Nameless Ventures
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Overview
When many entrepreneurs begin their journey, no one knows who they are or what they are about to accomplish. Often, the people who back a startup and help drive growth stay behind the scenes. We believe great ideas deserve a start — even if they don't have a name yet. We're an early stage (Seed to Series A) technology investor based in Chicago. We're entrepreneurs and investors who have helped start and operate dozens of startups, and we back our founders in every sense of the word.
- Total investments
- 3
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 3
Sector focus
- Financial Services
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- GigaStar
Participated · Equity · Feb 2024
GigaStar operates GigaStar Market, an SEC-registered funding portal under Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) that connects creators and strategic investors. Through its Market, creators can monetize potential future revenue and access thousands of investors while investors can share YouTube revenue and participate in creator economy offerings. The platform has launched seven YouTube channel offerings, raising over $1.2M and attracting more than 12,000 investor accounts. The company plans to use new capital to scale GigaStar Market, attain broker-dealer registration, and develop a secondary market expected by the end of 2024. Led by CEO Hazem Dawani and based in Chicago, GigaStar is positioning its platform to expand creator monetization and secondary trading. It recently secured $3M in additional funding from a group of strategic and institutional investors. GigaStar provides a platform that connects YouTube creators and fans by allowing creators to monetize future channel capital through Channel Revenue Tokens (CRTs). The company leverages blockchain technology to offer streamlined fan funding, innovative fan engagement, and potential long-term royalties. GigaStar is the parent company of GigaStar Market, which is a FINRA member and registered as a Funding Portal with the U.S. SEC. The seed funding will support development of its flagship products: GigaStar Market, GigaStar Portfolio, and a planned secondary market platform. Management intends to use the proceeds to expand operations and broaden the company’s business reach. The company anticipated a soft launch in March followed by a full-scale go-to-market in Q2 2023.
- PechaKucha
Participated · Seed · Jul 2021
PechaKucha operates a virtual storytelling platform built around its “20 images x 20 seconds” format, allowing users to produce and share recorded content, host live events online and offline, and build communities. The platform is licensed by content creators, schools, businesses, and government agencies for visual stories, information and presentations. Community organizers host live events in more than 1,250 cities across 140 countries, and thousands of individual creators use the service for digital talks, sessions and chats. The company said it will use the new funding to scale headcount across product design, software development, and marketing to build new video and mobile capabilities. Plans also include extending social connectivity features such as group chat, enhancing event hosting functions including ticketing and CRM, and growing its community of content creators.