Star is a fundraising platform where early-stage founders raise capital through live token sales.

Problem

Early-stage founders struggle to raise capital and find their first audience at the same time, while retail investors have few opportunities to easily invest in startups on the internet. Tokens could close both gaps, but the category is dominated by scams, hollow value accrual, and governance models that restrict founders.

Solution

A marketplace where early-stage founders raise USDC through “internet rounds”: equity-backed token sales, leveraging live media and social signals to raise in days, not months - all while building internet distribution. Investors get $10-floor entry into real startups, downside protection and upside exposure, and a liquid secondary market.

At a glance, our strategy is to:

Enable fast capital formation for early-stage founders through equity-backed token sales with native live social features and customizeable raise terms.
Achieve wide distribution beyond crypto with our live interactive shows, a mobile app and user-generated content from both sides of the network.
Attract high quality founders through original media, distributed scout network, product growth loops and partnership shows with incubators, accelerators, hacker houses and entrepreneurship societies.
Attract retail and angel investors with high-signal deal flow on our curated shows, and an algorithmic curation model that effectively enables the discovery of long-tail startups.