Own a Piece of the Solution.
Enterprise Ireland has invested on behalf of the Irish people, but you could also join our community funding round and help build the future of Irish housing.
Investment from Enterprise Ireland
We are proud to be an Enterprise Ireland-backed company.
Enterprise Ireland's vital, albeit small, foundational support enabled us to launch a solution with unparalleled efficiency compared to other housing efforts by the state — tackling Ireland's largest problem with smart, targeted investment. This is a small but crucial first step on a much larger journey.
Whether you're a homebuyer or a homebuilder, we're keenly aware this investment is made on behalf of the Irish people 🇮🇪, and we will never lose sight of this responsibility.
This initial seed of support has been instrumental. However, to truly scale and create a competitive ecosystem of problem-solvers, a broader and more ambitious mandate is required. We continue to advocate for a #HomesMarketTechFund to build upon this successful foundation and properly resource the companies capable of solving our national housing crisis.
You Can Own a Part of the Solution
Become a stakeholder in Ireland's housing revolution.
Our community investment approach allows ordinary people to own a stake in solving Ireland's housing crisis. Starting from just €500, you can join our community funding round and get equity in a company that's transforming how Ireland builds homes.
Enterprise Ireland has already backed us because they see the massive potential, but we want ordinary people to own part of the solution too. Your investment converts to equity at a 20% discount to the valuation set by professional investors in a future funding round, rewarding you for your early support.
We're pursuing this community approach to stay independent as long as possible, allowing our human-friendly social good mission to bed in properly without pressure to alter our models for purely short-sighted commercial gains. Your investment helps us maintain this focus on solving the housing crisis, first and foremost.
How Community Investment Works
This is an initial phase to gauge interest among ordinary folks for investment in Homebuyer's Hero. A possibility to have a stake in a company with big ambition, aligned with the social good and fundamental human need for shelter. We're following a clear, structured process to allow our community to invest alongside professional investors once our pledge target is met.
1. Pledge Support First
Register your non-binding interest by making a pledge. This helps us build momentum before we begin the formal investment process. No money is required at this stage.
2. Formal Offer & Investment
Once we hit our target, our solicitors will prepare a full legal pack. Pledgers will then be invited to review the documents and make a formal investment.
3. Conversion via SPV
Your investment converts to equity in a future funding round. To keep our company structure clean for future investment, all community funds are pooled into a single Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) which holds the shares on your behalf.
The Notional Investment at a Glance
- Round Target (Pledges):€100,000
- Pledges Start At:€500
- Instrument:Community Investment Certificate
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Key Term (Discount):
Your investment converts to equity at a **20% discount** to the valuation set by professional investors in a future funding round. This rewards you for your early support.
Confirmed Pledge Progress:
The Journey of Your Investment
Investing in an early-stage company is a long-term partnership. Here is a transparent overview of the risks, potential outcomes, and added benefits for our community investors.
Your Investment Mindset: Start at Zero
The safest and most prudent approach is to consider an investment in any early-stage venture as 'gone' the moment it is made. This is the fundamental risk of backing innovation.
However, this is not a lottery ticket. Your capital is immediately put to work on a powerful mission: cutting through bureaucracy and slow government processes to let a real, market-driven solution finally come to bear on Ireland's housing crisis.
Disclaimer: This page constitutes a request for non-binding expressions of interest only and is not a financial promotion or an offer of securities. It is intended to gauge market interest and does NOT form a contract. Any future opportunity to invest will be made only via formal legal documentation prepared by our solicitors, which will contain all final terms and comprehensive risk warnings.
Investment Horizon & Potential Outcomes
Our ambition is global, backed by Enterprise Ireland's belief in our potential. We anticipate seeking a major priced funding round within the next 6-18 months, which is the most likely timeframe for a conversion event.
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SUCCESS SCENARIO
The company raises a funding round, your investment converts to equity at your preferential terms, and you become a shareholder in a high-growth company.
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MATURITY SCENARIO
If no funding round occurs by the maturity date, the agreement provides options to ensure you are treated fairly, such as repaying the investment (potentially with a premium) or converting it to equity at the pre-agreed cap.
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BUY-BACK AMBITION
As we become profitable, we aim to be able to offer a buy-back of your investment, providing a potential earlier return.
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FAILURE SCENARIO
If the company ceases trading, your investment would likely be lost. This is the core risk of all early-stage investing.
lockA NOTE ON LIQUIDITY
Even after converting to shares, your investment remains illiquid as they are in a private company. A financial return is typically only realised years later upon a "liquidity event" like a share buy-back, company sale or an IPO.
Investor Perks: A Thank You for Your Support
While you do not have to be a user of our platform to invest, we want to offer special benefits to those who are also active participants in our ecosystem.
homeFor Homebuyers
- A weighting bonus added to your application scoring, improving your position in all queues.
- Advance notice of any new development launching in your selected zones.
Please Note: This investment is completely separate from your scoring assessments. If your application is not capable of supporting being bound to a development, the investment will not change this.
constructionFor Homebuilders
- A discount on your post-planning success fee, equal to 50% of your investment amount or 50% of the fee, whichever is lower.
- In the unlikely event of a clash or conflict in a geographical area with limited buyer response, your development would be prioritised as long as all else is equal for the good of homebuyers and the other homebuilder is not also an investor. Unlikely to arise, but comforting nonetheless.
Please Note: This investment is completely separate from project assessments. It does not guarantee project acceptance or preferential treatment on the platform, outside of the above.
Read about the investment opportunity expand_moreIreland's housing market is broken - young people can't afford homes, builders can't get projects off the ground, and families are trapped in an endless cycle of rising prices and dwindling supply. Homebuyer's Hero is fixing this by connecting committed homebuyers with small builders before planning permission, removing the crippling financial risks that have paralysed housing development for over 15 years.
groups Think about this as an opportunity to help which, if it doesn't fold, might be a nice thing to have, down the line - all while helping chip away at the housing crisis!
Enterprise Ireland has already backed us because they see the massive potential, but we want ordinary people to own part of the solution too. For as little as €500, you can join our community funding round and get a stake in a company that's about to transform how Ireland builds homes.
We're targeting our first planning applications with committed buyers in just 6 months, we have builders ready to go, and our model works anywhere from small villages to renewing town centres, to Dublin suburbs and even the urban core. It's a chance to be part of solving one of Ireland's biggest problems whilst potentially building serious wealth if we succeed.
shield Staying Independent for Social Good
We're pursuing this community approach to stay independent as long as possible, allowing our human-friendly social good mission to bed in properly without pressure to alter our models for purely short-sighted commercial gains, like setting it up to sq ueeze buyers, which would just result in a crash again at some point. Your investment helps us maintain this focus on solving the housing crisis, first and foremost.
Register Your Interest
Join the community. Complete the non-binding pledge form below and we'll keep you updated on our progress.