Republic in 10 slides
An investment crowdfunding platform spanning startups, real estate, and private funds, with a large retail investor community and US and international offerings.
- Equity crowdfunding platform
- Crowdfunding platforms
- Based in New York, United States
What you do on Republic
How the money is made: crowdfunding
- Launch a campaign
- Backers pledge
- Reach the goal
- Funds released
An investment crowdfunding platform spanning startups, real estate, and private funds, with a large retail investor community and US and international offerings.
Founded 2016 · next to 14 other crowdfunding platforms
Work and topics
What Republic takes
~7% of raise + 2% of securities
From the published fees, before payment-processing, currency or withdrawal charges. Work out your own amount →
How the money reaches you
From sign-up to payout
- Sign up
- Application and vetting
- Do the work
- Earnings clearAt least 50 percent within 7 days after the campaign ends, then all but the last…
- Withdraw1 way to withdraw
1 way to withdraw
- Bank transfer
Can you join?
Yes, if you pass its application and you live in United States.
You need a background check.
What you need
- A background check
- Application and vettingHow sign-up works
Open in 1 country
What people actually earn
Republic says it has raised and invested over $3B across 2,500+ ventures, a company claim covering money raised by founders and invested by Republic, not profit…
Source: republic.com ↗How it scores
Strong on fees. Weaker on access.
- Fees4.5
- Getting paid2.3
- Access2.0
- Track record3.5
- Proof of earnings2.5
- Clear fees
- Low cut
- 10 years running
Republic against its peers
Guess: next to the 10 other crowdfunding platforms that charge a percentage, is Republic…
The cut of all 11 crowdfunding platforms that charge a percentage
| Platform | Fee |
|---|---|
| Chuffed | 1.5% |
| Fundrazr | 2.5% |
| Ketto | 3% |
| Kickstarter | 5% |
| Indiegogo | 5% |
| Ulule | 5% |
| Wefunder | 7.9% |
| Republic | 9% |
| Crowdcube | 9% |
| StartEngine | 11.5% |
| Catarse | 13% |
- At 9%, Republic charges more than 7 of the 11 crowdfunding platforms we track that take a percentage (median 5%).
- Launched in 2016, Republic is newer than most crowdfunding platforms — 14 of the 15 we track were founded earlier.
How much we know
We have 9 of the 17 things we track for every platform. Fees, payouts, join rules, countries and real earnings count most.
What we have
- What kind of platform it is
- Year founded
- Headquarters
- Fees
- How fast you get paid
- Withdrawal methods
- Join requirements
- Countries it accepts
- Real earnings figures
Still missing
- Plain-English overview
- Minimum payout
- Payment protection
- Review ratings
- Wikipedia or reference page
- Support channels
- Mobile apps
- Social accounts