Birchal First

birchal.com

Birchal facilitates equity crowdfunding for Australian private companies, helping founders raise capital from retail and wholesale investors through a regulated CSF intermediary platform. The platform serves 17+ industries and has expanded to Birchal First, a wholesale investor syndicate focused specifically on underfunded hardware technology ventures.

Check Size

$250.0 - $5M

Stages

Pre Seed, Seed, Series A

Focus Areas

Consumer, Healthtech, Hardware

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Investment Thesis

Birchal’s philosophy centers on democratizing investment access and empowering communities to invest in companies they believe in. The firm operates as Australia’s leading Crowd-Sourced Funding (CSF) platform, built on the belief that ‘everyone should have the opportunity to invest in the companies they love.’ Rather than traditional venture capital gatekeeping, Birchal enables everyday Australians to become shareholders and brand ambassadors in early-stage and growth-stage businesses across diverse industries.

What Sets Them Apart

Australia's leading CSF platform with $234M+ raised across 324 campaigns since 2017
Blended approach combining retail crowdfunding with wholesale investor syndicate (Birchal First) for hardware/deep-tech
Specific focus on hardware technology as historically underfunded category: 'Capital has chased software for a decade while physical technology has been underfunded'
Community-first model turning customers into long-term shareholders and brand advocates, not just capital sources
End-to-end support through 10-12 week process with partner network of legal, marketing, and financial service providers
Transparent, tiered fee structure ($5-8% success fees depending on raise size, lower for larger rounds)
Track record of supporting diverse founder teams (32% of funds raised in FY25)