One of the bigger shows in SoCal has extended their fan investment campaign for an additional 60 days! Los Angeles Comic Con earlier this year announced that they were starting a fan investment campaign that would let attendees become a part owner of the show.
More information is below courtesy of their press release.
With 2025 show attendance hitting 130K and new anime, gaming, and horror destinations driving more than 50% growth since Covid, the show is raising capital from loyal fans to expand shows, partnerships, and year-round experiences
LOS ANGELES — DECEMBER 30, 2025 — Los Angeles Comic Con, L.A.’s largest event for comics, gaming, sci-fi, anime and pop culture, today announces a 60-day extension to its fan investment campaign on StartEngine, giving supporters more time to become an owner and help shape the next chapter of the convention. With a minimum of only $300 to invest in a major fan convention, the team at Comikaze Entertainment wanted to extend the opportunity of ownership to the fans that have made the show what it is since 2011. a
“By welcoming our fans as new owners, we’ll use the capital raised to pursue our mission of delighting them with more of the content, talent, brands and activations they love,” said Chris DeMoulin, CEO/GM of Los Angeles Comic Con parent company Comikaze Entertainment Inc. “L.A. Comic Con’s fan-centric model has proven to be successful for over a decade, but we have reached the point where continued growth requires additional capital.”
Since the first show after the pandemic began, L.A. Comic Con has grown by more than 50% by expanding into the Los Angeles Convention Center’s West Hall, bringing in more high profile guests, adding fan-requested gaming and anime destinations, and this past year expanding horror. All this complements the show’s traditional comics and pop culture Con, and resulted in a new fan attendance record in 2025, with over 130,000 attendees.
Even with this remarkable momentum, L.A. Comic Con remains a small, independent locally owned and operated company, one that has achieved outsized success without access to the significant capital typically required for large-scale event expansion. With additional capital, the next phase of growth may include growing the existing event with new features, guests, or activations; extending the show with additional days or hours; launching additional events throughout the year, featuring the convention’s most successful activations; collaboration with other organizers or community partners to expand content and venue offerings; or acquiring existing events in adjacent fan genres that align with L.A. Comic Con.
The deadline to invest is February 16, 2026 at 11:59 PST, with ownership opportunities starting at $300 and offering exclusive perks tied to participation levels. Owners of all levels will receive a complimentary 2026 event ticket and an exclusive fast-pass for autograph and photo-op lines, an experience normally reserved only for VVIP pass holders.The offering is valued at $13.93 million, with a funding goal of $100,000 to $1.24 million, with between 125,000 and 1,543,750 shares available.
ABOUT LOS ANGELES COMIC CON
L.A. Comic Con is Los Angeles’ biggest and best multimedia pop culture convention, held annually at the Los Angeles Convention Center. L.A. Comic Con assembles the most exciting, new and innovative players in comics, movies, sci-fi, fantasy, horror, anime, gaming and all things pop-culture, making it Los Angeles’ ultimate pop-culture destination. L.A. Comic Con is one of the most diverse and celebrated geek and pop-culture events in the United States, giving fans once-in-a-lifetime opportunities to truly enjoy safe interactions with their favorite creators and major players in the entertainment industry. For more information, please visit: https://www.comicconla.com
