Introducing private startup rounds on Crafts. Not every company should use the same market structure. Some are ready for liquidity. Some are better suited for a private round. Crafts will support both. Curated private startup rounds are now coming to Crafts. One of the first companies is backed by Y Combinator. Request early access.

We’re at Solana Summit Serbia 🇷🇸 Here to connect with everyone who’s into internet capital markets, especially founders ready to scale a business with strong foundations. Reach out here or DM @abo_crafts

Liquid private markets only work if great founders actually want to participate. Otherwise you get adverse selection: weaker companies go public, strong investors stay away, and the market deteriorates. The Crafts Anchor Board is our answer.

Introducing the Crafts Anchor Board. Review curated startups before the round opens: • Meet founders • Lead diligence • Soft-commit to selected rounds • Get early access to curated offerings Apply as investor →

One of the key challenges in creating liquid markets for private companies is adverse selection. You can attract deal flow, but without strong founder quality, credible investors won’t step up to lead and anchor rounds. Over the past months, we’ve spent a lot of time talking to investors, curating strong capital deployers, and understanding what they need to underwrite private companies before a liquid round opens. We turned those learnings into a new investor flow, and one of the core building blocks of Crafts going forward. Tomorrow.

Looking to raise a $150k–$1M pre-seed? Crafts helps founders run liquid, VC-compatible rounds. Cohort 1 is stacked with 3 strong companies across AI, robotics and finance. Adding 1–2 more with a live product, first revenue and clear PMF signals. DM us.

Honored that Crafts was selected as a winner of the Solana Frontier Hackathon. We give everyone access to equity-backed tokens, with VC-grade protections and fairer valuations. Craft Mode.

“Tokens are broken, and how to fix them.” Crafts at Solana Summit Berlin with @pfo_sac Huge credit to @SuperteamDE for putting together one of the strongest Solana events Europe has seen.

was great to discuss the brief history of tokens at @solanaevents summit, what we tried i.e. utility, buybacks. explaining how ownership tokens and sealed-bid auctions help fix two of the biggest issues we've seen

Excited to talk tomorrow at the Solana Summit about "Why tokens are broken and how to fix them" at 3:30pm Will give an outline of the history, what are the best approaches solving it including relentlessly shilling @craftsdev jkjk

Thank you for participating in ReFi Hub’s raise for their equity-linked token on Crafts. The raise was unable to reach the 400K USDC minimum, 250.8K has been committed in 224 bids from 184 participants. Refunds are now claimable on Crafts: Connect your wallet and you will be able to claim the USDC back to your wallet. Thank you for everyone who participated.

Why @craftsdev uses a raise range for @refihub instead of one fixed price @pfo_sac, co-founder of @craftsdev, breaks it down: "Looking at all the ICOs over the last three years, a lot of these tokens were issued at very arbitrary prices." "You saw tokens coming onto the net at 20M FDV, 50M FDV, selling a 10% stake, raising 2M or 5M, and then dumping on the side." "In our case, there is no team supply, so there is nobody to dump on you." "The range is there because we don't want an arbitrary price. We want the market to discover a fair price." - @pfo_sac

Why token holder protections look different on @craftsdev Crafts breaks down how their model differs from @MetaDAOProject: "With MetaDAO, the value accrual and rights live on the token side, which works perfectly for onchain protocols that generate revenue onchain." "Crafts is focused more on traditional startups, AI companies, robotics companies, and RWA companies like @refihub, where revenue often comes from offchain sources." "That’s where the legal layer matters. Token holders get reporting rights, disclosures, and legal protections, not just smart contract protections." "And the company can’t just rug. If they raise 500k, it doesn’t go to the company all at once. It streams monthly, and if the company doesn’t perform, token holders can initiate treasury liquidation." - @pfo_sac

The thesis that matters right now: Solana becomes the rails to trade everything. Not just tokens. Assets that don't have a liquid price anywhere in the world. Collectibles, music rights, equities, and real infrastructure. That's what's changing on @solana right now. The shift is simple. Crypto used to be the place you trade crypto. Now it's becoming the rails to trade everything. Real infrastructure is the part I find very interesting. @refihub is putting operating solar plants on chain. Yes, nothing digital, REAL STUFF. You fund real, producing assets and you earn USDC as those plants sell electricity to the grid. And energy is currently the most valuable resource you can imagine, because AI needs more of it every minute. 14% realized IRR across 6 live deployments, $491K AUM, 20+ months of on-chain distributions, $49M+ qualified pipeline. Real cashflow from a real asset, accessible to anyone. A regular investor was never getting into a sub $10M solar project before. Too small for institutions, too complex for retail. On chain it becomes one clean position. And the way it's raising is just as new. This is the first sealed bid ICO on Solana, built by @craftsdev. You set the max FDV you'd accept, bids stay encrypted until the window closes, so nobody can front-run the price. Everyone above the clearing FDV pays the same. Below clearing gets a one-click refund. Deadlines that matter: - Auction ends today, under 5 hours left - $400K minimum, currently 44% there - Min commit 50 USDC, $4-8M FDV range This is the actual unlock. Crypto stops being the thing you trade and becomes the way you invest in anything. We will see a lot more of this.