Common Stock vs. Preferred Stock
Should You Convert Your SAFE to Stock? A Practical Guide for Startup Investors
Should you convert your SAFE to stock? Learn the pros and cons of SAFE conversion for startup investors, including QSBS, dilution, liquidity, and Reg CF considerations.
Advocating for a More Nuanced Approach to Reg CF at the SEC
Kingscrowd's Brian Belley shares insights from his SEC panel appearance advocating for Reg CF reform to better serve both Main Street businesses and high-growth startups.
LLC vs C-Corp: How Company Structure Affects Your Investment Taxes
Learn how investing in LLCs versus C-Corporations impacts your taxes—including K-1 forms and potential QSBS benefits—to better prepare for tax season as a startup investor.
Wall Street has Morningstar, S&P, and Bloomberg
The equity crowdfunding market has Kingscrowd.
What is Testing the Waters (TTW)?
Learn what Testing the Waters (TTW) means for startup investors and founders, including key differences between Reg CF and Reg A TTW and how to identify TTW raises.
Funding Portals vs. Broker-Dealers: What Investors and Founders Need to Know
What’s the difference between a Funding Portal and a Broker-Dealer? Learn how these intermediaries shape investment crowdfunding opportunities for investors and startups.
Understanding Kingscrowd Startup Ratings and Risk Assessment
Learn how Kingscrowd’s startup ratings system evaluates investment opportunities using quantitative data on market potential, valuation, performance, and risk.
How to Search for Companies Based on Your Investment Thesis
Discover tailored investment opportunities with KingsCrowd’s Deal Explorer. Our powerful tool lets you filter by rating, valuation, industry, and more, helping you find deals that match your investment criteria.
How to Use Kingscrowd’s Advanced Company Search for Comprehensive Investment Research
Learn how to use Kingscrowd’s Advanced Company Search to filter over 9,000 crowdfunded startups by status, platform, valuation, founder demographics, and more. Enhance your investment research with detailed filtering and analysis options.
How to Use Kingscrowd’s Tax Center for Managing Crowdfunded Investment Portfolios
Learn how to use Kingscrowd's Tax Center to track gains, losses, exits, and failures in your equity crowdfunding portfolio. Simplify tax time with automated calculations and downloadable reports.
How to Use Kingscrowd’s Exit and Failure Tracker to Monitor Startup Outcomes
Learn how to use Kingscrowd's Exit and Failure Tracker to monitor outcomes of startups that raised funds via equity crowdfunding, including data on successful exits and business failures. Get insights to make informed investment decisions.
How to Use Kingscrowd’s Watchlist to Track Crowdfunding Investment Opportunities
Learn how to use Kingscrowd’s Watchlist feature to track and manage crowdfunded investment opportunities. Stay informed on funding progress and key timelines for companies on your radar.
How Avadain Is Commercializing Breakthrough Graphene Technology
From Shared Kitchens to Scale: Building a Food Startup That Lasts
Vegetable + Butcher cofounders Ariane Valle and Turner Hoff join Inside Startup Investing to share how they’ve grown a high-touch, handcrafted food business while staying lean, local, and customer-obsessed. A must-listen for founders navigating operations, product-market fit, and strategic expansion.
Crowdfunding Trends, Asset Sales Explained, & Siren Biotech’s Bold Cancer Play
Explore key insights from the SEC's new crowdfunding report, learn about startup asset sales and their impact on investors, and dive into a promising biotech deal with Siren Biotechnology targeting brain cancer.
Startup Down Rounds Deep Dive & Neopenda’s Path to Scale
Startup Down Rounds, Industry Insights, and NeoPenda’s Next Chapter In this week’s Kingscrowd Podcast, Brian Belley, Léa Bouhelier-Gautreau, and Teddy…
Wall Street has Morningstar, S&P, and Bloomberg
The equity crowdfunding market has Kingscrowd.
Revenue Multiples Deep Dive + Why PvP Gaming Failed
Discover startup revenue multiples across industries in 2025, insights into realistic valuations, and a critical analysis of PvP’s closure in web3 gaming.
Crowdfunding Portal Rankings & the Industries Driving Investment
Explore the top-performing equity crowdfunding platforms, key industries attracting investors in 2025, and an in-depth review of Vegetable + Butcher's crowdfunding campaign.
The VC Factory is Broken—What’s Next?
Explore why traditional venture capital models are failing, insights from investor Scott Kitun and Sam Lessin, plus a deep dive into Kingscrowd’s April 2025 crowdfunding market analysis.
Betting on Founders: Gerry Hays Introduces Venture Staking and Pharma Market Insights
Join Kingscrowd Podcast with special guest Gerry Hays, founder of Doriot, to explore "Venture Staking," a revolutionary approach to early-stage startup investing, plus the latest healthcare trends in RegCF and RegA markets.
Inside the Kingscrowd Acquisition of CrowdCheck with CEO Chris Lustrino
Kingscrowd CEO Chris Lustrino reveals the strategic insights behind acquiring CrowdCheck and discusses how it reshapes founder advisory services for startups.
Unlocking Private Capital: What’s Changing at the SEC?
Kingscrowd Podcast explores SEC’s proposed private market regulatory changes and how tariff volatility is reshaping US climate tech manufacturing.
Navigating Startup Investments Amid Market Volatility
Tune in to this week's Kingscrowd Podcast as Brian Belley, Scott Kitun, and Léa Bouhelier-Gautreau break down recent trends in Reg CF crowdfunding, analyze investor behavior amid public market volatility, and review Rise Robotics, an innovative startup raising capital on Wefunder.
Inside Newsmax’s Reg A+ “mini” IPO & Startup Tax Advice: LLCs vs C-Corps
Tune into the Kingscrowd Podcast this week as Brian Belley, Scott Kitun, and Teddy Lyons discuss the groundbreaking Newsmax Reg A+ IPO, critical tax insights for startup investors, and an in-depth pitch review of Doc2Doc Lending currently raising capital.
Subrata Pal on the Changing World of Investing
Jonathan Berman on Investing in What You Know
KingsCrowd spoke to startup investor Jonathan Berman to learn how being an entrepreneur has helped him as an investor.
Crowdwise Founder Brian Belley Reveals His Investing Strategy
Crowdwise founder Brian Belley shares his strategy for startup investing and tips for new investors in this KingsCrowd Investor Profile.
Timothy Dickens is Investing for Retirement
KingsCrowd spoke to startup investor Timothy Dickens who told us about his startup investing strategy and his goals for retirement.
Wall Street has Morningstar, S&P, and Bloomberg
The equity crowdfunding market has Kingscrowd.
Vilem Fruhbauer Is “Fixing America One Ben Franklin at a Time”
In KingsCrowd's first Investor Profile, Vilem Fruhbauer tells us how his investment strategy is "Fixing America one Ben Franklin at a time."