Investing in start-ups used to be the domain of the fabulously wealthy—$2 million net worth or $200,000 annual income only, please and thank you, but Rohan Shah is here to change that. Shah, a rising junior at the University of Pennsylvania, wants to ensure that every average Joe is afforded the same opportunity to invest in start-ups as the 1 percent.
In a scene full of white tech bros from Silicon Valley, Shah is a breath of fresh air. Using money he made from mining BitCoin in high school and investments from Rough Draft entures, the Philly-based Computational Finance major founded a company called Slice Capital, an equity crowdfunding platform that allows non-accredited investors to invest in pre-vetted start-ups.
Image: Rohan Shah, a junior at the University of Pennsylvania and creator of Slice Capital
