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fundersclub.com
Company blog · fundersclub.com/blogstartupsbusiness
fundersclub.com is the company blog at fundersclub.com, writing about startups and business. Since 2012, 23 different Hacker News readers have linked it 39 times, most often “Three Key Questions to Ask Before Outsourcing Your Mobile App”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (12) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
FundersClub's company site with its venture news feed, linked as a crowdsourced startup investing platform for accredited investors. Comments discuss the company's business and investments rather than its writing.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 12 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
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Most-linked posts?
- Three Key Questions to Ask Before Outsourcing Your Mobile App2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2014-02-05
- /site/faq/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2013-07-17
- 1 Funded Immigrant Founder = 159 U.S. Jobs2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-02-01
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2017-05-01
- /2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2016-02-12
What Hacker News says?
Didn't you just describe FundersClub's [1] business model? Basically a crowdsourced investment platform for startups. Yeah, it was limited to "accredited investors" in compliance with SEC and tax laws in the US, but even that is changing, at least on paper [2]. [1] https://fundersclub.com [2] https://www.cooleygo.com/can-you-raise-money-from-unaccredit...
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on “Y Combinator When No One Cared”Submitted A Guide to Co-Founder Fit as a story · 71 points
HN discussionIf you don't personally know entrepreneurs you'd like to back, you could check out Funder's Club [0] or AngelList [1]. [0]: https://fundersclub.com/ [1]: https://angel.co/
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on “Startups Selling to Other Startups: A House of Cards?”Submitted 1 Funded Immigrant Founder = 159 U.S. Jobs as a story · 63 points
HN discussionFull Disclosure: I work for FundersClub We had this problem for a long time. We had a generic cold inbound form and got such an abundance of email with no good way of filtering it that we just gave up on it. However we realized that with a bit of focus we could turn this into a good way to get some great deals we would have otherwise missed. We now again have an founder application form ( https://fundersclub.com/fou…
Comment linking /founders/apply/
on “Dear VCs: Kill the ‘warm’ introduction”Submitted How We Successfully Raised Our Series A Online (SendHub YC W12) as a story · 14 points
HN discussion> we are intrigued by the new possibilities enabled by the JOBS Act and look forward to potentially expanding our activities down the road. -- https://fundersclub.com/site/faq/ Refer looks like the beginning of a kickback scheme a la Morgan Stanley stock tech analysts circa 1994. Furthermore, it is true that you are only targeting "accredited investors" for now. Two things should be noted. Firstly, accredited invest…
Comment linking /site/faq/
on “FundersClub rewarding investors for referrals ”Submitted Hardest Part of AI Can Be Cleaning Up Your Data – Tips from Experts as a story · 8 points
HN discussionI am a bit confused as to YC's thinking with encouraging a startup like this. What are the revenue opportunities - not necessarily short-term, but even long-term - like? Do they charge a fee on each investment made? Or do their fees just come from exits? If so, then their cash flows will look even more ridiculous than a regular startup - if you assume they only admit 'early stage' startups for starters to their plat…
Comment linking /site/faq/
on “FundersClub rewarding investors for referrals ”Submitted Most Startups Still Opt for Dot-Com Domains, but That’s Changing at Y Combinator as a story · 6 points
HN discussionI don't agree. According to their site[1] they advertise a low minimum 2.5-5K, so you don't need to make 200K a year (or have 1M net worth) to invest 10% or even 5%. You just need to have 100K available for investment and, in your diversification, put 5% on this. I know it's the law in the US, but I don't get it. Yes, it could be incredible risky as you said, but nobody is stopping you (at least here in UE) from buy…
Comment linking /how-it-works/
on “FundersClub Reports Unrealized Net IRR of 41.2%”Submitted Startup Funding: Embrace Bad Ideas and No Business Model as a story · 4 points
HN discussionHere is the link in case anyone is interested in checking out the site: https://fundersclub.com/venture-news
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on “FundersClub Unveils Venture News”Submitted Major Internet Service Providers Are Fueling Their Own Disruption as a story · 3 points
HN discussionI don't invest in cryptocurrencies, instead I invest in the companies who are building interesting things with them. I put money in this fund: https://fundersclub.com/theme-series-bitcoin-payments/ I think it is useful to sell pickaxes during this particular gold rush.
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on “Ask HN: How many people here actually invest in cryptocurrencies and why?”Submitted FundersClub (YC S12) turns two, by the numbers as a story · 3 points
HN discussionhttps://fundersclub.com/blog/2017/02/01/each-immigrant-funde...
Comment linking /blog/2017/02/01/each-immigrant-fundersclub-founder-creates-159-us-jobs/
on “Made by Immigrants”Submitted For Now, AI Tinkering Has Outpaced the Cloud as a story · 2 points
HN discussionWith a few hundred thousand to invest I'd probably do a 3-way split between: https://www.thesyndicate.com/ - back Jason's next 50 deals at 2K each Put 25K each into the next 4 YCombinator deals at https://fundersclub.com/ Put 50K in the next 2 quarters at AngelList Access Funds https://angel.co/v/access-fund If you do any of this give me a follow at @baccredited and let me know how it goes. I just followed you as we…
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on “Ask HN: Pulling all $ out of public equities. Interesting private alternatives?”Submitted FundersClub Returns as a story · 2 points
HN discussion"picked off fast" is perhaps a bit generous - there are lots of great companies that got to series A without seeing a single "top VC" term sheet. I see angel investing as a way to connect with new founders that have a lot of potential, and help them accelerate their path to a billion dollar valuation. For an interesting middle ground, I'd recommend one of our investors, https://fundersclub.com - they let you get in…
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on “Ask HN: Startup Investing is a Fool's Errand, am I wrong?”Submitted A Guide to Co-Founder Fit as a story · 2 points
HN discussionhttp://www.fundersclub.com/ sounds pretty interesting. Edit: fixed the link
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on “Ask HN: Where to find businesses that want funding”Submitted Invest in Startups Via Tax-advantaged IRA as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Venture News as a story · 2 points
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HN discussionSubmitted Work on Startups Early in Life, Get Technical If You’re Not. A Chat W/ Garry Tan as a story · 1 points
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