Brew Dog, a craft brewery - but a startup none the less - did exactly this. They needed to raise a few million pounds to expand their business: http://www.brew

Brew Dog, a craft brewery - but a startup none the less - did exactly this. They needed to raise a few million pounds to expand their business: http://www.brewdog.com/equityforpunks http://www.brewdog.com/equityforpunks http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/retailing/article3092355.ece http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/business/industries/retailing/... They also do pretty good beer :-)