Smart Humans: Wefunder CEO Nick Tommarello on the evolution of crowdfunding, the importance of community investing, and democratizing startup investing

23/07/2025 35 min Episodio 73
Smart Humans: Wefunder CEO Nick Tommarello on the evolution of crowdfunding, the importance of community investing, and democratizing startup investing

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Nicholas Tommarello is the Founder and CEO of Wefunder, a pioneering crowdfunding platform that allows individuals to invest in startups. He co-founded Wefunder in 2012, leveraging provisions from the 2012 JOBS Act to enable unaccredited investors to purchase equity in early-stage companies, thereby democratizing access to investment opportunities that were traditionally available only to wealthy individuals. Tommarello holds an MBA in Entrepreneurship from Babson College and participated in the prestigious startup accelerator Y Combinator in 2013.

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