Sharefunding, also known as equity crowdfunding, is a unique opportunity for individuals to invest in a company in exchange for share certificates — making you a co-owner.
It enables both entrepreneurs and individuals to participate in promising and fast-growing brands in an accessible way. Community is the key. At Don’t Waste Culture, we don’t see this purely as a financial opportunity — but as a way to truly make our community part of our mission. Together, we’re building the future of the brand.

Both are ways to raise capital from a group of people — but there’s a key difference. With traditional crowdfunding, you lend money. With sharefunding, you buy a stake in the company — meaning you share in the profits and benefit from any increase in the company’s value. Typically, the average investment per person is higher in sharefunding than in traditional crowdfunding.

It’s simple, via the Bondex platform (powered by NXChange):

1. Visit our investment page on Bondex
2. Create an account and complete verification
3. Choose how many certificates you want and pay via iDEAL or bank transfer

After investing, you’ll get access to your personal dashboard on Bondex. There, you can view your certificates and receive automatic updates about Don’t Waste Culture. Every year, certificate holders receive the annual financial statement and an invitation to the shareholder meeting, where key decisions are explained. This keeps you involved in the brand’s progress.

The certificates are issued via a STAK (Dutch Trust Foundation), where formal voting rights remain with the board of the foundation. This structure safeguards continuity and long-term strategic focus. As a certificate holder, you don’t have formal voting rights — but you do stay informed through regular updates.

Don’t Waste Culture is a high-end fashion label that authentically blends luxury fashion with streetwear. The young, driven team is on a mission to fuse culture, identity, and high-end fashion in a meaningful way. It consists of professionals with strong backgrounds in branding, design, e-commerce, and international growth. The organization is lean and creatively structured — with the agility of a modern fashion brand ready to scale globally.

Over the past years, we’ve built a strong international brand with limited resources. We’re sold in more than 65 countries, stocked in over 85 stores across Europe, and partnered with major platforms like Zalando and Breuninger. Well-known footballers and artists — including Rio Ferdinand, Joao Cancelo, Renato Sanches, Cody Gakpo, and Jorrel Hato — wear the brand.

At the same time, we’ve had to pass on concrete international opportunities — not because they were out of reach, but because we didn’t have the capital to execute them responsibly. We receive ongoing requests from distributors, agencies, and platforms in the U.S., Scandinavia, the Middle East, and Asia. Meanwhile, our global online presence is growing organically.

To support that growth structurally, we’re building a robust international e-commerce foundation — including localized content, improved shipping infrastructure, and market-specific product ranges. We also aim to expand our retail distribution — through wholesale, shop-in-shops, and premium partnerships. Talks with several major global players are already underway, and contract proposals are on the table. However, we’ve deliberately chosen to hold off on activating these until we have enough working capital to execute them properly.

The conclusion is clear: The international potential is real, the strategy is ready, and the market demand is there. This investment round allows us to activate key partnerships, roll out market-specific strategies, and scale through local networks with deep insights.

We’re using the capital to accelerate growth. Specifically, we’ll invest in:

• Expanding into new international markets through e-commerce
• Strengthening our brand and visual identity
• Community-building and events
• Product innovation and design
• Increasing the scalability of our operations
• Optimizing production, logistics, and service
• Hiring strategic talent in key roles
• Optimizing our financial structure by refinancing existing loans (This strengthens our balance sheet, improves profitability, and frees up more room to invest in growth)
  

In short: everything needed to make Don’t Waste Culture globally scalable and truly distinctive.

We aim to raise €600,000 via the Bondex platform.

This represents 10% equity in Don’t Waste Culture B.V.

No. As a certificate holder, you’re not liable for the company’s operations.

All operational decisions remain in the hands of the Don’t Waste Culture B.V. management.

You can invest from €500.

This gets you approximately 85 certificates at €5.88 each.

You’re buying share certificates in Don’t Waste Culture B.V., issued via our STAK (Trust Foundation).

✔️ You share in profits through dividends
✔️ You benefit from any increase in value of your certificates
✔️ You become part of a growing brand and community

Each certificate has a nominal value of €5.88, with a minimum investment of €500 (approx. 85 certificates).

There are two main ways to earn a return:

• Dividend payouts – Assessed annually after financial reporting
• Certificate value – As the company grows, your certificates may increase in value. If you sell them later at a profit, that’s your gain.

⚠️ Note: returns depend on the company’s success and cannot be guaranteed.
Scenarios are outlined in our Bondex pitch deck.

Yes — all you need is an IBAN bank account.

Yes, you can offer your shares whenever you want on the platform in the future. It's up to us, or other people to decide if we want to buy it back, or other people will buy it.