Investing In Boston
Mainvest and the Mayor's Office of Economic Opportunity & Inclusion at the City of Boston have partnered to support the local small business ecosystem by allowing the community to invest directly into their local small businesses while providing access to capital for entrepreneurs across the City.
Sign up to raise funds for your business or be alerted to new investment opportunities in Boston small businesses.
Boston Businesses Raising Funds
How It Works: Businesses
Sign Up: Join dozens of Boston small businesses raising growth and expansion capital through investment from the Boston community and beyond.
Structure Your Raise: Work directly with Mainvest's team to structure your campaign terms and prepare a fundraising strategy.
Raise Funds: Mobilize your community while gaining access to Mainvest's existing investor network of 30,000+ community investors that have invested in over 300 local businesses across the county.
Repay Investors: Quarterly repayments are handled directly through the platform. Investors become loyal customers and help spread the word about your Boston-based small business to the community.
Small Business Builds Boston
20
Main Street Districts
40,000
Small Businesses
$15b
Revenue generated by Boston's Small Businesses
170,000
Jobs created by Boston Small Businesses
Small businesses are the heart of Boston’s economy. Approximately 95% of Boston’s businesses are sole proprietors and firms with fewer than 50 employees and/or less than $5 million in revenue. These businesses create jobs, wealth, and opportunity for the city’s workers and residents. Small businesses also strengthen the city’s neighborhoods by providing goods and services and contributing to social and civic life.
The S.P.A.C.E. (Supporting Pandemic Affected Community Enterprises) Grant Program will prioritize helping small businesses grow, with a priority for industries that were most affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Legacy Business Program drives spending and pedestrian traffic into local commercial districts. Businesses like these are neighborhood institutions that have helped to shape the construct of our city. With increased visibility, our goal is to ensure that these legacy businesses can: 1) avoid displacement, 2) grow their influence, 3) keep residents employed, and 4) enrich the cultural vibrancy of the City of Boston.
How It Works: Investors
Sign Up: Create an investor profile and you'll be notified when businesses launch in your community.
Invest: New regulations allow anyone to invest. Explore terms, learn about the offering and discover risk disclosures. Add local businesses & real estate investment opportunities to your portfolio with just a few clicks. Most businesses target 10-25% returns, paid out quarterly as a share of revenue.
Earn Returns: Each quarter, businesses report revenue. Get returns right to your wallet to withdraw or re-invest back into other local businesses.
Boston Businesses That Have Raised Funds on Mainvest
Helpful Resources
Small business crowdfunding was made legal in 2015 by the Regulation Crowdfunding model. This has empowered hundreds of entrepreneurs on Mainvest who have raised over $30M from 30k+ investors across experience and income levels.
❓ FAQs
*While many offerings follow a quarterly repayment schedule, not all offerings do. Furthermore, returns are never guaranteed. Review each offering's individual terms before investing.
**Target return is not a set term and should not be used as such. Due to the nature of the revenue sharing note, the actual return varies over time. This is an estimation using the average projected return profile of most offerings on Mainvest. All offering data and investment terms can be found in the data room.
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Sign up to raise funds for your business or be alerted to new investment opportunities in Boston small businesses.