Kingscrowd Announces the 2022 Equity Crowdfunding Awards
BOSTON, July 28, 2022 (Newswire.com) - KingsCrowd is proud to announce its participation in the inaugural Equity Crowdfunding Awards (ECAs), a night dedicated to highlighting excellence and innovation in companies driving the equity crowdfunding industry forward. This night is all about 2021's best of the best.
The ECAs is in partnership with the 2022 Equity Crowdfunding Week conference, hosted by the Going Public series and presented by StartupStarter — the on-demand business education platform. Using quantitative and qualitative factors assessed within the power of KingsCrowd's rating & analytics platform, over 75 nominees have been selected. Participate by Voting Now. This event will culminate with an award ceremony hosted at this year's Equity Crowdfunding Week conference in Los Angeles, California, Sept. 21-23, at which point the winners will be announced and recognized on stage surrounded by industry leaders.
KingsCrowd partnered with StartupStarter this year in an effort to shed light on companies leading the charge in helping the industry go mainstream. With a down-turning investment market and a recession looming over the global economy, investors are finding new recession-proof strategies for where to generate the best return. Equity crowdfunding continues to see exponential growth across a diverse range of industries, accumulating billions of dollars in investment with more opportunities on the horizon.
2021 had an explosive year of record-breaking crowdfunding campaigns attributed to the increase of maximum raise amounts due to the Securities and Exchange Commission's adoption of new regulations. The ECAs were created to celebrate and award the Issuers who had outstanding performance along with the technologies and industry leaders who support them. The future of equity crowdfunding is looking even brighter as a much more even playing field emerges for companies wanting to raise capital on their own terms. Now, private companies have a better chance of becoming unicorns by raising from the crowd.
"KingsCrowd helps Investors find, research and track their next startup investment all in one place while using aggregated data from platforms like Wefunder, StartEngine, and Republic to help investors make more informed decisions — keeping track of their portfolio all in one place," said Chris Lustrino, founder and CEO at KingsCrowd.
"We should be asking ourselves: Is equity crowdfunding the future of alternative investment and is the world adequately prepared for a new era of retail investors on the scene? This is why we are so dedicated to educating the masses," said Lorel Scott, COO and co-founder of StartupStarter.
While the 2022 ECA nominations are a culmination of campaigns from 2021, a consortium of industry leaders from the Equity Crowdfunding Week advisory board, created in spring 2022, was also enlisted to oversee the awards. There are three award categories and 20 awards, including honorary Lifetime Achievement Award to the Barack Obama Administration for its passing of Title III of the JOBS ACT. The crowd gets to vote on the nominees utilizing a proprietary data system which allows for transparency and continuity of the awards.
The 2022 Equity Crowdfunding Week immersive experience includes three days of hybrid programming and activations throughout the city of L.A., with startup exhibitions across five immersive domes, and will cover six industry tracks to include Startups, Cleantech, Real Estate, Cannabis + Wellness, E-Commerce, Web3, and more.
In addition to being in-person, the event will offer live-streaming, online-only tickets and access to the conference through the ECW2022 iOS and Android app stores. Register to attend at www.startupstarter.co/ecw.
About KingsCrowd
KingsCrowd helps investors navigate the startup investing market and make informed, data-driven investment decisions. KingsCrowd's proprietary startup rating algorithm analyzes more than 300 data points on every startup to provide trusted insights, analytics, and ratings. By providing institutional-grade data and analysis that all stakeholders can trust, KingsCrowd enables anyone to "invest like a venture capitalist."
KingsCrowd ensures that investors never miss out on promising private market investments while eliminating hours of work spent searching for and vetting deals. For more information, visit KingsCrowd at kingscrowd.com, LinkedIn or Twitter.
About StartupStarter
StartupStarter is an on-demand business education platform that launched in 2020. It launched Equity Crowdfunding Week as a way to showcase the most innovative companies raising capital in the private markets from the U.S., Canada and beyond.
Equity Crowdfunding Week will take place on Sept. 21-23, 2022, at Wisdome LA Immersive Art Park, 1147 Palmetto St., Los Angeles, CA 90013, located in the heart of the Arts District, powered by WebEx Events and live-streamed in the StartupStarter "ECW2022" App found in the iOS and Google Play Stores.
Register at the link below and check out the public MEDIA KIT at www.startupstarter.co/ecw-media-kit for sponsorship and speaking opportunities. For press inquiries, email press@startupstarter.co or visit the link located on the conference homepage.
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Source: KingsCrowd