DAF Dollars Deployed for Startup Investing
Your Donor-Advised Fund can do more when you invest with Inspire Access and Play Money. Your DAF dollars can help a startup get the working capital it needs to grow. If the investment succeeds, any returns can still be donated to the charitable causes you care about.
Today, $326 billion sits in Donor-Advised Funds. We’re focused on activating a meaningful portion of that capital to support early-stage startups and turn idle dollars into real-world progress.
Join us to learn how DAF dollars can move out of public markets and into early-stage startups as part of your impact investing strategy.
To bring this to life, you’ll hear directly from the leaders behind Inspire Access, Play Money, and our very first Donor-Investor.
Cheryl Kellond
CEO/Founder at Play Money
At Play Money, Cheryl’s building modern infrastructure for angel and impact investing. Her work focuses on expanding who can invest, how capital is deployed, and how tools like Donor-Advised Funds can support early-stage companies.
Ryan Pierce
Program Manager at Inspire Access
Ryan helps founders and fund managers navigate their process and raise philanthropic capital. Previously, he has owned a small business and held several roles across the startup and venture ecosystems. He served as a Growth Representative at Wefunder, a Venture Capital Analyst at The BrainTrust Fund I, an Operations Analyst at Plug In Ventures, and a Co-syndicate Lead at SBLK Ventures.
Paul Strasma
Managing Director at Snapdragon Group LLC
Paul is an exited MedTech CEO who has angel invested through Play Money almost from the start. His experience with impact investing comes from Capillary Biomedical’s path from concept to acquisition by Tandem Diabetes Care. An MIT Sloan alumnus and #GiveFirst startup community advocate, Paul now helps entrepreneurs build a future worth living in through his Snapdragon Group LLC. He has recently become the first investor on the platform to invest through a Donor-Advised Fund.
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Play Money has built the modern commerce experience for angel investing. They’ve started by helping everyday Angels build diversified startup portfolios without making investing a full-time job, and at just about any budget. Live for almost two years, they are deploying more capital per month than a $25M venture fund, and are consistently growing 10% M/M from organic word of mouth.
Inspire Access helps donors use Donor-Advised Funds in more flexible, impactful ways. They focus on expanding how charitable capital can be deployed, including impact investments that support mission-driven organizations and companies.