Pricing & plans
Hockystick charges founders, not investors' wallets-by-data: the platform's job is to make founders fundable, so founders pay a subscription and a success fee only when a round actually closes. Full live comparison at hockystick.app/pricing.
The model
Six plans — three founder tiers, three investor tiers — plus pay-as-you-go add-ons (extra deal rooms and team seats at $5/month each) and a success fee on closed rounds. Every plan starts with a 30-day free trial, no credit card required. Founder data is never sold; investors pay for tooling, not for access to founder information.
Founder plans
| Plan | Price | Deal rooms | Team | AI calls/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Founder Starter | $19/month | 3 | 1 | 100 |
| Founder Pro | $49/month | 13 | 3 | 500 |
| Founder Scale | $199/month | 30 | 5 | Unlimited |
All founder plans include verification — the trust layer is never paywalled. Pro and Scale add full AI access; Scale includes a free Founder Roast seat.
Investor plans
| Plan | Price | Deal rooms | Team | AI calls/mo |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investor Growth | $99/month | 50 | 3 | 500 |
| Investor Pro | $299/month | 150 | 10 | Unlimited |
| Enterprise | $1,999/month | Unlimited | 20 | Unlimited |
The success fee
When a round closes through a Hockystick deal room, the platform charges a success fee of 1.5% of the closed amount — minimum $500, maximum $15,000. The cap matters: on a $5M round the fee is $15K, not $75K. The fee funds the parts of the platform that make closing possible — verification infrastructure, the NDA framework, and the confrontational due-diligence engine — and aligns Hockystick's incentive with the founder's: we only earn meaningfully when you close.
Investor access by invitation
During beta, investor accounts are granted by application rather than open signup. Each applicant's fund, thesis, and active deal mandate are reviewed before access. This is deliberate: founders share sensitive material on Hockystick, and the value of the network to them depends on every investor on it being real and actively deploying.