What is Sprowtt
Sprowtt is a marketplace for early-stage companies. We invite companies with a compelling product or service to apply for an offering. Sprowtt performs due diligence on your company and team and facilitates the preparation of your registered offering. This enables investors to purchase equity stakes directly on the Sprowtt website.
With a strong focus on Florida-based companies, we leverage our experience to connect local investors who prefer to invest close to home.
Request DemoSprowtt is a full service online platform for early stage capital investment open to all investors both accredited and unaccredited investors.
OUR STORY
It turns out that Sprowtt isn't only awesome for business owners looking to raise capital and for investors. There are many ways to use Sprowtt.
OUR TEAM
It turns out that Sprowtt isn't only awesome for business owners looking to raise capital and for investors. There are many ways to use Sprowtt.
MARK JONES
Founder and Chairman
Mark brings over 30 years of entrepreneurial experience for successfully launching and managing large and small companies, including Sprowtt, Sprowtt Services, and Sprowtt Technologies. Mark is an advisor to, and routinely lectures on capital formation in the large entrepreneurial communities such as CEO space He was a lecturer at George Washington College of law on capital formation platforms to law students and SEC staff, and also spoken on Crowdfunding and related capital formation pathways such as Regulation A plus, and Regulation D 506c to the University of South Florida and a growing number of other number of other colleges and universities. Mark’s special expertise was one of the reasons he was accepted as an early participant in the crafting of historically important JOBS Act (Jump Start Our Business Startups) enacted in 2015. He was actively involved with senior Senators, Congressman together with regulatory heads of the SEC and FINRA in the crafting of this legislation, which resulted in Crowd Funding & other regulations. This innovative legislation made it easier for the millions of small businesses and early stage companies to raise venture growth capital. His public comments, referenced in several SEC Small Business symposiums on capital policy legislation, constitute all- important input for future legislation and clarification of regulatory guidance. He also has more than two decades of hardware and software development for very complex and financial related transactions as well development of automated software solutions for the direct sales industries.He was the principal architect in the development of Sprowtt’s patent pending software for its Crowdfunding, and Regulation A plus and Regulation D 506c financing platforms, and the formation of Sprowtt Technologies.. His financial platform automates the often onerous capital raising process and burdensome legal requirements, enabling young companies to cost effectively implement once expensive and challenging capital raising strategies. Mark’s unique blend of creativity, business and technical skills resulted in the development of an innovative new 3-D digital photo printing process. Currently the founder, Chairman and CEO of Intelligent Ink, Inc., he holds several ground breaking technology related patents and trademarks licensed to the Company.His entrepreneurial skills have led him to establish numerous relationships with internationally recognized partners such as Kodak, Sony Corporation of America, General Electric, the Marriott Hotels, Disney World Resorts, Microsoft, Wilson Sporting Goods,the National Football League, Major League Baseball, the National Basketball Association and Brunswick Corp.
LANCE ABLIN
Advisor
Mr. Ablin has a diverse and experienced background in many areas of business, as both an investor and a serial entrepreneur. It started with the same strong passion for making good things happen with everyday challenges that he holds dear and still practices today. Whether it’s a uniquely different idea, a game changer, or figuring out a better way of doing things, he is on it. His latest deep dive of energy is in the newest burgeoning capital markets and regulatory changes in 83 years: equity crowdfunding. Recently approved by congress and implemented in 2016, this new market will prove to be the best thing to help the average person who desires or needs to raise capital to either launch a new start-up business, service or product; or to simply obtain additional financing to grow their business to the next level of success. Mr. Ablin has directed his personal portfolio of diversified companies in various industries including real estate, industrial parts manufacturing, technology and intellectual property development and construction. Today he runs his own private asset management company. He has over thirty years of diversified and comprehensive experience in all facets of the real estate industry; working as a Broker, Broker Associate, Principal, Investor, Property Manager and Financier dealing in commercial, industrial, multi-residential income, single family residential, automotive, land, shopping centers, office complexes, and various other types of investments. As a licensed real estate broker in California, he also operates his own real estate brokerage and investment companies. He has the purchases of hundreds of properties over the past few decades to his credit. He holds a Bachelor of Arts Degree from California State University, Bakersfield. Today, he concentrates his talents and skills on helping others, by applying his many years of experience and know-how to their dreams or challenges to achieve prosperity. He believes the best way of giving back and having a positive and lasting impact on future societies of America is by inspiring and motivating young minds through better educational channels and methodologies; namely enlightening them with the wonders for their own minds and the vast potential that lies within all of them. Role modeling & coaching, refining skillsets, establishing technology proficiencies, hands-on relevant real life experiences, business and mental modeling, developing nimble thinking and communicative skills, collaboration & cooperation, coupled with old fashioned encouragement from wherever sourced is all it takes to change the quality of many lives and families.
TIM LEARY
Advisor
Tim Leary is a seasoned entrepreneur with 35+ years marketing, sales and financial experience in high-growth public and private companies. Mr. Leary began his career as an analyst with Catalyst Ventures, the first seed venture capital incubator in Silicon Valley, spawning technologies that are now the grandparents of today’s cell phone GPS systems to robotics to consumer technologies. Mr. Leary’s core competency is aligning strategy and tactics to geometrically accelerate sales. As EVP of Worldwide Marketing and Sales for Expert Software, Mr. Leary oversaw the Expert Software brand from start-up to $80M in annual revenue, a successful public offering and later sale to Activision, Inc. As VP Marketing for Silicon Systems, Mr. Leary repositioned the company as a leader in industrial-grade solid state storage, driving revenue to $65M and a profitable sale to industry data storage leader, Western Digital. Mr. Leary serves on many advisory boards helping businesses grow, raise capital and plan their exit strategy.