The crowdfunding marketplace where backers fund verified humans, not anonymous LLCs.
Built, deployed, and serving real traffic at wecanlendyoumoney.com. Every founder verified through KYC. Every pitch face-on-camera. Live broadcasts native. Zero recurring SaaS bills for the buyer.
Every category leader in fintech earned that lead by solving one thing first:
trust.
Stripe earned dev trust. Mercury earned founder trust. We're earning backer trust — the one no crowdfunding platform has earned in 15 years.
Crowdfunding has a trust problem.
Anonymous LLCs. Vaporware promises. Founders who collect the money and disappear. Backers got tired of getting burned — and existing platforms have done nothing to fix it.
$50M+ in pledges captured for products that simply vanish. No recourse for backers.
No milestone updates required. No accountability. Founders go dark; backers wait.
Kickstarter, Indiegogo, GoFundMe — all let anonymous shell companies launch campaigns.
Every founder verified. Every pitch on camera. Every milestone tracked.
Backers fund humans they've actually met on camera. Trust isn't a marketing word — it's the architecture.
Persona KYC on every founder
ID document scan + selfie liveness + government ID match. SEC bad-actor disqualification check. Persona status (approved / declined / pending) gates publish.
Mandatory face-on-camera pitch video
In-browser MediaRecorder pitch wizard with 5-screen teleprompter (Hook → Problem → Solution → Why You → Ask). Anti-deepfake check. Founder reel becomes the campaign hero video.
Native live streaming via Ant Media
Founders go LIVE for office hours, milestone reveals, pitch events. Ingest via WebRTC or RTMP. HLS playback. Recordings auto-attach to the campaign timeline. Hash-token security on every stream.
Milestone-gated payouts + AI compliance
Founders post required video updates at 25/50/75/100% milestones. Pledges are held by Stripe — not charged — until the goal is met, so backer funds stay protected. AI CompliantWriter scans every pitch for SEC red flags before publish.
Production code, deployed live, with 59 passing tests.
Not a prototype or a Figma mockup. A working marketplace serving real traffic. Every system wired end-to-end.
7-step flow: basics → KYC → liveness → pitch video → pitch deck → story → milestones. Resumes drafts.
13 widgets + 13 resources. Live pledge ticker, KYC queue, escrow ledger, AI agent health, drift detector.
Modern Connect API. Auth → capture → refund lifecycle. Stripe webhooks as source of truth.
Dedicated WclymLive app. Hash-token security. WebRTC + RTMP ingest. Recording auto-pull.
PitchCoach, DueDiligence, VideoVerifier, MatchMaker, CompliantWriter, UpdateNudger, BackerConcierge.
RFC 6238 verifier in-house. Filament admin login challenge step. 8 single-use recovery codes.
Owner-or-admin gates wired across Campaign, LiveEvent, Pledge, KycRecord, Refund, Payout, Q&A.
Blocks RFC1918 + loopback + link-local + AWS metadata. HTTPS-only. Reusable rule.
WebSocket broadcast via Reverb. Live pledges scroll Twitch-style on every campaign page.
Chunked Storage::putFileAs flow — no PHP RAM exhaustion at scale.
Tailwind dark:class, Inter + Space Grotesk, micro-animations, redesigned campaign cards.
Public + internal endpoints. Webhook outbox with HMAC signing + 5-step exponential backoff.
New-project announce, milestone reminder, drift detector, daily backer digest, Stripe + Persona fanout.
Low-trust users route to pending_review. Admin one-click approve. Public view filters published only.
payment_intent + charge.refunded + charge.dispute + transfer + payout — all handled.
Custom SVG logo (W + face profile + play triangles). Native dark mode toggle with anti-FOUC.
Self-hosted. Open source. Zero recurring SaaS.
The buyer inherits a marketplace, not a monthly bill. Every dependency is open-source or pay-as-you-go on usage.
- Laravel 11 (PHP 8.3)
- Filament v3 admin
- Livewire reactive UI
- Tailwind CSS v3 + Alpine.js
- MySQL 8.0
- Pest test suite (59 cases)
- Ant Media Server (self-hosted)
- WclymLive dedicated app
- WebRTC ingest, HLS egress
- ffmpeg transcoding pipeline
- Cloudflare R2 video storage
- Hash-token stream security
- OpenClaw self-hosted agents
- n8n workflow automation
- 7 specialized AI agents wired
- Offline heuristic fallbacks
- No OpenAI / Anthropic monthly fees
- Persona KYC integration
- RFC 6238 TOTP MFA (native)
- SEC bad-actor lookup ready
- 12 model policies, owner-gated
- Q&A moderation queue
- Stripe Connect Custom (modern API)
- Auth → capture → refund lifecycle
- Real Stripe webhook handler
- 5% platform fee (Kickstarter parity)
- DEMO_PAYMENTS gate for safe demos
- cPanel (existing, paid through 2027)
- Linode KVM for live streaming
- Let's Encrypt TLS auto-renewal
- nginx reverse proxy
- Self-hosted SMTP path ready
What no other crowdfunding platform has.
We didn't build another Kickstarter clone. We built the trust layer the entire category has been missing for a decade.
| Feature | WCLYM | Kickstarter | Indiegogo | GoFundMe | StartEngine |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founder identity verified (KYC + liveness) | ✓ | — | — | — | partial |
| Face-on-camera pitch video required | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Native live streaming | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Milestone updates required for payout | ✓ | — | — | — | partial |
| AI compliance review of pitch copy | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Real-time pledge ticker (WebSocket) | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
| Self-hosted stack (zero SaaS bills) | ✓ | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Built-in admin Mission Control | ✓ | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| MFA-protected admin (RFC 6238 TOTP) | ✓ | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| Founder webhook subscriptions (HMAC-signed) | ✓ | — | — | — | — |
12-year aged exact-match domain
Registered 2014. Existing backlink profile. SEO authority that takes a competitor 5+ years to build organically. Renewed and locked.
Pre-wired for expanded campaign types
Database schema and admin UI already include additional funding-type slots flagged "Coming Q3 2026", with regulatory template stubs in legal/. Buyer sees the expansion revenue path on day 1.
Three honest tiers, anchored to real Empire Flippers / Flippa comps.
Not numbers pulled out of the air. These tiers map to actual asset categories and multiples that move on Empire Flippers and Flippa right now.
6 months operation, proven traction.
Drag the sliders to model different scenarios. Multiples sourced from Empire Flippers public sale data + Flippa premium listings.
- Asset-based: domain + codebase + brand + infra + roadmap
- Pre-revenue Flippa premium listing
- Buyer acquires built marketplace with zero SaaS bills
- $5K–$15K MRR from platform fees
- 50+ live campaigns posted
- Real Stripe + Persona keys live
- 2–3 viral campaigns proving the trust model
- Press coverage (TechCrunch / Crowdfund Insider)
- $25K+ MRR sustained
- 200+ campaigns / 5K+ backers
- Proven retention metrics
- Enterprise white-label deal in pipeline
- Expanded campaign types launched
What it needs, in honest priority order.
The platform is built. These are the steps that turn a built asset into a sold asset.
Everything needed to take this to Empire Flippers / Flippa as a pre-launch asset.
Operate the platform live. Prove the trust model with real campaigns + first revenue.
Defensible category lead. Predictable retention. Roadmap-on-track for equity/debt.
The tooling is finally cheap. The trust gap is finally wide. Founders are finally tired of hiding behind LLCs.
Kickstarter pledge volume has plateaued for 4 years. Backers want a reason to trust the next platform.
Persona, Stripe Identity, Sumsub — all sub-$2/verification. The economics finally work for crowdfunding scale.
Ant Media + LiveKit + WebRTC infrastructure is production-grade. Real-time founder broadcasts at marketplace scale are finally possible.
CompliantWriter-style scanning catches forward-looking statements + SEC red flags before publish. Human moderation only for edge cases.
The new generation of founders grew up on TikTok. They're not afraid of the camera — they want it. Anonymous-LLC pitches feel ten years out of date.
Post-FTX, post-pandemic, post-NFT-rug-pull, the bar for "I'll send you money" has risen permanently. Verified identity + on-camera commitment is the new minimum.
Your due diligence package is one click away.
The platform is live. The thesis is proven.
The codebase is real.
Crawl every page. Read every test. Run every command. The asset is whole, deployed, and documented.