Pricing
A fixed fee, tied to one event.
Fees never scale with round size, page count, or storage volume.
You use the product free until your first close. That raise carries a fee of USD 499. Nothing else is metered.
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Fee / Schedule
One fee, one event
Most platforms in this category bill by consumption. Pages examined, documents stored, seats occupied, a percentage of the round. Each of those meters grows when your deal gets harder, which is exactly when you can least afford it.
We charge a flat fee tied to a triggering event. The fee is the same whether your round is USD 500,000 or USD 5,000,000. It is the same whether your data room holds forty documents or four hundred.
Rule 20.1 — fees never scale with round size, page count, or storage volume. This is written into the document that governs what we build, not into a pricing page we can quietly revise.
Fee schedule · Effective 17 August 2026
| Tier | Who it is for | Fee | Basis |
|---|---|---|---|
| Direct | A founder raising up to USD 250,000 | USD 499 | Once, on first close |
| Standard | A founder raising USD 250,000 – 5,000,000 | USD 799 | Per month, active raise only |
| Deploying seat | An investor deploying capital | USD 3,999 | Per seat, per year |
| Institutional | A fund or family office | Scoped individually | hello@hockystick.app |
Direct is free until your first close. The first 100 organisations pay nothing on that first close — the fee is waived once, and does not transfer if the organisation changes hands.
Institutional / Scope
Why institutional pricing isn’t published
An institutional buyer’s requirements vary by fund size, seat count, and how many raises they run at once. A single published number would be wrong for most of them.
So we scope it in a conversation instead of guessing at a price that fits everyone. That conversation covers what you need confirmed before you sign, and what determines where you land.
Write to hello@hockystick.app to start it.
Triggering events
| Event | Fee | Not charged |
|---|---|---|
| First close, Direct tier | USD 499 | Rounds that do not close |
| Active raise, Standard tier | USD 799 monthly | Months with no active raise |
| Seat, deploying tier | USD 3,999 yearly | Seats left unassigned |
| Institutional agreement | Scoped individually | Documents, storage, pages, AI calls |
Nothing in the right-hand column is ever billed.
Method / Provenance
Why the founder pays
Fundraising infrastructure should answer to the founder using it. If investors paid for this product, it would slowly become a product that serves investors.
So the founder pays, and we sell nothing else. We do not sell your data. We do not take a percentage of your round. We do not introduce you to anyone for a fee.
Where the mechanisms come from
| Mechanism | Origin |
|---|---|
| Single-notice diligence | Documentary credit examination — UCP 600 |
| The conditions register | Secured lending practice |
| The evidence ladder | Insurance underwriting practice |
| Soft-circle tracking | Syndicate practice |
| The check digit | ISO 7064 MOD 97-10 — the IBAN algorithm |
We adopt established process and name its source. Each of these is checkable against its own standard.
Start / Direct tier
Start on the Direct tier
No card, no trial clock.