Serial entrepreneur · Los Angeles
I produce interactive shows and own the regulated technology behind them, opening up access to investment opportunities once reserved for the wealthy and connected.
Now building Going Public
Going Public Season 3 organic views
100,000,000+
Going Public proved a simple idea. Give everyday investors a real seat at the table, and they show up.
100,000,000+
Views on X
$15,000,000
Invested by our audience across three seasons
SEC · FINRA
Our regulated funding portal, Issuance Express
Watch · Engage · Invest · Own
Think Shark Tank, but viewers can invest in any of the featured companies while they watch.
On Digital Social Hour with Sean Kelly
“Whereas American Idol pioneered text to vote, we’re bringing click to invest to market.”
The story
I’ve spent the last decade bringing them into private markets. First with marketing, then with regulated technology, and now with interactive TV.
I spent ten years selling enterprise software to the Fortune 500. When Reg A+ took effect in 2015, I saw a door open and went all in.
That led to a bigger question: how do we bring high-quality investments to anyone, anywhere? The answer was a mainstream interactive show. That became Going Public, the first of its kind.
13 years sober
Quitting drinking was the best decision I’ve made, personally and professionally. Every hour it gave back went into building.
Off the clock
I’m into fitness and health, and I love hiking the Santa Monica Mountains. Former CA state champion high jumper.
Milestones
My agency, CrowdfundX, marketed it the same month the new rules went live.
ForbesI helped take companies including Myomo and FAT Brands public.
Technology that lets growth companies raise capital online, directly from their communities.
We bought JumpStart Micro, renamed it Issuance Express, and launched Reg CF offerings.
Press releaseDistributed through Dow Jones and hosted by two-time NBA All-Star Baron Davis.
Press releaseOur biggest season yet: 100 million views and a livestream finale hosted by Mike Tyson.
X announcementMy newsletter on why visible leaders become targets, and how to protect yourself. The book follows in Q2 2027.
Read Targeted
What I’m building
Hollywood built an industry on attention. We’re building what comes next: participation. Crush Capital makes the shows. Issuance lets viewers invest in what they see.
Flagship · Crush Capital
The show that created the interactive investing category, and one of the most engaged in the history of X.
The next big shows will be live, interactive, and investable.Darren Marble Read the essay on X ↗
The newsletter
Hacked. Stalked. Sued. Extorted. I’ve been through all of it. Targeted shares my stories and those of other leaders, and how to fight back and stay focused on what matters.
Latest issue The Female Stalker Who Sent Me Over 5,000 Messages and the 5-Year Restraining Order That Still Protects Me A complete stranger. Thousands of emails, texts, calls, and threats. How I fought back in court and the playbook every leader needs.Unsubscribe anytime. Prefer Substack? Sign up there ↗
Book · Q2 2027A survival guide for modern leaders. Subscribers hear about it first.
Press, podcasts & speaking
I speak and comment on private markets, investor access, the JOBS Act, and the future of interactive media.
Darren Marble is a serial entrepreneur and the co-creator of Going Public, the first show where viewers can invest in featured companies while they watch. He is co-founder and Co-CEO of Crush Capital and co-founder and CEO of Issuance, whose funding portal, Issuance Express, is registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA.
Darren Marble has spent a decade opening up private markets to everyday investors. First with marketing, then with regulated technology, and now with interactive TV.
He is the Co-Creator and Co-Executive Producer of Going Public, the first interactive investing show, where viewers can invest in featured companies while they watch. Season 1 launched on Entrepreneur.com in 2022, Season 2 was distributed by MarketWatch in 2024, and Season 3 was licensed by X Originals in 2025, with a livestream finale hosted by Mike Tyson. Going Public has 100M views on X.
Darren is Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Crush Capital, the studio he started with Todd Goldberg in 2020. Crush Capital produces Going Public, is represented by Paradigm Talent Agency, and has multiple new shows in development.
He is also Co-Founder and CEO of Issuance, which he started in March 2018. Issuance builds the regulated technology that lets growth companies raise capital online, directly from their communities. Its funding portal, Issuance Express, is registered with the SEC and a member of FINRA.
When Reg A+ took effect in 2015, Darren went all in. His agency, CrowdfundX, marketed the first Reg A+ offering in U.S. history, and he helped take the first Reg A+ companies public on the NYSE and Nasdaq. Before that, he spent ten years selling enterprise software to Fortune 500 companies at Oracle and OSI Digital.
He writes Targeted, a newsletter on why visible leaders become targets and how to protect yourself, with a book to follow in Q2 2027. He speaks on the future of entertainment, interactive media, capital markets, and access for everyday investors.
Darren studied psychology at UCLA from 1998 to 2002. A former California state champion high jumper, he lives in Los Angeles.
Contact
For media, speaking, and strategic partnership inquiries. I can’t reply to every message.
