# A quick look back at everything we've hit since we opened this round | GigaStar

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- Published at: 2026-09-17 14:00:00 UTC
- Updated at: 2026-09-19 04:47:05 UTC

## Author
Sarah McNabb

## Subject
GigaStar

## Content
From the desk of Hazem Dawani:I wanted to take a moment to update our Community. A lot has happened since we opened this round.💰 Last week, we raised $1.8M+, bringing GigaStar to #1 Most Raised in the country. That's 75% of everything raised on Wefunder that week, and 41% of everything raised across the entire Reg CF industry that week. That brings our total to $2M+ raised from 900+ people since we opened this round.🚀 We blew past our funding goal, so we filed paperwork with the SEC to raise our maximum, opening more room for Investors who still want in.🔑 GigaStar Trading, our SEC-registered digital Alternative Trading System, went live. We're one of only 10 platforms in the U.S. cleared to run one. We're live in all 50 states. See the press release.📰 Scalable, a Creator Economy newsletter, wrote about GigaStar Trading and what it means for Creator revenue to trade like an asset.🔔 We rang the NASDAQ opening bell in Times Square, an invitation that traces back to last year's Chicago Innovation Up-And-Comer Award. See the photos at the bottom of this page.🎙️ Our Chief Business Officer, Scott Kitun, sat down for a live Q&A with Kingscrowd CTO, Brian Belley, about where GigaStar goes next. See the replay.Our Investors made all of this possible. Many of you just joined this round. Welcome, and thank you for being here. This is likely the last community round where individual Investors can invest in GigaStar directly. If you're already an Investor, please share this with someone who'd want in.Invest or share the campaign → wefunder.com/gigastar Here's to building the Creator Economy's capital markets, together.Hazem CEO & Co-founder, GigaStarKen Yong (Director of Finance), Sarah McNabb (Chief Marketing Officer) and Jason Aubrey (Chief Architect) joined other Chicago Innovation Award winners in ringing the opening NASDAQ bell on August 31, 2026.