Here are the newest startup raises that have been added to the KingsCrowd database. We’ve sorted them according to industry. For more information on a specific deal, just click the link provided.
Please note, these are not recommendations but are meant only to inform our readers of new investment opportunities.
Be sure and check back with KingsCrowd in the future. We will continue providing updates on each raise as it progresses, particularly if we feel they meet our criteria of being worthwhile as potential investments.
- Alcohol, Tobacco, & Recreational Drugs
- Apparel & Fashion
- Business Services, Software, & Applications
- Consumer Products, Goods & Services
- Energy, Power, & Natural Resources
- Financial & Insurance Products & Services
- Food, Beverage, & Restaurants
- Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
- Media, Entertainment & Publishing
- Real Estate & Construction
- Transportation, Automotive, Aviation, & Aerospace
Alcohol, Tobacco, & Recreational Drugs
Velum Fermentation is a family-friendly craft brewery in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that sells a variety of premium craft beers. The company plans to earn revenue from taprooms, to-go sales, wholesale, and contract brewing.
- Platform: Honeycomb
- Founder: Nathan McLaughlin
- Minimum Investment: $100
Apparel & Fashion
Parker Clay Global produces lifetime-lasting leather bags that are ethically made in Ethiopia. The company sources its leather sustainably and gives its employees training, healthy meals, and advancement opportunities.
- Platform: Dealmaker Securities
- Founders: Brittany Bentley and Ian Bentley
- Minimum Investment: $500
Business Services, Software, & Applications
SDVOSB Materials Technology & Supply
SDVOSB Materials Technology & Supply is a full-service laboratory integrator and supplier that designs labs, sells and installs equipment, integrates cyber security, and more. The company is veteran-owned and has won multiple awards.
- Valuation: $5.5 million
- Platform: TruCrowd
- Founder: Harrison Kendall
- Minimum Investment: $500
Pylons is a platform featuring a marketplace where users can purchase non-fungible tokens (NFTs) with fiat currency or cryptocurrency, create NFTs, and build other apps that connect to Pylons. Pylons has more than 6,000 members.
- Valuation: $50 million
- Platform: Republic
- Founder: Michael Sofaer
- Minimum Investment: $100
Consumer Products, Goods & Services
Teak New York sells imported home decor, furniture, lighting, and gifts from Denmark, Norway, Iceland, and Finland. The company signed on 25 Scandinavian brands in the first six months of business.
- Investment Multiple: 1.5x
- Platform: MainVest
- Founder: Caitlin Maestrini
- Minimum Investment: $100
Vitaclean sells triple-filtered shower heads that help trap bacteria, rust, and other sediments while distributing Vitamin C and essential oils. Vitaclean has an online customer base of 17,000 and reports nearly $1.7 million in lifetime revenue.
- Valuation: $5 million
- Platform: SeedInvest
- Founders: Kristina Velkova and Sara Douglas
- Minimum Investment: $1,000
Toybox Labs lets anyone create and 3D print toys and other items at home from a tablet, phone, or computer. The company has sold more than 50,000 printers and printed 4.8 million toys.
- Valuation: $40 million
- Platform: SeedInvest
- Founders: Benjamin Baltes, Jenn Chin, and Zach Oligschlaeger
- Minimum Investment: $1,000
Energy, Power, & Natural Resources
Hydro Wind Energy develops clean and affordable offshore wind energy and desalination technology. The company is venture-backed, and an institutional investor has signed a $57 million commitment for an initial public offering.
- Valuation: $120 million
- Platform: Republic
- Founders: Lee King, Hayk Vasilyan, and Abdulla Ghaly
- Minimum Investment: $100
Financial & Insurance Products & Services
Vinovest Bottle & Barrel 1 is an end-to-end wine and whiskey investing platform.. The company aims to help investors make less volatile and risky investments.
- Platform: Republic
- Founders: Anthony Zhang and Brent Akamine
- Minimum Investment: $500
Food, Beverage, & Restaurants
Rejuvenation is a brand of completely vegan energy drinks that don’t cause jitters or crashes. It’s based in Washington, D.C., and the drinks can be purchased in 15 grocery stores in the D.C. area.
- Interest rate: 13.75%
- Platform: Honeycomb
- Founder: Anna Cobb
- Minimum Investment: $100
Tepeyolot Cerveceria is an Aztec-inspired brewpub and food truck that makes lagers and Mexican food. The company wants to add a permanent kitchen to its resources so that it can expand its operations.
- Interest rate: 13.8%
- Platform: Honeycomb
- Founder: Luis Melgarejo
- Minimum Investment: $100
The Noble Fox is a bar and restaurant in Portland, Oregon that serves classic foods with a twist and locally sourced beverages for lunch and dinner. The Noble Fox sources as many ingredients locally as it can, and the location was recently renovated.
- Interest rate: 11%
- Platform: SMBX
- Founders: Jeffrey Tinkham and Jeramie Mykisen
- Minimum Investment: $10
Kudo Society is a family-owned cafe that serves tea, coffee, drinks from across the globe, and South Korean desserts. The cafe intends to expand its patio seating and purchase additional kitchen equipment.
- Platform: Honeycomb
- Founder: Cherie Ryu
- Interest rate: 10.8%
- Minimum Investment: $100
Elixir Kombucha sells kombucha packed with the benefits of probiotics and organic acids. The company has partnered with Whole Foods, Creation Gardens, US Foods, and Green District.
- Valuation: $6 million
- Platform: Wefunder
- Founders: Corey Wood and Danielle Wood
- Minimum Investment: $100
Winchester Fresh Market & Event Venue
Winchester Fresh Market & Event Venue will combine a market for local produce and crafts, a cafe selling locally crafted spirits, and an event venue. The company is raising capital to support the buildout of its new location.
- Investment Multiple: 1.5x
- Platform: MainVest
- Founder: Jonathan Austin
- Minimum Investment: $100
CTZN will be a restaurant in San Diego serving tapas, brunch, wine, and cocktails. It will feature French, Spanish, and Californian styles of food and drink.
- Investment Multiple: 1.6x
- Platform: MainVest
- Founders: Karine Beers and Will Wu Jye Hwa
- Minimum Investment: $100
Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals
Stenergy has created glucose control supplements called GluCora, which will help the body to not absorb glucose. The company aims to help consumers be healthy and energetic, and GluCora is available for pre-order.
- Valuation: $5 million
- Platform: Andes Capital
- Founders: Samuel Butero and Leyla Butero
- Minimum Investment: $100
Metric Medical Devices develops products for treating orthopedic extremity injuries, including bone fixation implants that help bones heal. The company’s products have 13 patents and have generated more than $10.5 million in revenue.
- Valuation: $29.8 million
- Platform: StartEngine
- Founder: William Casey Fox
- Minimum Investment: $198.95
Media, Entertainment & Publishing
Rhode Island Pickleball will be a pickleball center where people of all ages and skill levels can play for fun or compete. The company plans to open a location in Warwick, Rhode Island.
- Investment Multiple: 1.4x
- Platform: MainVest
- Founders: Russel Johnson and Debra Cohen
- Minimum Investment: $100
Petrolhead Cafe is a pop-up sports bar where motorsport fans, motorcycle fans, and more can gather with like-minded people. The bar plans to open a brick-and-mortar location in Hartford, Connecticut in 2023.
- Investment Multiple: 1.5x
- Platform: MainVest
- Founders: Kyle Mayer
- Minimum Investment: $100
Velocity Esports combines esports, social games like billiards, and an arcade all in one place. Customers can also enjoy American and Mexican food and purchase game merchandise. Velocity Esports’ flagship venue is in Las Vegas, Nevada, and it opened a location in Cincinnati, Ohio in July 2022.
- Valuation: $37.4 million
- Platform: Dalmore Group
- Minimum Investment: $250
Mickey’s Gaming Lounge will be a location where casual and hardcore gamers can play, buy merchandise, and host events like parties and tournaments. It will be located in Brockton, Massachusetts and feature a variety of service tiers based on factors such as duration.
- Investment Multiple: 1.5x
- Platform: MainVest
- Founders: Shelby Odies and Dulia Odies
- Minimum Investment: $100
Real Estate & Construction
The Franklin is a project for renovating, rehabilitating, and redesigning of an office building built in Greenville, South Carolina in 1917. The building is listed on the National Register of Historic places and is currently used for private offices.
- Platform: Vicinity
- Minimum Investment: $100
Transportation, Automotive, Aviation, & Aerospace
LaneAxis has developed software that directly connects shippers and trucking companies and helps prevent document forgery. LaneAxis is tackling multiple issues in the shipping industry, such as inefficiency and delayed driver payments, and its technology is patented and has more patents pending.
- Valuation: $75 million
- Platform: Dealmaker Securities
- Founder: Rick Burnett
- Minimum Investment: $499.80
Orbital Assembly intends to build space stations where space travelers can work, relax, and enjoy themselves. The company has already built several schematic designs and one full-scale prototype.
- Valuation: $171 million
- Platform: Netcapital
- Founders: Timothy Alatorre, Thomas Spilker, and Jeffery Greenblatt
- Minimum Investment: $100.80
Zergratran is developing a quicker, more affordable, more sustainable, and fully automated alternative to shipping with Puerto Internacional Las Americas, a zero-gravity transportation route south of the Panama Canal. Zergratran aims to speed up global shipping, make it more affordable, and make it more sustainable.
- Platform: Rialto Markets
- Founder: Byron Bennett
- Minimum Investment: $500
Ursa Major Technologies develops launch-ready, high-performance aerospace engines that can be used for multiple purposes. The company aims to become a leader in providing small launch rocket engines.
- Platform: OurCrowd
- Founder: Joe Laurienti
- Minimum Investment: $1
