Lightning VenturesIt is a venture capital firm in the Bitcoin field. ThunderfinderReg CF, a regulated crowdfunding (Reg CF) portal, made the announcement at last week’s Bitcoin 2024 conference. The platform aims to democratize early-stage investing in bitcoin and open source startups by allowing both accredited and non-accredited investors to participate.
Thunder Funder is leveraging the Reg CF framework that allows companies to raise up to $5 million per year from the public, opening up previously little-accessible startup investment opportunities for the first time to retail investors interested in the burgeoning Bitcoin and open source spaces.
Lightning Ventures has invested more than $6.8 million in about 40 bitcoin-related companies, and with the new platform, “we’re activating a new group of retail investors,” said Mike Jarmuz, CEO of Thunder Funder.
The founding team consists of Uncle Rockstar, our CTO, and early contributors. BTCPay server, Vivek Patel, COO, previously worked at PrimeTrust.
Max Kaiser and Swan Bitcoin CEO Corey Klipsten’s El Zonte Capital invested $500,000 in Lightning Ventures’ pre-seed round to launch the platform alongside Brad Mills and Chris Hunter.
and ThunderfinderPublic investors can now directly fund innovative Bitcoin projects that were previously only accessible to accredited and institutional investors, potentially accelerating the development and advancement of Bitcoin and the open source ecosystem.
