock an untapped superpower: their community.

TF Thibauld Favre May 24, 2022
Case study How Erxes is building an open-source business experience platform with $ERXS

In the past 20 years, the geography of early-stage startup fundraising became so concentrated that people didn’t just talk about VC firms…

FM Fairmint May 17, 2022
Vision Why Community Ownership Will Be A Critical Component of Web3

The vast majority of startup investing as it exists today is an insider’s game. Early adopters and believers don’t have access to venture capital markets, so they don’t share in the financial upside of their favorite startup’s growth. Web2 investing is insular and exclusive, l…

TF Thibauld Favre May 12, 2022
Product Fairmint’s on-chain offering turns 2 years old ​🎂

2/22/22 provided a moment to celebrate the 2-year anniversary of $FAIR. With thousands of people rooting for Fairmint everyday, 320 of whom…

FM Fairmint March 4, 2022
Case study How Hospitable.com is letting property owners participate in the financial upside of success

Pierre-Camille Hamana is founder & CEO of Hospitable.com, helping property owners run more than 269,000 properties in 140+ countries. In 2021, their customers generated $1B in revenues.

FM Fairmint January 27, 2022
Regulatory Fairmint Files #8: What are Restricted SAFE Units?

And how can they fit into my startup’s equity compensation plan?

FM Fairmint January 24, 2022
Case study Building a community-owned web3 creator platform with $BEEM

Co-founder and CEO Mihai Crasneanu is at the helm of Beem, a video platform for creators to organize and host live events.

FM Fairmint January 18, 2022
Regulatory Fairmint Files #7: What is Regulation S?

And how can it relate to my startup’s fundraising?

FM Fairmint January 17, 2022
Product How OpenGrants taps into its community capital with $GRANT

Sedale Turbovsky is co-founder and CEO of OpenGrants, a public & private grant search engine raising community capital with a rolling SAFE.

FM Fairmint January 11, 2022
Regulatory Fairmint Files #6: What is a cryptosecurity?

And how can it be used for my startup’s fundraising?

FM Fairmint December 7, 2021
Regulatory Fairmint Files #5: What is an accredited investor?

And why is that information important for my startup?

FM Fairmint November 30, 2021
Product How to raise funds with a rolling SAFE

10 tips to help your startup succeed in its rolling fundraising

FM Fairmint November 15, 2021
Regulatory Fairmint Files #4: What are the key differences between Rule 506(b) and Rule 506(c)?

And why are they critical to your startup’s potential fundraising?

FM Fairmint November 4, 2021
Regulatory Fairmint Files #3: What is a 409a valuation?

And why does my startup need one?

FM Fairmint October 28, 2021
Regulatory Fairmint Files #2: Who can earn equity under Rule 701?

And just as importantly, who can’t?

FM Fairmint October 21, 2021
Guides Fairmint Files #1: What is Decentralized Finance?

300 words (more or less ;) on the basics of a key topic in the Fairmint universe

FM Fairmint October 19, 2021
Product How Fairmint has raised $5.8M with an “Invest Now” button on its website

Find out how Fairmint raises with its community on a rolling basis, no pitch deck needed.

FM Fairmint September 23, 2021
Product A New Era of High Resolution Fundraising: The Rolling SAFE

One contract to rule them all, supporting your company’s fundraising needs from launch 🛸 all the way through IPO 🚀

FM Fairmint September 15, 2021
Product Don’t Let the Astronauts Fool You: This Isn’t a Moonshot, It’s Real Stakeholder Capitalism

Meet the founders behind Fairmint who help entrepreneurs fundraise while they sleep, growing companies hand-in-hand with their communities.

FM Fairmint August 20, 2021
Company Fairmint Receives $2M from Tim Draper to Shake Up Capitalism

Tim Draper joins the movement initiated by Fairmint to let everyone be part of the equity story of companies they love.

TF Thibauld Favre April 30, 2021
Product Running a business like a boss in the US — Mission Control — Chapter I

This post is the first in a series about Running a business like a boss in the US.

FM Fairmint December 17, 2020
Product Continuous Securities Offerings explained

TL;DR A CSO, which stands for Continuous Securities Offering, is a radically better way to finance your company’s growth. If you are an…

FM Fairmint April 22, 2020

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