Investment Crowdfunding Surges 58% in March – Top Campaigns Revealed

CHART OF THE WEEK 📈

By Chris Martin | Read

Regulation Crowdfunding Through March 2025

Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) saw a major rebound from February, and well ahead of last year’s pace. Top platforms and campaigns returned to form, and strong performances across both large and niche offerings suggest that investor interest remains resilient despite broader economic uncertainty.

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INVESTMENT ROUNDTABLE

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This week, we're diving deep into Newsmax's blockbuster Reg A+ IPO, essential tax considerations for your startup investments, including some key differences between LLCs and C-Corps.

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PITCH REVIEW 💸

By Teddy Lyons \ Deal Report

Brief: Namecoach is an AI-powered platform that helps users pronounce names correctly to foster inclusion and social connection. With over 4 million users integrated across platforms like Teams, Outlook, Canvas, and Salesforce, Namecoach makes it easy for organizations to break communication barriers. The company generates more than $4 million in annual recurring revenue with a 90% gross profit margin. Its technology is reshaping how people connect and collaborate through the power of names.

Teddy’s Take: When I first started my diligence on Namecoach, my initial thought was “there is no chance this is a big business”. A software that helps you pronounce names? I have YouTube and Google for that. Then, I started digging deeper. $4M ARR…90% gross margin…400+ B2B customers. I had to take a step back and reevaluate my startup intuition for a moment. But then, an uncomfortable memory entered my mind. Back at my college graduation, the chancellor of my university completely butchered a name pronunciation when announcing a diploma recipient. Here was a student waiting 4 years for this moment, only to have it tarnished with a name mispronunciation. Is this the fault of the chancellor? Yes. But if he had a tool like Namecoach, this issue could have been solved before it ever happened. With this memory, I began to truly understand the problem Namecoach is solving.

Yes, of course, I can go to Google and YouTube and look up how to pronounce a name. However, there is friction to this, and 99% of the time, I just ask the person I’m speaking with how to pronounce their name. I conduct 3-6 founder calls per week, so this isn’t a huge pain point for me. But for jobs that require 30+ calls per day (looking at you BDRs), a tool like this seems invaluable to establish initial trust on a cold call. And on the educational use case…I encourage Namecoach to reach out to the chancellor of Wesleyan University about this solution.

STAFF PICKS 🌶️

Lexington Biomedical

Teddy Lyons: I love investing in medtech startups. It’s (educated) high-risk/high-reward investing on steroids. Anyway, when I saw Lexington Biomedical, I was very intrigued. A T-shirt with 128 sensors enabling real-time transmission of electrocardiograms and other data like blood pressure and respiration? Sounds impossible. It probably is. But that doesn’t mean I won’t invest. In all seriousness, my main concerns are obviously FDA approval cost and timeline, liability, and safety/efficacy of the device. Are the risks worth it?

Skybound

Léa Bouhelier-Gautreau: I'm not sure how much return an entertainment company already valued at $625 million can bring. But isn't it cool to invest in the business behind The Walking Dead and Invincible?

Yarnhub Animation Studios

Teddy Lyons: This one is fascinating. Yarnhub creates animated 3D stories on YouTube (mainly centered around armed combat), and averages 35M views per month. The studio has built a nice business based on ad revenue, but is now raising money to develop a game that will feature gameplay inspired by the 3D stories that they tell on YouTube. We’re seeing more YouTube creators/studios raising money online, so this is a very interesting one to consider.

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