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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on <B>June 12</B>, 2025</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: right"><B>Registration No.&nbsp;333-&nbsp;&nbsp;_______&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>UNITED STATES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549</B>&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>FORM S-8</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><B>StartEngine Crowdfunding,&nbsp;Inc.</B></FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Delaware</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>46-5371570</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(State or other jurisdiction of<BR>
incorporation or organization)</FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(I.R.S. Employer<BR>
Identification No.)</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>4100 West Alameda Avenue, 3<SUP>rd</SUP> Floor</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Burbank, CA</B></P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 2%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>91505</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(Address of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(ZIP Code)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>StartEngine Crowdfunding, Inc. 2025 Equity
Incentive Plan<BR>
</U>(Full title of the plan)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Howard Marks</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Chief Executive Officer</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>StartEngine Crowdfunding, Inc.</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>4100 West Alameda Avenue, 3<SUP>rd</SUP>&nbsp;Floor</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Burbank, CA 91505</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><U>(800) 317-2200</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;(Name, address including zip code, and
telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B><I>Copies of all communications to:</I></B></P>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Jamie Ostrow, Esq.</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>CrowdCheck Law LLP</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>700 12<SUP>th</SUP>&nbsp;Street NW, Suite 700</B></P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, DC 2005</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of &ldquo;large accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;accelerated filer,&rdquo; &ldquo;smaller reporting company&rdquo;
and&nbsp;&ldquo;emerging growth company&rdquo;&nbsp;in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 30%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 20%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Accelerated filer&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 29%; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Non-accelerated filer&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Smaller reporting company&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Emerging growth company&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">If an emerging growth company, indicate by check
mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards provided Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="font-family: Wingdings">&#168;</FONT></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART I</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS&nbsp;</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">StartEngine
Crowdfunding, Inc. (the &ldquo;<I>Registrant</I>&rdquo;) files this Registration Statement on Form S-8 in connection with the Registrant&rsquo;s&nbsp;StartEngine
Crowdfunding, Inc. </FONT>2025 Equity Incentive Plan&nbsp;<FONT STYLE="background-color: white">(the &ldquo;<I>Plan</I>&rdquo;). The documents
containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to each participant in the Plan as specified by Rule
428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &ldquo;<I>Securities Act</I>&rdquo;). These documents and the documents incorporated
by reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act. Such documents are not filed as part of this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note to Part I
of the Form S-8 Registration Statement</FONT>.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>PART II</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Incorporation
of Documents by Reference</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="background-color: white">The following
documents, which have been previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<I>SEC</I>&rdquo;),
are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:</FONT></P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 72px">(a)</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">The Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report on </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000155837025004274/stgc-20241231x10ka.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the SEC on April 1, 2025</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 72px"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">(b)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &ldquo;Exchange Act&rdquo;) since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant&rsquo;s Annual Report referred to in (a) above; including the Registrant&rsquo;s Quarterly Report on </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000155837025007942/stgc-20250331x10qa.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form 10-Q/A for the period ended March 31, 2025, as filed with the SEC on May 16, 2025</FONT></A> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">and the Registrant&rsquo;s Current Report on </FONT><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/ix?doc=/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000110465925045014/tm2514199d1_8k.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on May 6, 2025</FONT></A><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">; &nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="width: 72px"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">(c)</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">The description of the Registrant&rsquo;s Common Stock set forth under the caption &ldquo;Description of Registrant&rsquo;s Securities to be Registered&rdquo; in the Registrant&rsquo;s Registration Statement on <A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000110465922043111/tm2210980d1_1012g.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit">Form 10 (File No. 000-56415),&nbsp;originally filed with the SEC on April 6, 2022</A>, as amended from time to time.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents;
except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report furnished under current
Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K that is not deemed filed under such provisions. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Description
of Securities</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">See Item 3(c) above.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 5.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Not applicable.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 6.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Indemnification
of Directors and Officers</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Our Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the &ldquo;Certificate of Incorporation&rdquo;) and our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (the &ldquo;Bylaws&rdquo;) both
provide for the indemnification of our officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Our Certificate of Incorporation states that a director of the company shall not be personally liable to the company or its stockholders
for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. The company is authorized to provide indemnification of agents (as defined
in Section&nbsp;317 of the California Corporations Code) through bylaw provisions, agreements with agents, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors, or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification otherwise permitted by Section&nbsp;317 of the California Corporations Code,
subject only to the applicable limits on indemnification set forth in Sections 204 and 317 of the California Corporations Code with respect
to actions for breach of duty to the Corporation or its stockholders, to the extent the Corporation is subject to those provisions pursuant
to Section&nbsp;2115 of the California Corporations Code.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">The Bylaws state that the company shall, to the
maximum extent and in the manner permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, indemnify each of its directors and officers against
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection
with any proceeding, arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the company.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 7.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exemption
from Registration Claimed</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Not applicable.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 8.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Exhibits</B></P>

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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 44%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Document
    Description</B></FONT></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 8%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>File
    No.</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 1pt; width: 1%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 8%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Filing
    Date</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 1pt; width: 1%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 8%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Exhibit</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; padding-bottom: 1pt; width: 1%; text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 10%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Filed
    Herewith</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><A HREF="tm2517316d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">5.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm2517316d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Opinion and Consent of CrowdCheck Law LLP</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><A HREF="tm2517316d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">X</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><A HREF="tm2517316d1_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm2517316d1_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
    Firm</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><A HREF="tm2517316d1_ex23-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">X</FONT></A></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><A HREF="tm2517316d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">23.2</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm2517316d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Consent of CrowdCheck Law LLP (included as part of
    Exhibit 5.1)</FONT></A></TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><A HREF="tm2517316d1_ex5-1.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">X</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: #CCEEFF">
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000155837025007905/stgc-20250331xex10d4.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">99.1</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1661779/000155837025007905/stgc-20250331xex10d4.htm"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">StartEngine
    Crowdfunding 2025 Equity Incentive Plan</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">&nbsp;10-Q</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">000-56415</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">10.4</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><A HREF="tm2517316d1_ex-filingfees.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">107</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><A HREF="tm2517316d1_ex-filingfees.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Filing
    Fee Table</FONT></A></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><A HREF="tm2517316d1_ex-filingfees.htm" STYLE="-sec-extract: exhibit"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">X</FONT></A></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B>Item 9.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Undertakings</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.25in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.25in">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To
include any prospectus required by Section&nbsp;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To reflect
in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(iii)&nbsp;&nbsp;To include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;To remove
from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify"><I>Provided</I>,&nbsp;<I>however</I>, that paragraphs
(1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;13(a) or Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section&nbsp;15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURES</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city
of Burbank, State of California, on June 12, 2025.</P>

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  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>StartEngine Crowdfunding, Inc.</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 5%"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">By:</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 45%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Howard Marks</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Name: </FONT></TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Howard Marks</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Title:</FONT></TD>
    <TD> <FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">CEO</FONT></TD></TR>
  </TABLE>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify">Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 24%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Signature</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="width: 49%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Title(s)</B></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center; width: 1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid; width: 25%; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt"><B>Date</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Howard Marks</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chief Executive Officer and Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">June 12, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Howard Marks</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">/s/ Ronald Miller</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Chairman and Director</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">June 12, 2025</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Ronald Miller</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
    <TD STYLE="border-bottom: black 1pt solid">/s/ Hunter Strassman</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">C<FONT STYLE="background-color: white">hief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer</FONT></FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">June 12, 2025</TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top; background-color: white">
    <TD><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10pt">Hunter Strassman</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD STYLE="text-align: center">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
  </TABLE>

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As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
on
June 12
, 2025
Registration No. 333-  _______
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM S-8
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933
StartEngine Crowdfunding, Inc.
(Exact Name of Registrant As Specified In Its Charter)
Delaware
46-5371570
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
4100 West Alameda Avenue, 3
rd
Floor
Burbank, CA
91505
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(ZIP Code)
StartEngine Crowdfunding, Inc. 2025 Equity
Incentive Plan
(Full title of the plan)
Howard Marks
Chief Executive Officer
StartEngine Crowdfunding, Inc.
4100 West Alameda Avenue, 3
rd
Floor
Burbank, CA 91505
(800) 317-2200
(Name, address including zip code, and
telephone number, including area code, of agent for service)
Copies of all communications to:
Jamie Ostrow, Esq.
CrowdCheck Law LLP
700 12
th
Street NW, Suite 700
Washington, DC 2005
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company or an emerging growth company.
See the definitions of "large accelerated filer," "accelerated filer," "smaller reporting company"
and "emerging growth company" in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer
¨
Accelerated filer
¨
Non-accelerated filer
x
Smaller reporting company
x
¨
Emerging growth company
x
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check
mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting
standards provided Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act.
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PART I
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE SECTION 10(a) PROSPECTUS
StartEngine
Crowdfunding, Inc. (the "
Registrant
") files this Registration Statement on Form S-8 in connection with the Registrant's StartEngine
Crowdfunding, Inc.
2025 Equity Incentive Plan
(the "
Plan
"). The documents
containing the information specified in Part I of Form S-8 will be sent or given to each participant in the Plan as specified by Rule
428(b)(1) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "
Securities Act
"). These documents and the documents incorporated
by reference herein pursuant to Item 3 of Part II hereof, taken together, constitute a prospectus that meets the requirements of Section
10(a) of the Securities Act. Such documents are not filed as part of this Registration Statement in accordance with the Note to Part I
of the Form S-8 Registration Statement
.
PART II
INFORMATION REQUIRED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT
Item 3.         Incorporation
of Documents by Reference
The following
documents, which have been previously filed by the Registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "
SEC
"),
are hereby incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement:
(a)
The Registrant's Annual Report on
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024, as filed with the SEC on April 1, 2025
;
(b)
All other reports filed pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act") since the end of the fiscal year covered by the Registrant's Annual Report referred to in (a) above; including the Registrant's Quarterly Report on
Form 10-Q/A for the period ended March 31, 2025, as filed with the SEC on May 16, 2025
and the Registrant's Current Report on
Form 8-K, as filed with the SEC on May 6, 2025
;
(c)
The description of the Registrant's Common Stock set forth under the caption "Description of Registrant's Securities to be Registered" in the Registrant's Registration Statement on
Form 10 (File No. 000-56415), originally filed with the SEC on April 6, 2022
, as amended from time to time.
In addition, all documents filed by the Registrant
pursuant to Sections 13(a), 13(c), 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, after the date of this Registration Statement and prior to the filing
of a post-effective amendment that indicates that all securities offered hereby have been sold or which deregisters all securities then
remaining unsold, are incorporated by reference in this Registration Statement and are a part hereof from the date of filing of such documents;
except as to any portion of any future annual or quarterly report to stockholders or document or current report furnished under current
Items 2.02 or 7.01 of Form 8-K that is not deemed filed under such provisions. Any statement contained in a document incorporated or deemed
to be incorporated by reference herein shall be deemed to be modified or superseded for purposes of this Registration Statement to the
extent that a statement contained herein or in any other subsequently filed document which also is or is deemed to be incorporated by
reference herein modifies or supersedes such statement. Any statement so modified or superseded shall not be deemed, except as so modified
or superseded, to constitute a part of this Registration Statement.
Item 4.         Description
of Securities
See Item 3(c) above.
Item 5.         Interests
of Named Experts and Counsel
Not applicable.
Item 6.         Indemnification
of Directors and Officers
Our Seventh Amended and Restated Certificate of
Incorporation (the "Certificate of Incorporation") and our Second Amended and Restated Bylaws (the "Bylaws") both
provide for the indemnification of our officers and directors to the fullest extent permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law.
Our Certificate of Incorporation states that a director of the company shall not be personally liable to the company or its stockholders
for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. The company is authorized to provide indemnification of agents (as defined
in Section 317 of the California Corporations Code) through bylaw provisions, agreements with agents, vote of stockholders or disinterested
directors, or otherwise, in excess of the indemnification otherwise permitted by Section 317 of the California Corporations Code,
subject only to the applicable limits on indemnification set forth in Sections 204 and 317 of the California Corporations Code with respect
to actions for breach of duty to the Corporation or its stockholders, to the extent the Corporation is subject to those provisions pursuant
to Section 2115 of the California Corporations Code.
The Bylaws state that the company shall, to the
maximum extent and in the manner permitted by the Delaware General Corporation Law, indemnify each of its directors and officers against
expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines, settlements, and other amounts actually and reasonably incurred in connection
with any proceeding, arising by reason of the fact that such person is or was an agent of the company.
Item 7.         Exemption
from Registration Claimed
Not applicable.
Item 8.         Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
Document
    Description
Form
File
    No.
Filing
    Date
Exhibit
Filed
    Herewith
5.1
Opinion and Consent of CrowdCheck Law LLP
X
23.1
Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting
    Firm
X
23.2
Consent of CrowdCheck Law LLP (included as part of
    Exhibit 5.1)
X
99.1
StartEngine
    Crowdfunding 2025 Equity Incentive Plan
10-Q
000-56415
10.4
107
Filing
    Fee Table
X
Item 9.          Undertakings
(a)   The
undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes:
(1)   To
file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:
(i)    To
include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; and
(ii)   To reflect
in the prospectus any facts or events arising after the effective date of this Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective
amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration
Statement; and
(iii)  To include
any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material
change to such information in the Registration Statement; and
(2)   That,
for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to
be the initial bona fide offering thereof; and
(3)   To remove
from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination
of the offering.
Provided
,
however
, that paragraphs
(1)(i) and (1)(ii) above do not apply if the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is
contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Company pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Securities
Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
(b)   The undersigned
Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant's
annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act (and, where applicable, each filing of an employee
benefit plan's annual report pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act) that is incorporated by reference in this Registration
Statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities
at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
(c)   Insofar
as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of
the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the SEC such
indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim
for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer
or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer
or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the
matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification
by it is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, the Registrant certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form
S-8 and has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city
of Burbank, State of California, on June 12, 2025.
StartEngine Crowdfunding, Inc.
By:
/s/ Howard Marks
Name:
Howard Marks
Title:
CEO
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities
Act of 1933, this registration statement has been signed by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
Signature
Title(s)
Date
/s/ Howard Marks
Chief Executive Officer and Director
June 12, 2025
Howard Marks
/s/ Ronald Miller
Chairman and Director
June 12, 2025
Ronald Miller
/s/ Hunter Strassman
C
hief Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer
June 12, 2025
Hunter Strassman