Our Story
A Financial Revolution, Compliments of the SEC
For years, wealthy investors have had the right to invest in private, high-growth companies at their earliest stages. In some of the boldest changes to U.S. securities laws in nearly 100 years, the SEC just gave all U.S. citizens the same access.
This revolution is called Equity Crowdfunding. This is where many investors contribute small amounts of capital to fast-growing startups — $100 here, $100 there — and in exchange, receive actual ownership. We believe this shift has the power to drive entrepreneurship, transform communities, and generate wealth.
Our goal is to help you build a diversified portfolio of these early-stage investments. This is the type of portfolio that, historically, has returned 55% annually — and if you get lucky and invest in a breakout company like Facebook, Google, or Uber, you could potentially earn thousands of times your money on single investments.
Crowdability provides individual investors with education and insights into this market. Our free website and email newsletter aggregate and organize deals from all around the web. While our main focus is on equity crowdfunding of startups, we also provide info on other securities-based opportunities, from Real Estate to Art to Collectibles.
We aim to protect individual investors. By educating and empowering them, we believe we can help them avoid making costly mistakes — and provide them the highest chances for success.
Our Team
MATTHEW MILNER
Matt’s always been fascinated by the intersection of innovation and capital. He spent his early career on Wall Street, working for Bear Stearns, Citicorp, and Lehman Brothers. But he realized that the most exciting opportunities weren’t happening in the stock market — they were happening in the private markets.
So he left the big banks to build companies of his own. Over the next several years, Matt founded multiple startups that were eventually acquired by industry leaders including Hearst and MarketWise (NASDAQ: MKTW).
Along the way, he launched a venture capital fund and started investing in startups himself. He and his partners currently hold stakes in over fifty private startups including SpaceX and xAI.
Eventually, his passion for uncovering early-stage opportunities led him to launch Crowdability, a research and education platform that helps ordinary investors access the kinds of high-potential private deals once reserved for the wealthy. Today, Matt serves as Founder of Crowdability, and Chief Investment Officer of Private Market Profits and Income Unlimited, where he helps his readers navigate the private markets to build long-term wealth.
Matt holds a B.A. from Cornell University and an MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management. But as he’ll tell you, his best lessons came from building and backing companies himself — and learning firsthand how great wealth can be made by getting in before the IPO.
BRIAN ELLER
Brian is Crowdability’s Associate Publisher. Prior to joining Crowdability, he worked in counterintelligence as a Special Agent for the U.S. Department of Defense. Brian spent his early career in media and journalism, working as an editor and producer. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Journalism from Pennsylvania State University.
GEORGE ZHAO
George is Crowdability's Director of Technology. Most recently, he was the Lead Developer for The Oxford Club, an 8-figure division of financial publisher Agora, Inc. Prior to that, he was the CTO of The Institute for Individual Investors, a financial education and publishing company. George was also the Technical Co-Founder of TickerHound, an online question-and-answer community focused on financial education. He received his B.A. from Pace University.
Publishing Schedule
We publish the Crowdability newsletter on the following days at 11:00 AM Eastern:
- Monday: Weekly Deal Digest
- Wednesday: Article by Matt Milner
- Thursday: Bi-weekly article by Brian Eller
- Friday: Weekly Headline Digest