# Venture Capital for retail investors

[www.sweaterventures.com](http://www.sweaterventures.com/)

#### Milestones

- Founded 2019
- Invested in 2021

#### Team

- [Jesse Randall (Founder & CEO)](https://www.linkedin.com/in/sweaterceo/)

#### Categories

- [FinTech](/content/portfolio/?category=fintech/index.html)

#### Overview

Sweater's platform allows venture capital firms to pool retail investor money to invest in high-growth startups.

Sweater's mobile-first experience allows investors to directly access venture capital via "public venture" funds.

### Career opportunities

## Looking for a role at Sweater?

We are always considering exceptionally talented people for Motivate and our family of companies. Head to our Motivate Job Board to search open positions!

[MVC Job Board](https://jobs.motivate.vc/jobs)

## Let’s build something together

[Get Started](/content/contact/index.html)

### Funding Inquiry

**Company Name 
Sector/Industry 
Location 
Company Website 
Contact Name and Title 
Email 
Crunchbase profile URL 
AngelList profile URL**

**How did you hear about Motivate?**

Please email your investor presentation (deck, exec summary, funding docs, etc.) to PITCH @ MOTIVATE.VC or submit links to Dropbox, Google Drive, Box, etc below

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**Briefly describe the Company and the problem you are solving 
What is the general founding story? 
Founders' entrepreneurial history? 
B2B, B2C, Other? 
How do you generate revenue? Is it Transactional, Recurring, or Repeatable? 
Current Revenue? 
Current Monthly Burn (net of Revenue)? 
How much capital are you currently raising? 
Type (Equity, Note, SAFE) with terms (valuation, cap, liq pref, discount, interest) 
Round (Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A) 
If you have a lead investor for this round, please provide the name and contact information 
List your three biggest investors in this round and amounts 
List your three biggest investors in previous rounds and amounts 
Detail your Use of Funds from this raise 
How many months of runway will this round give you? 
When do you plan to raise the next round? 
If you have a product, summarize its state of development (alpha, beta, in market) 
Initial traction (in revenues, users, etc) 
Monthly growth rate of clients or users 
Who are your primary competitors? 
What are the biggest challenges to the business? 
Size and composition of your Total Addressable Market (TAM) 
What is the size of Serviceable Addressable Market (SAM)? Please describe the inputs to this formula 
What is the size of Serviceable Obtainable Market (SOM)? Please describe the inputs to this formula 
Why is NOW the perfect time to launch this business?**

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### CONTACT INFORMATION

First Name 
Last Name 
Email

### PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LinkedIn Profile URL 
Summary of your professional experience 
What did you love and what did you hate about your past roles? 
What is/are your ultimate professional goal(s)? 
Describe your dream professional role 
What excites you about the Head of Fund Ops role?

#### Functions

### FUNCTIONS

What functions at Motivate or our portfolio companies are you interested in?

When can you start?  
- Now  
- 30 days' notice  
- Unsure

### Funding Inquiry - copy

**Fields marked with an * are required**

**Company Name 
Sector/Industry 
Location 
Company Website 
Contact Name and Title 
Email 
Crunchbase profile URL 
AngelList profile URL**

Here is a collection of functional roles available:  
- Close investments and managing the investment/company afterward  
- Perform market and financial diligence on investments  
- Talent acquisition for portfolio companies  
- Manage day to day operations of the firm  
- Investor relations

**When can you start?**
- Now  
- 30 days' notice  
- Unsure

**Anything else?**

What is 4 + 5?

Thanks.