Web3 has no shortage of talented teams ready to ship. What it does lack is a simple & powerful way for these early teams to secure initial funding.
This is why we built the Initial Pump Offering (IPO) feature.
IPOs aren’t meant for large, mature projects looking to raise millions. Instead, they’re built for early-stage builders—the ones who need:
- a sufficient & meaningful amount of initial capital (up to ~200 SOL, roughly $30k at current prices),
- the strongest go-to-market strategy in existence - launching a token, and
- access to creator fees to sustain development.
IPOs as a Web3 Kickstarter for Early-Stage Teams
IPOs are designed to be the Web3-native Kickstarter — a lightweight way for early teams to raise 50–200 SOL & gain instant distribution through a token launch.
Builders today don’t need huge raises. AI cuts dev costs, X provides free distribution & creator fees offer immediate monetization.
What early teams do need is a small amount of runway and a mechanism to break through the noise. IPOs provide both.
That’s why IPOs should be seen as Kickstarter-style launches not instant blue-chip tokens. What will make IPOs succeed are realistic expectations and time for quality teams to grow their tokens valuation.
A Realistic View of Backing Early-Stage Teams
We also need radical honesty: Most early-stage teams will not succeed.
Investing at the earliest stage is inherently high-variance. VCs don’t win because every investment works. They win because one out of twenty becomes a 100x. That same reality applies here.
Anyone participating in IPOs needs to understand two fundamental truths:
- Building takes time: teams need months, not days, to turn a raise into real progress. Short-term price doesn’t matter—long-term value does.
- Not every team will win: the goal isn’t to pick guaranteed winners, but to build a portfolio where one asymmetric success can outweigh the rest
This is the math of early-stage risk.
The Vision: A New Starting Point for Web3 Builders
Ultimately, we created IPOs to push Web3 forward by empowering the builders who will shape its next chapter.
We want to unlock a new wave of independent innovators in Web3, because the future of this space depends on them.
The teams who iterate fast, take risks, ship prototypes, and experiment with new primitives are the ones who will bring this ecosystem to the next level.
IPOs give them the platform to begin that journey.