Research Archives

Feb 3, 2025

Are Black Founders Accessing Capital Through Investment Crowdfunding in 2025?

Black founders are raising more capital through investment crowdfunding, but funding disparities remain—discover key trends, data, and insights from the latest 2023-2024 analysis.

Industry Analysis

Are Black Founders Accessing Capital Through Investment Crowdfunding in 2025?

Jan 28, 2025

Kingscrowd Acquires Leading Investor Relations (IR) Platform Lustro

Kingscrowd has acquired Lustro, an investor relations platform that assists private companies who have raised capital through equity crowdfunding.

Market News

Kingscrowd Acquires Leading Investor Relations (IR) Platform Lustro

Jan 24, 2025

Breaking Down Startup Raise Amounts Across Crowdfunding Platforms

How do funding amounts vary across top equity crowdfunding platforms? Discover insights on median raises, platform performance, and why Dealmaker is an outlier in today's startup funding landscape.

Industry Analysis

Breaking Down Startup Raise Amounts Across Crowdfunding Platforms

Jan 21, 2025

What Investors Want to Know: How Loosid is Catering to Recovery and Sober Dating

Loosid, led by CEO MJ Gottlieb, is redefining the recovery community with a focus on sober dating, accountability, and community building. With 280,000 users and growing, discover how this unique app is driving revenue and creating opportunities for members to thrive.

Founder Interview

What Investors Want to Know: How Loosid is Catering to Recovery and Sober Dating

Jan 21, 2025

Private vs. Public Market Revenues

In this week's chart, we compare 2024 valuation-to-revenue multiples in private and public markets. While startups in equity crowdfunding often boast high valuations due to anticipated hypergrowth, public companies show far lower multiples, reflecting their mature, stable cash flows. Energy startups, driven by renewables, stand out with nearly 100X multiples despite limited commercialization.

Teddy Lyons Jan 21, 2025

Industry Analysis

Jan 14, 2025

What Investors Want to Know: How Zirconia Is Making Infrastructure Immortal

Zirconia, led by CEO Benjamin Cook, is revolutionizing infrastructure with a ceramic surface treatment that makes concrete virtually immortal. Learn how their innovative technology is tackling global infrastructure decay, preventing corrosion, and setting new standards in concrete preservation.

Founder Interview

What Investors Want to Know: How Zirconia Is Making Infrastructure Immortal

Jan 13, 2025

Spotting Red and Yellow Flags in 2024 Equity Deals

Startup investing comes with risks. Discover the most common red and yellow flags in 2024 equity deals and how to evaluate them effectively.

Industry Analysis

Spotting Red and Yellow Flags in 2024 Equity Deals

Jan 7, 2025

2024 Investment Crowdfunding: Trends, Stats, and Platform Rankings

Top platforms, investment trends, total capital raised, average check sizes, success rates and more key stats from Reg CF and Reg A+ in 2024.

Industry Analysis

2024 Investment Crowdfunding: Trends, Stats, and Platform Rankings

Dec 30, 2024

Raising a Glass: The Top-Funded Alcohol and Mocktail Startups of 2024

Cheers to 2025! Discover how alcohol and mocktail startups fared in the online private markets this year. Explore funding trends and the highest-funded beverage companies in 2024.

Teddy Lyons Dec 30, 2024

Industry Analysis