How to submit your company

Your application becomes your company page. It needs to give investors enough to understand what you're building, judge the opportunity and the risks, assess your team, and decide whether the raise makes sense.

You don't have to finish it in one session. Save a draft and return to it through My projects — drafts are private and invisible to investors until you publish them. You can draft before completing verification, but verification is required before the application can be processed.

Before you start

We recommend having this ready in order to complete the application:

• A short description of your company

• Your logo and a cover image

• Your website and social channels

• Bios for you and your team

• What your product does today

• Your customers and revenue so far

• A copy of your pitch deck

• Your financials and growth projections

• Past raises and current ownership

• Your raise amount and valuation

• How you'll use the funds

• Whether you have or plan a token

• Any links to supporting materials

How the process runs

The process has seven steps, from opening your account to going live. Most founders spend about a week on the application itself, depending on how ready your materials are — and you don't need to do it in one sitting; save your progress anytime and come back later.

1. Open your account. Sign up with your email and Spring creates your account and embedded wallet. There's no separate founder account — the same one lets you submit companies, manage raises, and invest. Running more than one company? Create a new listing for each — you don't need a new account.

2. Fill in the application. Complete it section by section. Figures in your deck, financial model, cap table and application should agree — inconsistency is the most common cause of follow-up questions.

3. Preview before submitting. Check that the opening description makes sense without specialist knowledge, that claims are evidenced, links open, images display, and no material risk is missing.

4. Complete identity or business verification to submit your listing — You need to complete identity or business verification to submit your listing.

5. Submit for review. Submission isn't acceptance. Spring reviews the company, founders, proposed raise, evidence and legal position, and whether the opportunity suits the platform. We'll contact you by email or Telegram.

6. Answer questions. We may ask for clarification or documentation. Some terms — final legal structure, minimum investment, release schedule, investor eligibility — are settled with you at this stage rather than through the form.

7. Finish setup. Once your application is approved, you'll confirm your wallet, sign the legal documents for your raise, and accept final terms before your listing goes live.

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Drafts are freely editable. Once submitted, key fields may lock during review; after approval, any changes require Spring's review.

What your application covers

Your application covers six areas, each helping investors build a complete picture of your company: the company itself, the opportunity you're pursuing, your numbers and traction, your team, the terms of the raise, and any disclosures worth flagging upfront.

1 · The company

This section introduces your company to investors and sets the tone for the rest of your application — keep it clear, current, and easy to verify.

Share your company name and a one-sentence description. Your description should say who the product is for, what problem it solves, and what you provide — "The future of decentralized intelligence" tells an investor nothing, while "An AI monitoring platform that helps DeFi protocols identify smart-contract exploits before transactions execute" tells them everything.

Add your logo and a cover image — these are how investors will visually recognize you across the platform.

Note your industry and current stage, so investors can quickly place you in context.

Include your website, along with your social and community links, so investors can see your public presence and community engagement.

Add a demo if you have one — a live look at your product goes a long way toward building confidence.

Finally, include your contact details, so Spring's team can reach you directly with any questions.

2 · The opportunity

This is where investors decide whether the problem is real and whether you're the right team to solve it — it's worth taking the time to get right.

The problem — What is the problem, and who has it? How often does it come up, and how painful is it? How do people deal with it today, and why isn't that good enough? Back this up with evidence: customer interviews, waiting lists, support data, or existing spend.

Be specific about numbers and sources rather than general claims. For example, instead of saying a market is "growing quickly," describe what you've actually observed — how many customers you've talked to, what they're currently paying for a workaround, or how long a manual process takes today.

Your solution — What have you built, or what will you build? Explain briefly how it works, and be clear about what's live today versus what's still planned. Note anything that makes it hard to copy, including any important IP. If it isn't live yet, say what you've validated so far and what's still a hypothesis — pilot results are especially useful evidence here.

Market — Who is your customer, and who's the buyer if that's someone different? Describe the geography and segment you're targeting, and size the opportunity using TAM, SAM, and SOM. Show your assumptions and build the numbers from the bottom up where you can — for example, how many target companies exist in your initial region, what share you expect to reach through your channels, and at what average contract value.

Competition — Who are your direct competitors, and what are the indirect alternatives? Show us how customers solve this problem today, and what gives you an edge — better product, speed, cost, distribution, or something else. Every real problem attracts multiple approaches, even informal or manual ones, so use this space to explain clearly how you stand apart.

3 · The numbers

Business model — Explain who pays, and how your pricing works. Share revenue per customer and your margins. Describe how you acquire customers, your sales cycle, and retention. Note your main cost drivers and your path to profitability, and mention any dependence on token incentives, volume, or third parties. These details matter because they show investors you understand your own economics. If you're pre-revenue, explain your assumptions and share any evidence that customers are willing to pay.

Traction — Share whichever metrics best reflect your progress: revenue and growth, paying customers, active users, volume, retention, contracts, pilots, partnerships, conversion, or technical milestones. Note the time period for each, and be clear about what's confirmed versus forecast. No traction yet is completely fine — just say so and share what you've validated so far.

Financials — Share your historical P&L and cash flow, current balance and burn, revenue by period, liabilities, forecast, hiring plan, budget, and runway, along with your best-case, expected, and downside scenarios. This helps investors understand your trajectory and risk profile. You can share these details via a link — just make sure the document is accessible to Spring's team.

4 · The team

At this stage, investors are assessing the team as much as the product — so this section matters just as much as the rest of the application.

For each founder and key team member, share their name, role, and a short bio. Include their relevant experience and previous companies, along with outcomes. Add links, their location, and whether they're working full-time.

Once you've covered each person, share your total team size and how responsibilities divide across the group. List your existing investors and advisors, and explain why this team is the right one for this problem.

5 · The raise

Share the amount you're raising, your proposed valuation, and the interest you're offering. Note your expected start and close dates, and any existing commitments. Include the minimum amount that makes the plan viable, your investor terms, and any vesting, lockup, or release schedule.

Let us know whether the raise has private and public stages, and any closing conditions. If your final instrument isn't settled yet, share your proposed commercial terms and label them as subject to review.

Use of funds — Please share details on how the funds raised will be used. This matters because your plans for using funds are a key part of how investors make their decision — it's worth filling in as much detail as you can here.

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Include your runway, monthly spend, one-off costs, and hiring assumptions, along with what would change if you raise more or less than target. Be specific about the goals tied to each major category — for example, "hire two engineers to ship the enterprise API by Q2 and onboard five design partners," not just "hire engineers."

6 · Disclosures

Previous fundraising — Please share details on your fundraising history: equity rounds, token sales, SAFEs or notes, grants, accelerators, current investors. Prior terms and valuations, cap table, outstanding options, debt, and any unsuccessful attempts. Also share your current commitments for this round.

Planned or existing tokens — If you plan to have a token, please share the tokenomics details, including its purpose, chain, supply, allocation, timing, its role in your fundraising, and how it stays distinct from the interest offered through Spring. If you already have a launched token, please share its name, chain, contract address, supply, holder distribution, allocations, vesting, prior sales, listings and liquidity, market-maker arrangements, attached rights, and its relationship to the company.

Legal — Many pre-seed and even seed-stage companies haven't incorporated yet — if that's you, just say so. If you have an entity, share its name, jurisdiction, registration number, and date established. Include ownership and IP ownership, licenses and regulated activities, and material contracts. Note any disputes, sanctions or geographic restrictions, related entities, and planned restructuring.

Supporting materials — We encourage you to share any materials you consider meaningful and helpful for your raise — for example a pitch deck, financial model, demo, white paper, technical documentation, roadmap, cap table, audits, legal opinions, customer references, letters of intent, market research, or a data-room index. Please share these through secure links rather than uploads; direct uploads are currently for images only.

Please note that a complete application doesn't guarantee acceptance — but it does help Spring and prospective investors evaluate your company thoroughly, without unnecessary back-and-forth.