Before You Continue
Founding Funding
Partner Opportunity
A private, preliminary look at the proposed founding round supporting a growing pipeline of products and brands—beginning with Scent Supply, SuperTiger and RingSwing.
The Opportunity
A one-time proposed founding round designed around product creation, revenue participation and long-term alignment with a small group of early supporters.
A Personal Founding Round
The proposed round is intended for a small group of people with a direct relationship to Darin and the work he is building. The founding package is intended to be unique to this original $250,000 round.
The Pipeline Commitment
The capital mission is product creation and selling activity: design, prototypes, samples, tooling, manufacturing, inventory, packaging, freight, warehousing, marketing, advertising, fulfillment and delivery.
Three Launch Brands
The initial model begins with three distinct product businesses. Multiple products and brands create multiple potential revenue streams.
Fragrance, vessels and refillable home objects
A design-led home fragrance business built around candles, material vessels, refills and scent-driven product experiences.
Fashion, accessories and lifestyle objects
A product platform spanning handbags, scarves, apparel, lighters, chopsticks, outdoor goods and other design-led categories.
Portable outdoor game and backyard entertainment
A summer-fun product designed for beaches, backyards, barbecues, lawns and casual gatherings.
How the Proposed Economics Stack
Adjusted Gross Sales drive the revenue-participation layers. Company valuation assumptions apply separately to the proposed ownership component.
10% of Adjusted Gross Sales Until Individual 2X
Participating brands contribute 10% of qualifying Adjusted Gross Sales to the Funding Partner pool. Eligible Funding Partners participate pro rata until each reaches that partner's individual 2X target.
Then Five Full Years in a Separate 1% AGS Pool
Once an individual Funding Partner reaches 2X, that partner's participation in the 10% pool ends and five full years of pro-rata participation in a separate 1% Adjusted Gross Sales pool begins.
Long-Term 2.5% Ownership Component
Separately, STP is intended to hold a 2.5% ownership interest in covered participating brands. The valuation sliders below apply only to this ownership illustration.
Illustrative Scenario Calculator
Adjusted Gross Sales drive the 10% and 1% revenue calculations. Brand valuations drive only the separate 2.5% ownership illustration.
Adjusted Gross Sales
This slider controls the revenue-participation illustration only.
Assumes the selected annual AGS remains constant.
Hypothetical Brand Valuations
These sliders apply only to the proposed 2.5% ownership component.
Illustrative value only. This is not cash, liquidity, a guaranteed valuation or a guaranteed sale price.
Three Distinct Economic Layers
This combined number adds different economic categories and is shown only to visualize the structure. It is not a projected or guaranteed return.
Pro-rata share = Investment ÷ $250,000
Individual 2X target = Investment × 2
Annual 10% pool = Adjusted Gross Sales × 10%
Your annual 10% share = Annual 10% pool × Pro-rata share
Time to 2X = Individual 2X target ÷ Your annual 10% share
Annual 1% pool = Adjusted Gross Sales × 1%
Five-year 1% illustration = Annual 1% pool × Pro-rata share × 5
STP ownership value = Combined hypothetical brand value × 2.5%
Your ownership exposure = STP ownership value × Pro-rata share
Founding Partner Benefits
The current concept also includes product access and Founders Club benefits.
5% Complimentary Product
Participating-brand merchandise with MSRP equal to 5% of total Seed Round investment. A $25,000 Funding Partner, for example, would receive up to $1,250 MSRP in complimentary merchandise.
50% Merchandise Privilege
50% off qualifying participating-brand merchandise for the Funding Partner and gifts, subject to product availability and reasonable limitations.
Founders Club — Annual Updates & Early Access
Founding Funding Partners receive an annual inside look at company progress, upcoming launches and new product development, along with early access to select products, previews and brand announcements before broader public release.
Emergency Exit Pool Concept
If a Funding Partner has an approved need to exit early, the current concept contemplates directing 10% of qualifying new STP investment money to an Emergency Exit Pool while qualifying requests are outstanding.
This is intended as a liquidity mechanism, not a guaranteed immediate refund.
What This Does — and Does Not — Mean
The presentation is designed to explain the preliminary concept clearly without disguising the underlying business risk.
Risk Still Exists
Products can fail, advertising can underperform, manufacturing may encounter delays or defects, customer demand may be lower than expected, and participating businesses may lose money.
Neither the 2X amount nor any other return is guaranteed.
Trust + Alignment
The proposed Pipeline Commitment, revenue participation, ownership component, product benefits and liquidity concept are intended to align product-building activity with the interests of the founding group.