The model
What we charge, what we propose, and what is not allowed yet.
We would rather be plainly accurate than impressive. Here is the whole commercial picture, including the parts that are switched off.
Free basic listing
Founders complete the full four-step submission, upload private documents, receive AI structuring and appear in organic matching at no cost. There is no paywall on discoverability.
Free investor access
Funds, family offices, angels and corporate investors define a mandate and receive qualified opportunities at no cost. There is no subscription and no per-deal access charge.
Optional fixed-fee promotion
A founder may pay a fixed fee to place a qualified project into a separate, clearly labelled Sponsored slot. The amount is not yet set, so the platform collects interest requests only and shows no checkout price.
Proposed success fee
An intended 5% of capital actually invested, and only through an approved lawful arrangement.
Subject to jurisdiction, eligibility and an approved regulated structure.
How it would be calculated
- It would apply only to capital actually invested, only where the investment followed a Blue Hat introduction, and only where both the founder and the investor confirmed the amount.
- It would never apply to a conversation, a term sheet, a commitment that did not fund, or an investor relationship that existed before the platform.
- The platform records an intended fee figure for administrative review only. Fee collection is disabled in code and there is no charging path in the product.
Why it is not switched on
- In the United States, transaction-based compensation for arranging securities investments points toward broker-dealer activity. An investor opting in to a call is not an exemption from that.
- In the United Kingdom, the FCA arranging and financial-promotion perimeter applies to this kind of activity regardless of who initiated contact.
- Blue Hat Founders is a PRIMA company. It is not a broker-dealer, it is not registered with the SEC, and it is not authorised by the FCA. We do not claim otherwise, and we do not claim that collecting this fee today would be lawful.
- Live introduction routing between real accounts and any fee handling stay gated server-side until a regulated operating structure and jurisdiction review are approved.
What we never do
No investment advice. No recommendation of any security. No execution of securities transactions. No escrow or custody of investor funds. No probability of investment, and no implied endorsement of any company, sponsored or otherwise. Sponsorship never changes an organic score, never bypasses a hard constraint, and is always labelled separately.