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April 9, 2024  |  View on PRNewswire

The $1M fund will provide capital injections to select YouTube creators beginning in Q2 2024.

CHICAGO, April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- GigaStar, a startup bringing creators and Investors together, is launching a $1M YouTube Creator Fund to help accelerate the journey of YouTubers. The new fund will launch in the coming month to provide discretionary grants to established creators earning over $100k in annual YouTube revenue. 

The fund will contribute to GigaStar’s mission of fueling human creativity while it continues to serve creators who list on GigaStar Market, a crowdfunding platform where creators can raise capital from thousands of investors by monetizing potential future revenue. 

“This Fund is another way for us to support creators,” said GigaStar CEO, Hazem Dawani. “In addition to GigaStar Market, which allows creators to gain strategic investors and gives investors access to the $250B Creator Economy via revenue-sharing securities, which are uniquely represented by digital tokens, we will also award grants to select creators to help advance their goals.”

This news follows GigaStar’s recent announcement that it completed an additional $3M investment round to advance efforts to scale GigaStar Market (its current primary market platform), attain its broker-dealer registration, and develop its secondary market trading platform, which is targeted to launch by the end of 2024.  

GigaStar Market, an SEC-registered funding portal, operates under Reg CF and has launched 8 YouTube channel offerings, raising for Creators on the platform over $1.2M to date with over 12,000 investor accounts. Investment offerings are speculative, illiquid, and involve risks, including the risk of loss of the entire investment. 

Learn more at https://gigastarmarket.io. 

About GigaStar  

GigaStar fuels human creativity by bringing Creators and Investors together. GigaStar provides Creators with an intuitive platform to raise capital from investors who gain exposure to the Creator Economy while joining a Creator’s journey. Learn more at gigastar.io

Creator Networks, Inc., (dba GigaStar) is the Parent Company of GigaStar Portal, LLC (dba GigaStar Market). GigaStar Market is an SEC-registered funding portal and a member of FINRA offering securities under Reg CF. Investment offerings are speculative, illiquid, and involve risks, including the risk of loss of the entire investment. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

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February 6, 2024  |  View on PRNewswire

The latest $3M funding round brings GigaStar’s total funding to $7.8M since May 2022, a notable achievement in a shifting VC environment.

CHICAGO, Feb. 6, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — GigaStar, a startup that fuels human creativity, has announced the completion of an additional $3M investment round. GigaStar provides YouTube Creators with a streamlined way to raise capital by monetizing potential future revenue.

The funding will enable the firm to accelerate efforts to scale GigaStar Market (its current primary market platform), attain its broker-dealer registration, and develop its secondary market, which is anticipated to launch by the end of 2024. Additionally, it will allow GigaStar to establish partnerships that will give Creators access to thousands of strategic investors in a regulated public offering process.

“YouTube Creators deserve access to funding and strategic investors, just as traditional entrepreneurs do. GigaStar Market is the only investment platform focused on providing accredited and non-accredited investors access to the fast-growing $250B Creator Economy via unique revenue-sharing securities,” said GigaStar CEO, Hazem Dawani. “Our ability to raise funding in this environment at a higher valuation than the previous round is another testimony of the validity of our business model and market potential.”

This latest investment round included participation from existing and new strategic investors. GigaStar investors currently include DV Crypto VC, Tomsic Holdings, Nameless Ventures, Belvedere Strategic Capital, and Metropolitan Capital Bank.

This news follows GigaStar’s recent announcement that ex-Robinhood serial entrepreneur Victor Glava was appointed Chief Technology Officer.

GigaStar Market, an SEC-registered funding portal, operates under Reg CF and has launched seven YouTube channel offerings so far, raising $1.2M+ on the platform with over 12,000 investor accounts.

About GigaStar

GigaStar fuels human creativity by empowering Creators and Investors to grow together. Through GigaStar Market, Creators monetize potential future revenue by accessing thousands of strategic Investors in a streamlined platform. Creators can build an army of promoters while Investors gain access to the Creator Economy to share YouTube revenue with Creators, enjoy an alternative investment, and join an exclusive club. Website: https://gigastar.io.

Creator Networks, Inc., (dba GigaStar) is the Parent Company of GigaStar Portal, LLC (dba GigaStar Market). GigaStar Market is an SEC-registered funding portal and a member of FINRA offering securities under Reg CF. Investment offerings are speculative, illiquid, and involve risks, including the risk of loss of the entire investment.

January 23, 2024  |  View on PRNewswire

Glava joins GigaStar with more than 15 years of expertise in leading engineering teams and building innovative, scalable financial technology products.

CHICAGO, Jan. 23, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- GigaStar, a startup bringing YouTube Creators and Investors together, announced that financial technology veteran, Victor Glava, has joined the team as Chief Technology Officer.

Glava will lead GigaStar's engineering team to execute the company's technical vision and strategy and intensify efforts to scale the GigaStar Market platform, including the development of its secondary market, expected to launch in mid-2024.

Before joining GigaStar, Victor served as a technical leader within the Brokerage organization at Robinhood and was instrumental in many strategic initiatives within market data and crypto. Prior to Robinhood, Victor was co-founder and CTO of Cove Markets, a provider of crypto best execution trading software, later acquired by Robinhood. Victor also co-founded and served as CTO of OptionsCity Software, a financial technology firm and global leader for professional traders and risk managers.

"Victor is a seasoned technologist with a successful track record of building and scaling teams, processes, and technologies behind sophisticated financial technology," said Hazem Dawani, CEO of GigaStar. "Given his expertise, I am confident that Victor's leadership will accelerate the pace of innovation at GigaStar."

GigaStar Market, an SEC-registered funding portal, operates under Reg CF and has launched its first seven YouTube Creator offerings to date, raising $1.2M on the platform with over 12,000 investor accounts.

About GigaStar

GigaStar fuels human creativity by empowering Creators and Investors to grow together. Through GigaStar Market, Creators monetize future revenue by accessing thousands of strategic Investors in a streamlined and regulated public offering. Creators can build an army of promoters while Investors gain access to the Creator Economy to share YouTube revenue with Creators, enjoy an alternative investment, and join an exclusive club. Learn more at https://gigastar.io.

Creator Networks, Inc., (dba GigaStar) is the Parent Company of GigaStar Portal, LLC (dba GigaStar Market). GigaStar Market is an SEC-registered funding portal and a member of FINRA offering securities under Reg CF. Investment offerings are speculative, illiquid, and involve risks, including risk of loss.

August 22, 2023  |  View on PRNewswire

GigaStar's model, which lowers the barriers of entry for individuals to invest in the Creator Economy, draws attention from institutional investors seeking alpha uncorrelated to the S&P

GigaStar, a startup bringing YouTube Creators and Fans together as partners through its next-generation marketplace, has received interest from Ananke Capital as an investor looking to gain institutional exposure to the Creator Economy.

Through GigaStar Market, an SEC registered funding portal, which operates a crowdfunding platform under Reg CF, YouTube Creators can transform Fans into strategic investors by offering them a percentage of their YouTube channel's potential future revenue. Investors should familiarize themselves with the risks of loss, including liquidity risks, and the potential loss of their investment.

GigaStar Market has launched five YouTube Creator offerings to date, raising $1.1M+ on the platform with 10,000+ investors, and a sixth offering in the pipeline. Ananke Capital's Singularity Fund I has decided to allocate $100K to invest in YouTube Creators on the GigaStar Market platform, with interest in trading in GigaStar's secondary market. The secondary market is currently expected to launch in June of 2024.

"GigaStar is creating a new investment category by securitizing future revenue within the Creator Economy", said GigaStar CEO, Hazem Dawani. "Looking forward, we anticipate that more institutions like Ananke Capital will recognize the portfolio potential of YouTube channels as investable assets. GigaStar Market is the only regulated platform that can offer these assets today."

"Ananke was searching for a modern, highly scalable, and accessible way to invest in the Creator Economy. GigaStar is currently the only institutional-grade technology that achieves this goal.", said Tim Gorham, Principal of Ananke Capital. "GigaStar Market offers income-generating investment assets with low correlation to traditional equity markets, adding diversification to our strategy. This technology is exactly what our fund was looking for."

About GigaStar

GigaStar fuels human creativity by bringing YouTube Creators and Fans together as partners in revenue-sharing securities. Fans can invest in YouTube Creators to support their channel's future, unlock special perks, and share in the Creator's journey. GigaStar leverages blockchain technology to give Creators streamlined access to funding, a new way to innovate Fan engagement, and the potential to bolster channel growth by transforming thousands of their fans into an army of promoters. Learn more at https://gigastar.io and join the GigaStar Discord at https://discord.gg/gigastar. Explore GigaStar Market at https://gigastarmarket.io/.

About Ananke

Ananke Capital was founded on July 4th, 2021 by Principal Tim Gorham, an executive with fifteen years of professional experience focusing on volatility trading and market making. With the investment objective of achieving meaningful returns with the lowest volatility possible, Ananke Capital primarily focuses on Digital Assets and utilizes an Edge Based, 3rd Generation, Volatility Trading System with exceptionally low internal costs. For more information about Ananke Capital email info@anankecap.com.

Creator Networks, Inc.(dba GigaStar). GigaStar is the Parent Company of GigaStar Portal, LLC (dba GigaStar Market), an SEC registered funding portal member of FINRA, and GigaStar Technologies LLC, offering blockchain and smart contract solutions via GigaStar Portfolio. Investment offerings are speculative, illiquid, and involve a high degree of risk, including the risk of loss of your entire investment. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

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Sarah McNabb
smcnabb@gigastar.io

April 28, 2023  |  View on PRNewswire

The channel drop, which sold out in an hour, successfully closed on April 27th, validating demand for bringing Creators and Fans together as partners.

GigaStar, a startup bringing Creators and Fans together as partners, announced that its first YouTube Creator’s securitized revenue share offering on GigaStar Market has successfully closed, validating its business model.

With his channel drop opening on April 6, YouTube Creator Brian Kim, owner of the channel ClearValue Tax, offered 10% of his channel’s future revenue to his Fans, digitally represented by 2,500 Channel Revenue Tokens (CRTs).

The drop sold out in an hour, meeting 100% of its $60,000 target raise and resulting in over 7,700 new GigaStar Market accounts. An investor waitlist of an additional 500% of the target had accumulated by the offering close date.

“I’m excited to share my journey and my channel’s future with my Fans, and their support has boosted my motivation,” said Brian Kim. “GigaStar made a win-win partnership with my Fans a reality, and I’m already seeing increased engagement across my channel.”

“The success of Brian’s drop underscores our mission to fuel human creativity” said GigaStar CEO, Hazem Dawani. “Our business hypothesis that Fans want to invest in Creators and help them grow their channels has been validated. We’re as committed as ever to empowering Creator Economy entrepreneurs.”

Learn about GigaStar Market at https://gigastarmarket.io/. 

About GigaStar

GigaStar fuels human creativity by bringing YouTube Creators and Fans together as partners in revenue sharing securities. Fans can invest in YouTube Creators to support their channel’s future, unlock special perks, and share in the Creator's journey. GigaStar leverages blockchain technology to give Creators streamlined access to funding, a new way to innovate Fan engagement, and the potential to bolster channel growth by transforming thousands of their fans into an army of promoters. Learn more at https://gigastar.io and join the GigaStar Discord at https://discord.gg/gigastar.

Creator Networks, Inc.(dba GigaStar). GigaStar is the Parent Company of GigaStar Portal, LLC (dba GigaStar Market), an SEC registered funding portal member of FINRA, and GigaStar Technologies LLC, offering blockchain and smart contract solutions via GigaStar Portfolio. 

Investment offerings are speculative, illiquid, and involve a high degree of risk, including the risk of loss of your entire investment. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

April 12, 2023 | View on PR Newswire

GigaStar's unique revenue sharing model empowers YouTube Creators to monetize future revenue, partner with Fans, and transform Fans into an army of promoters.

CHICAGO, April 12, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- GigaStar, a startup bringing Creators and Fans together as partners, announced that its next-generation marketplace launched on April 6th in beta, offering YouTube Creators streamlined access to Fan funding, innovative Fan engagement, and potential long-term royalties.

Through Regulation Crowdfunding, YouTube Creators can list a revenue share offering to Fans on GigaStar Market. Creators can offer Fans a percentage of their YouTube channel's potential future revenue, in addition to special perks, transforming thousands of their Fans into strategic investors. Investors should familiarize themselves with the risks of loss, including liquidity risks, and the potential loss of their investment.

By leveraging blockchain technology, GigaStar has streamlined a traditionally complex process whereby YouTube Creators can monetize their future revenue through revenue share securities, which are digitally represented by Channel Revenue Tokens (CRTs).

"We're empowering a new generation of Creator Economy entrepreneurs to engage Fans as active participants in their journey," said GigaStar CEO, Hazem Dawani. "We are thrilled to validate the market demand and prove the hypothesis of our business model; Fans are eager to invest in Creators and share their success."

GigaStar is the parent company of GigaStar Market, a recently approved member of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and registered as a Funding Portal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

This news arrives on the heels of GigaStar's March announcement of a $4.8 million seed round which included DV Crypto VC, Tomsic Holdings, Nameless Ventures, and Belvedere Strategic Capital.

Visit GigaStar Market at https://gigastarmarket.io.

About GigaStar

GigaStar fuels human creativity by bringing YouTube Creators and Fans together as partners in revenue sharing securities. Fans can invest in YouTube Creators to support their channel's future, unlock special perks, and share in the Creator's journey. GigaStar leverages blockchain technology to give Creators streamlined access to funding, a new way to innovate Fan engagement, and the potential to bolster channel growth by transforming thousands of their fans into an army of promoters. Learn more at https://gigastar.io and join the GigaStar Discord at https://discord.gg/gigastar.

Creator Networks, Inc.(dba GigaStar). GigaStar is the Parent Company of GigaStar Portal, LLC (dba GigaStar Market), an SEC registered funding portal member of FINRA, and GigaStar Technologies LLC, offering blockchain and smart contract solutions via GigaStar Portfolio.

Investment offerings are speculative, illiquid, and involve a high degree of risk, including the risk of loss of your entire investment. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

March 16, 2023 | View on PR Newswire

CHICAGO, IL -- GigaStar, a startup on a mission to fuel human creativity by empowering creators and fans to grow as partners in shared success, announced today that it has completed a $4.8M Seed funding round, which includes the conversion of a SAFE funding round raised in 2022.

GigaStar gives creators streamlined access to fan funding, innovative fan engagement, and potential long-term royalties by leveraging blockchain technology; YouTube creators can monetize their future capital by offering fans rights to a percentage of their channel’s potential future revenue, represented by Channel Revenue Tokens (CRTs). 

Through Regulation Crowdfunding offerings listed by GigaStar Market, fans can invest in a creator’s journey via revenue sharing securities to partner in their success and unlock perks. Investors can review the terms, features, and risks of loss on the creator’s respective offering page.

Participants in this funding round include DV Crypto VC, Tomsic Holdings, Nameless Ventures, and Belvedere Strategic Capital.

GigaStar investor Jared Vegosen, Co-Founder of DV Group LLC, comments: “GigaStar is set to empower a new Web3 generation of YouTube creators to finance their ambitions, and do what they love – all while transforming their fans into an army of promoters. We’re excited to support GigaStar in its journey to disrupt the creator economy.”

“GigaStar has streamlined a traditionally complex process to support entrepreneurs in the creator economy,” said GigaStar investor and entrepreneur Rick Tomsic, manager of Tomsic Holdings. “YouTube creators will be able to issue their own private revenue share offerings. This is what the democratization of the creator economy looks like and we believe in GigaStar’s value creation model.”

Funding will support the development of GigaStar’s flagship solutions: GigaStar Market, GigaStar Portfolio, and its planned secondary market platform. The company anticipates a soft launch in March, followed by a full-scale go-to-market in Q2 2023. GigaStar is the parent company of GigaStar Market, a member of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) and registered as a Funding Portal with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

GigaStar’s founding members include serial entrepreneurs who previously built trading technology firms, AI platforms, and YouTube creator agencies, and collectively operate with 50+ years of financial technology and creator agency experience.

To learn more, visit GigaStar’s website at https://gigastar.io 

About GigaStar

GigaStar fuels human creativity by bringing YouTube Creators and Fans together as partners in revenue sharing securities. Fans can invest in YouTube Creators to support their channel's future, unlock special perks, and share in the Creator's journey. GigaStar leverages blockchain technology to give Creators streamlined access to funding, a new way to innovate Fan engagement, and the potential to bolster channel growth by transforming thousands of their fans into an army of promoters. Learn more at https://gigastar.io and join the GigaStar Discord at https://discord.gg/gigastar.

Creator Networks, Inc.(dba GigaStar). GigaStar is the Parent Company of GigaStar Portal, LLC (dba GigaStar Market), an SEC registered funding portal member of FINRA, and GigaStar Technologies LLC, offering blockchain and smart contract solutions via GigaStar Portfolio.

Investment offerings are speculative, illiquid, and involve a high degree of risk, including the risk of loss of your entire investment. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.

March 18, 2024  |  GigaStar Market mentioned in Jim Louderback's "Inside the Creator Economy" Newsletter.

January 3, 2024  |  GigaStar CEO Hazem Dawani is featured in the "Talents of the Week" section. | Read the post on Specter Monitor

December 1, 2023  |  Read the article on SMARTECH Daily

November 27, 2023 |  Read the article on Business Insider

September 13, 2023  |  Hear the full interview on Women of Video

August 26, 2023  |  Read the full interview on Net Influencer

March 10, 2023 | View on GigaBlog

GigaStar is pleased to announce that its smart contract security audit has successfully been completed by Runtime Verification, Inc., a top-tier technology firm providing cutting-edge formal verification tools and services for aerospace, automotive, and the blockchain, whose growing list of clients includes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Algorand, Dapp Labs, Tezos Foundation, Cardano Foundation, and Ethereum Foundation.

Runtime Verification Inc. conducted an end-to-end blockchain audit and verification of GigaStar’s Polygon Network Smart Contracts, a component of the startup’s blockchain-based funds distribution process via USDC (stablecoin). 

A smart contract audit is necessary for crypto security because smart contracts run on the public blockchain where any user can interact and see their assets. Blockchain audits are critical for identifying security flaws and vulnerabilities in code.

GigaStar’s Chief Technology Officer, Jason Aubrey, comments, “Working with the security experts at Runtime Verification to review GigaStar's EVM-compatible blockchain code was a positive experience. Through collaboration, we were able to implement solutions to both known and previously unknown issues.  As indicated in their final report, all identified issues have been resolved.  We believe this smart contract audit was an important step in the due diligence process to ensure a positive experience for Fans who want to invest in YouTube Creators.”

GigaStar Portal LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of GigaStar, recently obtained FINRA membership as a funding portal and is registered with the SEC. Learn more and sign up for GigaStar’s updates at https://gigastar.io.

About GigaStar

GigaStar fuels human creativity by bringing YouTube Creators and Fans together as partners in revenue sharing securities. Fans can invest in YouTube Creators to support their channel's future, unlock special perks, and share in the Creator's journey. GigaStar leverages blockchain technology to give Creators streamlined access to funding, a new way to innovate Fan engagement, and the potential to bolster channel growth by transforming thousands of their fans into an army of promoters. Learn more at https://gigastar.io and join the GigaStar Discord at https://discord.gg/gigastar.

Creator Networks, Inc.(dba GigaStar). GigaStar is the Parent Company of GigaStar Portal, LLC (dba GigaStar Market), an SEC registered funding portal member of FINRA, and GigaStar Technologies LLC, offering blockchain and smart contract solutions via GigaStar Portfolio.

Investment offerings are speculative, illiquid, and involve a high degree of risk, including the risk of loss of your entire investment. Past performance is not a guarantee of future results.