DealMaker

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DealMaker

@Dealmakertech

Powering the future of capital by helping visionary companies raise over $2B.

New York, NY Katılım Temmuz 2016

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Rebecca Kacaba@RKacaba·4d

I was just on @MTSlive, the new @a16z backed and hosted live streaming tech show, built around @eriktorenberg's bet that the "main characters of the moment" show up there first. From the movement to buy @SpiritAirlines, to @SpaceX offering 30% allocation to retail in its upcoming IPO, to @RobinhoodApp's publicly-traded venture fund investing in private companies, the world is tilting towards retail. I'm saying this trend is going to continue to accelerate, but I'm not the only one. @profgalloway predicted on his podcast that someone would pull off a Spirit Airlines style deal with retail investors in the next 12 to 36 months. @vladtenev was interviewed recently by Stripe's co-founder and said the end goal of what they're building is capital formation for businesses at the earliest stages. We've been working for years to tear down the walls that separate retail investors from investing in private companies. There's much more to unlock with the market's momentum behind us. Thanks to @JackFarley96 and @maxwiethe for the conversation. 🫡

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371,000 people pledged $337M to buy Spirit Airlines. Could it actually work? Two paths exist, and both have been run on DealMaker before. Rebecca's full breakdown of what it would take. dealmaker.tech/content/the-tw…

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Rebecca Kacaba@RKacaba·5d

Since last week, 371,000 people have pledged $337M to buy Spirit Airlines back. There are two paths. Pacaso ran the for-profit version with Reg A+ on our platform. The Green Bay Packers ran the non-profit version. Both work. We've done it. To the Let's Buy Spirit team: we are here to help. dealmaker.tech/content/the-tw…

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DealMaker@Dealmakertech·8 May

The movement to buy Spirit Airlines is the kind of moment we built DealMaker for. Communities deciding what gets to keep operating. Capital from the people who use the product. To anyone running or planning a community-funded raise: we're here to help. Would you want to invest in a company that you cared about?

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Rebecca Kacaba@RKacaba·8 May

The movement to buy Spirit Airlines has my attention. I don't know how this plays out. But customers wanting to own a piece of the businesses they care about, that's the story @Dealmakertech has been built around for years. To the campaign team: if you want to talk about what's structurally possible, we're here. Would you want to own a piece of a company that you cared about?

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Rebecca Kacaba@RKacaba·24 Nis

A few years ago, this would have been unthinkable. SpaceX is allocating 30% of its upcoming IPO to retail investors, and it's a signal the entire market should be paying attention to. I got into it with @RemyBlaireNews on Fintech.TV's Market Movers before the NYSE opening bell yesterday morning. The short version: capital raising is shifting, and the companies leading the next wave of IPOs, OpenAI included, are going to follow @elonmusk's lead. Retail is no longer an afterthought. It's becoming the strategy. Thanks to Remy, @VinceMolinari, and the Fintech.TV team for having me on. Looking forward to discussing this shift towards retail continues to gain momentum. @FINTECHTVglobal

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DealMaker@Dealmakertech·21 Nis

Thanks for having us on, @etnshow.

Rebecca Kacaba@RKacaba

“How do you think this will change the way founders build companies?” Great question I got earlier today on @etnshow about the impact of adding a company’s strongest advocates to its cap table. The example I always come back to for the wider ripple effects of online capital raising: stock option plans weren't typical in the 1950s and 60s. Then one day someone said, "If we give employees a stake, they'll be more invested, more aligned with shareholders, and better companies will get built." That turned out to be true, and now every company has a stock option plan. It's the same thing with bringing consumers into your brand. If they're invested in the business and in the journey, they're in it for the long haul. The companies already doing this are seeing real outcomes. @lukeknight and @Ronanchamberss, forgot to ask: how do I get one of those etn hats I've been seeing? Can we negotiate a trade for some @Dealmakertech merch? Glad I got you to ring the bell twice. Next time I'm on, aiming for three.

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DealMaker@Dealmakertech·17 Nis

Our co-founder and CEO, @RKacaba, at @TechTO's Best Of event earlier this week. Honored to take part.

Rebecca Kacaba@RKacaba

Honored to present @Dealmakertech at TechTO's Best Of event this week. Eight years ago, I was in that audience as a founder with a pre-seed idea and a lot of hope. Since I was a kid, I've been picking up the phone, making sales calls, and hearing "no." My view around the skill that makes a successful entrepreneur always comes back to being able to make cold sales. Every no has made me more resilient. Thank you to the TechTO team for the invite, and to every founder who presented and showed up in that room. And a special thanks to the young entrepreneur who 3D-printed awards for all of the speakers. 🏆 @TechTO

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Rebecca Kacaba@RKacaba·16 Nis

Why did I leave a thriving securities law practice to start @Dealmakertech? Because some ideas won't let you go. I just sat down with Heather Barnhouse on her @Dentons podcast to talk about that leap, and everything that came after. We covered learning from paying customers, building resilience when things get hard, and shipping an MVP that actually mattered. One thing that stuck with me from our conversation: the best founders aren't the ones with the perfect idea. They're the ones who can't stop thinking about the problem. That obsession is what carries you through. Finding a co-founder (Mat Goldstein) who shared that same fire made the decision even easier. If you're a founder weighing your capital strategy or curious what it takes to build something from the ground up, have a listen. @DentonsCanada

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Rebecca Kacaba@RKacaba·11 Nis

OpenAI plans on opening their blockbuster IPO to retail. This trend is becoming the new normal.

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Rebecca Kacaba@RKacaba·9 Nis

This is a historic moment for retail investors: SpaceX is allocating 30% of its IPO to retail. The typical allocation is 5-10%. @elonmusk, the most successful entrepreneur on earth, just looked at his cap table and made a choice to allow retail a greater stake in his company. This isn't a gesture. It's a signal. We've been building toward this moment for years. DealMaker has processed over $2B in online capital raises. We've seen companies use retail offerings to tap into their most loyal communities. The infrastructure exists. The regulatory framework exists. And now the biggest IPO in history is validating what we've always known. Here's what happens next: other companies nearing IPO take notice. Then earlier-stage companies start asking why they don't open their cap tables to the people who actually use and believe in their product. This is a major shift. And it's not going to slow down.

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Rebecca Kacaba@RKacaba·3 Nis

I’ve been invited to the All-In Liquidity Summit in May to chat with some of the sharpest LPs, fund managers, and founders in the industry. This unique event brings together a small, curated room in Napa Valley where real conversations happen. Message me if you’re heading to the Summit!

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Rebecca Kacaba@RKacaba·2 Nis

Robinhood launched a publicly traded venture fund that lets retail investors access private companies. Portfolio includes Databricks, Revolut, Ramp, Stripe, ElevenLabs, and more. Vlad and I have discussed this and it’s clear we've been circling the same thesis for a while. He went on Bloomberg recently and explained the motivation behind this new initiative plainly: this is about getting retail access to private companies. Not after the IPO. Not after the wealth creation has already been captured. Now. This is a massive signal because of what it confirms: the wall between public and private markets is coming down. And it's not regulators forcing it. It's demand. Retail investors want in earlier. They want access to the companies reshaping industries before the markup, before the wealth creation is already captured by a handful of institutional players. The industry's response used to be: "retail doesn't belong in private markets." Now one of the largest retail brokerages in the world has built the exact infrastructure to prove otherwise — and stacked it with some of the most recognized private companies. For anyone still skeptical that retail capital is reshaping private markets: the biggest platforms in the world are now betting their roadmaps on it. That's not a trend. That's a structural shift.

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DealMaker@Dealmakertech·18 Şub

Thrilled to announce our partnership with @DlpnEnt —exclusively in @Variety today — and the mission is clear: lead the next generation of funding for creator and influencer-led brands. Dolphin has spent decades turning cultural relevance into market impact, through brands like 42West, THE DOOR, Shore Fire Media, and The Digital Dept. Together, we're building a faster, smarter path to capital for celebrity and influencer-led companies — one that lets them move at the speed of culture. Since launching in 2018, DealMaker has helped raise over $2B across more than 900 deals. Now, we're bringing that infrastructure to some of the most exciting consumer brands in entertainment. The opportunity is real. The moment is now. We're ready. Read more in @Variety_Cynthia's piece on this partnership. variety.com/2026/biz/news/…

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DealMaker@Dealmakertech·9 Şub

Employee stock ownership transformed how companies grow. As our CEO, @RKacaba, lays out, this same principle extends to customers, users, and believers external to the company. That's the vision driving us at DealMaker.

Rebecca Kacaba@RKacaba

Employee stock ownership plans are a foregone conclusion today. But once upon a time, they weren't. In the 1970s, employee stock ownership plans were invented to give employees a stake in the companies they built. The results were undeniable: faster growth, lower failure rates, and significantly more employee wealth. Alignment creates momentum. No one argues stock option plans are irrelevant anymore. Ownership aligns incentives. Full stop. So here's the question we should be asking: why does ownership stop at the employee? When customers own equity, they don't just transact. They advocate. Supporters become evangelists. Communities transform into permanent stakeholders who move with you through every stage of growth. Employee stock ownership plans broadened ownership to employees. We're broadening it further: to customers, users, believers. The communities actually fueling these companies. Same principle. Wider circle. Exponentially more powerful. For VCs and institutional investors skeptical of retail capital: you already believe this thesis. You just don't realize it yet. If employee stock ownership plans work—and they do—then you already know why customer ownership works too. The infrastructure exists. The regulatory framework exists. What's left is the will to extend ownership to everyone who believes. That's what we're building at DealMaker.

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DealMaker@Dealmakertech·30 Oca

Our CEO, @RKacaba: "We've entered the era of the retail investor." Since the GameStop catalyst, we've grown our investor base by a whopping 3,000%. Retail investors are a growing force that can't be ignored.

Rebecca Kacaba@RKacaba

We’ve entered the era of the retail investor. That’s one of the things that’s come into sharper focus for me after reading this @CNBC piece by @YunLi626, @Kr00ney, and @alex_harring. We didn’t really understand what Gamestop was at the time. But it’s clear now that it was the catalyst for retail and the start of this new era. And that surge in retail investors post-Gamestop tracks with our own internal data. From 2020 to 2025, DealMaker's investor base grew by a whopping 3,000%. Now, firmly in the middle of the era, we have people like Vlad Tenev, @RobinhoodApp's CEO, who are pushing for regular people to get exposure to private companies and their upside. This conversation is going to keep moving forward. VCs and private companies who once viewed retail investors as “dumb money” will come to see them as a strategic force as this cultural shift continues to take hold.

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Rebecca Kacaba@RKacaba·29 Oca

This is the conversation we need to be having. @vladtenev is right: the concentration of AI wealth into dozens of shareholders while we wait for trillion-dollar IPOs is creating conditions that could undermine American innovation. We're watching extreme concentration of capital ownership play out in real-time at unprecedented speed and scale. The solution needs to go further than ever before: customers, users, and communities that fuel these companies need equity exposure too - and are good for the business! Equity crowdfunding can enable millions of Americans to own stakes in transformative companies before valuations make 100x returns mathematically impossible. The regulatory infrastructure exists. The technology exists. What's missing is the will to democratize access. If we don't fix this now, we're choosing between blunt redistribution policies or strangling the innovation that could define this century. There's a better path: broadening ownership while companies are still growing. That's what we're building toward at @Dealmakertech. That's the future worth fighting for.

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Rebecca Kacaba@RKacaba·15 Oca

I built DealMaker because I saw an opportunity to give the people who believe in you most a seat at the table. Recently I talked with @slehmann1 on STR Global Unlocked about this shift happening in how companies raise capital and why we built DealMaker to lead it. For years, I watched capital formation work the same way: gatekeepers decided who deserved funding. Communities had conviction but no seat at the table. Founders had to choose between control and capital. We built DealMaker to change that equation. When your customers become your investors, everything shifts. Loyalty compounds. Valuation strengthens. Your community doesn't just fund you, they evangelize for you. That's not just better capital. That's strategic advantage. For founders in proptech, hospitality, real estate, and beyond: the shift isn't coming. It's here. Links to the full episode in the comments.

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DealMaker@Dealmakertech·30 Ara

We just dropped our 2025 wrapped, and what a year it's been at DealMaker: 💰 $500M in total capital raised on our platform - that's $57,078 every single hour of 2025 🏙️ Opened our NYC global headquarters - planting roots in the heart of the financial world 👥 1.6M potential investors reached - democratizing who gets to own what's being built To every founder who trusted us with their raise, every investor who believed in innovation, and every team member who made this possible, thank you for an extraordinary year. Check out the full wrapped: dealmaker.tech/wrapped This year we didn't just raise capital, we raised the bar. Here's to raising the bar even higher in 2026.

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DealMaker@Dealmakertech·18 Ara

We're teaming up with @builderio for an upcoming webinar on our AI-first approach. Our CTO, Geronimo De Abreu, and our VP of People and Operations, Kara Wilson Oliver, will chat with Builder.io's CEO Steve Sewell about how we've embedded AI into our culture and processes, including insights from our recent company-wide hackathon where Builder.io's tools helped accelerate innovation across teams. Join to hear about our transformation story and how we've moved from AI experimentation to company-wide adoption. Webinar goes live tomorrow (December 18th) at 11am PT/ 2pm ET. builder.io/hub/webinars/d…

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@MTSlive @a16z @eriktorenberg @SpiritAirlines @SpaceX @RobinhoodApp @profgalloway @vladtenev