# Nicholas Tommarello

> Nicholas (Nick) Tommarello is the founder and CEO of Wefunder. His career combines startup building, advocacy for broader investment access, and work on community rounds. He also founded Startup Workaway and writes about first checks, organizational judgment and regulation.

- **Role:** Founder & CEO at Wefunder
- **Organizations:** Wefunder, Startup Workaway, Urban Interactive
- **Education:** MBA, Entrepreneurship, Babson College, Accelerator participant; not an academic degree, Techstars Boston, Winter 2013 accelerator participant; not an academic degree, Y Combinator
- **Known for:** Built Wefunder and remains its founder and CEO., Participated in the advocacy effort behind the JOBS Act crowdfunding provisions., Founded Startup Workaway.

## Career timeline

- **Before Wefunder** — Worked at Urban Interactive and founded Startup Workaway.
- **2010** — Participated in Techstars Boston.
- **2011** — Nick Plante introduced him to proposed crowdfunding legislation; began developing Wefunder.
- **2012** — Helped lobby for crowdfunding legislation; the JOBS Act was signed in April.
- **2013** — Wefunder participated in Y Combinator Winter 2013.
- **2014** — Submitted comments to the SEC on improving proposed crowdfunding rules.
- **2016** — Regulation Crowdfunding rules went live on May 16.
- **2018-2021** — Wefunder ran XX, a program intended to supply first checks to very early founders.
- **2024** — Published a three-part essay series about principles, organizational learning and government.
- **2025** — Revisited his 2018 thoughts about XX.
- **2026** — Published an update announcing syndicates, funds and SPVs.

## Achievements

- Built Wefunder and remains its founder and CEO.
- Participated in the advocacy effort behind the JOBS Act crowdfunding provisions.
- Founded Startup Workaway.
- Wefunder reports over $1 billion invested into companies through its Regulation Crowdfunding business.

## Latest updates

- **2026-05** — His public Wefunder activity lists Investor Update: We Launched Syndicates, Funds, and SPVs, published May 18.
- **2026-01** — His public Wefunder activity lists Hello 2026, published January 3.
- **2025-11** — Appeared on Warm Intro with Chai Mishra to discuss his background and Wefunder.
- **2025-04** — Published My thoughts on XX in 2018, revisiting the early-founder program.

## Links

- Website: https://nick.tommarello.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicktommarello
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/nicktommarello
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nick.tommarello

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Last updated: 2026-10-09