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Employees of Wefunder gather for an afternoon planking break and are joined by Bucket, a team member’s dog, at the company’s San Francisco office, a house that is home to the CEO and some employees in San Francisco, Calif., on August 13, 2018. The start-up successfully lobbied Congress to legalize equity crowdfunding, allowing privately held companies to raise investment from everyday people, so-called unaccredited investors.

Employees of Wefunder gather for an afternoon planking break and are joined by Bucket, a team member’s dog, at the company’s San Francisco office, a house that is home to the CEO and some employees in San Francisco, Calif., on August 13, 2018. The start-up successfully lobbied Congress to legalize equity crowdfunding, allowing privately held companies to raise investment from everyday people, so-called unaccredited investors.