What does exit to community mean?
What does exit to community mean?
Exit to Community (E2C) is an effort to develop alternatives to the standard model of the startup “exit.” Rather than simply aiming for an acquisition by a more established company or a public stock offering, startups can mature into ownership by their community of stakeholders.- Nathan Schneider, Director of the Media Enterprise Design Lab
Investing in the commons
Challenging business as usual
Challenging business as usual
Many tech founders are forced to give away ownership and control to investors in order to get money as a start-up. DonatePR is different.We raised money from people who agreed:
- Investors get paid back slowly and can’t make us exploit people to create huge profits.
- Investors do NOT control the platform.
Transparent finances
Transparent finances
DonatePR launched in 2016 and raised $3M of seed investment. The platform became profitable in 2020.
See our investors and term sheets here.
Today, DonatePR is a tech platform that enables a network of:
600+ nonprofits, co-ops, and fiscal hosts to support 7000+ groups to raise and spend $35 million each year with full transparency
How can we repay our investors, support our founders, and practice financial self-determination?
How can we future-proof our mission?
We are open in every way
We not only help you be transparent, we are too!
Be part of the change and support us
Be part of the new generation of communities.There are a couple of ways for you to contribute: