Bonfire
OperatingIngenious, Inc.
Software & AI · New York, DE · Founded 2018
A platform for creators
Financials
FY2019–FY2021 · from SEC filings · hover any figure for its sourceFigures as reported by the issuer in the filing shown on hover. Each year’s pill shows the assurance level of its filed statements — audited, reviewed (CPA review, less than an audit), or unaudited, as the filing’s own report or certification states it. A dashed pill marked * is inferred instead: the SEC minimum for an offering that size, which the issuer may have exceeded. No pill means we couldn’t tell. Headcount is the filing’s point-in-time count, not a year-end average. Manually corrected figures are marked “Corrected”.
Valuation over rounds
Pre-money — the valuation set before each round’s money came inBlue bars are the pre-money valuation the company stated for a priced round.
Fundraising history
Team
3 people
Hugo Pakula is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Bonfire,. Bonfire is bolstering the cash flow for creators by connecting them with their fans through new revenue streams like monetized Link-in-Bio links, paid community, and more. He is well-versed in the product development and growth lifecycle, and was previously a Full-Stack Engineer, having architected management software for companies like Universal Music, PepsiCo, and others. As CEO of Bonfire, Hugo is driving all strategy across development, vision, and growth.
Will Lenzen Jr. is the Head of Design at Bonfire. Bonfire is bolstering cash flow for creators by connecting them with their fans through new revenue streams like monetized Social Bio links, paid community, and more. He is a product designer and strategist who has lead design initiatives and teams around the world at Fortune 500 companies, startups, and everything in between. His driving principle of empowering others led him to partnering with Bonfire to elevate the creator experience. In his role at Bonfire, he is the driving force behind our user’s visual and product experience.
Sarpdoruk Tahmaz is our Senior Software Engineer and a technical implementation lead at Bonfire. He has been developing web applications, APIs and large-scale technical infrastructures for over 10 years. He is a language-agnostic developer, meaning Bonfire can always operate on the cutting edge of technology. We leverage a number of systems to ensure the highest possible security, stability and efficiency of the platform. As a Backend Developer and our Technical Implementation Lead, Sarpdoruk's responsibilities are to design Bonfire's systems for scale and work with our product team to give creators superpowers by building impactful tools.
Names and titles as disclosed on SEC Form C, StartEngine. Bios and photos come from the platform campaign page and may be out of date.
Reg CF annual-report compliance
Filed 1 of 5 annual reports (FY2021–FY2025)
Reg CF issuers must file a Form C-AR each year until a Rule 202(b) termination trigger is met.
SEC filings
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