For Funders
Get in early on the creators Hollywood ignores.
ArchMarket is where independent, AI-native series get made — funded directly by the people who want to watch them. You back the ideas you love, watch them prove out on ArchTV, and invest in the ones that work.
The three stages
Pilots — back it, and lock your seat
Claim your stakeA creator drops a trailer or first episode and runs a short campaign to fund the first 10 episodes (~$5K). Those episodes go live on ArchTV, where everyone — you included — sees the real numbers: views, signups, coins spent. You back it with a small pledge and get perks, ArchMarket coins, and the reward that matters most: a priority seat to invest when the series round opens. This stage isn't charity — it's where you call the winners before anyone else can.
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First Season — invest in the series
Grow your stakeWhen a concept's 10 episodes prove they convert, the creator opens a regulated raise (~$25K) to fund the full 60-episode series. You invest a small amount — capped at $1,000 per person — and earn a share of that series' revenue, up to 2.5× your money, then it caps. Pilot backers walk in first. Your money sits in escrow and releases to the creator as episodes are delivered.
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Hit Series — back the franchise
Scale your stakeA series that worked comes back for a second season and raises again (~$25K, capped at 2.0×). First Season investors get first access — because this is the safe version of the bet: you're not gambling on a pitch, you're investing in a proven franchise. Think Fast & Furious 5, not The Fast and the Furious. James Bond. John Wick. Mission: Impossible. The sequel was always the surer money.
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Why back more than the minimum?
Backing is rewards, so a bigger pledge doesn't buy a bigger return — it buys a better position into a round that's capped and fills fast:
Invest in the First Season before the public, plus coins and a creator credit.
A guaranteed allocation, so you're not fighting for a seat when the round opens.
The earliest window, a guaranteed seat up to the full $1,000 cap, founding-backer status, and a bigger coin grant.
Seats in a good round are scarce. Backing early and backing more is how you make sure you get one — first.
Where your return comes from
Illustrative exampleYour investment is paid back from the revenue the series earns — and on ArchTV, that revenue is fans spending coins to watch. Here's what that engine looks like for a series that's working (sample numbers); you're paid first out of it, up to your cap.
How a series you back earns
Fans spend coins to watch the series you fund. Coins they buy are real revenue — and you're paid first out of it, through the series' waterfall, up to your return cap. More watch-time = more coin spend.
310,000
Coins spent on your titles
9,600
Episodes unlocked
190
Series unlocked
1,800
Paying fans
- Engagement value
- all coin spend × $0.01/coin
- Counted as revenue (purchased coins)
- you're paid on coins fans buy — basis A
- Creator share (70%)
- the revenue pool your return is paid from
- Series revenue (creator share)
- July 2026 · investors are paid first, up to your cap
By title
Neon Divide
6,200 episodes · 1,250 fans · 120 full-series
200,000 coins
$1,980.00 value
Dust and Wire
3,400 episodes · 820 fans · 70 full-series
110,000 coins
$1,089.00 value
How your return works
- Your investment funds the series. As fans buy and spend coins to watch it, the series earns real revenue.
- You're paid first out of that revenue, through the series' waterfall — up to your return cap (e.g. 2.5×), then 100% reverts to the creator.
- Returns are hard-capped and rounds are all-or-nothing: if a raise misses its goal, you're not charged.
- Payouts land in your connected account. The platform never takes a cut of your return.
What protects you
- All-or-nothing rounds — if a raise misses its goal, you're not charged.
- Hard-capped returns — you can model your best case up front; no open-ended promises.
- Milestone escrow — investment dollars release to the creator as they deliver, not before.
- A $1,000 ceiling per person — built for a portfolio of small bets across many creators, not one big swing.
Spread small bets across a slate of concepts. Watch them compete on real ArchTV data. Convert into real investments in the ones that win — first, and on the best terms. A portfolio of the next generation's franchises, built $50 at a time.