# Arcton

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<summary>Q1: What is Arcton?</summary>

Arcton is a next-generation crowdfunding platform, which introduces a brand new asset class to Web 3 users: Start-up Shares. This asset class is made available via start-up IPOs.

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<summary>Q2: What is a startup IPO?</summary>

On Arcton, we offer start-up IPOs. During an IPO tokenized shares of start-ups are sold to the public. After a sale has ended, investors can trade their shares 24/7.

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<summary>Q3: How are you different from other crowdinvesting platform?</summary>

Today, there are a lot of platforms where you can buy start-up shares. However, there is no platform where you can also sell your start-up shares. Empowering investors to not only buy but also sell their shares, is what makes us unique.

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<summary>Q4: How do you select start-ups?</summary>

On Arcton we only offer high-quality start-ups with a sound valuation. For that purpose we conduct a careful [due diligence](/documentation/overview-1/due-diligence.md) process.

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<summary>Q5: Which types of start-ups do you offer on your platform?</summary>

Our focus lies on Web2 start-ups, with high growth-potential. We don't have any sectorial preferences.

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<summary>Q7: How are you regulated?</summary>

The shares which we offer on our platform are tokenized according to the [Swiss DLT bill](/documentation/tokenomics/share-token.md#swiss-dlt-bill). We are subject to Swiss financial market regulations.&#x20;

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<summary>Q8: Who is behind Arcton?</summary>

Arcton is a Swiss based start-up, co-founded by Francesco Biviano and Merens Derungs. The company name is MetaOne AG, incorporated in Switzerland.

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<summary>Q9: How do you make money?</summary>

For our services, we charge the start-up a commission of 5-7% of total funds raised. These fees are paid by the start-up and not by the users. We don't earn anything from the seconary market.

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<summary>Q10: What happens with my investment if Arcton goes bust?</summary>

Nothing. You still have control over your tokens via your wallet. Your investment is not affected by this.

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