Nico Ventures

About the offering

Nico Ventures, Inc. is the parent company behind yourNEWS.com, a hyper-local, citizen-powered news platform designed to decentralize and democratize journalism across the United States. The company was founded on the premise that legacy corporate media is collapsing — citing declining trust, newsroom layoffs, and shrinking local coverage — and that a platform model similar to YouTube can replace traditional editorial gatekeepers with independent journalists, citizen reporters, content creators, and podcasters. The yourNEWS platform currently operates across approximately 20,000 local editions nationwide and reports millions of monthly visits. Contributors can publish written articles, audio, and embedded video content, with geographic distribution options ranging from city-level to nationwide. The platform shares advertising revenue with contributors in a creator-economy model, similar to YouTube monetization. The company claims thousands of active contributors and states it previously raised $511,000 in an earlier funding round. Nico Ventures is conducting a Regulation CF offering of Common Stock at $2.00 per share, with a minimum individual investment of $300 (150 shares) and a maximum offering size of $365,720 (182,860 shares). The minimum target to close the round is $2,000. The offering deadline is October 31, 2026. The company is raising at a pre-money valuation of approximately $20.68 million (including outstanding options). Proceeds are intended for technology development, creator acquisition and onboarding, audience growth and marketing, advertising infrastructure, operational scaling, contributor monetization systems, and expansion of local market coverage. The founding team includes CEO Sam Anthony, who has over two decades of online media experience; CTO Kevin O'Neill, with expertise in web development, UX/UI, and SEO; and Editor-in-Chief Delaney Sommer, who brings 15+ years in journalism and corporate communications. Advisors include journalist and media commentator Alex Newman, entrepreneur Sarah Westall, and Sean Turnbull, founder of the SGTreport YouTube channel and website. The offering is hosted on the Highlander Crowdfunding platform (operated by PicMii Crowdfunding), a FINRA-registered funding portal, with escrow held at Enterprise Bank and Trust and Luminate Bank.

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