Crush Capital is a Los Angeles–based fintech company that created the streaming series “Going Public,” designed to bring IPO and pre‑IPO investing to retail investors worldwide. The core product is a 10‑episode series that chronicles founders seeking capital; the premiere season is hosted by Lauren Simmons and features on‑camera mentors and prominent business leaders. Companies featured on the show will seek investment through public offerings under the Regulation A+ exemption; two participants—NexGenT and Proven Skincare—have been announced, with three additional late‑stage startups to be revealed over the summer. The series will stream to Entrepreneur.com’s 20 million monthly visitors this fall and is being produced by Emmy‑nominated INE Entertainment. Crush Capital will use recent funding to accelerate the show’s development and advance its goal of widening retail access to IPO and pre‑IPO investing. To date the “Going Public” project has raised $6.0 million in total funding. Crush Capital is a Los Angeles fintech company co-founded by Darren Marble and Todd Goldberg with a mission to bring IPO investing to everyday Americans. It is the creator of Going Public, a 10-episode interactive streaming series hosted by Lauren Simmons that follows five entrepreneurs pursuing Nasdaq listings. The series will enable viewers to invest in Regulation A+ IPOs while they watch and will feature business leaders including Jeff Hoffman and Jaime Schmidt. The company operates goingpublic.com to increase access to Regulation A+ IPOs and other financial products. Crush Capital raised $3.25M in seed funding to finance production, operations and marketing for Going Public. The series is slated to premiere to Entrepreneur.com's audience of 14 million unique monthly viewers in the summer.

Total raised

$6M

Funding rounds

2

Latest round

Equity

Latest activity

Jul 2021