How do I invest via a private offer?
Open your personal link, sign digitally and transfer directly to the startup.
With a private offer, the startup sends you a personal link. Through it, you invest in profit participation rights fully digitally and without a notary. beel is free for you as an investor.
How to invest via a private offer
- Open the offer: You receive the link from the startup. It is valid until a set date. You see the amount or range, the price per profit participation right, the valuation and the investment documents. Take your time to review them.
- Log in or register: You log in or create a free account, by email or with your Google account.
- Enter your personal details: You enter your details and choose whether you invest as a private individual or on behalf of a company.
- Identity check: If the startup has activated the identity check (KYC), you verify your identity via our partner IDnow, by app or directly in the browser. This usually takes only a few minutes.
- Sign: You choose your amount if the offer provides a range, and sign digitally. If agreed, a side letter or a minimum holding period is part of the offer.
- Transfer: You transfer the amount by bank transfer directly to the startup's account.
- Confirmation: Once the money has arrived, the startup confirms receipt. Your profit participation rights are then created and credited to your account.
What happens after the investment?
- You can see your investment and all documents in your dashboard at any time.
- How you receive dividends, exit and liquidation proceeds is explained in How do I receive dividends, exit and liquidation proceeds?
- You can sell your profit participation rights on beel's secondary market, provided the startup allows trading. This is possible, not guaranteed liquidity (more on tradability).
Can I invest as a company?
Yes. Depending on the legal form, you need additional documents, for example a current commercial register extract, a shareholder list or proof of authority to represent the company.
If you invest through an angel syndicate, the investment via beel works the same way (How do I invest in an angel syndicate as a co-investor?).
Startup investments involve high risk and can lead to a total loss. Only invest money you can afford to lose.
beel points out that it does not provide legal or tax advice. You find general tax information in How do I invest in a public fundraise? Clarify your individual situation with a tax advisor.