
Raising Funds For Your Restaurant or Foodtruck?
Foodstart is a community-funding platform designed just for food trucks and independent restaurants. Through us, your friends, family, customers - anyone - can use their Amazon.com account to back your business in small increments (i.e. $50 or $1,000).
In exchange for their capital, backers receive great perks and rewards like food discounts, free dessert, cool swag, menu items named after them, behind-the-scenes tours - whatever you choose!
Key Features

Reward Your Backers with Dessert, not Cash
Try getting Bank of America to do that!

Social-Media Marketing Program - Free!
We'll buy online ads, print custom-designed fliers, provide campaign consultations, and suggest Twitter and Facebook updates. We'll even draft and distribute press releases.
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Seed Match - Free!
Foodstart will seed your business with $500 - just raise at least $5k from at least 20 different people.

Physical Backer Cards - Free!
Foodstart will send every backer a card they can use to redeem rewards.

Low Fees
We charge just 5% plus we pass along a 2.9% credit card processing fee - the lowest in community-funded finance!

Simple Threshold Requirements
For existing businesses...
when your campaign deadline ends, we will send you a check, less our fees, for whatever funds have been raised - even if you haven't made your funding goal. (more info)
For new businesses...
we require that the campaign's funding goal be reached before releasing funds.(more info)
For existing businesses we waive our funding threshold requirement because backers still will be able to receive perks from your existing operation.
In other words, if you're trying to raise $5,000 but only raise $4,999 you will still receive your capital. This is the opposite of some other platforms which return all funds for existing businesses, even if a campaign is just a dollar short of its goal!
We require a funding threshold be met for new business in order to protect backers who need confidence the project will get off the ground and that they will have a way to redeem their perks and rewards. The solution: make sure you set a reasonable goal.

Familiar Payment Platform
Backers support your business using their Paypal account - free if they don't already have one.
How It Works Video
Examples Of Current Projects
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Our social-media marketing team will provide a turnkey program. As you can see, Foodstart really wants your campaign to be successful!
CONSULTION
SOCIAL MEDIA
PAID MEDIA
EARNED MEDIA
PROMOTIONAL MATERIALS