Is the secondary market on schedule to be operations and useable by or during Q4 of this calendar year 2025?

Yes, the current plan is for the Secondary Market to be operational and launched in Q4 2025. GigaStar received the necessary regulatory licenses to do so.

How will the Preferred Stock be handled as compared to the Common Stock when/if an IPO occurs? Will the Preferred Stock be converted to Common Stock? And is that conversion already written into the corporate charter and/or by-laws?

Yes, in the scenario of an IPO, the Preferred shares will be converted to Common shares. The Preferred shares provide investors with a downside protection by receiving priority in case of an early exit to get 1X their returns (1X preference).

Is there a pool of shares (either common or preferred) set aside for hiring future executives?

Yes, as part of the Series A we are conducting, we are expanding the stock options plan to allocate sufficient options pool for future executives

Hello, congrats on your success to date. I've been following GigaStar for a while. Interesting business model to allow people to invest in creators for a revenue share. I definitely appreciate GigaStar helping to grow the CF community. On the business, I have the below questio...

Hi LD. These are all great questions. To answer them: 1. GigaStar has three revenue streams: success fees from funds raised on its crowdfunding platform, percentage of the monthly YouTube revenue distributed to the investors, and transaction fees from trading on the secondary market (not launched yet) 2. The creators are raising money and issuing revenue-sharing securities to investors under SEC regulations, so they have a legal obligation to distribute the YouTube revenue which GigaStar Tech...

Are there any other platforms like this that took off and were extremely profitable?

GigaStar is unique in its business model and value proposition. There are comparisons in various industries from creator fan engagement platforms, like Patreon (reached $4B in valuation), to marketplaces like CoinBase ($61B in valuation) and OpenSea ($3B in valuation).

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