The Basics

Lucky Ant is the first ever crowdfunding platform for local businesses. When small businesses in your community want to grow, Lucky Ant gives you the opportunity to help them. In exchange you get sweet deals and perks.


Businesses need money for many things, but at Lucky Ant we focus on a single project. Lucky Ant projects can be almost anything that will help a business grow. Businesses featured on Lucky Ant have raised money for new equipment, brand development, advertising campaigns, new staff, and even repairs after Hurricane Sandy.


Lucky Ant hosts many businesses in your neighborhood with a goal they need to raise. The business gets three weeks to get to their goal and you can help them get there by buying deals and perks. When the business reaches their goal, we charge everyone’s cards and you get your reward. If the goal isn’t reached before time runs out, nothing happens and no cards are charged.


Ya it turns out there were too many awesome businesses with too many awesome projects.


Lucky Ant is proud to be a New Yorker. We are based in the beautiful Lower East Side Neighborhood, home of our personal favorites: Katz’s, the Sunshine Theater, and many other local legends.

Rewards

When a project has been funded, the business will be in touch with you and send you updates on how the project is going.


Well, we didn’t really expect you to give money away for free. When you pledge money towards a project, that business will give you perks in return.


Businesses on Lucky Ant love to get creative so the perks can be all over the place. The simplest ones are discounts on products or services, but they can get really crazy. Some of our favorites we’ve heard so far: - “We’ll name a pizza after you” - “We’ll close down the restaurant for you and your date to have a - romantic dinner” - “Our chef will come to your house and cook you dinner”


No. This is not that kind of investment. There is no ROI (return on investment) in this game. We’ll leave that to the hedge funds.


When the redemption date has arrived, you just go over to the store (or give them a call), show them your ID, and they will check that you are on their list. It’s as easy as that.


Unless otherwise stated in the project FAQ all rewards are valid from the day after the project funds and for a period of 6 months.


Each business that we feature has gone through our vetting process. We know the business owners, and we only bring them to you if we trust them ourselves.


Unfortunately there’s a risk in any investment. Businesses close for many reasons. Lucky Ant makes an effort to verify that the businesses we work with are financially sound, but nothing is full proof.