GrowthFountain is embracing local business GrowthFountain, an equity crowdfunding platform that focuses on investors local to their investment opportunities, has launched in the US. It aims to "level the playing field for small businesses", whose finance options have been "cost prohibitive and inefficient", according to CEO Ken Staut. The company is currently working with a number of investors, including venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which invested $US1 million ($A1.27 million) into its first fund last year.
GrowthFountain, an equity crowdfunding platform that focuses on investors local to their investment opportunities, has launched in the US. It aims to "level the playing field for small businesses", whose finance options have been "cost prohibitive and inefficient", according to CEO Ken Staut. The company is currently working with a number of investors, including venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz, which invested $US1 million ($A1.27 million) into its first fund last year.