EnergyFunders platform is the first fintech firm to offer direct equity crowdfunding investments in oil and gas with a focus on drilling opportunities open to accredited investors. Through EnergyFunders’ online platform, investors can invest in various life cycle stages of oil, gas and drilling opportunities. Once you’ve invested, you’ll start receiving monthly distributions of whatever income the well earns over its lifetime in addition to attractive tax benefits. Classified as Regulation D offering by the Securities Act, EnergyFunders can raise funds through a public offering faster and at a lower cost.

EnergyFunders is the first of its kind platform to deliver direct access to the cash flow returns at the wellhead of oil and gas projects. Each project that comes onto the platform gets vetted by their team of industry experts, with decades of experience in curating and managing oil and gas drilling projects. Each project comes with a hurdle rate of return, and cash payout target for investors. Only after clearing this return objective, does EnergyFunders begin participating in the remaining upside along with you. This means their expert team has only one incentive throughout each step of the process: select the highest quality projects, with the best chance of delivering cash payouts to investors.

You are investing in a limited partnership that purchases oil and gas assets throughout the United States that their team identifies, acquires, and manages on your behalf. However, you should expect it to grow and change over time as they acquire more projects, and others are sold or pay off. During the early phase of the Partnership, as investments generate cash, they will pay out approximately 10% of net income via monthly distributions. The remaining net income will be retained for reinvestment opportunities. As the Fund approaches the target life of three to five years, they will stop reinvesting and begin distributing 100% of net income. At the end of the Fund life, they will liquidate the remaining investments and distribute proceeds back to investors, net of expenses and fees.

The fee structure may differ depending on the fund you decide to invest in. For the Income fund, EnergyFunders i.e the General Partner (GP) earns a 2% Net Profit Interest (NPI) from each distribution to investors in the Partnership and depending on the project a 15-20% NPI once the investor has been paid out and achieved the stated Internal Rate of Return (IRR).

They only partner with expert operators with proven track records. They carefully vet each potential oil investing project and present only the best to their members. They give you all the information about the project, including third-party engineering reviews, disclosures and projected rates of return. They also provide information about tax benefits, risks and rewards so you can be an informed investor.