🎤 Invst Guru Founder Series 🎤

In this episode of Invst Guru, host Jeff “Fuzzy” Wenzel sits down with Christian Braun, founder and CEO of HobbyDB, the massive community-driven database aiming to catalog every collectible ever made.

Christian shares how HobbyDB evolved from a simple idea into a global network of over 3,000 volunteers and 780,000 members, documenting millions of items—from Funko Pops and Hot Wheels to ancient coins. Discover how they’ve raised capital through crowdfunding, built a thriving collector community, and turned data into one of the internet’s most valuable collector tools.

💡 In this episode, you’ll learn:

• How HobbyDB became the “Wikipedia of collectibles” through crowdsourced data

• Why the collectibles market is a $500 billion global opportunity

• The tech and taxonomy challenges behind documenting everything from decoys to comic books

• How HobbyDB uses crowdfunding to build community ownership

• The company’s long-term vision for 100 billion collectibles in their database

🔗 Learn more: https://www.hobbydb.com

🎙️ Invst Guru is hosted by Jeff “Fuzzy” Wenzel, where founders of equity crowdfunding campaigns share their journeys, challenges, and insights into building companies that everyday investors can believe in.

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