Nate Sumbot
Principal
Built for founders
raising capital online.
A boutique securities firm focused on a single problem: getting your online round filed, qualified, and funded — without the hourly billing roulette or the late-night handoff to a third-year associate. Senior counsel on every call.
- Founded
- 2021
- Practice
- Reg CF · Reg A+ · Reg D
- Pricing
- Fixed fees, quoted up front
02 / 05The team
Senior counsel,
on every call.
Two principals — same scope, same standards. We built Fundwise because online capital raising is a specialty, and founders deserve a firm where the lawyer who drafts your Form C is the lawyer who answers the phone when the platform calls at 4 p.m. on a Friday. No third-year-associate triage, no junior pass-through.
Chris Hill
Principal
03 / 05Why we built it
Securities work,
without the drag.
Most founders raising online get the same legal experience: a generalist firm billing hourly, a junior associate drafting boilerplate, and a Form C that reads like it was written for the SEC instead of for investors.
Our thesis
Online capital raising is a specialty. The exemptions are narrow, the portals have their own quirks, and the disclosure has to do double duty — it has to satisfy the SEC and read like a human wrote it, because real investors actually read it.
Fundwise was founded to do that work the way founders need it done: specialized, so the regulations are second nature; fixed fee, so the legal budget is one of the few line items that doesn't surprise you; and fast, because once the campaign is live, days matter.
04 / 05How we work
Three principles
that structure every engagement.
Not a pitch deck — the actual operating posture. These are the things you'll feel from week one.
01
Specialized, not generalist.
Capital raising is all we do. We don't moonlight from corporate practice — securities work is the only thing on our desks, every day.
02
Fixed fee, quoted up front.
Form C, Form 1-A, PPM, blue-sky bundle — quoted as a single fee with scope changes discussed before they hit your invoice.
03
Reply in hours.
When the campaign is live, you don't have days. We're structured to respond same-business-day, every time — platform calls included.
05 / 05One firm, two brands
Securities here.
Corporate counsel next door.
Fundwise Legal, PLLC operates two specialty practices under one roof. Fundwise covers online capital raising; Scalar Law covers everything that happens after the round closes — cap-table work, board governance, employment, and M&A.
Fundwise
Legal
Online capital raising
Securities counsel for founders raising through Reg CF, Reg A+, and Reg D. Offering documents, SEC filings, platform coordination, and ongoing compliance.
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Corporate counsel
Fractional GC and outside counsel for growth-stage companies. Cap tables, board governance, employment, commercial contracts, and M&A.
Same firm · Same lawyers · Same standards · Two specialty lanes
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