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BuildingMarketplaceBacked 2022

Barter-E

Founded by Ayrika Craig

A marketplace where entrepreneurs and creatives trade work with each other instead of paying cash, so a developer and a designer can swap what each of them needs.

What they do

Barter-E structures each swap as a posted trade request or offer.

Who it's for

Early-stage founders, freelancers and creatives trying to keep cash in the business.

What's different

It's a marketplace with real listings and a price, $12 a trade request or $67 a month for the Advance Trader plan.


What they've done, with sources

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Every Fifth Star company gets the same $25,000 check.

Contributions go into the fund that writes them. If Barter-E exits one day, our share comes back to the fund and goes out again, which is what makes us an evergreen fund.

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