The facts, pulled from public sources and kept fair. Data accurate as of July 2026.
| Model | US equity crowdfunding under Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) and Reg A+, plus a StartEngine Private secondary marketplace |
| Scale | $1.2B+ raised across its products, 1,000+ offerings and 500+ companies funded, per StartEngine |
| Investor type | Retail investors, who can back a company from as little as around $100 per offering |
| Instruments | Equity, SAFEs, convertibles and revenue share, set per issuer |
| Fees | Reg CF around 6 to 10% of the raise plus roughly 2% in warrants; Reg A+ a lower percentage but higher setup costs; preparation from about $4K (Reg CF) to $50K to $100K (Reg A+) |
| Best for | US founders with a consumer brand or an existing audience they can mobilize |
| Not ideal for | Founders with no crowd yet, or anyone expecting the platform itself to supply investor demand |
Based on publicly available information from startengine.com and SEC filings, as pulled July 2026.
StartEngine rewards campaigns that launch with capital already committed. Use Angels Partners to line up the anchor angels who fill the first slice of your raise before you go public, so the crowd has a signal to follow. The one thing StartEngine cannot give you is a targeted list of anchor investors: that is exactly what the investor database is for.
A StartEngine campaign converts when a serious investor has already committed. Angels Partners is where you line up those anchor angels, reuse every asset, and turn public momentum into a closed round.
Target the specific angels most likely to back a public raise in your sector, reach them from your own inbox, and secure the day-one commitments that make a StartEngine campaign credible.
The deck, financial model and video you build for StartEngine are the same assets angels expect. Build them once and run the public campaign and the private raise from one AI fundraising CRM, not a spreadsheet.
After the campaign, convert engaged backers and near-misses into a follow-on angel round, and keep every investor relationship long after your StartEngine raise closes.
Line up the angels who commit first, reuse every campaign asset, and run the whole raise from one pipeline. That is how a StartEngine campaign actually closes.
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For a Regulation Crowdfunding raise, StartEngine typically charges around 6 to 10 percent of the amount raised plus a small percentage in warrants, with upfront preparation costs of roughly 4,000 to 10,000 dollars. A Reg A+ raise carries a lower percentage but much higher setup costs, often 50,000 to 100,000 dollars. Confirm current terms on StartEngine before you commit.
It can be, if you already have a crowd and can bring your own momentum. StartEngine gives you reach and infrastructure, but campaigns that win almost always launch with capital already committed. That anchor capital comes from angels you line up privately first, which is what Angels Partners is for.
Backers can invest from as little as around 100 dollars, set per offering. For founders, the practical minimum is the momentum you arrive with: platforms reward campaigns that show early commitment, so lining up anchor investors before launch matters more than any platform floor.
It is not either or. StartEngine gives you a crowd; angels give you the anchor commitment and credibility that make the crowd move. Most successful raises do both: secure anchor angels through Angels Partners, then open the campaign to the crowd.
