WealthForge Pitch Sheet

Investment Opportunities for Small Start-up Businesses

WealthForge Expands the Local Investment Game

By: Josh Eure

23-year-old business school graduate Fred Bryant conceived of a new way to invest with WealthForge, an online platform designed to connect limited entrepreneurs with potential investors.  WealthForgeOnline.com is a social networking site that works similarly to Match.com or Facebook, only it connects entrepreneurial ideas with possible investors.  WealthForge turns “an inefficient private placement market into an easy and seamless place to conduct business for all investors, large or small.”

WealthForge founder 2^nd Lt. Fred Bryant currently serves in the U.S. Army Reserves, and is being deployed to Afghanistan for a one year tour, despite the fact that his company is set to launch in Q3 of 2011.  Bryant recently ran a marathon in full military gear to honor the service of his great-great uncle who died in the Bataan Death March of WWII.  “Although I have stepped aside from day-to-day activities to focus on my number one priority, serving the nation,” Bryant said, “the culture of WealthForge is built on integrity, determination and respect.”

Possible Show/Story Ideas                                                               

1. Young entrepreneur exhibits patriotism
2. American innovation at its finest
3. Integrity, determination, respect—Bryant’s story
4. Open the investment gates for small start-ups
5. Finding capital for any business, no matter the size
6. A more transparent way to invest for friends and family
7. Increasing local job opportunities

-Posted with permission from Rebecca Antonelli