A quick introduction and some disclaimers. Hello, and thanks for reading! My name is Caleb Naysmith and I am a law school student for the class of 2023 at the University of Kentucky, and a Finance Officer in the United States Army Reserves. I also have a Bachelors's in Business…

This shark tank redemption story is now raising on Wefunder, and you can invest today! — Everyone loves a redemption story, and there isn’t one much better than that of Jason Woods and Kymera. Jason started Kymera, an electric jet-propelled bodyboard company, about a decade ago with the intention of creating something that is fun, portable, and gets people off the shoreline and having fun in…

Is this one of the few safe havens left in investing? Most people are probably wondering where to put their money as the Nasdaq and S&P 500 has one of its worst days in history. Cryptocurrency with several high profile projects going to 0, and even larger ones like Bitcoin…

The future is looking bright. — Technology doesn’t just appear, someone has to build it. While I can’t predict the future, a good place to look tends to be the startup landscape. If companies are gaining significant traction, and several startups are popping up in a space where there used to be none, it’s likely a…

it’s simply not possible, or at least not plausible. — One of the most touted selling points of Crypto has always been this grandiose idea of decentralization. Bitcoin first arose in 2009 after the housing crisis and subsequent crash that came with it. Bitcoin aimed to solve this supposed issue of centralization. Nobody ‘owns’ Bitcoin in theory, so the idea…

Some of these companies are taking off! I have only been investing in startups for about a year and a half now, but I definitely don’t have any plans of stopping. Mainly, because it's working. I have currently had 3 exits amounting to 2–3x return, and several companies currently scaling…

The crackdown continues, and FINRA and the SEC are not messing around. — For much of the beginning years of the JOBS Act and equity crowdfunding, there seemingly weren’t any fines in the space. It seems this wasn’t because there weren’t violations, because FINRA and the SEC just handed out their 3rd fine to portals in the past twelve months. Now, it definitely…

The largest fine handed down in the industry to date. As an investor, it’s good to see FINRA being vigilant in the space. Equity Crowdfunding has the potential to revolutionize the startup investing landscape by lowering the burdens to invest. However, like any place where money is involved, it also…

Use this resource to find out how well your startups are doing. One thing I like about equity crowdfunding is how much information is out there about the companies. While I am pretty confident many of the founders hate having to file these disclosures and fill out Form 1-a’s and…