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Featured Proposals

Acquisition & Growth of an Established French Bakery in Pacific Grove, CA
Acquisition of a profitable 40-year French bakery in Pacific Grove generating $924K annual revenue. Experienced owner-operator, established customer base, existing team and equipment, with significant untapped growth potential.
  Required Amount $450,000
  Minimum Investment $25,000
  Region Central Coast
  Stage Profitable
  Investor Role Silent

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Psyence Water Household Cleaning Products
Creating cleaner products for a cleaner world. Powerful biodegradable, green, and safer options so people are free to play around in this world without fear or worry. Advanced cutting-edge chemistry to provide the best household cleaning products.
  Required Amount $250,000
  Minimum Investment $10,000
  Region Southern California
  Stage Finished Product
  Investor Role Any


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Advanced Personal Pest Control
We just completed our successful crowdfunding campaign for the Bug Saber on Kickstarter. Now we need an investor to help us the rest of the way through production.
  Required Amount $100,000
  Minimum Investment $10,000
  Region Southern California
  Stage Finished Product
  Investor Role Silent

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Commercial Real Estate in San Jose California
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  Required Amount $500,000
  Minimum Investment $25,000
  Region Bay Area
  Stage Other
  Investor Role Silent


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Marrying Fin Tech with Hospitality Real Estate
We developed the world's only functioning Cryptocurrency POS system. We need to purchase a building, build out said building and test the POS for the next four months in real time. The goal is 11 transactions per minute for 3 hours straight.
  Required Amount $7,500,000
  Minimum Investment $150,000
  Region Bay Area
  Stage Finished Product
  Investor Role Silent


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AI-Powered Dental Insurance Verification Platform
AI-powered SaaS platform that automates dental insurance verification, helping practices reduce administrative burden, improve workflow efficiency, and streamline revenue cycle operations.
  Required Amount $1,500,000
  Minimum Investment $25,000
  Region Surrounding States
  Stage Finished Product
  Investor Role Any


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We're turning the payment processing fees merchants already pay into a customer acquisition engine.
SME Businesses now can have offers, coupons, prizes, etc. distributed for FREE! Details included in "BUSINESS OVERVIEW via email.
  Required Amount $500,000
  Minimum Investment $25,000
  Region Surrounding States
  Stage Other
  Investor Role Any


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Structured Investment Opportunity
We are an established specialty coffee business located in Fresno, California with a proven operating history, strong local brand recognition, and a loyal customer base built through years of consistent operation and hospitality-focus.
  Required Amount $500,000
  Minimum Investment $100,000
  Region San Joaquin Valley
  Stage Profitable
  Investor Role Silent


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Coherent Energy Systems
Coherent Energy Systems (CES) is developing the Coherent Energy Production System (CEPS) — a deterministic, fixed‑geometry power architecture engineered to eliminate the fragility, complexity, & cascading failure modes that define today’s generators.
  Required Amount $5,000,000
  Minimum Investment $1,000,000
  Region Greater Sacramento
  Stage Pre-Startup/R&D
  Investor Role Advisory


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Mediterranean Restaurant Vegetarian and Vegan
We opened a restaurant in March 2025. It is mediterranean, vegetarian and vegan. Main Item is the authentic falafel.
  Required Amount $5,000,000
  Minimum Investment $5,000,000
  Region Southern California
  Stage Achieving Sales
  Investor Role Any


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12 unit/space Agricultural Housing Development
Business Plan to build a California State Permitted 12 space Permanent Agricultural Housing Development for employee owned RV or Mobile Home. Build requires fencing, utilities, grading, etc...
  Required Amount $300,000
  Minimum Investment $50,000
  Region Southern California
  Stage Pre-Startup/R&D
  Investor Role Any


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California Home Equity Club LLC
California-based company preparing a limited rollout. Seeking a small number of individuals for private discussions. Structured model in place. Details shared after direct contact.
  Required Amount $50,000
  Minimum Investment $5,000
  Region Southern California
  Stage Finished Product
  Investor Role Any


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Inventory Expansion – Asset-Backed Diamond Trading
Profitable LA-based wholesale diamond trading business seeking $250K for inventory expansion. Offering 10% preferred annual return + 20% profit share. Asset-backed model with 35+ years industry expertise.
  Required Amount $250,000
  Minimum Investment $25,000
  Region Southern California
  Stage Profitable
  Investor Role Any


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Registered Investors

United States > California

An extensive background as general counsel, entrpreneur, investor. Have launched start-up businesses later sold to major corporations e.g. Gillette, Zurich Insurance. In recent years invested $5 million in various law firms and lawsuits of social value.Have invested in numerous businesses both individually and as member of a group.

$5,000 to $100,000

United States > California

27 year SVP commercial banker with prior business ownership / management experience. Private investor seeking established, growing and profitable business model.

$50,000 to $500,000

United Arab Emirates > Dubai

12 years of experience in Financial/Banking sector of UAE. Currently a Mergers & Acquisition analyst.

$50,000 to $60,000

Netherlands > Almelo

I have done management consulting and capital raising for businesses (others as well as my own). I have an excellent network and have access to capital for projects. I am particularly interested in commercial grade renewable energy projects and have many resources in this sector. Although I live in Western Europe, I am interested in projects all over the world.

$100,000,000 to $9,000,000,000

United States > Hawaii

Private investor interested in investing in start-ups or SMEs.

$0 to $200,000

United States > California

Looking to invest in something I believe in, hopefully be part of growing it to the potential it’s capable of. I’ve spent 15 years in business management and development, so I’m looking to partner with someone and succeed in an investment.

$10 to $30,000

United States > California

Invested in startups going back to 1994, yahoo, mysimon, bluepumpkin, and currently invest in a few stealth startups. Back-ground consists of making sure that the entrepreneur is prepared to finish the job! I will test the courage of the entrepreneur a lot prior to investing in him or her! If you pass the courage test everything else should be fairly simple. Private investor and also a member of some Angel groups.

$1,000,000 to $10,000,000

United States > California

Private, young, new inverstor looking for businesses to invest in that makes sense. Administrator for CA Board and Care, currently operating 3 locations and consulting for 3 facilities in Santa Monica.

$5,000 to $20,000