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Words matter in your pitch - We know ... we analyzed 6,800 of them!

We read 6,800 funded RegCF pitches. The words that raise the most money aren't the ones you'd expect.

The gap between a top-quartile raise and a bottom-quartile one is 24x. So we ran the language thro ...more

The #1 city for startup crowdfunding in America isn't San Francisco.

We ranked America's top 30 startup-crowdfunding ecosystems. Los Angeles came out #1 — ahead of San Francisco and New York.

Each metro is scored 1–10 across five factors: momentum, capital, expertise, ...more

How Interest Rate in Debt Offerings has Changed

The cost of crowdfunded debt doubled — and it tracked the Fed almost perfectly.

We mapped the actual terms behind every funded Reg CF deal. The median interest rate on crowdfunded debt and convertible ...more

1 in 2 crowdfunded companies stop reporting - here's what we see after the raise

Only about half of the companies that crowdfund ever file an annual report. We tracked every Reg CF company with a reporting obligation since 2016. Of those whose first report has come due, just 50% h ...more

Devin Thorpe
Devin Thorpe @devinthorpe published: Jun 11

Can We Make Impact Investing as Fun as Gambling?

John Oliver’s main story a few weeks back focused on prediction markets, the fast-growing platforms that allow people to wager on the outcomes of future events.

The segment was funny because John Oliv ...more

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CfPA 2026 Regulated Investment Crowdfunding Summit – The Future of Crowdfunding is Now!

Join industry leaders, policymakers, and innovators at the CfPA 2026 Regulated Investment Crowdfunding Summit - the premier ... more>

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Brainsy offers patented Software as a Service (SaaS) to power knowledge sharing networks for issuers, private companies, trade associations, professional societies, membership organizations, and media companies. Deploying a Brainsy powered ... more>

2025 Regulated Investment Crowdfunding Summit

Jason Fishman

Co-Founder and CEO of DNA (Digital Niche Agency) & Podcast Host

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