To put this in perspective, since the market began almost one out of every three dollars committed to all campaigns went to Wefunder. And according to the data, it is a tight race, with StartEngine leading. Their answers were surprisingly similar: Sourcing the best deals leads to the best results. fight to legalize debt and equity based crowdfunding and coauthored the book Crowdfund Investing for Dummies. It allows any startup or small business to raise up to $1,070,000 online from family, friends, and followers (accredited or not) provided issuers use a crowdfunding website that is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). If you look at the last two quarters alone, investors are pouring their capital into SeedInvest deals ($9.5 million vs $7.7 million for StartEngine and $6 million for Wefunder).