Yesterday we launched the Crafts Anchor Board: a private network for high-signal capital deployers to review curated startups, meet founders, and pre-commit before rounds open publicly on Crafts. We built it because open access and serious underwriting should reinforce each other, not compete. Investors share their mandate once and our AI engine matches their thesis with curated frontier startups. Selected members conduct deeper diligence and can pre-commit for early allocation. Anchor Board Leads run founder calls, coordinate diligence, and help anchor selected rounds. For founders, this builds informed demand before launch and brings investors who can help win customers, recruit talent, expand distribution, and bring follow-on capital. Sticky capital should not mean locked capital. It should mean investors with enough context and conviction to take a longer view, creating a holder base that can strengthen early price discovery and bring stability with high-potential for growth For investors, it means less random deal flow, deeper access, and a real role in companies they are equipped to underwrite. Anchor and public allocations settle at the same uniform, market-cleared price, based on real demand through our sealed bid auction. Feel free to hit me up if you want to be involved.

We took the learnings from our first raise, stepped back, and rebuilt one of the most important parts of Crafts raises in the future. The vision remains the same: build venture-grade infrastructure for liquid, equity-linked startup investing. Stay tuned.