Molten metal pouring in a blast furnace
The Blast Furnace

Where everyday investors fund the next generation of American businesses

Browse Reg CF and Reg A+ raises that have moved through our community review — open to non-accredited investors. These are high-risk, illiquid investments and you could lose your entire investment.

Founders introduced through our community review process
Long-term, high-risk ownership — never guaranteed
Open to everyone, subject to the issuer's own terms
How it works

A new way to back American businesses

Four reasons the Blast Furnace is built differently — for the founders raising and the investors backing them.

Community review

Raises are screened by member operators before reaching the floor. That screening is editorial, not professional diligence or an endorsement.

Open to everyone

Reg CF and Reg A+ structures mean you don't need to be accredited to take part, subject to applicable investment limits.

Real ownership

Equity, revenue shares, or notes — issued by the company under its own offering terms. Every one carries the risk of total loss.

A guild around the deal

Members get founder AMAs, deal memos, and the Forged Network to scale post-raise.

Three stages of the fire

Every deal moves through the furnace

Spark — the open call

Founders pitch the guild. The community votes the most promising raises forward to Foundry Review.

Foundry Review — operator questions

Directors and member operators ask hard questions about the model, the cap table, and the founder. This is community review, not professional diligence.

Ignite — the live raise

Listed raises open on the floor with the company's own memos and founder AMAs. All offering terms come from the issuer.

Foundry Review gave me better questions to ask before I decided anything. I still had to make the call myself.

Maya Chen · Steel Member · illustrative member story, not typical results

Pull up to the furnace

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