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Crowdtilt

Tilt .com
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Private
Industry Crowdfunding
Founded Texas, United States (February 8, 2012 (2012-02-08))
Founder James Beshara
Khaled Hussein
Headquarters 370 Townsend, San Francisco, California, United States
Area served
United States
Key people
James Beshara (CEO)
Services Crowdfunding
Parent Independent
(2012-2017)
Airbnb
(2017–present)
Website www.tilt.com

Tilt (formerly Crowdtilt) was a crowdfunding company that allowed for groups and communities to collect, fundraise, or pool money online. The company was legally certified in securing fundraisers for non-profit organizations. James Beshara and Khaled Hussein launched under the name Crowdtilt in February 2012 out of Y Combinator. The company was initially based in Texas and was then headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Tilt CEO and co-founder James Beshara, a 2008 graduate of Wake Forest University, developed the concept for the group-funding platform while working as a microloans collection officer in South Africa. Beshara utilized the concept of social collateral to create Dvelo.org, which aimed to provide group-funded loans to micro-insurance organizations. When Dvelo users began to use the service to fund non-charity related ventures, Beshara shifted the company’s model to concentrate on raising funds for parties, gifts, events, or any other cause that a user proposed.

Beshara brought on Khaled Hussein as a co-founder in 2011. Beshara and Hussein rebranded Dvelo as Crowdtilt and were accepted into the winter 2012 session of Y Combinator.

In May 2012 the company closed its first round of funding at $2.1 million. Investors included SV Angel, CrunchFund, and Reddit’s Alexis Ohanian.

In November 2012 the company met federal regulations regarding fundraising for nonprofits. As a result, Crowdtilt fully supports charity fundraising, providing users with tax-deductible donation receipts.

In December 2012 the company released a crowd-funding API that allows startups and third-party developers to integrate Crowdtilt’s functionality into applications.

In April 2013 the company raised $12 million in Series A financing. The financing was led by the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. This round of financing brought Crowdtilt’s total funding to approximately $14 million.

In December 2013 the company raised $23 million in Series B funding to help the company continue to grow its team and expand internationally.


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