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Your community
is your investor.

Subinvest turns recurring community subscriptions into predictable revenue — and unlocks upfront capital for diaspora founders that traditional banks ignore.

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A warm lantern-lit restaurant interior
Restaurant
Beirut → Paris
Rustic loaves of fresh bread
Bakery
Kabul → Lille
A pour-over coffee being brewed
Café
Mumbai → Lyon

Supporting diaspora communities

  • Lebanese Maronites

    1.2k subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Moroccan Berbers

    980 subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Senegalese Wolof

    1.5k subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Tamil Indian

    2.1k subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Turkish Anatolians

    870 subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Vietnamese

    1.3k subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Syrian Levantines

    760 subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Pashtun Afghans

    690 subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Brazilian Nordestinos

    1.1k subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Yoruba Nigerians

    1.8k subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Cantonese Chinese

    1.4k subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Algerian Kabyle

    820 subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Lebanese Maronites

    1.2k subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Moroccan Berbers

    980 subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Senegalese Wolof

    1.5k subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Tamil Indian

    2.1k subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Turkish Anatolians

    870 subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Vietnamese

    1.3k subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Syrian Levantines

    760 subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Pashtun Afghans

    690 subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Brazilian Nordestinos

    1.1k subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Yoruba Nigerians

    1.8k subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Cantonese Chinese

    1.4k subinvestors

    Active community →
  • Algerian Kabyle

    820 subinvestors

    Active community →
How it works

Build monthly support first.
Unlock capital second.

A different instrument than crowdfunding, a loan, or charity. Community subscriptions become the founder's financial signal.

  1. Step 01 · Private phase

    Founding Circle

    1–2 weeks. The founder shares a private link with their close network — securing the first 5–10% of subinvestors before going public.

    1–2 weeks
  2. Step 02 · Campaign month

    30-day public launch

    The project goes live. Subinvestors subscribe €5–€25 / month. Urgency drives commitment — exactly thirty days, no extensions.

    30 days only
  3. Step 03 · Engagement

    12-month locked MRR

    Subinvestors are contractually locked for twelve months. Stable, predictable monthly recurring revenue — not a donation, not a loan.

    predictable revenue
Live pilot projects

Real founders.
Real businesses.

The first cohort of projects on Subinvest — each one started with a community circle that said yes.

🍲 Food & restaurant

Café Nomade — Specialty Coffee Roastery

mohammad mohammadi · Lyon

Direct-trade coffee roastery bringing small-farm beans from Ethiopia and Colombia straight to European cafés.

€21,150 of €45,000 raised47%

9 days left

🪡 Craft & makers

Atelier Lumière — Handcrafted Lighting Studio

Ellie kesha · Lyon

Small-batch, hand-blown lighting fixtures made in our Marseille workshop from recycled glass.

€25,800 of €60,000 raised43%

0 days left

🌿 Climate & green

GreenCrate — Zero-Waste Grocery Delivery

zhale hekmat ara · Lyon

Returnable-crate grocery delivery cutting single-use packaging out of weekly shopping.

€68,400 of €90,000 raised76%

2 days left

📝 Media & writing

PixelForge Studio — Indie Game Publisher

Donald Trump Mail · Lyon

A four-person studio publishing narrative-driven indie games, now working on our second title.

€70,000 of €70,000 raised100%

0 days left

The Founding Circle

The first ten people
who said yes.

For 1–2 weeks before a project goes public, the founder gathers their close network — the bird-by-bird beginning.

Founding subinvestors get their name engraved on the founders' wall, a signed certificate, and — when the secondary market opens in 2027 — first priority to trade their position.

Read the Simorgh story
Jeff Bezos received $245,000 from his parents. Most migrant founders have none of that. Subinvest replaces inherited capital with community capital.
— The Subinvest thesis
The Simorgh, briefly

Thirty birds set out to find a leader.
They discovered they were the leader.

In Attar of Nishapur's Mantiq al-Tayr, thirty birds journey across seven valleys in search of the mythical Simorgh. At the end of the road, they look up — and see only their own reflection. The thirty (si) birds (morgh) are the Simorgh.

Our logo is drawn from exactly thirty hand-inked footprints — one for each subinvestor in a founding circle. When the last bird lands, the capital unlocks. The metaphor is the product.

The Subinvest journal

A monthly letter from the circle.

Founders' stories, the science of community capital, and the people walking this path with us. Never marketing.

One letter a month. Unsubscribe in one click.

"If you've read this far, you already understand it. Subinvest isn't an app to download. It's a small, honest agreement between a founder and the people who believe in them."

— Mohammad & Azadeh, Lille
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