Best-Of-Stonks: Demo Day Fund
Invest in Top tier Startups with one check
We invest $25k-$50K into the best startups from 1500+ deals per month.
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What the F*&% is Stonks?
Stonks is a
Demo Day Platform
Stonks is the Home for Startup Demo Days. We see 150+ deals every month from partners like A16Z, 500 Global, Techstars, CoinList, Hustle Fund DFJ, Xoogler, Mercury Raise, Flori Ventures, First Fund & others.
🦍 What is the Best-of-Stonks Demo Day Fund?
The Demo Day Fund invests in the best startups on our platform, similar to the AngelList Access Fund. This includes both Stonks events, and all partner events hosted on Stonks.
Startups Selected On
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Traction
The average currently is ~$1m ARR.
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Founders
Exceptional Founders
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Co-Investors
Exceptional Co-Investors
Demo Day Fund Startups (so far)
$4.5m seed raise led by Tribe, just announced this week, first money in (at better terms), 91K transactions/day
Founder Mike Quinn founded one of Africa's earliest fintechs (Zoona, $2.5B transactions). Retailer-first commerce platform powering growth for Africa's 100M entrepreneurs
$420k ARR, great customer roster (Klarna, Lattice, Morning Brew, 5-6 more big names)
$4M TCV - Proj. $800k ARR 2021, Co-investors: WndrCo, Village Global, Alan Rutledge, YCombinator, Orrick, Quiet Capital, Flexport, Immad. Series A - Got a term sheet for $16m @ $50m Pre-money Val but hasn't signed.
$2.4M ARR
$2M ARR
$500k - $1M EOY proj. ARR ($12M in transactions)
$0 mgmt fee. 0% carry
😯 yes, you read that right
We want all the returns from this Fund to flow back to our LPs, as a thank you for supporting the Fund and the Stonks platform in its first year 🙏. Funds in the future may not have this benefit.
$50k / $250k
Individuals / Entities Minimum Check Size
You have to be an accredited investor, and be able to prove it 👊
$5M
Hard capped fund size
GP Commit: $1 Million (from Ali, the founder/ceo of Stonks)
😤️ Facts
| Fund | A No-Fee Fund to gain wide exposure to ~100 startups on Stonks Demo Days, w/information rights. |
| GP Commits | $1 million |
| Management Fees | 0% (some fixed admin fees apply from Fund admin, billed at-cost) |
| Carry | 0% |
| Size | $5M (roughly $1.2M remaining) |
| Fund Adminstrator | Assure.co |
| Investor Contact | Adam Hardej, Director of Private Markets, adam@stonks.com |
| Demo Day Fund Strategy | Fixed checks into Stonks Demo Day companies, and select Partner Demo Day companies. Deployment: Starting Oct '21, deploy over next 12-18 months into 75-100 startups. Timeline: HODL 💎✋ until portfolio companies exit, with capital returned as exits occur 💸 (expected timeframe of ~10 years) |
| Selection Criteria | $250K or higher ARR, unless Exceptional founders (serial exits etc), or Exceptional co-investors (a16z, Sequoia etc) |
| Selection Rate | 6% Average over July - September '21 |
| Information Rights | Yes. Can apply to follow-ons and SPVs |
