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Guides

Learn Krows step by step.

Every guide is a small book: chapters, real app screenshots, simulators and a final review. For investors, founders and developers.

Get started

Your account, your wallet, USDC and finding your way around the app.

7 guides
Get started9 minWhat Krows is, explained from start to finishThe welcome book: who does what, where the money goes, how it is released, what protects you and what does not. With screenshots of the real app. Get started7 minCreate your Krows account in two minutesEmail, Google, Apple or your own wallet. What happens in each case, the wallet created for you, your alias, your role and what you confirm when you join. Get started12 minThe app inside out: every screen, every buttonA complete tour of app.krows.app: the sidebar, search, notifications, every section for investors and founders, keyboard shortcuts and mobile. Get started8 minGet USDC: by card in the app or from an exchangeWhat USDC is, how to buy it by card, Apple Pay or Google Pay without leaving Krows, how to bring it from an exchange without losing it and what it costs. Get started9 minUse your own wallet: Phantom, Solflare or BackpackWhen your own wallet makes sense, how to create one and protect its phrase, how to sign in to Krows with it and how to export the wallet Krows created for you. Get started6 minPlans and fees: Free or Krows ProWhat each plan includes, what investing costs, when Pro pays off, how you pay, how you cancel and where your invoices are. Get started8 minKrows glossaryEvery Krows term, from A to Z, explained in one sentence.

Investing

Choosing, investing, tracking your portfolio, voting and reading reports.

9 guides
Investing12 minHow to evaluate a startup before investingA seven-question method, screen by screen through the startup page: what to look at in the team, round, milestones, financials, documents, reports and trust score. Investing11 minYour first investment, screen by screenEvery step of the investment page with real screenshots: amount, sign-in, balance, access, risks, signing and confirmation. And what happens next until you receive your tokens. Investing7 minYour portfolio: tokens, statuses, value and refundsWhat every figure and status in your portfolio means, how value is calculated, how to withdraw an investment and where to see your tokens on the blockchain. Investing10 minVoting on milestones and vetoing withdrawalsHow the release of money is decided: quorum, majority, the weight of your vote, deadlines and what happens on rejection. And how the free-withdrawal veto works. Investing8 minThe referendum: closing a startup and recovering what is leftWhen it makes sense, who can request it, how it opens, how it is voted, what is distributed and what it means for the startup and founder. Investing7 minHow to read and rate a founder’s reportWhat every report contains, how to read its figures, what to ask and how to rate it with stars knowing what your rating does to the trust score. Investing5 minThe investor chatWho is in each chat, how to mention, react and edit, what cannot be posted and how to report a message. Investing6 minDiversifying and managing riskWhy in startups almost everything depends on the few that work, how to spread, how much to put in and how to use your portfolio split. Investing8 minTaxes on your investments in SpainGeneral guidance for Spanish tax residents: when there may be a gain or loss, how it is declared, what records to keep and what Krows gives you.

Founders

Create your startup, launch the round, hit milestones and win your backers over.

10 guides
Founders12 minComplete founder guideHow to prepare your first round from start to finish: figures, milestones, website, reports and launch. Founders16 minCreate your startup in 10 stepsThe editor from start to finish: every step, every required field, the limits Krows enforces and how to leave a page that convinces investors and passes the board review. Founders9 minDesigning milestones that passHow to split your goal, what makes a good milestone, what evidence to promise, how to fit the dates and the mistakes that cause rejections. Founders10 minLaunch your round: test, live and the first daysThe three requirements to launch, how to make the test investment, the launch signature, what happens during and at the end of the round, and how to cancel it if needed. Founders7 minRequest a milestone and get paidWhen you can request a milestone, how to tell what you did, what evidence to attach, what happens during the 3-day vote and what to do if it is rejected. Founders8 minReports that build trustDeadlines, what to put in each field, how to deliver, what happens if you are late or miss it and how to write one your investors rate well. Founders6 minFree withdrawals: liquidity without waiting for a milestoneWho can, how much, how often, how to request it, how the 48-hour veto works and what happens if it is vetoed. Founders9 minPromote your startup: ads and socialsHow pay-per-click ads inside Krows work, the auction and quality, posts on Krows socials and where to see your payments. Founders8 minHow trust score goes up and downEverything that adds and subtracts for users and startups, the levels and what they unlock, how to read your history and a plan to go up. Founders10 minMiCA for founders: your obligations as issuerA general summary of the EU crypto-assets regulation for token issuers: whether it applies, what it requires, the usual exemptions and what Krows does and does not do.