What we do
SmallCap Ideas publishes original, sourced research profiles on publicly traded microcap and small-cap companies. Every report is written from primary sources — SEC filings, company press releases, investor decks, transcripts, and named third-party data — and structured so that an investor or a corporate-development team can read it and walk away with the same operating picture we did.
We cover the parts of the U.S. equity market that the bulge-bracket sell-side and large independent shops largely don't: companies under $300 million in market capitalization, OTCQX-listed operators with real revenue, and recently uplisted companies whose narrative is still being built. We profile founders and operators. We map balance sheets. We flag catalysts. We name the risks.
How we work
Editorial standard, regardless of compensation
SmallCap Ideas operates two streams: editorial coverage (unpaid research selected at our discretion) and sponsored coverage (paid investor-relations work where an issuer engages us to produce a profile). Whichever stream produces a report, the editorial standard does not change — primary sources, named filings, real catalysts, real risks. Where coverage is sponsored, that fact is disclosed prominently on the report itself under Section 17(b) of the Securities Act. Where no such disclosure appears, the issuer paid nothing for that piece of coverage. The full Disclaimer and 17(b) Disclosures page lists every current sponsored relationship.
Sourced to filings
Every claim ties back to a primary source: an SEC filing, a press release, a named third-party data provider, or a verifiable public statement. We do not use anonymous insiders. We do not use anonymous models. The footnote section at the bottom of every report exists so any reader can audit the work.
Neutral by default
We do not issue ratings, price targets, or buy / sell / hold recommendations. We are journalists, not analysts. We profile the company, lay out what management says, lay out what the filings say, lay out what the catalysts are and what the risks are, and let the reader decide. Where there's a clear data conflict between management commentary and a regulator's record, we say so.
Built for IR teams and investors both
For small-cap companies pursuing capital-markets visibility, SmallCap Ideas is a credible, journalistic surface — coverage that travels and gets read. For investors, it's a free, sourced research feed across sectors that institutional research desks under-cover.
The ten sectors we cover
Our editorial scope spans ten sectors selected for active microcap and small-cap deal flow:
- Business Services — staffing, BPO, professional services, vertical-SaaS-adjacent operators.
- Esports & Gaming — platforms, teams, ad-tech, and tournament infrastructure.
- Consumer Goods — emerging CPG brands, DTC operators, and specialty retail.
- High Tech — software, semiconductors, AI infrastructure, cybersecurity.
- Industrials — specialty manufacturing, automation, supply-chain technology.
- Mining & Minerals — juniors, royalty companies, critical-minerals operators.
- Electric Vehicles — manufacturers, charging infrastructure, components, battery supply chain.
- Drones — commercial UAV, defense applications, drone-as-a-service.
- Crypto — exchanges, miners, custody and infrastructure, public crypto-asset holders.
- EdTech — workforce learning, K–12 software, higher-education platforms.
The editorial standard
Every SmallCap Ideas report follows the same structure: executive summary, business overview, financial performance, capital structure, recent developments, the company's stated investment thesis, risks, conclusion, key takeaways, sources, disclaimers. We write in the neutral cadence of a wire-service report — Reuters or the AP — not the cadence of a stock tip. We use short paragraphs. We define the technical terms. We anchor every number to a date and a source.
When the deck a company gives us is marked "DRAFT," we say it's marked "DRAFT." When the deck's cover date is stale relative to its contents, we say it's stale. When the third-party data terminals show legacy descriptions tied to a predecessor entity, we say so. The job is not to make the company look better than the record. The job is to put the record on the record.
How we work with companies
If you are a small-cap or microcap issuer interested in being considered for coverage, we accept submissions from investor-relations teams. Coverage is editorial. We do not pre-commit to a positive framing. We do not let issuers review or pre-approve drafts. We may decline to cover; we may delay; we may publish a profile that doesn't match the framing of your last deck. Those are the standard terms.
What we offer in return: a clean editorial surface, a journalistic byline, a sourced footnote section, and distribution into the SmallCap Ideas issue list. For IR teams whose narrative depends on credibility, this is the trade.