Fairmint is a technology company.
Fairmint has raised $7.0M across 1 funding round.
Fairmint has raised $7.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Fairmint has raised $7.0M in total across 1 funding round.
Fairmint's investors include Active Capital, Backstage Capital, Bedrock Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, CapitalX, Color Capital, Craft Ventures, Cyphr VC, Infinite Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LOI Venture, Long Journey Ventures.
Fairmint is an enterprise technology company that provides a blockchain-based platform for tokenizing startup equity, enabling community ownership and seamless capital raising directly on company websites. It serves founders and startups by allowing them to issue tokenized equity (via tools like the Rolling SAFE) in exchange for contributions of time or money from supporters, while ensuring compliance with U.S. securities laws as an SEC-registered transfer agent.[1][2][3][6] The platform solves key pain points in traditional fundraising—such as illiquid investments, opaque cap tables managed via spreadsheets, and reliance on expensive intermediaries—by making equity programmable with smart contracts, offering real-time transparency, audit-ready records, and global investor access under exemptions like Regulation D.[1][2][3] Fairmint has demonstrated strong growth, raising $7.3M from over 300 supporters including Tim Draper and Boost VC, facilitating $17.5M in beta investments for other startups, and surpassing $1B in onchain equity administered by mid-2025.[1][3][5]
Fairmint was founded in 2019 by co-CEOs Joris Delanoue and Thibauld Favre, both experienced entrepreneurs who exited their prior ventures—Delanoue sold his cloud computing company Next Team, which served major European banks and e-commerce firms, and had invested via family offices.[3][4][5] The idea emerged from their shared frustration with the "hollow" victories of successful exits: despite building valuable companies, they struggled with illiquid investments, limited community access to ownership, and outdated private fundraising structures that ignored "community capital."[4][5] Early traction came via a closed beta where startups raised $17.5M, and Fairmint itself raised $7.3M "in its sleep" through its own platform from 300+ backers.[1][5] Pivotal moments include securing SEC registration as a transfer agent, launching the Open Cap Table Protocol (OCP) with U.S. law firms for compliant onchain migration, and joining the Global Synchronizer Foundation as a Canton Network validator alongside firms like Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan.[3]
Fairmint stands out in the equity management space through these key strengths:
Fairmint rides the tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) trend, particularly equity, amid blockchain's maturation for institutional finance—shifting from hype to programmable infrastructure like cloud computing 15 years ago.[3] Timing is ideal post-2024 crypto regulatory clarity and RWA boom, with market forces like a $6T private equity opportunity, demand for liquid private markets, and interoperability via networks like Canton (backed by J.P. Morgan, Goldman Sachs).[2][3] It influences the ecosystem by pioneering OCP as an open standard, onboarding hundreds of startups to onchain cap tables, and enabling "always-on" community funding that builds fairer companies without fundraising breaks—potentially reshaping how the next Uber or Airbnb incentivizes ecosystems.[1][3][5]
Fairmint is poised to dominate onchain equity as adoption accelerates, with recent $1B milestone and AI-enhanced investor tools signaling hypergrowth toward multi-billion administration.[2][3] Trends like RWA expansion, tokenized private markets, and regulatory tailwinds (e.g., broader SEC exemptions) will propel it, especially via Canton Network integrations for institutional sync. Influence may evolve to onchain listings and secondary markets, making equity "move easier, faster, safer" globally—ultimately unlocking community capital as the Web3 layer of every startup stack.[2][3] This positions Fairmint not just as a tool, but as the infrastructure powering the ownership economy.
Fairmint has raised $7.0M across 1 funding round. Most recently, it raised $7.0M Seed in January 2022.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 1, 2022 | $7.0M Seed | Active Capital, Backstage Capital, Bedrock Capital, Bessemer Venture Partners, CapitalX, Color Capital, Craft Ventures, Cyphr VC, Infinite Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, LOI Venture, Long Journey Ventures, Paradox Capital, Prototype Capital, Rising Tide Partners, SaaSholic Fund, Shaan's All Access Fund, The Club, The Hit Forge, Vibe Capital, Weekend Fund, Alex Lieberman, Anthony Pompliano, Ben Tossell, Chris Herd, Dharmesh Shah, Greg Isenberg, Immad Akhund, Jaime Schmidt, Julian Shapiro, Justin Welsh, Kyle York, Moshe Lifschitz, Musaab Hakami, Paul Yacoubian, Sahil Lavingia, Sam Parr, Zack Kanter |