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🌍 How Geoship Is Building a Movement for Regenerative Living Through Crowdfunded Community Rounds
- Lauren Russo
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In a recent episode of Adventure Capital, Geoship CEO Micha Mikailian sat down to talk about a new kind of housing company—one that doesn’t just aim to disrupt an industry, but to heal our relationship with home, nature, and each other.
At a time when environmental toxicity and climate risk are becoming unavoidable realities, this isn’t just innovation — it's a necessity.
This isn’t your typical startup success story. It’s part visionary blueprint, part how-to guide for building a movement from the ground up.
Notable Timestamps:
⏱️ 00:06 — Redefining What a Home Can Be & Rethinking Home from the Ground Up
Right from the start, Micha lays out a vision that’s both radical and deeply practical: build homes that are (at minimum) five times better than today’s average house — and cost half as much. That’s not an ambition. That’s the plan.
Geoship’s homes are geodesic domes made from bioceramic — a breakthrough material composed of magnesium, calcium, and phosphate, the same core minerals found in the human body. That means no toxins, no off-gassing, no mold. These homes are fireproof, hurricane-resistant, and designed to last centuries, not decades.
“It’s a revolution driven by first principles — materials, geometry, and a method of manufacturing that achieves amazing heights at low cost.”
But it’s not just about innovation or durability. It’s about how a home makes you feel. These domes are designed to be resilient, light-filled, and life-affirming — an antidote to toxic materials and disconnected living.
In a world facing ecological instability and widespread housing dysfunction, Geoship is asking a bigger question: What if the home itself could be a healing force?
⏱️ 04:43 — Micha’s Personal Journey from Future Customer to CEO
Micha didn’t found Geoship. He found himself falling in love with it.
After selling a company, he purchased 100 acres in Northern California to raise his kids in community. When COVID hit, the land filled with friends and families, creating a real-world experiment in regenerative living. That experience led him to Geoship.
He pre-ordered a dome. He invested. And then he got in touch with the founders — which turned into strategy sessions, which turned into an invitation to lead the team.
“After I exited my last company, I bought 100 acres to raise my family in community. COVID hit, friends moved in, and we built this life together—planting food, sharing meals, being in nature. That’s when I found Geoship. I pre-ordered, invested, and couldn’t stop thinking about what the world could look like if this succeeded. Eventually, the founders asked me to lead. It felt like the kind of decision you don’t really make—you just say yes because your whole being is already there.”
That kind of transition — from customer to investor to CEO — speaks to something rare: when the mission is personal, the work becomes unstoppable.
⏱️ 08:24 — Building a Dream Team for a Trillion-Dollar Challenge
To make this vision real, Micha focused on one thing: assembling a team that could actually pull it off. And he didn’t settle.
He brought in Dolly Singh (former Head of Talent at SpaceX), Craig Darian (Tesla alum and prefab housing expert), and Andrew (an engineer credited with helping Tesla escape “production hell”).
“You need the world’s greatest at every position. That’s how you disrupt a massive market.”
This isn’t just name-dropping. It’s about creating a team where excellence and ethics align — where the right people are building the right thing, for the right reasons.
⏱️ 12:09 — Crowdfunding as Community Ownership
Geoship’s Seed 2 campaign on WeFunder raised $5 million in just 7 weeks from over 1200+ investors. But for Micha, the how mattered just as much as the result.
“Would you rather have five rich people behind you… or 5,000 passionate co-owners who believe? We didn’t want only institutions to have access to our company. We wanted the people who believe in this mission—the future homeowners, the dreamers, the people tired of being left out of the housing conversation—to own it too. And what we found is that a $300 investor often brought way more value than just their dollars. They brought belief, evangelism, friends. We’ve had million-dollar checks come in from referrals that started with someone who invested just a couple hundred bucks.”
Crowdfunding wasn’t just a financial decision — it was cultural. Many small-dollar investors became customers, referral engines, and superfans. One person who invested $300 led to a million-dollar check.
This is what happens when your investors aren’t just betting on your growth — they’re living it with you.
🔥 Movement, Not Just Market
One of the most powerful threads running through this conversation is that Geoship isn’t just trying to disrupt an industry. It’s trying to heal a system.
“Community is the new currency. If you're creating a meaningful brand, you should be building community whether you're crowdfunding or not. But if you're already building community, why not let them become owners? People want to be part of something that matters. They want to feel it. That’s why when we go to events, people fly across the country to meet us. We’re not building a product. We’re building a movement. Crowdfunding is just the capital layer of that.”
Micha’s not interested in doing things the old way. He’s interested in co-creating a regenerative future where homes aren’t just bought and sold — they’re part of something sacred, shared, and life-affirming.
This episode is for anyone who believes that where and how we live matters — and that housing, health, climate, and capital are deeply interconnected.
🎧 Listen to the full conversation here: Welcome to Life in the (Community) Round