Kingscrowd Podcast

This week on the Kingscrowd Podcast, Brian Belley is joined by Teddy Lyons and Léa Bouhelier-Gautreau for a July 4th episode that starts with a look back at one of America’s earliest crowdfunding stories: the Statue of Liberty pedestal campaign. Brian also walks through Kingscrowd’s upgraded market intelligence page, including new ways to analyze equity, debt, revenue share, Reg A, platform market...

This week on the Kingscrowd Podcast, Brian Belley and Léa Bouhelier-Gautreau discuss Kingscrowd's recommendations to the SEC regarding private market investing and startup fundraising. They explain why mandatory valuation disclosure, better investor updates, and improved exit transparency could significantly improve the online private investing experience. The conversation highlights several pract...

SpaceX's highly anticipated IPO is finally here, and Brian Belley and Scott Kitun break down what it means for retail investors. They discuss the performance of pre-IPO vehicles like Republic's mirror tokens, the challenges faced by some secondary market allocations, and why investors should understand the structure behind SPVs, syndicates, and private market access before chasing the next hot IPO...

Report and discuss why equity crowdfunding activity fell to its lowest level since 2021. From seasonal fundraising trends and filing deadlines to increasing competition for retail investor dollars, the duo explores what may be driving the recent slowdown in startup investing. The conversation also examines broader market dynamics, including the impact of booming public markets, high-profile IPOs l...

This week on the Kingscrowd Podcast, Brian Belley, Scott Kitun, and Teddy Lyons tackle one of the biggest stories in investing: the upcoming SpaceX IPO. With reports suggesting a valuation approaching $2 trillion, the team breaks down what investors are actually buying—from rocket launches and Starlink to AI infrastructure, orbital data centers, and Elon Musk's long-term vision for humanity beyond...

This week on the Kingscrowd Podcast, Brian Belley and Scott Kitun break down three major developments shaping the future of retail investing and online private markets. First, they reflect on the 10-year anniversary of Regulation Crowdfunding, exploring how the industry has evolved from an experimental framework into a market that has helped companies raise more than $13 billion from everyday inve...

Brian Belley and Teddy Lyons open the episode with a reminder about Kingscrowd’s upcoming Atlanta Startup Showcase before diving into Totem , a consumer hardware startup building wearable offline tracking devices for concerts, festivals, cruises, and crowded venues (00:00-01:32). Teddy explains how Totem’s proprietary mesh network technology allows users to locate friends and family without relyin...

Brian Belley and Scott Kitun open the episode by discussing Scott’s new role and the launch of GigaStar Capital before zooming out to a larger trend: the rise of private market funds for both accredited and retail investors (00:00–03:40). Scott explains how the new creator-focused fund is built around revenue streams, monthly payouts, and the idea of creator income as a kind of “digital real estat...

AngelList just launched a new registered fund that allows retail investors to access top-tier private companies like OpenAI and Anthropic with just a $500 minimum. In this episode, Brian Belley and Scott Kitun break down what this means for the future of private market investing — and why investors need to look closely at fees, structure, and timing before jumping in. Then, Teddy Lyons and Léa Bou...

Brian and Scott kick things off by recapping Investment Crowdfunding Week and the growing expansion into new asset classes like creators and collectibles (01:40). They introduce the core idea that crowdfunding has become a “buffet” of opportunities — spanning startups, SMBs, fractional assets, and more (03:05). The conversation then shifts to platform innovation, including new security types, reve...

Register for Investment Crowdfunding Week 2026 Brian and Scott kick things off with a look at Fundrise’s Innovation Fund and a viral investor return story showing shares jumping dramatically post-listing (01:25). They unpack why early trading prices can deviate significantly from net asset value (NAV), and what that means for investors chasing exposure to companies like OpenAI (12:10). The discuss...

Brian and Scott kick things off with a preview of Investment Crowdfunding Week and the growing importance of the creator economy as an investable asset class (00:13). They recap a recent CFP webinar on emerging investment structures, including the debate around mirror products and synthetic venture exposure (04:19). The conversation then shifts to the realities of investing in late-stage private c...

Scott and Teddy open with a look at a new SEC petition proposing structural updates to Regulation Crowdfunding, including raising the Reg CF cap and modernizing fundraising pathways (00:00). They preview Investment Crowdfunding Week and Tim Draper’s keynote before digging into the petition’s core proposals (00:56). The discussion explores whether increasing the $5M cap would meaningfully impact th...

This week on the Kingscrowd Podcast, Teddy, Scott, and Léa break down one of the most important — and often overlooked — questions in startup investing: when should you follow on? Using Pirouette Pharma as a case study, the team explains why Kingscrowd Capital is reinvesting and what milestones matter most when deciding to double down. The conversation explores how retail investors should think di...

Brian begins by summarizing Kingscrowd’s product roadmap updates, including enhanced site-wide search functionality ( 1:26–2:33 ), renewed discussion of the Profitability Fund ( 2:50–3:13 ), and new capabilities within Kingscrowd Pro such as advanced filtering, client tracking, and API access ( 3:51–4:32 ). The discussion then transitions to Hylio ( 4:49–6:10 ), a precision agriculture drone compa...

Our Bond (TG-17 Inc., OBAI) has gone public via a direct listing (0:00–1:15), and Brian and Léa explain what’s happening and what investors need to do next. Léa starts with a clear refresher on what Our Bond is and how the product works in real life (1:17–3:49), including adoption and enterprise customers that make it more than a typical consumer app (4:12–5:33). She also outlines why Kingscrowd C...

Profit beats “power law” this week as Brian Belley and Teddy Lyons unveil the Kingscrowd Capital Profitability Fund—built to target venture-like returns with materially lower risk. 00:17 intro & announcement; 01:26 thesis overview; 01:48 why power law hurts most investors; 02:36 targeting profitable private companies; 03:01 strict screen (2 yrs positive NI, ≥$1M rev, YoY growth, rev multiple ≤7.5x...

(00:00) Brian tees up a StartEngine deep dive and notes Kingscrowd own raise on StartEngine. (01:28) Teddy frames the Reg A+ at a ~$2B valuation and walks through 2024–2025 revenue, highlighting how ~82% YTD comes from StartEngine Private. (03:03) He explains the SPV model (buy secondaries, mark up ~25%, sell into a fund) and why GAAP records gross sales as “revenue” while the true economics are t...

Brian, Scott, and Léa unpack the 2025 funding rebound across the online private markets—highlighting Reg A+’s triple-digit YoY growth, steadier Reg CF dollars despite fewer offerings, and how security mix is shifting (more preferred equity, more debt). Then Léa leads a deal review of BabyQuip : revenue progression (~$3.4M FY22 → ~$6M FY24), burn reduction, peak-season cash-flow positives, new “GoQ...

Happy 2026! Brian, Scott, and Teddy recap a stronger-than-expected 2025 for online private markets (near ~$902M, strongest since 2021), then outline the 2026 playbook: Reg A momentum, platforms shifting to broker-dealers and solicitation, secondaries/tokenization blurring public and private, and SEC leadership changes that may accelerate capital formation. We dig into the quality uptick from VC-ba...

Check out Kingscrowd's crowdfunding campaign .  Brian and Scott kick off with headlines—Invest Act passes the House and Kingscrowd’s StartEngine raise goes live (00:00–00:48), then dig into SpaceX’s $1.5T IPO talk and how pre-IPO targets anchor secondary pricing, complete with SPV stack/fee pitfalls (00:48–06:13). They contrast retail vs. institutional behavior around secondaries and hype cycles (...

Secondaries just got more interesting. Brian and Scott break down the sudden wave of buy orders in TerraCycle on StartEngine’s secondary marketplace—why shares listed well below the current round price got scooped, how to sanity-check classes and terms, and what real liquidity might look like as ATSs roll out. We also talk through risk profiles, adverse selection vs. forced sellers, and a quick no...

What’s on today’s show • 00:48 Demo Day (Dec 10, 1pm ET) : Koios, TMA, Macrovey • 02:14 INVEST Act overview • 03:34 Reg CF lower financial threshold to $250K • 04:21 Accredited via exam + inflation indexing • 05:08 VC fund (3c1) expansion—more investors, larger size • 07:30 Who benefits first & likely sequencing • 09:00 Founders’ raise strategy: CF + Reg D funnels • 10:40 Retail access, products &...

Brian, Scott, and Teddy break down Wefunder’s new Top Investors feature—where Kingscrowd Capital ranks #1 in power and influence—and what it signals about traction in online private markets. Then they preview two investor events right after the holidays (Citizens Coffee CEO interview on Dec 4, 2pm ET and Q4 Demo Day with Pacaso’s David Willbrand on Dec 10, 1pm ET ). The second half is a deal revie...

Is this an AI bubble, or just the messy middle of a platform shift? Brian Belley and Scott Kitun dig into Michael Burry’s headline shorts and abrupt fund shutdown, big holders trimming AI exposure, and the mega-cap concentration now dominating public indices. Then they pivot to Kingscrowd data: AI-related Reg CF deal counts and dollars raised, how online private markets rhyme (but don’t mirror) VC...