Sign up with your email and Spring creates a secure embedded wallet for you automatically. If you already have a wallet, you can connect it instead.
There's no separate founder account type. The same account submits and manages company listings, invests in other raises, or does both — you become a founder simply by starting a listing, and one account can run several listings and rounds over time. You may be a founder of multiple companies, but one company can only have one raise running at a time.
What happens after you sign up
You can start preparing your application straight away — identity verification isn't needed to begin.
Verification is required before you can submit your listing, but unlike investors, founders don't go through the same automated verification flow — this check is handled directly by our team. Rather than a self-serve step at submission, we'll reach out to you directly for the relevant details and documentation when it's actually needed: when we're helping with incorporation, or when equity transfers from your operating company to the SPC cell holding your raise.
Our team reviews your application and stays in touch with you through the process.
If your company is approved, we handle the legal and fundraising setup from there: we set up a dedicated cell inside our Cayman SPC (Segregated Portfolio Company) — a ring-fenced compartment that holds the equity stake in your operating company (OpCo) on investors' behalf, legally separate from every other project's cell. If your company doesn't already have an OpCo, we can help you set one up as part of this process. As part of this setup, the cell enters into a deed poll for eligible token holders — creating the documented legal connection between your company's interest and the tokens issued to investors.
Need more help?
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