Community round
Own a piece of the fix.
“I chose a community round over chasing venture capital. VCs get enough shots. This one's for the people who live with the problem: restaurant owners, operators, anyone who's watched money go up an exhaust hood.”
Chris Dunn
On Wefunder
Reserve your spot. No money moves.
- Stage
- Testing the waters
- Reserving a spot
- No money moves, no obligation
- Proposed instrument
- SAFE
- Goal
- $50,000
- Early bird
- $2M valuation cap on the first $15K reserved
Full terms, risks and updates live on Wefunder.
The plan
What the round pays for
Finish the cafe proof, open the doors, and turn live proof into our first commercial installs.
Proof first, in a real Louisville kitchen, in public, with a meter anyone can watch. Then the first commercial installs.
Follow the cafe buildRoad to live proof
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Small-cell tests Done
Electofusion cells proven at small scale.
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Cafe build & demo install In progress
Mounting points going up, the unit staged, metering in place. Installed around service, while the kitchen keeps cooking.
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Meter goes live Up next
Before-and-after numbers from the kitchen's own electric bill, published here.
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Doors open Up next
The cafe runs as a working showroom anyone can walk into.
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First commercial installs Up next
Turn live proof into installs for restaurants and facilities.
Who's behind it
The team
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Christopher Dunn
Founder & CEO
Industrial maintenance and mechanical systems. Leads the product, the build and partnerships.
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Kouami Bessan
Chief Technology Officer
AI and applied data analytics. Designs and engineers systems that optimize performance.
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Phan Kheav
Chief Operations Officer
Operations, focused on practical, sustainable growth.
Know a restaurant owner or facility manager who vents heat for a living? Send them this page.
Disclosure
We are "testing the waters" to gauge investor interest in a possible offering under Regulation Crowdfunding. No money or other consideration is being solicited, and if sent, will not be accepted. No offer to buy securities is being made, and no part of the purchase price can be accepted until an offering statement is filed and only through an intermediary’s platform. Any indication of interest involves no obligation or commitment of any kind.
Questions about the round? Email theheatexchangecorp@gmail.com.