AN OFFERING STATEMENT PURSUANT TO REGULATION A RELATING TO THESE SECURITIES HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION.  INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR IS SUBJECT TO COMPLETION OR AMENDMENT. THESE SECURITIES MAY NOT BE SOLD NOR MAY OFFERS TO BUY BE ACCEPTED BEFORE THE OFFERING STATEMENT FILED WITH THE COMMISSION IS QUALIFIED.  THIS PRELIMINARY OFFERING CIRCULAR SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY NOR MAY THERE BE ANY SALES OF THESE SECURITIES IN ANY STATE IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL BEFORE REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE LAWS OF ANY SUCH STATE.  WE MAY ELECT TO SATISFY OUR OBLIGATION TO DELIVER A FINAL OFFERING CIRCULAR BY SENDING YOU A NOTICE WITHIN TWO BUSINESS DAYS AFTER THE COMPLETION OF OUR SALE TO YOU THAT CONTAINS THE URL WHERE THE OFFERING CIRCULAR WAS FILED MAY BE OBTAINED.

Preliminary Offering Circular Dated July 22, 2021

StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC

9900 Culver Boulevard,

Culver City, CA 90232

(949) 415-8730

www.startengine.com

Best Efforts Offering of Series Shares

StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC, a Delaware series limited liability company (which we refer to as “we,” “us,” “our” or “our company”), is offering, on a best efforts basis, the membership interests each of the series of our company.

All of the series of our company offered hereunder may collectively be referred to in this Offering Circular as the “series” and each, individually, as a “series.”  The membership interests of all series described above may collectively be referred to in this Offering Circular as the “shares” and each, individually, as a “share” and the offerings of the shares may collectively be referred to in this Offering Circular as the “offerings” and each, individually, as an “offering.” See “Securities Being Offered” for additional information regarding the shares.

The shares are non-voting limited liability company membership interests in a series of our company. Each series is treated as a unique legal entity. Purchasing a share in a series does not confer to the investor any ownership in our company or any other series. Each series is managed by an Administrative Manager and an Asset Manager. The Administrative Manager will be the investor liaison to our company, and will perform duties such as assisting our company with communications to our investors, providing shareholder services, handling the distributions of dividends, and overseeing our shareholder records. Further, the Administrative Manager will source and secure the rights to the underlying assets in each Series. The Asset Manager will manage the assets owned the particular series it manages, and has full authority to determine how to best utilize the asset owned by the series. StartEngine Assets, LLC (“StartEngine Assets”) will serve as Administrative Manager to each series of our company, while the Asset Manager may be different for each series of our company. Investors will not have any say in the management of the assets or series of the company. See “The Company’s Business” for more information on the duties of our Administrative Manager and Asset Manager(s) of our series.

Our company can offer up to $75 million within a rolling 12-month period pursuant to Regulation A. Our company intends to offer additional series within such limit, and will file post qualification amendments for the offerings of such series with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). The offerings of such series will be made available to investors from the date such amendment is qualified by the Commission. There will be separate closings with respect to each offering. An offering will terminate at the earlier of (i) the date at which the maximum offering amount has been sold; or (ii) the date at which the offering is earlier terminated by the company at its sole discretion provided that subscriptions for the minimum number of shares for that particular series’ offering has been accepted. If a closing has not occurred, an offering shall be terminated upon (i) the date which is one year from the date such offering circular or amendment thereof, as applicable, is qualified by the Commission, which period may be extended with respect to a particular series by an additional six months by our Administrative Manager in its sole discretion, or (ii) any date on which our Administrative Manager elects to terminate the offering for a particular series in its sole discretion. At least every 12 months after this offering statement has been qualified by the Commission, the company will file a post-qualification amendment to include the company’s recent financial statements. The company has engaged Prime Trust, LLC as escrow agent to hold any funds that are tendered by investors. The offerings are being conducted on a best-efforts basis. The company may undertake one or more closings on a rolling basis. After each closing, funds tendered by investors will be made available to the relevant series. After the initial closing of an offering in a series, we expect to hold closings on at least a monthly basis.

Sales of these securities will commence on approximately [___], 2021.

THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE MERITS OR GIVE ITS APPROVAL OF ANY SECURITIES OFFERED OR THE TERMS OF THE OFFERING, NOR DOES IT PASS UPON THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF ANY OFFERING CIRCULAR OR OTHER SOLICITATION MATERIALS. THESE SECURITIES ARE OFFERED PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION WITH THE COMMISSION; HOWEVER THE COMMISSION HAS NOT MADE AN INDEPENDENT DETERMINATION THAT THE SECURITIES OFFERED ARE EXEMPT FROM REGISTRATION

GENERALLY NO SALE MAY BE MADE TO YOU IN THIS OFFERING IF THE AGGREGATE PURCHASE PRICE YOU PAY IS MORE THAN 10% OF THE GREATER OF YOUR ANNUAL INCOME OR NET WORTH. DIFFERENT RULES APPLY TO ACCREDITED INVESTORS AND NON-NATURAL PERSONS. BEFORE MAKING ANY REPRESENTATION THAT YOUR INVESTMENT DOES NOT EXCEED APPLICABLE THRESHOLDS, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REVIEW RULE 251(d)(2)(i)(C) OF REGULATION A. FOR GENERAL INFORMATION ON INVESTING, WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO REFER TO www.investor.gov.

This offering is inherently risky. See “Risk Factors” on page 12.

The company is following the “Offering Circular” format of disclosure under Regulation A.

In the event that we become a reporting company under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, we intend to take advantage of the provisions that relate to “Emerging Growth Companies” under the JOBS Act of 2012. See “Summary -- Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company.”

THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR MAY CONTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION RELATING TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE COMPANY, ITS BUSINESS PLAN AND STRATEGY, AND ITS INDUSTRY.  THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON THE BELIEFS OF, ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY, AND INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY’S MANAGEMENT.  WHEN USED IN THE OFFERING MATERIALS, THE WORDS “ESTIMATE,” “PROJECT,” “BELIEVE,” “ANTICIPATE,” “INTEND,” “EXPECT” AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE STATEMENTS REFLECT MANAGEMENT’S CURRENT VIEWS WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE EVENTS AND ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT COULD CAUSE THE COMPANY’S ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.  INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE ON WHICH THEY ARE MADE.  THE COMPANY DOES NOT UNDERTAKE ANY OBLIGATION TO REVISE OR UPDATE THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS TO REFLECT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER SUCH DATE OR TO REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF UNANTICIPATED EVENTS.

SUMMARY

Overview

StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC is a series limited liability company formed on October 14, 2020 pursuant to Section 18-215 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, or the LLC Act.

As a series limited liability company, title to our underlying assets will be held by, or for the benefit of, the applicable series of interests. We intend that each series of interests will own its own underlying assets, which will be “collectibles” – generally, assets of limited quantity that have a perceived or demonstrated value. We anticipate that the assets can be broad in scope, ranging from items typically thought of as collectibles (e.g., wine and vintage automobiles) to assets that are much more unique, including copyright assets and contractual royalty rights. We hope to redefine what it means to be a “collectible”. A new series of interests will be issued for future collectibles or other alternative assets to be acquired by us.

We believe that alternative assets are capable of delivering quality returns to investors. However, investing in alternative assets can often require significant financial resources and significant knowledge about the underlying assets and the assets’ respective industries. Due to these high barriers to entry, access to investments in alternative assets have been restrained to a fraction of the global economy. Even those that do have access to top quality alternative investments are faced with high fees, lack of transparency, and significant operational overheads. With high transactional costs and low transaction volumes, investors in alternative assets often suffer from illiquidity, resulting in long holding periods that make such investments inaccessible for many investors.

We plan to democratize alternative asset investing by providing access, liquidity and transparency. For different types of assets, we have and are gathering a team of individuals with knowledge and experience needed to effectively select and actively manage such assets. Investing in our series will give investors access to “collectible” assets that we deem to be valuable.

We plan to target the acquisition of underlying assets ranging in price anywhere from $10,000 to $5,000,000. Some assets may also be below this range. See “The Company’s Business” for more information on our business and plan of operations and “The Underlying Assets” for a description of the underlying assets and information on the series.

Members of our company

An investor who has purchased shares in one of our series in this offering will become an “Economic Member” of our company (as defined in our limited liability company agreement filed as Exhibit 2.2, or our “operating agreement”). No Economic Member, in its capacity as such, will participate in the operation or management of the business of our company or any series, nor transact any business in our company or any series.

Managers of our company

Our Managing Member, StartEngine Assets, LLC the full power and authority to do, and direct our other Managers to do, all things necessary or appropriate to conduct the business of our company and each series, without the consent of our Economic Members. StartEngine Assets, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company formed on May 18, 2020 is the Managing Member of our company, and the Administrative Manager of our company and each series of our company. We refer to StartEngine Assets, LLC herein as the “Managing Member” when referring to its duties in this capacity, and as our “Administrative Manager” when referring to its duties in this capacity.

As the Administrative Manager, StartEngine Assets, LLC be responsible for identifying the assets to be purchased by a series from the offering of that series’ shares. The Administrative Manager will also be the investor liaison to our company, and will, among other things, assist with communications to our investors, provide shareholder services to our investors, and handle the distributions of dividends, and overseeing our shareholder records. Our Administrative Manager will coordinate with its affiliates who will serve in various capacities, including StartEngine Secure LLC, who will act as our transfer agent, StartEngine Primary LLC, who, through its alternative trading system, StartEngine Secondary LLC, will facilitate resales of our shares, and StartEngine Crowdfunding Inc. that owns and operates an online investment platform www.startengine.com. See “The Company’s Business—Managers of our Company”

Managers of our Series

Each series has appointed an asset manager (an “Asset Manager”) to manage the underlying asset or assets related to such series. Such Asset Manager have sole authority and complete discretion over the care, custody, maintenance and management of each underlying assets and to take any action that it deems necessary or desirable in connection therewith. The Asset Manager of each Series is listed in “The Underlying Assets”.

Unless otherwise noted in the series designation for a particular series (each, a “Series Designation”), StartEngine Assets, LLC will serve as the Administrative Manager for each series, and will perform substantially the same services as it does for our company. Collectively, we refer to the Managing Member, Administrative Manager (of our company or a series), and Asset Manager, or any combination thereof, as the “Managers”. We also refer to these managers on an individual basis a “Manager”, where context permits.

Our Managing Member has delegated to the Managers of our series (i.e. the Asset Manager and Administrative Manager) broad asset management and operational powers over the series. In these capacities, the Managers of a particular series will (among other things):

Advisory Board

Our Managing Member may establish an advisory board comprised of experts in a particular industry to provide guidance and strategic advice to our company, or a particular series of our company. For our company, this may be advising on the creation of a particular series with a new collectibles asset class focus. For our series, this may be assisting in identifying, acquiring, and managing the particular assets of that series, or advising on other general business matters. See “The Company’s Business” for more information on the functions of our company’s advisory board.

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Operating Expenses

Each series of our company will be responsible for its own third-party charges and out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred as a result of acquiring and managing the assets of a particular series, or for any other permissible business activity of a series. All operating expenses paid on behalf of a series by its Managers will be reimbursed to such Managers.

Each Manager will bear their own expenses of an ordinary nature, including, all costs and expenses on account of rent (other than for direct expenses for the underlying assets, including storage for wine), supplies, secretarial expenses, stationery, charges for furniture, fixtures and equipment, payroll taxes, remuneration and expenses paid to employees and utilities expenditures (excluding utilities expenditures in connection with the storage of the underlying assets).

If the operating expenses exceed the amount of revenues generated from a series and cannot be covered by any reserves on the balance sheet of such series, our Managing Member may:

Offering and Formation Expenses

Each series of our company will be responsible for the costs and expenses attributable to the formation of series and the offering for that particular series, including expenses allocated to them under our allocation policy (we refer to these as “Offering and Formation Expenses”), see "The Company’s Business—Allocations of Expenses”. If such costs and expenses are paid by a Manager on behalf of a series, the series will reimburse the Manager for such expenditures. We expect that the total Offering and Formation Expenses that will be incurred in connection with these offerings for our series will be $120,000. In accordance with our allocation policy, we may allocate all or a portion of these offering expenses to series of our company, so long as such allocation of Offering and Formation expenses to a particular series does not exceed five percent (5%) of the maximum offering amount of that series. See “The Company’s Business—Allocations of Expenses” for more information on our allocation policy.

Distribution Rights

To the extent there is “Free Cash Flow” for each series, our Managing Member intends to declare and pay distributions to the shareholders of that series equal to:

The rate of the Preferred Return will be specific to each series of our company (as set forth in the applicable Series Designation). The Preferred Return for each series is described in “The Underlying Assets”. To the extent the Preferred Return is not paid in a particular period, the amount of unpaid Preferred Return will accrue and will be paid if and when there are available funds in the Free Cash Flow. While unpaid Preferred Return will accrue, it is possible that investors may never receive Preferred Return or will not receive the entire accrued amount if the particular series does not have available funds in the Free Cash Flow. Further, upon the liquidation of a series, whether as a result of the dissolution of our company or the termination of such series, it is possible there will not be enough Free Cash Flow in excess of the amounts required to discharge liabilities of that series– for investors to receive all of their accrued Preferred Return, any Preferred Return at all, or even a return of their capital invested. See “Securities Being Offered – Liquidation Rights.”

The Service Fee will also be specific to each series. For more information on a Service Fee applicable to a specific series, see the “Management Compensation” section of this Offering Circular.

The Managing Member intends to make distributions on a basis that is appropriate for the underlying assets to the shareholders of a series to satisfy the amount of Preferred Return that has accrued (for the current as well as prior periods). For instance, for certain types of assets, e.g., wine, there may only be payments when an asset is sold, which may lead to just a single payment or more sporadic payments. For liquidity consideration for any assets, see “The Underlying Assets”. There is no requirement to pay distributions at any given time.

Distributions of Preferred Return will be paid out of the available “Free Cash Flow” of a series, which consists of the net income (as determined under GAAP) generated by such series (before accounting for the Service Fee) plus any change in net working capital and depreciation and amortization (and any other non-cash operating expenses and/or and amounts that were previously retained as cash reserves that, during such period, the Managing Member determines are no longer needed by our company) and less any capital expenditures related to the underlying assets related to such series. Any amounts remaining after payment of the Preferred Return and Service Fee will be distributed on a pro-rata basis to shareholders of a series, if available.

Our Administrative Manager has sole discretion in determining what distributions of Free Cash Flow, if any, are made to holders of each series of shares except as otherwise limited by law or the operating agreement. See “Securities Being Offered – Distribution Rights” for further details on distributions to shareholders of our series’ shares.

Distributions upon Liquidation

In connection with the liquidation of a series, whether as a result of the dissolution of our company or the termination of such series, all property and Free Cash Flows (excluding any Service Fee accrued and unpaid) in excess of the amounts required to discharge liabilities of that series that are contingent, conditional or unmatured, shall be distributed to the holders of the shares of the series on an equal per share basis. See “Securities Being Offered – Liquidation Rights.”

Management Compensation

Pursuant to our operating agreement, the Asset Manager and Administrative Manager of each series will each receive two fees as compensation for the services they provide to that series: a Service Fee (which will be a percentage of the amount of revenues the series generates) and an Asset Management Fee (which will be a percentage of the value of the assets of the series).

In addition, the Administrative Manager of the company will receive a sourcing fee of 15.0% of the amount paid for the underlying asset (“Sourcing Fee”), paid to the Administrative Manager as compensation for due diligence services in evaluating, investigation and discovering the underlying assets. The Sourcing Fee is subject to change or may be waived in sole discretion of the Administrative Manager.

For more information, see the “Management Compensation” section of this Offering Circular.

Implications of Being an Emerging Growth Company

As an issuer with less than $1 billion in total annual gross revenues during our last fiscal year, we will qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012 (the “JOBS Act”) and this status will be significant if and when we become subject to the ongoing reporting requirements of the Exchange. An emerging growth company may take advantage of certain reduced reporting requirements and is relieved of certain other significant requirements that are otherwise generally applicable to public companies. In particular, as an emerging growth company we:

We intend to take advantage of all of these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions, including the longer phase-in periods for the adoption of new or revised financial accounting standards under Section 107 of the JOBS Act. Our election to use the phase-in periods may make it difficult to compare our financial statements to those of non-emerging growth companies and other emerging growth companies that have opted out of the phase-in periods under Section 107 of the JOBS Act.

Under the JOBS Act, we may take advantage of the above-described reduced reporting requirements and exemptions for up to five years after our initial sale of common equity pursuant to a registration statement declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or such earlier time that we no longer meet the definition of an emerging growth company. Note that this offering, while a public offering, is not a sale of common equity pursuant to a registration statement, since the offering is conducted pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements. In this regard, the JOBS Act provides that we would cease to be an “emerging growth company” if we have more than $1.07 billion in annual revenues, have more than $700 million in market value of our common stock held by non-affiliates, or issue more than $1.07 billion in principal amount of non-convertible debt over a three-year period.

Certain of these reduced reporting requirements and exemptions are also available to us due to the fact that we may also qualify, once listed, as a “smaller reporting company” under the Commission’s rules. For instance, smaller reporting companies are not required to obtain an auditor attestation on their assessment of internal control over financial reporting; are not required to provide a compensation discussion and analysis; are not required to provide a pay-for-performance graph or CEO pay ratio disclosure; and may present only two years of audited financial statements and related MD&A disclosure.

RISK FACTORS

The SEC requires our company to identify risks that are specific to its business and its financial condition. The company is still subject to all the same risks that all companies in its line of business, and all companies in the economy, are exposed to. These include risks relating to economic downturns, political and economic events and technological developments (such as hacking and the ability to prevent hacking). Additionally, early-stage companies are inherently riskier than more developed companies. You should consider general risks as well as specific risks when deciding whether to invest.

Risks Relating to Our Company’s Operations and Structure

An investment in an offering constitutes only an investment in a particular series and not in our company or the underlying assets.

A purchase of our series’ shares does not constitute an investment in either our company or the underlying assets directly. This results in limited voting rights of the investor, which are solely related to the series. Investors will have voting rights only with respect to certain matters, primarily relating to amendments to the operating agreement that would adversely change the rights of the interest holders and removal of our Managing Member for “cause.” The Managing Member thus retains significant control over the management of our company and its underlying assets. Furthermore, because the shares do not constitute an investment in our company as a whole, holders of a particular series of shares will not receive any economic benefit from, or be subject to the liabilities of, the assets of any other series of interest. In addition, the economic interest of a holder in a series will not be identical to owning a direct undivided interest in the underlying assets because, among other things, the series will be required to pay corporate taxes before distributions are made to the holders, and the Asset Manager will receive a fee in respect of its management of the underlying assets.

We are a brand-new company with no operating history, which may make it difficult for investors to evaluate our business model and to assess our future viability.

We are a newly formed limited liability company with no operating history upon which an evaluation of our past performance and future prospects of a series. Our operations to date have been limited to organizing our company, identifying the Asset Managers and Administrative Manager, and engaging in activities related to this offering. No guarantee can be given that our company or a series will achieve their investment objectives, the value of the underlying assets will increase or the underlying assets will be successfully monetized.

The offering amount will exceed the value of the underlying assets and if the underlying assets are sold before they appreciate or generate income, then investors will not receive the amount of their initial investment back.

The size of an offering will exceed the purchase price of the related underlying assets as at the date of such offering (as the proceeds of the offering in excess of the purchase price of the underlying assets will be used to pay fees, costs and expenses incurred in making the offering and acquiring the underlying assets, as well as the Sourcing Fee to our Administrative Manager). If the underlying assets had to be sold and there had not been substantial appreciation of the underlying assets prior to such sale, there may not be sufficient proceeds from the sale of the underlying assets to repay investors the amount of their initial investment (after first paying off any liabilities on the underlying assets at the time of the sale including, but not limited to, any outstanding Operating Expenses Reimbursement Obligation) or any additional profits in excess of this amount.

Operating Expenses that are incurred after each closing will reduce potential distributions, if any, and the potential return on investment resulting from the appreciation of the underlying assets, if any.

Operating Expenses incurred post-closing will be the responsibility of the applicable series. For our various series, the Operating Expenses may include expenses related to perfecting the rights to those assets and on-going maintenance of those assets (e.g., storage, insurance, administrative fees, etc.). If the Operating Expenses exceed the amount of revenues generated from the underlying assets related to such series, our Managers may (a) pay such Operating Expenses and not seek reimbursement, (b) loan the amount of the Operating Expenses to the series, on which our Managers may impose a reasonable rate of interest, and be entitled to reimbursement, and/or (c) cause additional shares of such series to be issued in order to cover such additional amounts.

If there is a reimbursement obligation to a Manager, this reimbursable amount between related parties would be taken out of the Free Cash Flow generated by the series and could reduce the amount of any future distributions payable to investors, or could cause delays in distributions of Preferred Return to investors. If additional series interests are issued, this would dilute the current value of the interests held by existing investors and the amount of any future distributions payable to such existing investors.

The success of any series depends in large part upon its Asset Manager and its ability to execute our business plan.

The successful operation of our series is in part dependent on the ability of the Asset Managers to effectively manage the underlying assets. Currently, StartEngine Assets, LLC serves as the Asset Manager of each of the Series Wine Series. StartEngine Assets, LLC has only been in existence since May 18, 2020 and has no significant operating history within the fine wine sector that would evidence an ability manage and the underlying assets of each series. If an Asset Manager cannot effectively manage the underlying assets of its series, investors may not receive the expected returns on their investment. Our Asset Managers also may face challenges in adjusting to management requirements associated with the size of investment we are seeking in this offering. If the series Asset Managers cannot effectively scale-up their operations to assist with these increased needs, our business, and therefore your investment, may suffer.

Our Administrative Manager may sell its Shares post-closing which may result in a reduction in value of your Shares if there are too many series Shares available and not enough demand for those Shares.

Our Administrative may opt to forego a portion of the cash Sourcing Fee it is entitled to receive in exchange for shares of a particular series of equal value to the amount of the cash fee the Administrative Manager would have received from the full Sourcing Fee. Our Administrative Manager has no present intention to sell its interests, and any future sales would be based upon our potential need for capital, market prices of the interests at the time of a proposed sale and other factors that a reasonable investor might consider in connection with the sale of securities similar to our interests. There is a risk that a sale by our Administrative Manager may result in too many interests being available for resale and the price of the relevant series of interests decreasing as supply outweighs demand.

The success of our company (and therefore, each series) will be highly dependent on the expertise and performance of our Asset Managers and their teams, expert networks and other investment professionals. There can be no assurance that these individuals will continue to be associated with our Asset Managers. The loss of the services of one or more of these individuals could have a material adverse effect on the Asset Managers’ ongoing management and support of the investment of the holders of the series shares.

Each series of our company is expected to invest only in the related underlying assets; therefore, your investment will not be diversified and will appreciate or depreciate based on the value of the underlying assets regardless of market conditions.

It is not anticipated that any series would own any assets other than its related underlying assets, plus potential cash reserves for maintenance, storage, insurance and other expenses pertaining to the underlying assets and amounts earned by the related series from the monetization of the underlying assets, if any. Investors looking for diversification will have to create their own diversified portfolio by investing in other opportunities in addition to the interests offered hereby.

A series may never realize sufficient income or capital appreciation for delivering to our investors a preferred return.

While our goal is to generate a preferred return for our investors in our series and to pay investors dividends, there can be no assurances that we will ever pay any dividends. Our operating agreement provides that each series will pay its Managers or their affiliates an Asset Management Fee which may reduce funds available to pay the Preferred Return to investors, or dividends from any Free Cash Flow available after such returns are paid. Further, each series will pay its Managers and their affiliates a Service Fee, which will further reduce any additional dividends payable to investors above their Preferred Return, which lowers the value of your investment (compared to if the Asset Management and Service Fees were not paid to the Managers of a series).

Our Managing Member in its sole discretion ultimately determine what distributions, if any will be made to holders of each series of securities.

Our Managing Member in its sole discretion ultimately determine when and what distributions, if any will be made to holders of each series of securities. For instance, the company may be required to create such reserves as our Administrative Manager deems necessary from time to time to meet future operating expenses, anticipated costs and liabilities of that series. That decision is ultimately reviewed by our Managing Member (consisting of our Administrative Manager) with no independent review or input from our investors. For clarity, investors do not have any rights under our operating agreement to audit, or otherwise receive an explanation regarding, decisions regarding their distribution rights. Moreover, if reserves are created, the Free Cash Flow otherwise available for distribution to holders of securities of that series will be reduced.

Operating expenses will be the responsibility of the applicable series. However, if the operating expenses of the series exceed the amount of revenues generated from the underlying assets related to such series, the Managing Member may issue additional shares in such series; determine that the Managing Member pay such excess operating expenses and not seek reimbursement; and/or enter into an agreement pursuant to which a Manager loans to the series an amount equal to the remaining excess operating expenses, on the Manager may impose a reasonable rate of interest, and be entitled to reimbursement.

In the case of reimbursement, this reimbursable amount between related parties would be taken out of the Free Cash Flow generated by the series and could reduce the amount of any future distributions payable to investors of that series.

Any adverse changes in the financial health of our Managers of our Series or their affiliates could hinder a series’ operating performance and the return on your investment.

Managers of our series have been delegated the responsibilities to manage the operations and portfolio of assets of that particular series. Our ability to achieve our investment objectives and to pay distributions is dependent upon the performance of the Managers of these series and their affiliates as well as the professionals relied on by these Managers in the identification and acquisition of investments and the management of assets in a series. Any adverse changes in the financial condition of the Managers of a series or our relationship with the Managers of a series could hinder their ability to successfully manage the operations and portfolios of that series, negatively impacting your investment in that series.

Our success is dependent, in part, upon our ability to successfully conduct this offering through the StartEngine Platform, which makes an investment in us more speculative.

We will continue to conduct this offering primarily through the StartEngine Platform, which is owned by StartEngine Crowdfunding, LLC. Only a limited number of alternative asset investment opportunities have been offered through the StartEngine Platform prior to this offering. The success of this offering, and our ability to implement our business strategy, is dependent upon our ability to sell our series shares to investors through the StartEngine Platform. If we are not successful in selling our series shares through the StartEngine Platform, our ability to raise proceeds through this offering will be limited and we may not have adequate capital to implement our investment strategy. If we are unsuccessful in implementing our investment strategy, you could lose all or a part of your investment.

Risks Related to Assets of our Series

The wine assets were selected based on the opinions of the Administrative Manager. There is no guarantee the Administrative Manager will be successful in selecting wines that will generate returns.

The criteria used by the Administrative Manager of the series to select the series’ wines is subjective in nature. There is no guarantee that the wines underlying each of the Series Wine Series will generate any returns for investors.

Wine is hard to value and any valuations obtained are not guarantees of realizable price.

Wine can be difficult to value. We will strive to obtain proper valuations of the underlying assets based on quantifiable data (e.g. market performance, previous sales history, etc.) – however, valuations will also be based on subjective opinions of expert and the Asset Manager of our series, which may be inaccurate. As relevant, our Asset Manager will strive to source data from reputable valuation providers in our industry; however, it may rely on the accuracy of the underlying data without any means of detailed verification. Consequently, valuations may be uncertain.

The value of the underlying assets can go down as well as up. Valuations are not guarantees of realizable price, do not necessarily represent the price at which our shares may be sold. The value of the underlying assets may be materially affected by a number of factors outside of our control, including, any volatility in the economic markets and the condition of the underlying assets.

Potentially high storage, maintenance and insurance costs for the underlying assets may adversely impact the value of the related series and the amount of distributions made holders of shares.

In order to protect and care for the wines, our Asset Manager must ensure adequate storage facilities, maintenance work and insurance coverage. The cost of care may vary from year to year depending on changes in the insurance rates for covering fine wines and changes in the cost of storage for the fine wines. It is anticipated that as we acquire more wines, our Asset Manager may be able to negotiate a discount on the costs of storage, maintenance and insurance due to economies of scale. These reductions are dependent on our acquiring a number of fine wines and service providers being willing to negotiate volume discounts and, therefore, are not guaranteed.

If costs turn out to be higher than expected, this will impact the value of the series, the amount of distributions made to investors holding the series, on potential proceeds from a sale of the wines (if ever), and any capital proceeds returned to investors after paying for any outstanding liabilities.

There is no assurance that the wines we purchase will appreciate in value, and in fact, they may decrease in value.

There is no guarantee that any wines we acquire will appreciate in value. There are a number of events that could cause our wines to depreciate in value or not appreciate as anticipated, including, but not limited to,

Any of the above occurrences would have a material adverse effect on the value of our wines, and as such, the value of your investment in the series.

Forced sale of a wine asset at a lower value than when the wine asset was first acquired may diminish the value of the series that owns that particular wine.

We may be forced to sell wines we have acquired in the case of an unexpected event necessitating us to acquire cash, and such a sale may occur at an inopportune time or at a lower value than when the wine was first acquired or at a lower price than the aggregate of costs, fees and expenses used to purchase the wine. In such circumstances, the capital proceeds obtained for the wine, and therefore, the return available to investors, may be lower than could have been obtained if the wine continued to be held by us and sold at a later date.

If we are unable to liquidate an underlying asset at a time when we desire to do so or at all, investors may not receive any return on their investment and may lose their entire investment. Further, we may have to hold on to wine assets for a long period of time, which may not be suitable for some investors.

Our strategy is to acquire fine wines, hold such assets for a period of time (on average between one to five years) and then sell such assets at a premium over our acquisition price so that investors in our series can make a return on their investment. If we are unable to sell a wine at a time when we desire to do so or at all, we may not be able to realize a return on that investment, or lose that investment altogether. Further, we may be required to hold our wine assets for a long period of time before we are able to monetize (i.e. sell) such assets, which could result in long periods of time in which investors to not realize returns on their investments in our wine related series. This may make an investment in any of those series unsuitable for investors that cannot withstand such long holding periods.

Potential loss of or damage to an underlying asset could adversely impact the value of the underlying asset, the series related to the underlying asset, or the likelihood of any distributions made by us to investors.

Our wines may be lost or damaged by causes beyond our reasonable control when in storage or in transit. In general, any damage to our wine assets (most commonly, bottle breakage or spoilage of wine) generally results in a complete loss of value of the underlying asset. Although we intend for the underlying assets to be insured at replacement cost (subject to policy terms and conditions), in the event of any claims against such insurance policies, there can be no guarantee that any losses or costs will be reimbursed, that the underlying assets can be replaced on a like-for-like basis or that any insurance proceeds would be sufficient to pay the full market value of the damaged or broken wine asset. Such an occurrence would negatively affect the value of our wine portfolio, consequently, the series related to those wine assets, as well as the likelihood of any distributions being made by us to the investors.

Risks Related to Potential Conflicts of Interest

Management Compensation

None of the compensation set forth under "Management Compensation" was determined by arms' length negotiations, including the Sourcing Fee, Administrative Fee and Service Fee. It is anticipated that the commissions and profits received by the Managers may be higher or lower depending upon market conditions.

Our operating agreement contains provisions that reduce or eliminate duties (including fiduciary duties) of our Managers and Managing Member.

Our operating agreement provides that each of our Managers and Managing Member, in exercising its rights in its capacity as Manager or Managing Member, as applicable, will be entitled to consider only such interests and factors as it desires, including its own interests, and will have no duty or obligation (fiduciary or otherwise) to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting us or any of our investors and will not be subject to any different standards imposed by our operating agreement, the Limited Liability Company Act (the “LLC Act”) or under any other law, rule or regulation or in equity. These modifications of fiduciary duties are expressly permitted by Delaware law.

Our Managers face a conflict of interest because the amount they receive for services performed for us is based on our Free Cash Flow, for which they are responsible for calculating.

Our operating agreement provides that each series will pay its Managers or their affiliates a Service Fee (half of which shall go to the Asset Manager, with the remaining half to the Administrative Manager). See “Management Compensation” for further details. The calculation of our Free Cash Flows involves certain subjective judgments including determining the amount to set aside for reserves, and assumptions for depreciations or classification of certain cash amounts. Because the calculation of the Free Cash Flow involves subjective judgment, there can be no assurance that the assumptions used by our internal accountants and team members of our Administrative Manager and Asset Manager to calculate our Free Cash Flow, or the resulting Free Cash Flow, will be identical to the assumptions that would be used, or the Free Cash Flow that would be calculated, by an independent consultant. In addition, our Managers may benefit by selling or disposing of our assets at times when our shareholders may be better served by holding our assets or may benefit from increasing the amount of risk in a series in order to increase the amount they may receive in a particular year as their Service Fee.

Conflicts may arise from allocations of income and expenses as between series.

There may be situations when it is challenging or impossible to accurately allocate income, costs and expenses to a specific series and certain series may get a disproportionate percentage of the cost or income, as applicable. In such circumstances, including how it may impact our Service Fee, our Managers would be conflicted from acting in the best interests of our company as a whole. While we presently intend to allocate expenses as described in “The Company’s Business—Allocations of Expenses,” our Managers have the right to change this allocation policy at any time without further notice to investors.

There may be conflicting interests among our Managers and investors.

Our Managing Member has the ability to unilaterally amend the operating agreement and allocation policy. As our Managing Member is party, or subject, to these documents, it may be incentivized to amend them in a manner that is beneficial to it as the Administrative Manager of our company or a series or may amend it in a way that is not beneficial for all investors. In addition, the operating agreement seeks to limit the fiduciary duties that our Managing Member owes to investors in our company and its series. Therefore, our Managing Member is permitted to act in its own best interests rather than the best interests of the investors. See “The Company’s Business” for more information.

Conflicts may exist between legal counsel, our company, our Asset Managers and their affiliates.

Our legal counsel is also counsel to our Asset Managers and their affiliates, and may serve as counsel with respect to a series. Because such legal counsel represents both our company and such other parties, certain conflicts of interest exist and may arise. To the extent that an irreconcilable conflict develops between us and any of the other parties, legal counsel may represent such other parties and not our company or a series. Legal counsel may, in the future, render services to us or other related parties with respect to activities relating to our company as well as other unrelated activities. Legal counsel is not representing any prospective investors in connection with any offering and will not be representing equity holders of our company other than our Asset Managers, although the prospective investors may rely on the opinion of legal counsel with respect to the validity of the securities filed as Exhibit 12.1 to the offering statement. Prospective investors are advised to consult their own independent counsel with respect to the other legal and tax implications of an investment in our securities.

Certain aspect of the compensation structure we have in place for Managers of our Series  may lead to conflicts of interest between a series and its investors.

Manager of a series are entitled to a Service Fee which will be at least 50% of any Free Cash Flow after payment of the Preferred Return (half of which will go to the Asset Manager of that series, with the remaining half going to the Administrative Manager) (See the “Management Compensation” section this Offering Circular). Preferred Return must be paid to investors in a series before the Managers of a series can receive their Service Fee. If a series is underperforming, it may be very difficult for the Managers to generate enough cash flow to earn a Service Fee – especially in light of the fact that Preferred Return accrues if not paid. This could have an adversely affect the incentives for the Series Managers to perform their duties, and may cause they do not perform their duties altogether for a series. Such a result would adversely impact the value of your investment in that particular series.

Asset Managers for our Series may face Conflicts of Interest resulting from providing services to our Series and to other entities to which the Asset Managers provide services.

The Asset Managers for our Series are not required to work exclusively for our Series. Such Asset Managers may perform similar services for other funds and entities. There is a risk that the Asset Managers will allocate desirable assets to funds other than the series that you have invested in, if, for example, the Asset Manager is entitled to a more favorable compensation structure with another entity for which it provides services. If the Asset Manager for your Series does not allocate at least equal assets to each of the companies with which it works, it may harm the value of your investment in that series.

Risks Relating to the Offering and Ownership of Our Shares

We intend to have our securities quoted on a new alternative trading system (“ATS”), and there can be no assurances that any public market will ever develop; even if developed, trading is likely to be subject to significant price fluctuations.

The only formal marketplace for the resale of our securities will be StartEngine Secondary, an ATS operated by our affiliate, StartEngine Primary LLC. StartEngine Secondary is a new entrant to the alternative trading system market and our securities have yet to be resold on the ATS. Consequently, there can be no assurances as to whether:

Active trading markets generally result in lower price volatility and more efficient execution of buy and sell orders for investments. Until an orderly market develops in the shares of any series, if ever, the price at which they trade is likely to fluctuate significantly. Prices for shares in a series will be determined in the marketplace and may be influenced by many factors, including the depth and liquidity of the market for those shares, developments affecting our business, including the impact of the factors referred to elsewhere in these risk factors, investor perception of our company and a particular series and general economic and market conditions. No assurances can be given that an orderly or liquid market will ever develop for the shares of a series. We cannot assure you that trading prices for shares of a particular series will not be significantly lower than the price at which such securities are sold in this offering.

Investors in this offering may not be entitled to a jury trial with respect to claims arising under our operating agreement or subscription agreement, which could result in less favorable outcomes to the plaintiff(s) in any action under the operating agreement or subscription agreement.

Investors in this offering will be bound by our operating agreement, which establishes the rights of members and rules for governance of our company. Under Section 15.08 of our operating agreement, investors waive the right to a jury trial of any claim they may have against our company arising out of or relating to the operating agreement, or the action of becoming an interest holder in a series. This includes legal actions that include claims based on federal securities laws. In addition, investors in this offering will also execute a subscription agreement with a similar jury trial waiver. By subscribing to an offering of a series, the investor signs the subscription agreement by which the investor agrees to adhere to the operating agreement, under both of which such investor waives their right to our jury trial.

If we opposed a jury trial demand based on one of the waivers, a court would determine whether such waiver was enforceable based on the facts and circumstances of that case in accordance with the applicable state and federal law. To our knowledge, the enforceability of a contractual pre-dispute jury trial waiver in connection with claims arising under the federal securities laws has not been finally adjudicated by a federal court. However, we believe that a contractual pre-dispute jury trial waiver provision is generally enforceable, including under the laws of the State of Delaware, which govern the operating agreement and subscription agreement. In determining whether to enforce a contractual pre-dispute jury trial waiver provision, courts will generally consider whether the visibility of the jury trial waiver provision within the agreement is sufficiently prominent such that a party knowingly, intelligently and voluntarily waived the right to a jury trial. We believe that this is the case with respect to each of the operating agreement and subscription agreement. You should consult legal counsel regarding the jury waiver provision before investing in this offering.

If you bring a claim against our company in connection with matters arising under the operating agreement and/or subscription agreement, including claims under federal securities laws, you may not be entitled to a jury trial with respect to those claims, which may have the effect of limiting and discouraging lawsuits against our company. If a lawsuit is brought against our company under the operating agreement or subscription agreement, it may be heard only by a judge or justice of the applicable trial court, which would be conducted according to different civil procedures and may result in different outcomes than a trial by jury would have had, including results that could be less favorable to the plaintiff(s) in such an action.

Nevertheless, if this jury trial waiver provision is not permitted by applicable law, an action could proceed under the terms of the either agreement with a jury trial. No condition, stipulation or provision of the either agreement serves as a waiver by any member of a series or by our company of compliance with any substantive provision of the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated under those laws.

In addition, when the shares are transferred, the transferee is required to agree to all the same conditions, obligations and restrictions applicable to the shares or to the transferor with regard to ownership of the shares, that were in effect immediately prior to the transfer of the shares, including but not limited to those in the operating agreement and subscription agreement.

Our operating agreement and subscription agreement have forum selection provisions that requires that certain disputes be resolved in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, regardless of convenience or cost to shareholders.

Under our subscription agreement and under Section 15.08 of our operating agreement, shareholders are required to resolve disputes related to the governance of our company in the Court of Chancery located in the State of Delaware. The forum selection provision in our operating agreement applies to any suit, action, or proceeding seeking to enforce any provision of, or based on any matter arising out of or in connection with our operating agreement, or the transactions authorized by the agreement, including that of the admission of shareholders to a series of our company. The forum selection provision in our subscription agreement applies to all actions or proceedings relating to the subscription agreement.

Our operating agreement and subscription agreement further provide that, should the Court of Chancery in the State of Delaware not have jurisdiction over the matter, the suit, action, or proceeding may be brought in the appropriate federal or state court located in the State of Delaware. We intend for these forum selection provisions to also apply to claims brought under federal securities law. Our company acknowledges that, for claims arising under the Exchange Act, Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder, requiring such matters to be heard in federal court. In contrast, Section 22 of the Securities Act provides for concurrent jurisdiction between federal and state courts for matters arising under the Securities Act.

The forum selection provisions in our operating agreement and subscription agreement may limit shareholders’ ability to obtain a favorable judicial forum for disputes with us our Managers, employees or agents, which may discourage lawsuits against us and such persons. The requirement that any action be heard in the Chancery Court of Delaware, or alternatively in a competent court in the State of Delaware, if applicable, may also create additional expense for any person contemplating an action against our company, or limit the access to information to undertake such an action, further discouraging lawsuits.

It is also possible that, notwithstanding the forum selection clauses included in our operating agreement and subscription agreement, a court could rule that such provisions are inapplicable or unenforceable. Alternatively, if a court were to find one or both provisions inapplicable to, or unenforceable in, an action, we may incur additional costs associated with resolving such matters in other jurisdictions, which could adversely affect our business, financial condition or results of operations.

In addition, when the shares are transferred, the transferee is required to agree to all the same conditions, obligations and restrictions applicable to the shares or to the transferor with regard to ownership of the shares, that were in effect immediately prior to the transfer of the shares, including but not limited to those in the operating agreement and subscription agreement.

If our series limited liability structure is not respected, then investors may have to share in any liabilities of our company with all investors and not just those who hold the same series of interests as them.

Our company is structured as a Delaware series limited liability company that issues different series of interests for each underlying asset or group of underlying assets. Each series of interest will merely be a separate series and not a separate legal entity. Under the LLC Act, if certain conditions (as set forth in Section 18-215(b) of the LLC Act) are met, the liability of investors holding one series of interests is segregated from the liability of investors holding another series of interests and the assets of one series of interests are not available to satisfy the liabilities of other series of interests. Although this limitation of liability is recognized by the courts of Delaware, there is no guarantee that if challenged in the courts of another U.S. state or a foreign jurisdiction, such courts will uphold a similar interpretation of Delaware corporation law, and in the past certain jurisdictions have not honored such interpretation. If our series limited liability company structure is not respected, then investors may have to share any liabilities of our company with all investors and not just those who hold the same series of interests as them. Furthermore, while we intend to maintain separate and distinct records for each series of interests and account for them separately and otherwise meet the requirements of the LLC Act, it is possible a court could conclude that the methods used did not satisfy Section 18-215(b) of the LLC Act and thus potentially expose the assets of a series to the liabilities of another series of interests. The consequence of this is that investors may have to bear higher than anticipated expenses which would adversely affect the value of their interests or the likelihood of any distributions being made by the series to the investors. In addition, we are not aware of any court case that has tested the limitations on inter-series liability provided by Section 18-215(b) in federal bankruptcy courts and it is possible that a bankruptcy court could determine that the assets of one series of interests should be applied to meet the liabilities of the other series of interests or the liabilities of our company generally where the assets of such other series of interests or of our company generally are insufficient to meet our liabilities.

If any fees, costs and expenses of our company are not allocable to a specific series of interests, they will be borne proportionately across all of the series of interests. Although our Managing Member (with assistance from the Administrative Manager) will allocate fees, costs and expenses acting reasonably and in accordance with its allocation policy (see “The Company’s Business—Allocations of Expenses”), there may be situations where it is difficult to allocate fees, costs and expenses to a specific series of interests and therefore, there is a risk that a series of interests may bear a proportion of the fees, costs and expenses for a service or product for which another series of interests received a disproportionately high benefit.

Possible changes in federal/local tax laws or the application of existing federal/local tax laws may result in significant variability in our results of operations and tax liability for the investor.

The Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, is subject to change by Congress, and interpretations may be modified or affected by judicial decisions, by the Treasury Department through changes in regulations and by the Internal Revenue Service through its audit policy, announcements, and published and private rulings. Although significant changes to the tax laws historically have been given prospective application, no assurance can be given that any changes made in the tax law affecting an investment in any series of shares of our company would be limited to prospective effect. Accordingly, the ultimate effect on an investor’s tax situation may be governed by laws, regulations or interpretations of laws or regulations which have not yet been proposed, passed or made, as the case may be.

Furthermore, investors may reside in various tax jurisdictions throughout the world. Failure to assess or pay the correct amount of tax on a transaction may expose us to claims from tax authorities. 

DILUTION

Under our operating agreement, we have authority to issue an unlimited number of additional shares or other securities in each series. After your investment in this offering, the Managing Member may elect to: (i) sell additional shares in this or future public offerings (whether on Form 1-A or otherwise), (ii) issue equity interests in private offerings or (iii) issue shares for payment as compensation our Managers or third-parties. To the extent we issue additional shares in a series after your purchase shares of that series in this offering, your percentage ownership interest in that series will be diluted. In addition, depending upon the terms and pricing of any additional offerings and the value of our investments, you could also experience dilution in the book value and fair value of your shares.

PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION AND SELLING SECURITYHOLDERS

Plan of Distribution

We are offering, on a best efforts basis, the shares (consisting of membership interests) of each of the series of our company in the “Series Offering Table” beginning on page 6 of this Offering Circular. The offering price for each series was determined by our Administrative Manager.

The minimum subscription by an investor is listed in the “Series Offering Table” and the maximum subscription by any investor is for interests representing 5% of the total interests of a particular series, although such minimum and maximum thresholds may be waived or modified by our Administrative Manager in its sole discretion.

There will be a separate closing with respect to each offering. The closing of an offering will occur on the earliest to occur of (i) the date subscriptions for the maximum number of shares offered for a series have been accepted or (ii) a date determined by our Administrative Manager in its sole discretion, provided that subscriptions for the minimum number of shares offered for a series have been accepted. If closing has not occurred, an offering shall be terminated upon (i) the date which is one year from the date such offering circular or amendment thereof, as applicable, is qualified by the Commission, which period may be extended with respect to a particular series by an additional six months by the Administrative Manager in its sole discretion, or (ii) any date on which our Administrative Manager elects to terminate the offering for a particular series in its sole discretion. In the case where the company enters into a purchase option agreement, an offering may never be launched, or a closing may not occur, in the case the company does not exercise the purchase option before the purchase option agreement’s expiration date, or the expiration date is not extended.

StartEngine Assets, LLC (our Managing Member and Administrative Manager) may or purchase shares offered in a series’ offering for the same price as all other investors, subject to the same minimum and maximum investment thresholds as other investors in that offering, although such minimum and maximum thresholds may be waived or modified by StartEngine Assets in its sole discretion.

The company is initially offering its securities in all states other than Florida, Texas and North Dakota. The company may choose to make the appropriate filings to become an “issuer-dealer” in these states, or to record company officers as agents, in which case it will start to sell in those states. In the event the company makes arrangements with a broker-dealer (including an affiliated broker-dealer) to sell into these or other states, it will file a Supplement to this Offering Circular.

The company’s Offering Circular will be furnished to prospective investors in this offering via download 24 hours a day, 7 days a week on the startengine.com website.

Process of Subscribing

After the Commission has qualified the offering statement, we will accept tenders of funds to purchase the shares of series of our company. Prospective investors who submitted non-binding indications of interest during the “test the waters” period will receive an automated message from us indicating that the offering for a particular series is open for investment.

Provided that subscriptions for the minimum number of interests offered for a series have been, the company may close on investments on a “rolling” basis (so not all investors will receive their shares on the same date). Investors may subscribe by tendering funds by wire, credit, or debit card or ACH transfer to the escrow account to be set up by the Escrow Agent. Tendered funds will remain in escrow until closing has occurred. Upon closing, funds tendered by investors will be made available to the company for its use.

Investors will be required to complete a subscription agreement in order to invest in a particular series. The subscription agreement includes a representation by the investor to the effect that, if the investor is not an “accredited investor” as defined under securities law, the investor is investing an amount that does not exceed the greater of 10% of his or her annual income or 10% of your net worth (excluding the investor’s principal residence).

The subscription procedure is summarized as follows:

The company has entered into an Escrow Services Agreement with Prime Trust LLC (“Prime Trust” or the “Escrow Agent”). Prime Trust is a Nevada registered trust company that offers escrow services as well as an integrated technology platform for processing investment transactions. The company has agreed to pay Prime Trust: (i) technology transaction fee of $2.50 per for each subscription processed regardless if the company accepts the investment, (ii) $250 for escrow account set up fee, (iii) $25 per month for so long as the offering is being conducted, (iv) for investments over $2,000, $2 per domestic investor (individual) and $5 per domestic investor (entity) for anti-money laundering check (up to $60 for international investors (individuals) and $75 for international investors (entities)), (v) $3.00 per investor (one-time accounting fee upon receipt of funds), and (vi) any applicable fees for fund transfers (ACH $1, check $10, wire $15 or $35 for international). Each series will generally be responsible for fees due to the Escrow Agent, which are categorized as Offering Expenses.

Investor funds will be held by the Escrow Agent pending closing or termination of the offering.  All subscribers will be instructed by the company or its agents to transfer funds by wire, credit or debit card, or ACH transfer directly to the escrow account established for this offering. The company may terminate the offering for a particular series at any time for any reason at its sole discretion. Investors should understand that acceptance of their funds into escrow does not necessarily result in their receiving shares; escrowed funds may be returned.

Prime Trust is not participating as an underwriter or placement agent or sales agent of this offering and will not solicit any investment in the company, recommend the company’s securities or provide investment advice to any prospective investor, and no communication through any medium, including any website, should be construed as such, or distribute this Offering Circular or other offering materials to investors. The use of Prime Trust’s technology should not be interpreted and is not intended as an endorsement or recommendation by it of the company or this offering. All inquiries regarding this offering or escrow should be made directly to the company.

In the event that the company terminates the offering while investor funds are held in escrow, those funds will promptly be refunded to each investor without deduction or interest and in accordance with Rule 10b-9 under the Exchange Act.

No Selling Security holders

No securities are being sold for the account of security holders; all net proceeds of this offering will go to the company.

Transfer Agent and Registrar

The company has engaged StartEngine Secure LLC, a registered transfer agent with the SEC, who will serve as transfer agent to maintain shareholder information on a book-entry basis. StartEngine Secure LLC is an affiliate of our company and its Managers.

Provisions of Note in Our Subscription Agreement

While there is a separate subscription agreement that will be used in connection with each series’ offering, the same form of subscription agreement will be used for each series. Our “form” subscription agreement includes forum selection provisions that require any claims against the company based on the subscription agreement not arising under the federal securities laws to be brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in the State of Delaware. These forum selection provisions may limit investors’ ability to bring claims in judicial forums that they find favorable to such disputes and may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims. The company has adopted these provisions to limit the time and expense incurred by its management to challenge any such claims. As a company with a small management team, this provision allows its officers not to lose a significant amount of time traveling to any particular forum so they may continue to focus on operations of the company.

Jury Trial Waiver

While there is a separate subscription agreement that will be used in connection with each series’ offering, the same form of subscription agreement will be used for each series. Our “form” subscription agreement includes forum selection and jury waiver provisions. See, “Securities Being Offered – Exclusive Jurisdiction” and “Securities Being Offered - Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury” and for more information on these provisions.

USE OF PROCEEDS TO ISSUER

The allocation of the net proceeds of each offering set forth below represents our intentions based upon our current plans and assumptions regarding industry and general economic conditions, our future revenues, if any, and expenditures. The amounts and timing of our actual expenditures will depend upon numerous factors, including market conditions, cash generated by our operations, business developments, and related rate of growth. The Managers of each series reserve the right to modify the use of proceeds based on the factors set forth below. Neither our company nor any series are expected to keep any of the proceeds from any offering. In the event that less than the maximum number of shares are sold in connection with any offering, our Administrative Manager may pay, and not seek reimbursement for, any Brokerage Fees and Acquisition Expenses.

Series Wine #2020PAVIE reserves the right to change the above use of proceeds if management believes it is in the best interests of the company.

Series Wine #2020CHBL reserves the right to change the above use of proceeds if management believes it is in the best interests of the company.

Series Wine #2020AUSO reserves the right to change the above use of proceeds if management believes it is in the best interests of the company.

Series Wine #2020ANGE reserves the right to change the above use of proceeds if management believes it is in the best interests of the company.

Series Wine #2020CERT reserves the right to change the above use of proceeds if management believes it is in the best interests of the company.

THE UNDERLYING ASSETS

The discussions contained in this Offering Circular relating to the underlying assets of our series, the wineries, and their related industries are taken from third-party sources that we believe to be reliable, and we believe that the information from such sources contained herein is reasonable, and that the factual information is fair and accurate.

Series Wine #2020PAVIE

The Asset

Series Wine #2020PAVIE intends to purchase en primeur 60 bottles worth of Chateau Pavie 2020 Saint Emilion, 1er Grand Cru Classé 'A'. “En primeur” is a method of purchasing wines while the wine is still in the barrel – i.e. before the wine is bottled. A potential advantage of buying wines en primeur is that the wines may be acquired cheaper than if acquiring the same wine once bottled and released to the market. However, this is not guaranteed – and some wines may even lose value over time.

The Winery

Château Pavie is a winery in Saint-Émilion in the Bordeaux region of France. It lies on the plateau to the southeast of Saint Emilion village. In 2012, it was classified in the first rank of the Classification of Saint-Émilion wine, as a Premier Grand Cru Classé (A), after having previously been a Premier Grand Cru Classé (B) since 1954.

Asset Manager

StartEngine Assets LLC

Administrative Manager

StartEngine Assets LLC

Preferred Return

4%

Purchase Details

Series Wine #2020PAVIE intends to enter into a purchase agreement with its Asset Manager (StartEngine Assets) on or shortly after the date the minimum offering amount is reached, pursuant to which it will agree purchase from the Asset Manager the wine assets described above at a purchase price equal to the offering amount for this series’ offering. A standard form of the purchase agreement is included as Exhibit 6.1 to this offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.

Management of the Wine

Once we acquire the wine, it will be insured and then transported and warehoused in a climate-controlled, highly secure location (assuming the acquired asset is not already in such a location).

Timing of Distributions

We anticipate holding our wine assets for a minimum of one year, and a maximum of six years. We estimate that our wine assets will be bottled and eligible to be sold between 12 to 18 months after the date we acquire the wine en primeur. We intend to pay distributions to the extent we sell some or all of our assets. Otherwise, liquidity for investors would be obtained by transferring their interests in a series.

Market

For information on the wine market, please see “The Company’s Business - Wine Assets – Overview of the Wine Market” and “The Company’s Business - Wine Assets – Industry Overview and Market Opportunity.”

Series Wine #2020CHBL

The Asset

Series Wine #2020CHBL intends to purchase en primeur 18 bottles worth of Chateau Cheval Blanc 2020 Saint Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classé 'A'.

The Winery

Château Cheval Blanc (French for "White Horse Castle"), is a wine producer in Saint-Émilion in the Bordeaux wine region of France. As of 2012, its wine is one of only four to receive the highest rank of Premier Grand Cru Classé (A) status in the Classification of Saint-Émilion wine, along with Château Angélus, Château Ausone, and Château Pavie.

Asset Manager

StartEngine Assets LLC

Administrative Manager

StartEngine Assets LLC

Preferred Return

4%

Purchase Details

Series Wine #2020CHBL intends to enter into a purchase agreement with its Asset Manager (StartEngine Assets) on or shortly after the date the minimum offering amount is reached, pursuant to which it will agree purchase from the Asset Manager the wine assets described above at a purchase price equal to the offering amount for this series’ offering. A standard form of the purchase agreement is included as Exhibit 6.1 to this offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.

Management of the Wine

Once we acquire the wine, it will be insured and then transported and warehoused in a climate-controlled, highly secure location (assuming the acquired asset is not already in such a location).

Timing of Distributions

We anticipate holding our wine assets for a minimum of one year, and a maximum of six years. We estimate that our wine assets will be bottled and eligible to be sold between 12 to 18 months after the date we acquire the wine en primeur. We intend to pay distributions to the extent we sell some or all of our assets. Otherwise, liquidity for investors would be obtained by transferring or selling their interests in a series.

Market

For information on the wine market, please see “The Company’s Business - Wine Assets – Overview of the Wine Market” and “The Company’s Business - Wine Assets – Industry Overview and Market Opportunity.”

Series Wine #2020AUSO

The Asset

Series Wine #2020AUSO intends to purchase en primeur 36 bottles worth of Chateau Ausone 2020 Saint Emilion 1er Grand Cru Classé 'A'.

The Winery

Château Ausone is one of the prestigious few Saint-Émilion producers with Premier Grand Cru Classé A status. It is relatively small compared to other top rated Bordeaux châteaux, and its 7-hectare (17-acre) vineyard is planted almost entirely to Cabernet Franc and Merlot. The estate is named for the 4th Century Roman poet Decimius Magnus Ausonius, who owned extensive property in Bordeaux, including some vineyards. The modern château and property date back to the 18th Century. Ausone's vineyard is on an elevated southeast-facing slope that is uncommonly steep for the region. Sheltered to the north and the west, the vineyard was spared from the devastating effects of the 1956 frosts that destroyed vines and vintages in many other parts of Bordeaux. Since the 1990s, Ausone has consistently received high critical praise, peaking with 100 points from critic Robert Parker for the 2000 vintage. A very limited production of fewer than 2000 cases annually makes Château Ausone one of the most expensive and sought-after Saint-Émilion wines.

Asset Manager

StartEngine Assets LLC

Administrative Manager

StartEngine Assets LLC

Preferred Return

4%

Purchase Details

Series Wine #2020AUSO intends to enter into a purchase agreement with its Asset Manager (StartEngine Assets) on or shortly after the date the minimum offering amount is reached, pursuant to which it will agree purchase from the Asset Manager the wine assets described above at a purchase price equal to the offering amount for this series’ offering. A standard form of the purchase agreement is included as Exhibit 6.1 to this offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.

Management of the Wine

Once we acquire the wine, it will be insured and then transported and warehoused in a climate-controlled, highly secure location (assuming the acquired asset is not already in such a location).

Timing of Distributions

We anticipate holding our wine assets for a minimum of one year, and a maximum of six years. We estimate that our wine assets will be bottled and eligible to be sold between 12 to 18 months after the date we acquire the wine en primeur. We intend to pay distributions to holders of shares of our series to the extent we sell some or all of our assets. Otherwise, liquidity for investors would be obtained by transferring or selling their interests in a series.

Market

For information on the wine market, please see “The Company’s Business - Wine Assets – Overview of the Wine Market” and “The Company’s Business - Wine Assets – Industry Overview and Market Opportunity.”

Series Wine #2020ANGE

The Asset

Series Wine #2020ANGE intends to purchase en primeur 36 bottles worth of Chateau Angelus Saint Emilion, 1er Grand Cru, Classé 'A'.

The Winery

Château Angélus is a Premier Grand Cru Classé A estate on south-facing slopes in Saint-Émilion, on the right bank of the Gironde in Bordeaux. The château was so named because of the presence of church bells that could be heard chiming from the original plots of vineyards, amplified by the natural amphitheater the hill of Saint-Émilion creates.

Asset Manager

StartEngine Assets LLC

Administrative Manager

StartEngine Assets LLC

Preferred Return

4%

Purchase Details

Series Wine #2020ANGE intends to enter into a purchase agreement with its Asset Manager (StartEngine Assets) on or shortly after the date the minimum offering amount is reached, pursuant to which it will agree purchase from the Asset Manager the wine assets described above at a purchase price equal to the offering amount for this series’ offering. A standard form of the purchase agreement is included as Exhibit 6.1 to this offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.

Management of the Wine

Once we acquire the wine, it will be insured and then transported and warehoused in a climate-controlled, highly secure location (assuming the acquired asset is not already in such a location).

Timing of Distributions

We anticipate holding our wine assets for a minimum of one year, and a maximum of six years. We estimate that our wine assets will be bottled and eligible to be sold between 12 to 18 months after the date we acquire the wine en primeur. We intend to pay distributions to the extent we sell some or all of our assets. Otherwise, liquidity for investors would be obtained by transferring or selling their interests in a series.

Market

For information on the wine market, please see “The Company’s Business - Wine Assets – Overview of the Wine Market” and “The Company’s Business - Wine Assets – Industry Overview and Market Opportunity.”

Series Wine #2020CERT

The Asset

Series Wine #2020CERT intends to purchase en primeur 30 bottles worth of Vieux Chateau Certan 2020 Pomerol.

The wine is a Bordeaux wine from the appellation Pomerol.

The Winery

The winery is located on the Right Bank of the Bordeaux wine region, in the commune of Pomerol in the department Gironde. As all wine produced in this appellation, Vieux Château Certan is unclassified, but the estate is long recognized as among the great growths of the region, and by some reckoned comparable to neighboring estate Château Pétrus.

The château also produces a second wine named Gravette de Certan.

Asset Manager

StartEngine Assets LLC

Administrative Manager

StartEngine Assets LLC

Preferred Return

4%

Purchase Details

Series Wine #2020ANGE intends to enter into a purchase agreement with its Asset Manager (StartEngine Assets) on or shortly after the date the minimum offering amount is reached, pursuant to which it will agree purchase from the Asset Manager the wine assets described above at a purchase price equal to the offering amount for this series’ offering. A standard form of the purchase agreement is included as Exhibit 6.1 to this offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.

Management of the Wine

Once we acquire the wine, it will be insured and then transported and warehoused in a climate-controlled, highly secure location (assuming the acquired asset is not already in such a location).

Timing of Distributions

We anticipate holding our wine assets for a minimum of one year, and a maximum of six years. We estimate that our wine assets will be bottled and eligible to be sold between 12 to 18 months after the date we acquire the wine en primeur. We intend to pay distributions to the extent we sell some or all of our assets. Otherwise, liquidity for investors would be obtained by transferring or selling their interests in a series.

Market

For information on the wine market, please see “The Company’s Business - Wine Assets – Overview of the Wine Market” and “The Company’s Business - Wine Assets – Industry Overview and Market Opportunity.”

THE COMPANY’S BUSINESS

Overview

At StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC, we believe that alternative assets are capable of delivering quality returns to investors. However, investing in alternative assets can often require significant financial resources and significant knowledge about the underlying assets and the industry. Due to these high barriers to entry, access to investments in alternative assets have been restrained to a fraction of the global economy. Even those that do have access to top quality alternative investments are faced with high fees, lack of transparency, and significant operational overheads. With high transactional costs and low transaction volumes, investors in alternative assets often suffer from illiquidity, resulting in long holding periods that make such investments inaccessible for many investors.

We plan to democratize alternative asset investing by providing access, liquidity and transparency. For different assets classes we have and are gathering a team of individuals with knowledge and experience needed to select and actively manage the assets. Further, we will be utilizing the platform of our parent company, StartEngine Crowdfunding, Inc., to post our offerings under Regulation A to every day investors. Investing in our series will give investors access to alternative assets such as wine, copyright assets, contractual royalty rights, and any other unique or alternative assets (which we call “collectible” assets) that we deem to be valuable.

History and Structure

StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC is a series limited liability company formed on October 14, 2020 pursuant to Section 18-215 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, or the LLC Act.

As a series limited liability company, title to our underlying assets will be held by, or for the benefit of, the applicable series of interests. We intend that each series of interests will own its own underlying assets, which will be works of art or other collectibles. A new series of interests will be issued for future art or collectibles or other alternative assets to be acquired by us.

Section 18-215(b) of the LLC Act provides that, if certain conditions are met (including that certain provisions are in the formation and governing documents of the series limited liability company, and if the records maintained for any such series account for the assets associated with such series separately from the assets of the limited liability company, or any other series), then the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a particular series shall be enforceable only against the assets of such series and not against the assets of the limited liability company generally or any other series. As such, the assets of a series include only the assets associated with that series and other related assets (e.g., cash reserves).

Members of our company

Members of our company include owners of shares of our company or shares of our series.

An investor who has purchased shares in one of our series in this offering will become an “Economic Member” of our company (as defined in our operating agreement). No Economic Member, in its capacity as such, will participate in the operation or management of the business of our company or any series, nor transact any business in our company or any series.

Managers of our company

As set forth in its operating agreement, StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC has two Managers – a Managing Member, and an Administrative Manager.

Managing Member

StartEngine Assets, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company formed on May 18, 2020 is the Managing Member of our company, As Managing Member, it has the full power and authority to do, and direct other Managers of our company or series to do, any and all things it determines to be necessary or appropriate to conduct the business of our company and each series, without the consent of our Economic Members.

In the event of the resignation of our Managing Member of its rights, obligations and respective title as a Managing Member, the non-resigning Managers of our company will nominate a successor Managing Member and the vote of a majority of the shares held by Economic Members will be required to elect a successor Managing Member.

Holders of shares in each series have the right to remove the Managing Member, by a vote of two-thirds of the holders of all shares in each series (excluding our Managing Member), in the event our Managing Member is found by a non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have committed fraud in connection with a series or our company. If so convicted, our Managing Member shall call a meeting of all of the holders of every series of shares within 30 calendar days of such non-appealable judgment at which the holders may vote to remove our Managing Member as Managing Member of our company and each series. If our Managing Member fails to call such a meeting, any interest holder will have the authority to call such a meeting. In the event of its removal, our Managing Member shall be entitled to receive all amounts that have accrued and are due and payable to it. If the holders vote to terminate and dissolve our company (and therefore each series), the liquidation provisions of the operating agreement shall apply (as described in “Securities Being Offered—Liquidation Rights”). In the event our Managing Member is removed as Managing Member of our company, it shall also immediately cease to be Managing Member of each series.

Administrative Manager

StartEngine Assets, LLC is also the Administrative Manager of our company. As the Administrative Manager, StartEngine Assets, LLC will be the investor liaison to our company, and will, among other things, assist with communications to our investors, provide shareholder services to our investors, and handle the distributions of dividends, and overseeing our shareholder records. Further the Administrative Manager will source and secure the rights to the underlying assets in each Series. StartEngine Assets, LLC will coordinate with its affiliates who will serve our company in various capacities, including StartEngine Secure, LLC, who will act as our transfer agent, StartEngine Primary, LLC, who, through its alternative trading system, StartEngine Secondary, LLC, who will facilitate resales of our shares, and StartEngine Crowdfunding Inc. that owns and operates an online investment platform www.startengine.com where investors will be able to purchase shares of our series.

Other Management Provisions

The Managing Member will generally not be entitled to vote on matters submitted to the holders of our shares.  Our Managing Member will not have any distribution, redemption, conversion or liquidation rights by virtue of its status as Managing Member.

The operating agreement further provides that our Managing Member, in exercising its rights in its capacity as the Managing Member, will be entitled to consider only such shares and factors as it desires, including its own shares, and will have no duty or obligation (fiduciary or otherwise) to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting our company, any series of shares or any of the interest holders and will not be subject to any different standards imposed by the operating agreement, the LLC Act or under any other law, rule or regulation or in equity. In addition, the operating agreement provides that our Managing Member will not have any duty (including any fiduciary duty) to our company, any series or any of the interest holders.

Series of our Company

The Managing Member of our company may, at any time and from time to time cause our company to establish in writing (each, a “Series Designation”) one or more series of the company. The terms and conditions for each series established will be set forth in the Series Designation, as applicable, for the series, and the Series Designation will, upon approval by the Managing Member, become a part of our operating agreement.

The Series Designation establishing a series may:

In the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of our operating agreement and a Series Designation, the terms and conditions of the Series Designation will control.

Each of the series of our company operates as if it were a separate limited liability company.

Managers of our Series

Our operating agreement requires that each series of our company have an Asset Manager and Administrative Management, which will be set forth in the applicable Series Designation of a series of our company (the terms of which are set by our Managing Member.) The Managing Member is also the Managing Member of each series, but does not intend to govern the day-to-day operations of any series of our company.

Asset Manager

The primary duty of the Asset Manager is to manage the underlying assets related to its series. The Asset Manager has sole authority and complete discretion over the care, custody, maintenance and management of each underlying asset held by a series and to take any action that it deems necessary or desirable in connection therewith. It also is responsible for directing or performing the day-to-day business affairs of a series, including identifying assets for acquisition.

Administrative Manager

Each series must also have an Administrative Manager. Unless otherwise noted in the series designation for a particular series, StartEngine Assets, LLC will serve as the Administrative Manager for each series, and will perform substantially the same services as it does for our company.

Our Managing Member has delegated to the series Managers broad asset management and operational powers over the series. In these capacities, the series Managers of a particular series will (among other things):

Other Rights of our Managers

No Managers or any of their Affiliates who hold any shares of any series of the company will be entitled to vote on matters submitted to the shareholders.

Our operating agreement further provides that each Manager of the company or a series, in exercising its rights in its capacity as a Manager, will be entitled to consider only such shares and factors as it desires, including its own shares, and will have no duty or obligation (fiduciary or otherwise) to give any consideration to any interest of or factors affecting our company, any series of shares or any of the shareholders and will not be subject to any different standards imposed by the operating agreement, the LLC Act or under any other law, rule or regulation or in equity. In addition, the operating agreement provides that our Managers will not have any duty (including any fiduciary duty) to our company, any series or any of the interest holders.

Advisory Board

Our Managing Member may establish an advisory board comprised of experts in a particular industry to provide guidance and strategic advice to our company, or a particular series of our company. For our company, this may be advising on the creation of a particular series with a new asset class focus. For our series, this may be assisting in identifying, acquiring, and managing the particular assets of that series, or advising on other general business matters.

Members of the Advisory Board will not be Managers or officers of our company or any series and will not have any fiduciary or other duties to the shareholders of any series.  They will not be entitled to compensation by our company or any series in connection with their roles as members of the Advisory Board, but our company or any applicable series will reimburse a member of the Advisory Board for any out of pocket expenses or costs actually incurred by it or any of its affiliates on behalf of our company or series.

Operating Expenses

Each series will be responsible for the following costs and expenses attributable to the activities of our company related to such series (we refer to these as “Operating Expenses”):

Operating expenses may be paid by the Managers of a series on behalf of the series. If so, the series will reimburse the Managers for such Operating Expenses.

Our Managers will bear their own expenses of an ordinary nature, including, all costs and expenses on account of rent (other than for storage of the underlying assets), supplies, secretarial expenses, stationery, charges for furniture, fixtures and equipment, payroll taxes, remuneration and expenses paid to employees and utilities expenditures (excluding utilities expenditures in connection with the storage of the underlying assets).

If the Operating Expenses exceed the amount of revenues generated from an underlying asset and cannot be covered by any Operating Expense reserves on the balance sheet of such underlying asset, our Managing Member may (a) pay such Operating Expenses and not seek reimbursement, (b) loan the amount of the Operating Expenses to the applicable series, on which our Managing Member may impose a reasonable rate of interest, and be entitled to the Reimbursement, and/or (c) cause additional shares to be issued in the such series in order to cover such additional amounts.

Offering and Formation Expenses

Fees incurred in connection with formation of our company or a series and executing the Offering, such as underwriting (including broker or dealer fees), legal, accounting, escrow and compliance costs related to a specific offering must be borne by that series or our company. To the extent Offering and Formation expenses are paid by Managers of our company or a series, our company or series must reimburse such fees to the applicable Managers who paid such fees.

We anticipate that a total of $120,000 in Offering and Formation Expenses will be incurred in connection with this offering. These expenses will be allocated in accordance with our allocation policy.

Reimbursement payments will be made in monthly installments, but the aggregate monthly amount reimbursed shall not exceed 0.50% of the aggregate gross proceeds from an offering of that series. If the sum of the total unreimbursed amount of such offering and Formation Expenses, plus new costs incurred since the last reimbursement payment, for that series exceeds the reimbursement limit described above for the applicable monthly installment, the excess will be eligible for reimbursement in subsequent months (subject to the 0.50% limit), calculated on an accumulated basis, until the Managing Member and relevant Asset Manager have been reimbursed in full.

Additionally, no series will be allocated Offering and Formation Expenses to be reimbursed to the Managers of our Company in excess of five percent (5%) of the maximum offering amount of that particular series.

Indemnification of our Managers

The operating agreement provides that none of our Managers, or the Managers of any series, nor any current or former directors, officers, employees, partners, shareholders, members, controlling persons, agents or independent contractors of our Managers (including the Managers of our series), members of the Advisory Board, nor persons acting at the request of our company in certain capacities with respect to other entities will be liable to our company, any series or any interest holders for any act or omission taken by them in connection with the business of our company or any series that has not been determined in a final, non-appealable decision of a court, arbitrator or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence.

Each series will indemnify these persons out of its assets against all liabilities and losses (including amounts paid in respect of judgments, fines, penalties or settlement of litigation, including legal fees and expenses) to which they become subject by virtue of serving our company or such series and with respect to any act or omission that has not been determined by a final, non-appealable decision of a court, arbitrator or other tribunal of competent jurisdiction to constitute fraud, willful misconduct or gross negligence.

Asset Acquisition

Our company (through its series) plans to acquire underlying assets primarily through the following methods:

In the case where an underlying asset is acquired prior to the launch or closing of a series offering, as the case may be, the proceeds from the associated offering, net of any Offering Expenses or other Acquisition Expenses or Sourcing Fee, will be used to reimburse our company for the acquisition of the underlying asset or repay any loans made to our company, plus applicable interest, to acquire such underlying asset.

Rather than pre-purchasing an underlying asset before the closing of an offering, our company may also negotiate with asset sellers for the exclusive right to market an underlying asset to investors for a period of time.  The Company plans to achieve this by pre-negotiating a purchase price (or desired amount of liquidity) and entering into an asset purchase agreement or a purchase option agreement with an asset seller for an underlying asset, which would close simultaneously upon the closing of the offering of shares in the series associated with that underlying asset. Then, upon the closing of a successful offering, the asset seller would be compensated with a combination of cash proceeds from the offering and, if elected, equity ownership in the series associated with the underlying asset (as negotiated in the agreement for such underlying asset) and title to the underlying asset would be held by, or for the benefit of, the applicable series.

In some cases, an asset seller or the Administrative Manager may be issued shares in a series as part of total purchase consideration to the asset seller and/or Administrative Manager.

If our company enters into a purchase agreement or purchase option agreement with a seller, it is possible that the agreement will not close, even if sufficient funds are raised in an offering to fund the purchase. Funds from a series’ offering will be held in escrow, and will be returned to investors without interest if the asset purchase agreement or purchase option agreement fails to close.

Additional details on the acquisition method for each underlying asset can be found in the “Series Offering Table” and in the “Use of Proceeds” section for each respective series.

Asset Liquidity

The amount of time that a series will hold and manage all its assets will vary depending on the type of assets being acquired by the series. Liquidity for investors would be obtained through distributions to investors as well as by transferring their shares in a series.

We intend to list our securities on StartEngine Secondary, an alternative trading system or “ATS,” operated by an affiliate of the Managing Member and Administrative Manager of our company, StartEngine Primary LLC.  However, this ATS is a new entrant to the market, and there is no guarantee that there will be frequent trading on the ATS and, specifically, trading of our shares. Further, even if there is trading, there may be no guarantee that anyone would be interested in purchasing the shares you have purchased in this offering at your desired price or any price at all.

For specific liquidity considerations for the assets, see “The Underlying Assets” above.

Allocations of Expenses

To the extent relevant, Formation and Offering Expenses, and Operating Expenses and any indemnification payments made by our company will be allocated among the various series in accordance with our Managers’ allocation policy, a copy of which is available to investors upon written request to our Managing Member. The allocation policy requires our Administrative Manager to allocate items that are allocable to a specific series to be borne by, or distributed to (as applicable), the applicable series. If, however, an item is not allocable to a specific series but to our company in general, it will be allocated pro rata based on the NAV of the series (before accounting for the allocated expenses) (“Adjusted NAV”), as reasonably determined by our Administrative Manager or as otherwise set forth in the allocation policy. However, initial offering expenses will initially be allocated to the current series, and then will reallocated based on the number of series that have qualified within one year of our initial qualification. By way of example, as of the date of this Offering Circular, it is anticipated that expenses will be allocated as follows:

Notwithstanding the foregoing, our Managers may revise and update the allocation policy from time to time in its reasonable discretion without further notice to investors.

Tax Matters

Our company intends to elect for each series of shares in the company to be taxed as a “C” corporation under Subchapter C of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and expects that each series will be treated as a corporation for all federal and state tax purposes. Thus, each series of shares will be taxed at regular corporate rates on its income, including any gain from the sale or exchange of the assets that will be held by each series, before making any distributions to shareholders

Our company has designated five series as of the date of this Offering Circular, each of which is described below.

Wine Assets

Overview – Wine Market

Investing in fine wine has been a risky venture for those without a deep knowledge of wine and its resale market, and without large pools of resources to pay broker fees and auction house commissions for authenticating wines as well as the cost involved in proper storage and insurance. Further, excessive costs, low transaction volumes and few options for liquidity have hindered access to investing in wines.

We are working to democratize wine investing, providing quality investment opportunities in an asset class that have previously been out of reach for many investors. Our Asset Manager, StartEngine Assets, LLC, has identified promising, investment-grade wines for to purchase. See “The Underlying Assets” above. Our mission is to help investors enjoy the profits of investing in fine wine as an asset class in one click.

Our Administrative Manager also often looks to purchase wines “en primeur” - a method of purchasing wines while the wine is still in the barrel (i.e. before the wine is bottled). A potential advantage of buying wines en primeur is that the wines may be acquired cheaper than if acquiring the same wine once bottled and released to the market. However, this is not guaranteed – and some wines may even lose value over time. Wines bought en primeur are generally sold once bottled, to take advantage of the potential mark-up in the price of the wine.

Industry Overview and Market Opportunity

We believe that fine wines can be tool used by investors to help them achieve greater diversification, potentially reducing their volatility with increasing returns. Fine wine is an asset class that has consistently outperformed the S&P 500 over the last 30 years. According to a 2018 article published by a Morgan Stanley analyst, Liv-ex Fine Wine 100 Index, which tracks the price movement of 100 of the most actively traded wines in the world, showed returns over a 10-year period exceeding that for FTSE and S&P 500, with lower volatility than gold.

According to The Wine Market Forecast 2017 – 2023 report published by Zion Market Research, the global wine market was valued at approximately $302.02 billion in 2017 and is expected to generate revenue of around $423.59 billion by the end of 2023. A recent report published by Mordor Intelligence forecasts that the global wine market will grow at a CAGR (Compound Annual Growth Rate) of around 5.8% between 2019 and 2024. The report attributes this growing demand to changing tastes, innovations in exotic flavor and increased global business networks. It states that wine consumption is increasing in the large markets of the Asia-Pacific, with China dominating the market in the region. It also states that there is a surging demand for tropical fruit and sparkling wines among millennials and other generations. These trends indicate that demand for wine is on the rise, which we believe will benefit our company is well-positioned to benefit from as an investor in these wine assets – however, please note that these statements about the wine industry and potential growth rates in the wine industry do not reflect the value of or potential returns on the shares of our company or of any of our Series.

The secondary market for fine wine currently sits at around $5 billion, according to 2018 Bloomberg article – a fraction of the $302 billion global wine market. We believe these are promising statistics that will attract retail investors to the prospect of investing in fine wines as an asset class in general.

Despite its size, the wine market is complex and often misunderstood due to its opaque nature. Unlike traditional asset classes such as equities or fixed income, there is a lack of transparency due to the limited publicly available data. The market is made and largely executed through private transactions, making it difficult for outsiders to gain insight. We believe there is an opportunity to use our platform to make the market more liquid and transparent for investors of all means and backgrounds. Based on the market forecasts set out above, we expect the fine wine market to grow and present unique opportunities moving forward for investors looking for an uncorrelated alternative asset class.

Additionally, we believe that there is an opportunity to capture the shifting tastes of millennial retail investors. The 2018 U.S. Trust Insights on Wealth and Worth survey on wealthy household’s found that while baby boomers and older investors rely primarily on traditional stocks and bonds, younger investors, especially millennials, are more likely to incorporate alternative strategies into their investment portfolios. Millennials allocate 17% to alternatives and assets other than stocks, bonds and cash. It also found that 61% of millennial investors think it’s not possible to achieve above-average returns by investing solely in stocks and bonds anymore, and are looking for alternative investments. For example, the report showed that millennials are the fastest growing segment of art collectors, up 8% year-over-year and comprising 36% of total respondents. We believe these shifts in millennial investing tastes suggests there will be more interest in investing in wine assets. We believe we are uniquely suited to capitalize on this increased interest, potentially leading to more capital for the company to work with, providing it with increased buying power and other advantages related to economies of scale, and ultimately providing greater value to investors in our company moving forward.

Employees

Currently, the company does not have any employees.

Intellectual Property

The company does not own any patents, copyrights or trademarks.

Litigation

The company and its executive officers are not currently a party to any legal proceedings.

Government Regulation

Regulation of the wine industry varies from jurisdiction to jurisdiction and state to state. In any jurisdictions or states in which we operate, we may be required to obtain licenses and permits to conduct business, including dealer and sales licenses, and will be subject to local laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, import and export regulations, laws and regulations involving sales, use, value-added and other indirect taxes.

Claims arising out of actual or alleged violations of law could be asserted against us by individuals or governmental authorities and could expose us or each series of interests to significant damages or other penalties.

THE COMPANY’S PROPERTY

We do not own or lease any real estate, office space or significant tangible assets.

MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATION

Overview

StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC was formed on October 14, 2020 and our company’s headquarters are in Los Angeles, California.

The purpose of our company shall be to (a) promote, conduct or engage in, directly or indirectly, any business, purpose or activity that lawfully may be conducted by a series limited liability company organized pursuant to the Delaware Act, (b) acquire, maintain and sell collectibles and other assets and, to exercise all of the rights and powers conferred upon our company and each series with respect to its interests therein, and (c) conduct any and all activities related or incidental to the foregoing purposes.

Emerging Growth Company

Upon the completion of our initial offering, we may elect to become a public reporting company under the Exchange Act. We will qualify as an “emerging growth company” under the JOBS Act. As a result, we will be permitted to, and intend to, rely on exemptions from certain disclosure requirements. For so long as we are an emerging growth company, we will not be required to:

In addition, Section 107 of the JOBS Act also provides that an emerging growth company can take advantage of the extended transition period provided in Section 7(a)(2)(B) of the Securities Act for complying with new or revised accounting standards. In other words, an emerging growth company can delay the adoption of certain accounting standards until those standards would otherwise apply to private companies. We have elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period. Our financial statements may therefore not be comparable to those of companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards.

We will remain an “emerging growth company” for up to five years, or until the earliest of (i) the last day of the first fiscal year in which our total annual gross revenues exceed $1.07 billion, (ii) the date that we become a “large accelerated filer” as defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act, which would occur if the market value of our interests that is held by non-affiliates exceeds $700 million as of the last business day of our most recently completed second fiscal quarter or (iii) the date on which we have issued more than $1.07 billion in non-convertible debt during the preceding three year period.

Operating Results

Revenues are generated at the series level. From October 14, 2020, our inception date, through December 31, 2020, no series generated any revenues. Assuming our series acquire wine assets, they may not generate any revenue until a liquidation event – i.e. the sale of wine assets it has acquired.

We had $55,000 in operating expenses from October 14, 2020 to December 31, 2020. Each series will be responsible for its own operating and formation expenses, such as storage and insurance beginning on the closing date of the offering of such series.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

As of December 31, 2020, neither our company nor any series had any cash or cash equivalents or financial obligations other than the $95,000 as December 31, 2020 due to members of our company, which consists primarily Offering and Formation Expenses incurred on behalf of our series by our Managing Member. Such expenses will be reimbursed to the Managing Member.

Plan of Operations

No series of our company has commenced operations, is capitalized or has any assets. We intend for each series to start operations at the time of the initial closing of each applicable offering.

We intend for each series to start operations at the time of the initial closing of each applicable offering. All assets and liabilities related to each underlying asset that have been incurred to date and will be incurred until the closing of each offering are the responsibility of our company or our Managers and responsibility for any assets or liabilities related to each underlying asset will not transfer to the applicable series until such time as a closing has occurred.

Each series intends to generate revenues, if at all, as described in the “The Company’s Business” section of this Offering Circular based on the nature of the assets. For instance, we anticipate that, in the future, a series that invests in assets that are revenue generating may generate enough revenues to distribute dividends to shareholders within twelve months from commencing its operations. However, we do not anticipate that any of our current series will generate revenue until a liquidation or sale of some of its underlying assets. See “The Company’s Business—Operating Expenses” for additional information regarding the payment of Operating Expenses.

We believe that the proceeds from the offerings will satisfy our cash requirements for the next six months to implement the foregoing plan of operations.

DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND SIGNIFICANT EMPLOYEES

The Managers

Our company operates under the direction StartEngine Assets, LLC, our Managing Member and our Administrative Manager (our “Managers”). The Managing Member has the power and authority to act as necessary to further the purpose of our company, which is to acquire, maintain and sell collectibles and other assets. The Administrative Manager is responsible for identifying the assets to be purchased from the offerings of the series of our company, as well as directing or performing the day-to-day business affairs of the company, and, as applicable, of series of our company.

The Managing Member has delegated to the Asset Managers of each of our series the responsibility of directing the operations of the applicable a series, directing the series’ day-to-day affairs, and implementing the series’ investment strategy. The Asset Manager (and the Administrative Manager, as applicable) is responsible for determining maintenance required in order to maintain or improve the asset’s quality, determining how to monetize the underlying assets in order to generate profits, and evaluating potential sale offers which may lead to the liquidation of the underlying assets or other series as the case may be. The Asset Manager for each series are listed in the “The Underlying Assets” above.

Our Managing Member will establish an Advisory Board that will assist our company in its business decisions (such as the creation of a new series) and will assist our series in making decisions with respect to all asset acquisitions, dispositions and maintenance schedules. Our Managers are not required to devote all of their time to our business and are only required to devote such time to our affairs as their duties require.

We will follow guidelines adopted by our Managers and implement policies set forth in the operating agreement unless otherwise modified by our Managers. Our Managers may establish further written policies and will monitor our administrative procedures, investment operations and performance to ensure that the policies are fulfilled. Our Managing Member may change our objectives at any time without approval of our interest holders. Our Managers have no track record and are relying on the track record of its individual officers, directors and advisors.

Our Managers performs their duties and responsibilities pursuant to the operating agreement. Our Managers maintain a contractual, as opposed to a fiduciary relationship, with us and our interest holders. Furthermore, we have agreed to limit the liability of our Managers and to indemnify our Managers against certain liabilities.

The responsibilities of our Managers and the Managers of a particular series, comprised of an Asset Manager and the Administrative Manager (collectively, the “series Managers”) are summarized below. Capitalized terms used in this summary that are not defined shall have the meanings set forth in the company’s operating agreement.

Investment Advisory, Asset Management and Disposition Services. (Asset Manager)

Offering and Resale Services. (Administrative Manager)

Accounting and Other Administrative Services. (Administrative Manager)

Shareholder Services. (Administrative Manager)

Directors, Executive Officers and Key Employees of our Managers

The authority and functions of the Managing Member, on the one hand, and of the Administrative Manager (for our company) or the Asset Manager (for our series), on the other hand, are be identical to the authority and functions of the board of directors and officers, respectively, of a corporation organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware. The following table sets forth the name and position of each of the current executive officers, directors and significant employees of our Managing Member, Administrative Manager, and Asset Managers

Johanna Cronin, Manager

Johanna Cronin is the Manager of StartEngine Assets, LLC, and is responsible for managing the operations of StartEngine Assets, LLC. Johanna Cronin is also currently the Chief Marketing Officer at StartEngine Crowdfunding, Inc. She was the first employee at StartEngine Crowdfunding when she joined in 2014. Prior to that she served as an SEM analyst, managing paid media budgets and purchasing media placements for small businesses, for Dex Media, Inc. from March 2012 until March 2014. Johanna received her Bachelor of Arts from Northwestern University, where she was a psychology major with a Spanish minor.

Asset Managers

Currently, for all our series, StartEngine Assets, LLC is the Asset Manager.

Advisory Board

The Advisory Board will be at the company level and has specific responsibilities. Each Series may also develop their own networks of advisors. Though these advisors may provide a pivotal role in a given Series, such advisors will not have a formal responsibilities and obligations to the company.

Responsibilities of the Advisory Board

The Advisory Board will support our company, our Asset Managers and our Administrative Manager and will consist of the Managers’ expert network and external advisors. It is anticipated that the Advisory Board will review our relationship with, and the performance of, our Managing Member, and generally approve the terms of any material or related-party transactions. In addition, it is anticipated that the Advisory Board will be responsible for the following:

The resolution of any conflict of interest approved by the Advisory Board shall be conclusively deemed fair and reasonable to our company and its interest holders and not a breach of any duty at law, in equity or otherwise. The members of the Advisory Board will not be Managers or officers of our company or any series and will not have fiduciary or other duties to the interest holders of any series.

Compensation of the Advisory Board

Our Managing Member may compensate the Advisory Board or their nominees (as so directed by an Advisory Board member) for their service. As such, it is anticipated that their costs will not be borne by any given series of shares.

Members of the Advisory Board

The Managers of our Series have already established an informal network of expert advisors for each of our series who support our series in asset acquisitions, valuations and negotiations, but we have not yet established a formal Advisory Board.

MANAGEMENT COMPENSATION

Compensation of Executive Officers

We do not currently have any employees nor do we currently intend to hire any employees who will be compensated directly by our company. The manager of our Managing Member manages our day-to-day affairs, oversees the review, selection and recommendation of investment opportunities, services acquired investments and monitors the performance of these investments to ensure that they are consistent with our investment objectives. This individual receives compensation for her services, including services performed for us on behalf of our Managing Member, from our Managing Member. Although we will indirectly bear some of the costs of the compensation paid to this individual, through fees we pay to our Managers, we do not intend to pay any compensation directly to this individual.

Compensation

Pursuant to our operating agreement, the Administrative Manager of our company will receive a Sourcing Fee and the Administrative Manager of our company Asset Manager and Administrative Manager of each series will each receive two fees as compensation for the services they provide to that series: a Service Fee and an Asset Management Fee.

Sourcing Fee

As compensation, the Administrative Manager of our company will receive a one-time fee equal of 15.0% of the amount paid for the underlying asset, paid to the Administrative Manager as compensation for due diligence services in evaluating, investigation and discovering the underlying assets (fee is subject to change in sole discretion of Manager as disclosed in each Series Designation (the “Sourcing Fee”). The Sourcing Fee will typically be paid upon purchase of the Series of the underlying asset.

Service Fee

For each calendar year, each series shall pay the Managers a service fee (the “Service Fee”). The Service Fee may be set by the Series Designation. If it is not set forth in the Series Designation, the Service Fee will be equal to 50% of the Free Cash Flow remaining after payment of the Preferred Return of that series (half of which will go to the Asset Manager of that series, with the remaining half going to the Administrative Manager), after the Economic Members have received distributions of the full amount of their Preferred Return that has accrued for that year and prior years.

Asset Management Fee

On a quarterly basis, beginning on the first quarter end date following the one year anniversary of the formation date of a series, each series shall pay an asset management fee equal to an annualized rate of 0.25% of the net asset value of such series at the end of each prior annual period to each of its Asset Manager and its Administrative Manager (an “Asset Management Fee”). Initially, the Asset Management Fee will be based on the amount of cash invested by shareholders in the series as of the end of each quarter rather than the net asset value of the series. Each of the Series Wine Series will begin to use net asset value as the base on the first day after a year and one (1) quarter have passed since the date of the qualification of the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part.

Our Managers will also receive reimbursement for costs incurred relating to this offering and other offerings (e.g., Offering & Formation Expenses) and will also be reimbursed for any Operating Expenses paid on behalf of a series.

Liquidation Fee

Upon the liquidation of a series, and to the extent there are funds, after return of the capital contribution and any accrued and unpaid Preferred Return and after setting aside funds for any expected expenses and disbursements, the Managers will generally receive 50% of any remaining funds.

Free Cash Flow

In general after payments of all fees and expenses (including the Asset Management Fee), the Free Cash Flow of Series Wine will be distributed to as follows:

By way of example: if a series has a 4% Preferred Return. A total of $100 has been invested in such series in Capital Contributions and it now has a total of $8 in Free Cash Flow. As such, the payments will be: $6 to the Economic Members ($4 for the Preferred Return and $2 from the remaining Free Cash Flow) and $1 to each of the Asset Manager and Administrative Manager for the Service Fee.

Neither our Managing Member nor its affiliates will receive any selling commissions or dealer manager fees in connection with any offering. See “Plan of Distribution and Selling Securityholders—Fees and Expenses” and “Use of Proceeds” for further details.

To date, no Manager of our company or of its series has received any compensation.

SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF MANAGEMENT AND CERTAIN SECURITYHOLDERS

None of our company’s series have any issued and outstanding shares as of the date of this Offering Circular.

The address for all our Managers is c/o StartEngine Assets LLC, 3900 W Alameda Ave, Burbank, Suite 1200, CA 91505.

INTEREST OF MANAGEMENT AND OTHERS IN CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS

None.

SECURITIES BEING OFFERED

The following is a summary of the principal terms of, and is qualified by reference to, the operating agreement, of form of which attached hereto as Exhibit 2.2, and the subscription agreements, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4, relating to the purchase of the shares offered hereby. The operating agreement will be executed prior to qualification. Capitalized terms used in this summary that are not defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the operating agreement.

Description of Shares

Our company is a series limited liability company formed pursuant to Section 18-215 of the LLC Act. The purchase of the shares offered hereby is an investment only in the particular series and not an investment in our company as a whole. In accordance with the LLC Act, any series of shares established by our company will be a separate series of limited liability company shares of our company and not in a separate legal entity. We have not issued, and will not issue, any class of shares entitled to any preemptive, preferential or other rights that are not otherwise available to the holders purchasing shares in connection with the offerings.

Title to the underlying assets will be held by, or for the benefit of, the applicable series. We intend that each series will own its own underlying assets, which will be investment-grade collectible assets (initially, fine wine assets). An investor who invests in an offering will not have any indirect interest in any asset other than the underlying assets related to the applicable series unless the investor also participates in a separate offering associated with that other underlying asset.

Section 18-215(b) of the LLC Act provides that, if certain conditions are met (including that certain provisions are in the formation and governing documents of the series limited liability company, and if the records maintained for any such series account for the assets associated with such series separately from the assets of the limited liability company, or any other series), then the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a particular series shall be enforceable only against the assets of such series and not against the assets of the limited liability company generally or any other series. Accordingly, our company expects our Managers to maintain separate, distinct records for each series and its associated assets and liabilities. As such, the assets of a series include only the fine wines associated with that series and other related assets (e.g., cash reserves). As noted in the “Risk Factors” section, the limitations on inter-series liability provided by Section 18-215(b) have never been tested in federal bankruptcy courts and it is possible that a bankruptcy court could determine that the assets of one series should be applied to meet the liabilities of the other series or the liabilities of our company generally where the assets of such other series or of our company generally are insufficient to meet our company’s liabilities.

Section 18-215(c) of the LLC Act provides that a series established in accordance with Section 18-215(b) may carry on any lawful business, purpose or activity, other than the business of banking, and has the power and capacity to, in its own name, contract, hold title to assets (including real, personal and intangible property), grant liens and security shares, and sue and be sued.  We intend for each series to conduct its business and enter into contracts in its own name to the extent such activities are undertaken with respect to a particular series and title to the relevant underlying assets will be held by, or for the benefit of, the relevant series.

All of the shares offered by this Offering Circular will be duly authorized and validly issued. Upon payment in full of the consideration payable with respect to the shares, as determined by our Managing Member, the holders of the shares will not be liable to our company to make any additional capital contributions (except for the return of distributions under certain circumstances as required by Sections 18-215, 18-607 and 18-804 of the LLC Act). Holders of the shares offered hereby have no conversion, exchange, sinking fund, redemption or appraisal rights, no pre-emptive rights to subscribe for any shares and no preferential rights to distributions.

In general, the holders of each series of our shares (which may include Managers of our company, Managers of a Series, their affiliates, or other third parties to which our Managing Member issues shares) will (i) receive a Preferred Return at a rate set forth in the applicable Series’ Designation; and (ii) participate in the available Free Cash Flow derived from the underlying assets related to the series, less any Service Fees payable to our Managers (as described in “—Distribution Rights” below). Our Managing Member may sell its shares from time to time.

Each series will use the proceeds of its offerings to pay certain fees and expenses related to its formation and the offering (please see the “Use of Proceeds” section for further details regarding the use of proceeds for each offering). An investor in each offering will acquire an ownership interest only in the applicable series and not, for the avoidance of doubt, in (i) our company, (ii) any other series of shares, (iii) our Managing Member or Administrative Manager, or (iv) any underlying asset owned by any series. Although our shares will not immediately be listed on a stock exchange and a liquid market in our shares cannot be guaranteed, we intend to list our securities on StartEngine Secondary, an alternative trading system or “ATS,” operated by an affiliate of our Managing Member.

Distribution Rights

To the extent there is Free Cash Flow, for each series, our Managing Member intends to declare and pay distributions to the shareholders of that series equal to:

The annual rate of the Preferred Return will be specific to each series of our company (as set forth in the applicable Series Designation) and described above in “The Underlying Assets”. To the extent the Preferred Return is not paid in a particular period, the amount of unpaid Preferred Return will accrue and will be paid if and when there are available funds in the Free Cash Flow. The Service Fee will also be specific to each series and is described above in “Management Compensation – Compensation of Managers.”

Distributions of Preferred Return will be paid out of the available “Free Cash Flow” of a series, which consists of the net income (as determined under GAAP) generated by such series (before accounting for the Service Fee) plus any change in net working capital and depreciation and amortization (and any other non-cash operating expenses and/or and amounts that were previously retained as cash reserves that, during such period, the Managing Member determines are no longer needed by our company) and less any capital expenditures related to the underlying assets related to such series. Any amounts remaining after payment of the Preferred Return and Service Fee will be distributed on a pro-rata basis to shareholders of a Series, if available.

While unpaid Preferred Return will accrue, it is possible that investors may never receive Preferred Return or will not receive the entire accrued amount if the particular series does not have available funds in the Free Cash Flow. Further, upon the liquidation of a series, whether as a result of the dissolution of our company or the termination of such series, it is possible there will not be enough Free Cash Flow in excess of the amounts required to discharge liabilities of that series– for investors to receive all of their accrued Preferred Return, any Preferred Return at all, or even a return of their capital invested. See “Securities Being Offered – Liquidation Rights.”

Timing and Amount of Distributions

Our Managing Member has sole discretion in determining what distributions of Free Cash Flow, if any, are made to holders of each series of shares except as otherwise limited by law or the operating agreement. Such determinations will be binding on our company and each series of our company, as well as every holder of our shares. Investors do not have any rights under our operating agreement to audit, or otherwise receive an explanation regarding, decisions regarding their distribution rights. The Managing Member intends to make distributions on a basis that is appropriate for the underlying assets to the shareholders of a series to satisfy the amount of Preferred Return that has accrued (for the current as well as prior periods). To the extent funds are available, our company intends to pay this Preferred Return as appropriate for the particular series. We note that, for certain assets types that do not have royalties or other interim payments streams (e.g., wine), payments of Preferred Return will only be paid upon the sale of the underlying assets held by Series Wine. There is no guarantee that there will be sufficient Free Cash Flow of a series to make such Preferred Return payments to shareholders. Any unpaid Preferred Return amounts to shareholders will accrue until shareholders have received the Preferred Return to which they are entitled.

No series will distribute an underlying asset in kind to its interest holders.

The LLC Act (Section 18-607) provides that a member who receives a distribution with respect to a series and knew at the time of the distribution that the distribution was in violation of the LLC Act shall be liable to the series for the amount of the distribution for three years.  Under the LLC Act, a series limited liability company may not make a distribution with respect to a series to a member if, after the distribution, all liabilities of such series, other than liabilities to members on account of their limited liability company shares with respect to such series and liabilities for which the recourse of creditors is limited to specific property of such series, would exceed the fair value of the assets of such series.  For the purpose of determining the fair value of the assets of the series, the LLC Act provides that the fair value of property of the series subject to liability for which recourse of creditors is limited shall be included in the assets of such series only to the extent that the fair value of that property exceeds the nonrecourse liability. Under the LLC Act, an assignee who becomes a substituted member of a company is liable for the obligations of his assignor to make contributions to the company, except the assignee is not obligated for liabilities unknown to it at the time the assignee became a member and that could not be ascertained from the operating agreement.

No Redemption Provisions

No series of our shares are redeemable, except as necessary in order to avoid the assets of our company being deemed “plan assets” under ERISA.

No Registration Rights

There are no registration rights in respect of any series of our shares.

Limited Voting Rights

Our Managing Member is not required to hold an annual meeting of interest holders. The operating agreement provides that meetings of interest holders may be called by our Managing Member and a designee of our Managing Member shall act as chairman at such meetings. Interest holders do not have any voting rights as a shareholder in our company or a series except with respect to:

Our Managing Member can only be removed as Managing Member of our company and each series in the event our Managing Member is found by a non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have committed fraud in connection with a series or our company which has a material adverse effect on our company.

When entitled to vote on a matter, each interest holder will be entitled to one vote per interest held by it on all matters submitted to a vote of the interest holders of an applicable series or of the interest holders of all series of our company, as applicable.  The removal of our Managing Member as Managing Member of our company and all series must be approved by two-thirds of the votes that may be cast by all interest holders in any series of our company. All other matters to be voted on by the interest holders must be approved by a majority of the votes cast by all interest holders in any series of our company present in person or represented by proxy.

Our Managing Member or its affiliates (if they hold shares) may not vote as a shareholder in respect of any matter put to the interest holders. However, the submission of any action of our company or a series for a vote of the interest holders shall first be approved by our Managing Member and no amendment to the operating agreement may be made without the prior approval of our Managing Member that would decrease the rights of our Managing Member or increase the obligations of our Managing Member thereunder.

Our Managing Member has broad authority to take action with respect to our company and any series. See “Directors, Executive Officers and Significant Employees—The Manager” for more information. Except as set forth above, our Managing Member may amend the operating agreement without the approval of the interest holders to, among other things, reflect the following:

In each case, our Managing Member may make such amendments to the operating agreement provided our Managing Member determines that those amendments:

Furthermore, our Managing Member retains sole discretion to create and set the terms of any new series and will have the sole power to acquire, manage and dispose of underlying asset of each series.

Liquidation Rights

The operating agreement provides that our company shall remain in existence until the earlier of the following: (i) the election of our Managing Member to dissolve it; (ii) the sale, exchange or other disposition of substantially all of the assets of our company; (iii) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution of our company; (iv) at any time that our company no longer has any members, unless the business is continued in accordance with the LLC Act; and (v) a vote by a majority of all interest holders of our company following the for-cause removal of our Managing Member. Under no circumstances may our company be wound up in accordance with Section 18-801(a)(3) of the LLC Act (i.e., the vote of members who hold more than two-thirds of the shares in the profits of our company).

In connection with the liquidation of a series, whether as a result of the dissolution of our company or the termination of such series, all property and Free Cash Flows in excess of that required to discharge liabilities that are contingent, condition or unmatured, shall be distributed as follows:

A series shall remain in existence until the earlier of the following: (i) the dissolution of our company, (ii) the election of our Managing Member to dissolve such series; (iii) the sale, exchange or other disposition of substantially all of the assets of the series; or (iv) at any time that the series no longer has any members, unless the business is continued in accordance with the LLC Act.  Under no circumstances may a series of shares be wound up in accordance with Section 18-801(a)(3) of the LLC Act (i.e., the vote of members holding more than two-thirds of the shares in the profits of the series).

Upon the occurrence of any such event, our Managing Member (or a liquidator selected by our Managing Member) is charged with winding up the affairs of the series or our company as a whole, as applicable, and liquidating its assets. Upon the liquidation of a series or our company as a whole, as applicable, the underlying assets will be liquidated and any after-tax proceeds distributed: (i) first, to any third party creditors, (ii) second, to any creditors that are our Managing Member or its affiliates (e.g., payment of any outstanding reimbursements owed to the Managing Member), and thereafter, (iii) first, 100% to the interest holders of the relevant series, allocated pro rata based on the number of shares held by each interest holder (which may include our Managing Member, any of its affiliates and asset sellers and which distribution within a series will be made consistent with any preferences which exist within such series) until the interest holders receive back 100% of their capital contribution and second, (A) 10% to our Managing Member and (B) 90% to the interest holders of the relevant series, allocated pro rata based on the number of shares held by each interest holder (which may include our Managing Member, any of its affiliates and asset sellers and which distribution within a series will be made consistent with any preferences which exist within such series).

Transfer Restrictions

Each series of our shares are subject to restrictions on transferability. A holder of shares may not transfer, assign or pledge its shares without the consent of our Administrative Manager. Our Administrative Manager may withhold consent in its sole discretion, including when our Managing Member determines that such transfer, assignment or pledge would result in (a) there being more than 2,000 beneficial owners in such series or more than 500 beneficial owners in such series that are not “accredited investors” (provided that our Administrative Manager may waive such limitations), (b) the assets of such series being deemed “plan assets” for purposes of ERISA, (c) a change of U.S. federal income tax treatment of our company and/or such series, or (d) our company, such series or our Managing Member being subject to additional regulatory requirements. The transferring holder is responsible for all costs and expenses arising in connection with any proposed transfer (regardless of whether such sale is completed) including any legal fees incurred by us or any broker or dealer, any costs or expenses in connection with any opinion of counsel and any transfer taxes and filing fees. The restrictions on transferability listed above will also apply to any resale of shares via the anticipated secondary platform (e.g., StartEngine Secondary) described above (see “Description of the Business – StartEngine Secondary” for additional information).

Our Managing Member may transfer all or any portion of the shares held by it from time to time, in accordance with applicable securities laws, either directly or through brokers, via StartEngine Secondary, or otherwise.

Additionally, unless and until the shares are listed or quoted for trading, there are restrictions on the holder’s ability to the pledge or transfer the shares. There can be no assurance that we will, or will be able to, register our shares for resale. Therefore, investors may be required to hold their shares indefinitely. Please refer to the subscription agreement for additional information regarding these restrictions. To the extent certificated, the shares issued in each offering will bear a legend setting forth these restrictions on transfer and any legends required by state securities laws.

Finally, any transferees will be required to agree to adhere to the terms of our operating agreement, including the jury trial waiver and forum selection provisions contained in the operating agreement.

Agreement to be Bound by the Operating Agreement; Power of Attorney

By purchasing shares, the investor will be admitted as a member of our company and will be bound by the provisions of, and deemed to be a party to, the operating agreement.  Pursuant to the operating agreement, each investor grants to our Managing Member a power of attorney to, among other things, execute and file documents required for our qualification, continuance or dissolution. The power of attorney also grants our Managing Member the authority to make certain amendments to, and to execute and deliver such other documents as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions or purposes of, the operating agreement.

Duties of Officers

The operating agreement provides that, except as may otherwise be provided by the operating agreement, the property, affairs and business of each series of shares will be managed under the direction of our Managing Member.  Our Managing Member has the power to appoint the officers and such officers have the authority and exercise the powers and perform the duties specified in the operating agreement or as may be specified by our Managing Member.

We may decide to enter into separate indemnification agreements with the directors and officers of our company, our Managing Member or our Asset Manager If entered into, each indemnification agreement is likely to provide, among other things, for indemnification to the fullest extent permitted by law and the operating agreement against any and all expenses, judgments, fines, penalties and amounts paid in settlement of any claim.  The indemnification agreements may also provide for the advancement or payment of all expenses to the indemnitee and for reimbursement to our company if it is found that such indemnitee is not entitled to such indemnification under applicable law and the operating agreement.

Exclusive Jurisdiction

Under Section 15.08 of our operating agreement, any dispute in relation to the operating agreement is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, and each investor will covenant and agree not to bring any such claim in any other venue. If a holder of the shares were to bring a claim against our company or our Managing Member pursuant to the operating agreement, it would have to do so in the Delaware Court of Chancery. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if, for any reason, the Delaware Chancery Court does not have jurisdiction over an action, then the action may be brought in other federal or state courts located in Delaware.

We believe the provision benefits us by providing increased consistency in the application of Delaware law in the types of lawsuits to which it applies and in limiting our litigation costs, the forum selection provision may limit investors’ ability to bring claims in judicial forums that they find favorable to such disputes and may discourage lawsuits with respect to such claims. The company has adopted the provision to limit the time and expense incurred by its management to challenge any such claims. As a company with a small management team, this provision allows its officers to not lose a significant amount of time travelling to any particular forum so they may continue to focus on operations of the company.

Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. We believe that the exclusive forum provision applies to claims arising under the Securities Act, but there is uncertainty as to whether a court would enforce such a provision in this context. Further, Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction over all suits brought to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder. As a result, the exclusive forum provision would require suits to enforce any duty or liability created by the Exchange Act or any other claim for which the federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction to be brought in federal court located in Delaware. Investors will not be deemed to have waived the company’s compliance with the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations thereunder.

Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury

Our operating agreement provides that each investor waives the right to a jury trial for any claim they may have against us arising out of, or relating to, the operating agreement and any transaction arising under that agreement, which could include claims under federal securities law.

Further, our subscription agreement that investors will execute when investing a series of our company also provides that subscribers waive the right to a jury trial of any claim they may have against us arising out of or relating to the subscription agreement. This jury trial waiver also applies to claims arising under federal securities laws.

If we opposed a jury trial demand based on either waiver, a court would determine whether such waiver was enforceable given the facts and circumstances of that case in accordance with applicable case law. Meaning that if either jury trial waiver provision is not permitted by applicable law, an action could proceed under the terms of the subscription agreement or operating agreement, as applicable, with a jury trial. Furthermore, no condition, stipulation or provision of either agreement serves as a waiver by any holder of our shares or by us of compliance with any substantive provision of the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated under those laws.

The jury trial waiver in both our operating agreement and subscription agreement will also be apply to purchasers of investors’ shares in secondary transactions (i.e. shares sold on StartEngine Secondary).

ONGOING REPORTING AND SUPPLEMENTS TO THIS OFFERING CIRCULAR

We will be required to make annual and semi-annual filings with the SEC. We will make annual filings on Form 1-K, which will be due by the end of April each year and will include audited financial statements for the previous fiscal year. We will make semi-annual filings on Form 1-SA, which will be due by September 28 each year, which will include unaudited financial statements for the six months to June 30. We will also file a Form 1-U to announce important events such as the loss of a senior officer, a change in auditors or certain types of capital-raising. We will be required to keep making these reports unless we file a Form 1-Z to exit the reporting system, which we will only be able to do if we have less than 300 shareholders of record and have filed at least one Form 1-K.

At least every 12 months, we will file a post-qualification amendment to the offering statement of which this Offering Circular forms a part, to include the company’s recent financial statements.

We may supplement the information in this Offering Circular by filing a Supplement with the SEC.

All these filings will be available on the SEC’s EDGAR filing system. You should read all the available information before investing.

STARTENGINE COLLECTIBLES FUND I LLC

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

INDEX  TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

F-1

INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT

To the Members

StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC (the “Company”), which comprise the balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 and the related statements of operations, member’s deficit, and cash flows for the period from October 14, 2020 (“Inception”) to December 31, 2020, and the related notes to the financial statements.

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

Auditors’ Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on our judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, we consider internal control relevant to the Company's preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company's internal control. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

Opinion

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC as of December 31, 2020 and the results of its operations and its cash flows from Inception to December 31, 2020, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Going Concern

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1 to the financial statements, the Company has incurred losses and has no working capital, which raises substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

/s/ dbbmckennon

Newport Beach, CA

May 7, 2021

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements

See Accompanying Notes to the Financial Statements

STARTENGINE COLLECTIBLES FUND I LLC

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

NOTE 1 – NATURE OF OPERATIONS

StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC was formed on October 14, 2020 (“Inception”) in the State of Delaware. The financial statements of StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC, (which may be referred to as the "Company", "we," "us," or "our") are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). The Company’s headquarters are in Culver City, California.

The purpose of the Company and, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Series Designation, shall be to (a) promote, conduct or engage in, directly or indirectly, any business, purpose or activity that lawfully may be conducted by a series limited liability company organized pursuant to the Delaware Act, (b) acquire, maintain and sell collectibles and other assets and, to exercise all of the rights and powers conferred upon the Company and each Series with respect to its interests therein, and (c) conduct any and all activities related or incidental to the foregoing purposes.

The Managing Member of the Company, StartEngine Assets, LLC, may, at any time and from time to time cause the Company to establish in writing (each, a “Series Designation”) one or more series as such term is used under Section 18-215 of the Delaware Act (each a “Series”). The Series Designation shall relate solely to the Series established thereby and shall not be construed: (i) to affect the terms and conditions of any other Series, or (ii) to designate, fix or determine the rights, powers, authority, privileges, preferences, duties, responsibilities, liabilities and obligations in respect of Shares associated with any other Series, or the Members associated therewith. The terms and conditions for each Series shall be as set forth in the operating agreement and the Series Designation, as applicable, for the Series.

Management Plans and Going Concern

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which contemplates the realization of assets and the satisfaction of liabilities in the normal course of business. To date, the Company has incurred net losses and has no working capital. We will rely heavily on financing from both our Administrative Manager and proposed Asset Manager and have not been guaranteed funding from either party to ensure that we can continually meet our obligations. These factors, among others, raise substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern within one year after the date that the financial statements are issued.

During the next 12 months, we intend to fund the Company’s operations through revenues from operations, member contributions or advances, and security offerings. There are no assurances that we will be able to raise capital on terms acceptable to the Company. If the Company is unable to obtain enough additional capital, it may be required to reduce the scope of planned operations, which could harm the business financial condition and operating results. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from these uncertainties.

NOTE 2 – SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Use of Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, and the reported amount of expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could materially differ from these estimates. It is reasonably possible that changes in estimates will occur in the near term.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

Fair value is defined as the exchange price that would be received for an asset or paid to transfer a liability (an exit price) in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants as of the measurement date. Applicable accounting guidance provides an established hierarchy for inputs used in measuring fair value that maximizes the use of observable inputs and minimizes the use of unobservable inputs by requiring that the most observable inputs be used when available. Observable inputs are inputs that market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability and are developed based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Company. Unobservable inputs are inputs that reflect the Company’s assumptions about the factors that market participants would use in valuing the asset or liability. There are three levels of inputs that may be used to measure fair value:

The fair value hierarchy also requires an entity to maximize the use of observable inputs and minimize the use of unobservable inputs when measuring fair value.

Fair-value estimates discussed herein are based upon certain market assumptions and pertinent information available to management as of December 31, 2020. The respective carrying value of certain on-balance-sheet financial instruments approximated their fair values.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

For the purpose of the statement of cash flows, the Company considers all highly liquid debt instruments purchased with an original maturity of three months or less to be cash equivalents.

Revenue Recognition

The Company will recognize revenue under the guidance of Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 606, Revenue from Contracts with Customers. Under ASC 606, the Company 1) identifies the contract with the customer 2) identifies the performance obligations in the contract 3) determines the transaction price, 4) determines if an allocation of that transaction price is required to the performance obligations in the contract, and 5) recognizes revenue when or as the companies satisfies a performance obligation. To date, the Company has not recognized any revenue from intended operations.

Income Taxes

As of December 31, 2020, the Company is taxed as a Limited Liability Company (LLC). Under these provisions, the Company does not pay federal corporate income taxes on its taxable income. Instead, the Members are liable for individual federal and state income taxes on their respective shares of the Company’s taxable income. The Company will pay state franchise taxes. Each of the Series may elect to be taxed as a C corporation and as such will be subject to income tax at the Series level. The Company is subject to U.S. federal, state, and local income tax examinations by tax authorities for all periods since Inception. The Company currently does not have any ongoing tax examination.

Risks and Uncertainties

The Company’s operations are subject to compliance with new laws and regulations. Significant changes to regulations governing the way the Company derives revenues could impact the company negatively. Technological advancements and updates as well as maintaining compliance standards are required to maintain the Company’s operations.

Concentration of Credit Risk

The Company will maintain its cash with a major financial institution located in the United States of America which it believes to be credit worthy.  Balances are insured by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation up to $250,000.  At times, the Company may maintain balances in excess of the federally insured limits.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issues Accounting Standards Updates (“ASU”) to amend the authoritative literature in Accounting Standards Codification. Management believes that those issued to date are either already included in the Company’s accounting or (i) provide supplemental guidance, (ii) are technical corrections, (iii) are not applicable to us or (iv) are not expected to have a significant impact our financial statements.

NOTE 3 – DUE TO RELATED PARTIES

To date, the Administrative Manager and the proposed Asset Manager paid for the formation and offering costs of the Company, which is the full balance of due to members’ on the accompanying balance sheet. The costs will be allocated to the Series pursuant to the allocation policy.  The Series will be responsible for their costs, and the amount the Managers can be reimbursed each month for a Series is capped at 0.5% of the aggregate gross proceeds from an offering of that Series.

The Company’s Administrative Manager intends to establish other companies that intend to raise funds and operate under their intended business plan. Although there are no transactions with related entities other than described above, the Administrative Manager is able to influence the Company’s operations for the benefit of other companies under its control.

Economic Dependency

The Company is dependent on its Administrative Manager and proposed Asset Manager to provide certain services that are essential to the Company, including operational decisions, security offerings, as well as other administrative responsibilities for the Company including accounting services and investor relations. As a result of these relationships, the Company is dependent upon the Administrative and proposed Asset Manager and their affiliates. In the event that these companies were unable to provide the Company with the respective services, the Company would be required to find alternative providers of these services.

NOTE 4 – COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

We are currently not involved with or know of any pending or threatening litigation against the Company or any of its officers.

NOTE 5 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company has evaluated subsequent events that occurred after December 31, 2020 through May 7, 2021. There have been no events or transactions during this time which would have a material effect on these financial statements.

PART III – EXHIBITS

Exhibit Index

2.1 Certificate of Formation of StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC*

2.2 Form of Limited Liability Company Agreement of StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC*

2.3 Form of Series Designation

4. Form of Subscription Agreement for Series of StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC

6.1 Form of Purchase Agreement

8.1 Form of Escrow Agreement

11.1 Consent of Auditor

12.1 Opinion of CrowdCheck Law LLP

* Previously filed.

** To be filed by amendment

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Regulation A, the issuer certifies that it has reasonable grounds to believe that it meets all of the requirements for filing on Form 1-A and has duly caused this offering statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Los Angeles, State of California, on July 22, 2021.

This offering statement has been signed by the following persons, in the capacities, and on the dates indicated.

Exhibit 2.3

[SERIES], a Series of StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Limited Liability Company Agreement of StartEngine Collectibles I LLC, as in effect as of the effective date set forth below (the “Operating Agreement”). References to Sections and Articles set forth herein are references to Sections and Articles of the Operating Agreement.

Exhibit 4

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

THIS INVESTMENT INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF RISK. THIS INVESTMENT IS SUITABLE ONLY FOR PERSONS WHO CAN BEAR THE ECONOMIC RISK FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME AND WHO CAN AFFORD TO LOSE THEIR ENTIRE INVESTMENT. FURTHERMORE, INVESTORS MUST UNDERSTAND THAT SUCH INVESTMENT IS ILLIQUID AND IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO BE ILLIQUID FOR AN INDEFINITE PERIOD OF TIME. NO PUBLIC MARKET EXISTS FOR THE SECURITIES, AND NO PUBLIC MARKET IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP FOLLOWING THIS OFFERING.

THE SECURITIES OFFERED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”), OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS AND ARE BEING OFFERED AND SOLD IN RELIANCE ON EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT AND STATE SECURITIES OR BLUE SKY LAWS. ALTHOUGH AN OFFERING STATEMENT HAS BEEN FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION (THE “SEC”), THAT OFFERING STATEMENT DOES NOT INCLUDE THE SAME INFORMATION THAT WOULD BE INCLUDED IN A REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE ACT. THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN APPROVED OR DISAPPROVED BY THE SEC, ANY STATE SECURITIES COMMISSION OR OTHER REGULATORY AUTHORITY, NOR HAVE ANY OF THE FOREGOING AUTHORITIES PASSED UPON THE MERITS OF THIS OFFERING OR THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THE SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER MATERIALS OR INFORMATION MADE AVAILABLE TO SUBSCRIBER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING OVER THE WEB-BASED PLATFORM MAINTAINED BY STARTENGINE CROWDFUNDING, INC. (THE “PLATFORM”). ANY REPRESENTATION TO THE CONTRARY IS UNLAWFUL.

INVESTORS WHO ARE NOT “ACCREDITED INVESTORS” (AS THAT TERM IS DEFINED IN SECTION 501 OF REGULATION D PROMULGATED UNDER THE ACT) ARE SUBJECT TO LIMITATIONS ON THE AMOUNT THEY MAY INVEST, AS SET OUT IN SECTION 4. THE COMPANY IS RELYING ON THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES SET FORTH BY EACH SUBSCRIBER IN THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER INFORMATION PROVIDED BY SUBSCRIBER IN CONNECTION WITH THIS OFFERING TO DETERMINE THE APPLICABILITY TO THIS OFFERING OF EXEMPTIONS FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE ACT.

THE OFFERING MATERIALS MAY CONTAIN FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS AND INFORMATION RELATING TO, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE COMPANY, ITS BUSINESS PLAN AND STRATEGY, AND ITS INDUSTRY. THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS ARE BASED ON THE BELIEFS OF, ASSUMPTIONS MADE BY, AND INFORMATION CURRENTLY AVAILABLE TO THE COMPANY’S MANAGEMENT. WHEN USED IN THE OFFERING MATERIALS, THE WORDS “ESTIMATE,” “PROJECT,” “BELIEVE,” “ANTICIPATE,” “INTEND,” “EXPECT” AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO IDENTIFY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH CONSTITUTE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS. THESE STATEMENTS REFLECT MANAGEMENT’S CURRENT VIEWS WITH RESPECT TO FUTURE EVENTS AND ARE SUBJECT TO RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES THAT COULD CAUSE THE COMPANY’S ACTUAL RESULTS TO DIFFER MATERIALLY FROM THOSE CONTAINED IN THE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS. INVESTORS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE ON THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE ON WHICH THEY ARE MADE. THE COMPANY DOES NOT UNDERTAKE ANY OBLIGATION TO REVISE OR UPDATE THESE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS TO REFLECT EVENTS OR CIRCUMSTANCES AFTER SUCH DATE OR TO REFLECT THE OCCURRENCE OF UNANTICIPATED EVENTS.

THE COMPANY MAY NOT BE OFFERING THE SECURITIES IN EVERY STATE. THE OFFERING MATERIALS DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER OR SOLICITATION IN ANY STATE OR JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE SECURITIES ARE NOT BEING OFFERED.

THE COMPANY RESERVES THE RIGHT IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION AND FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER TO MODIFY, AMEND AND/OR WITHDRAW ALL OR A PORTION OF THE OFFERING AND/OR ACCEPT OR REJECT IN WHOLE OR IN PART ANY PROSPECTIVE INVESTMENT IN THE SECURITIES OR TO ALLOT TO ANY PROSPECTIVE INVESTOR LESS THAN THE AMOUNT OF SECURITIES SUCH INVESTOR DESIRES TO PURCHASE. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE INDICATED, THE OFFERING MATERIALS SPEAK AS OF THEIR DATE. NEITHER THE DELIVERY NOR THE PURCHASE OF THE SECURITIES SHALL, UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, CREATE ANY IMPLICATION THAT THERE HAS BEEN NO CHANGE IN THE AFFAIRS OF THE COMPANY SINCE THAT DATE.

9900 Culver Boulevard,

Culver City, CA 90232

Ladies and Gentlemen:

1. Subscription.

(a) The undersigned (“Subscriber”) hereby irrevocably subscribes for and agrees to purchase membership interests, which we refer to herein as shares (the “Securities”) of [SERIES NAME], a Series of StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), at a purchase price of $10.00 per share (the “Per Security Price”), upon the terms and conditions set forth herein. The minimum subscription is $500, or 50 shares. The rights and preferences of the shares are as set forth in the Limited Liability Company Agreement of StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC dated January 5, 2021, as amended from time to time (the “Operating Agreement”), and the Series Designation for [SERIES NAME] described in the Offering Statement of the Company filed with the SEC (the “Offering Statement”).

(b) Subscriber understands that the Securities are being offered pursuant to an offering circular dated [DATE] (the “Offering Circular”) filed with the SEC as part of the Offering Statement. By subscribing to the Offering, Subscriber acknowledges that Subscriber has received this Subscription Agreement, copies of the Offering Circular and Offering Statement including exhibits thereto and any other information required by the Subscriber to make an investment decision. Effective upon the Company’s acceptance of this Subscription Agreement, the Subscriber shall be a member of the Company, and the Subscriber agrees to adhere to and be bound by, the terms and conditions of the Operating Agreement as if the Subscriber were a party to it (and grants to the Administrative Manager the power of attorney described therein).

(c) The Subscriber’s subscription may be accepted or rejected in whole or in part, at any time prior to a Closing Date (as hereinafter defined), by the Company at its sole discretion. In addition, the Company, at its sole discretion, may allocate to Subscriber only a portion of the number of Securities Subscriber has subscribed for. The Company will notify Subscriber whether this subscription is accepted (whether in whole or in part) or rejected. If Subscriber’s subscription is rejected, Subscriber’s payment (or portion thereof if partially rejected) will be returned to Subscriber without interest and all of Subscriber’s obligations hereunder shall terminate.

(d) The aggregate number of Securities sold shall not exceed $[  ] (the “Maximum Offering”). The Company may accept subscriptions until the termination of the Offering in accordance with its terms (the “Termination Date”). The Company may elect at any time to close all or any portion of this offering, on various dates at or prior to the Termination Date (each a “Closing Date”).

(e) In the event of rejection of this subscription in its entirety, or in the event the sale of the Securities (or any portion thereof) is not consummated for any reason, this Subscription Agreement shall have no force or effect, except for Section 5 hereof, which shall remain in force and effect.

(f) The terms of this Subscription Agreement shall be binding upon Subscriber and its transferees, heirs, successors and assigns (collectively, “Transferees”); provided that for any such transfer to be deemed effective, the Transferee shall have executed and delivered to the Company in advance an instrument in a form acceptable to the Company in its sole discretion, pursuant to which the proposed Transferee shall be acknowledge, agree, and be bound by the representations and warranties of Subscriber, terms of this Subscription Agreement.

2. Purchase Procedure.

(a) Payment. The purchase price for the Securities shall be paid simultaneously with the Subscriber’s subscribing to the Offering. Payment for the aggregate purchase price of the Securities shall be made by credit card, debit card, ACH electronic transfer or wire transfer to an account designated by the Company or by any combination of such methods.

(b) Escrow arrangements. Payment for the Securities shall be received by Prime Trust, LLC (the “Escrow Agent”) from the undersigned by transfer of immediately available funds or other means approved by the Company at least two days prior to the applicable Closing Date, in the amount as set forth in Appendix A on the signature page hereto. Upon such Closing Date, the Escrow Agent shall release such funds to the Company. The undersigned shall receive notice and evidence of the digital entry of the number of the Securities owned by undersigned reflected on the books and records of the Company and verified by StartEngine Secure LLC, (the “Transfer Agent”), which books and records shall bear a notation that the Securities were sold in reliance upon Regulation A.

3. Representations and Warranties of the Company.

The Company represents and warrants to Subscriber that the following representations and warranties are true and complete in all material respects as of the date of each Closing Date, except as otherwise indicated. For purposes of this Agreement, an individual shall be deemed to have “knowledge” of a particular fact or other matter if such individual is actually aware of such fact. The Company will be deemed to have “knowledge” of a particular fact or other matter if one of the Company’s current officers has, or at any time had, actual knowledge of such fact or other matter.

(a) Organization and Standing. The Company is a Series of StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC, duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Company has all requisite power and authority to own and operate its properties and assets, to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement, Series Designation, the Operating Agreement and any other agreements or instruments required hereunder. The Company is duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in all jurisdictions in which the nature of its activities and of its properties (both owned and leased) makes such qualification necessary, except for those jurisdictions in which failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect on the Company or its business.

(b) Issuance of the Securities. The issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities in accordance with this Subscription Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. The Securities, when so issued, sold and delivered against payment therefor in accordance with the provisions of this Subscription Agreement, will be duly and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

(c) Authority for Agreement. All limited liability company action on the part of the Company necessary for the authorization of this Subscription Agreement, the performance of all obligations of the Company hereunder at a Closing and the authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Securities pursuant hereto has been taken or will be taken prior to the applicable Closing Date.

The acceptance by the Company of this Subscription Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the issuance, sale and delivery of the Securities) are within the Company’s powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company. Upon acceptance of this Subscription Agreement, this Subscription Agreement shall constitute a valid and binding agreement of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except (i) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, and other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) as limited by laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief, or other equitable remedies and (iii) with respect to provisions relating to indemnification and contribution, as limited by considerations of public policy and by federal or state securities laws.

(d) No filings. Assuming the accuracy of the Subscriber’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 hereof, no order, license, consent, authorization or approval of, or exemption by, or action by or in respect of, or notice to, or filing or registration with, any governmental body, agency or official is required by or with respect to the Company in connection with the acceptance, delivery and performance by the Company of this Subscription Agreement except (i) for such filings as may be required under Regulation A or under any applicable state securities laws, (ii) for such other filings and approvals as have been made or obtained, or (iii) where the failure to obtain any such order, license, consent, authorization, approval or exemption or give any such notice or make any filing or registration would not have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company to perform its obligations hereunder.

(e) Capitalization. The authorized and outstanding securities of the Company immediately prior to the initial investment in the Securities is as set forth “Securities Being Offered” in the Offering Circular. Except as set forth in the Offering Circular, there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights (including conversion or preemptive rights and rights of first refusal), or agreements of any kind (oral or written) for the purchase or acquisition from the Company of any of its securities.

(f) Financial statements. Complete copies of the Company’s financial statements consisting of the balance sheets of the Company as at October 14, 2020 and the related statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the two-year period then ended (the “Financial Statements”) have been made available to the Subscriber and appear in the Offering Circular. The Financial Statements are based on the books and records of the Company and fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Company as of the respective dates they were prepared and the results of the operations and cash flows of the Company for the periods indicated. dbmckennon, which has audited the Financial Statements, is an independent accounting firm within the rules and regulations adopted by the SEC.

(g) Proceeds. The Company shall use the proceeds from the issuance and sale of the Securities as set forth in “Use of Proceeds to issuer” in the Offering Circular.

(h) Litigation. Except as set forth in the Offering Circular, there is no pending action, suit, proceeding, arbitration, mediation, complaint, claim, charge or investigation before any court, arbitrator, mediator or governmental body, or to the Company’s knowledge, currently threatened in writing (a) against the Company or (b) against any consultant, officer, manager, director or key employee of the Company arising out of his or her consulting, employment or board relationship with the Company or that could otherwise materially impact the Company.

4. Representations and Warranties of Subscriber. By subscribing to the offering, Subscriber (and, if Subscriber is purchasing the Securities subscribed for hereby in a fiduciary capacity, the person or persons for whom Subscriber is so purchasing) represents and warrants, which representations and warranties are true and complete in all material respects as of such Subscriber’s respective Closing Date(s):

(a) Requisite Power and Authority. Such Subscriber has all necessary power and authority under all applicable provisions of law to execute and deliver this Subscription Agreement, and other agreements required hereunder and to carry out their provisions. All action on Subscriber’s part required for the lawful execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement and other agreements required hereunder have been or will be effectively taken prior to the Closing Date. Upon subscribing to the offering, this Subscription Agreement and other agreements required hereunder will be valid and binding obligations of Subscriber, enforceable in accordance with their terms, except (a) as limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws of general application affecting enforcement of creditors’ rights and (b) as limited by general principles of equity that restrict the availability of equitable remedies.

(b) Investment Representations. Subscriber understands that the Securities have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”). Subscriber also understands that the Securities are being offered and sold pursuant to an exemption from registration contained in the Securities Act based in part upon Subscriber’s representations contained in this Subscription Agreement.

(c) Illiquidity and Continued Economic Risk. Subscriber acknowledges and agrees that there is no ready public market for the Securities and that there is no guarantee that a market for their resale will ever exist. Subscriber must bear the economic risk of this investment indefinitely and the Company has no obligation to list the Securities on any market or take any steps (including registration under the Securities Act or the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) with respect to facilitating trading or resale of the Securities. Subscriber acknowledges that Subscriber is able to bear the economic risk of losing Subscriber’s entire investment in the Securities. Subscriber also understands that an investment in the Company involves significant risks and has taken full cognizance of and understands all of the risk factors relating to the purchase of Securities.

(d) Accredited Investor Status or Investment Limits. Subscriber represents that either:

(i) Subscriber is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act and meets one or more of the criteria set forth in Appendix A attached hereto; or

(ii) The purchase price of the Securities (including any fee to be paid by the Subscriber), together with any other amounts previously used to purchase Securities in this offering, does not exceed 10% of the greater of the Subscriber’s annual income or net worth.

Subscriber represents that to the extent it has any questions with respect to its status as an accredited investor, or the application of the investment limits, it has sought professional advice.

(e) Shareholder information. Within five days after receipt of a request from the Company, the Subscriber hereby agrees to provide such information with respect to its status as a shareholder (or potential shareholder) and to execute and deliver such documents as may reasonably be necessary to comply with any and all laws and regulations to which the Company is or may become subject. Subscriber further agrees that in the event it transfers any Securities, it will require the transferee of such Securities to agree to provide such information to the Company as a condition of such transfer.

(f) Company Information. Subscriber understands that the Company is subject to all the risks that apply to early-stage companies, whether or not those risks are explicitly set out in the Offering Circular. Subscriber has had such opportunity as it deems necessary (which opportunity may have presented through online chat or commentary functions) to discuss the Company’s business, management and financial affairs with managers, officers and management of the Company and has had the opportunity to review the Company’s operations and facilities. Subscriber has also had the opportunity to ask questions of and receive answers from the Company and its management regarding the terms and conditions of this investment. Subscriber acknowledges that except as set forth herein, no representations or warranties have been made to Subscriber, or to Subscriber’s advisors or representative, by the Company or others with respect to the business or prospects of the Company or its financial condition.

(g) Valuation. The Subscriber acknowledges that the price of the Securities was set by the Company on the basis of the Company’s internal valuation and no warranties are made as to value. The Subscriber further acknowledges that future offerings of Securities may be made at lower valuations, with the result that the Subscriber’s investment will bear a lower valuation.

(h) Domicile. Subscriber maintains Subscriber’s domicile (and is not a transient or temporary resident) at the address provided with Subscriber’s subscription.

(i) No Brokerage Fees. There are no claims for brokerage commission, finders’ fees or similar compensation in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Subscription Agreement or related documents based on any arrangement or agreement binding upon Subscriber.

(j) Foreign Investors. If Subscriber is not a United States person (as defined by Section 7701(a)(30) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended), Subscriber hereby represents that it has satisfied itself as to the full observance of the laws of its jurisdiction in connection with any invitation to subscribe for the Securities or any use of this Subscription Agreement, including (i) the legal requirements within its jurisdiction for the purchase of the Securities, (ii) any foreign exchange restrictions applicable to such purchase, (iii) any governmental or other consents that may need to be obtained, and (iv) the income tax and other tax consequences, if any, that may be relevant to the purchase, holding, redemption, sale, or transfer of the Securities. Subscriber’s subscription and payment for and continued beneficial ownership of the Securities will not violate any applicable securities or other laws of the Subscriber’s jurisdiction.

5. Survival of Representations and Indemnity. The representations, warranties and covenants made by the Subscriber herein shall survive the Termination Date of this Agreement. The Subscriber agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its respective officers, directors and affiliates, and each other person, if any, who controls the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever (including, but not limited to, any and all reasonable attorneys’ fees, including attorneys’ fees on appeal) and expenses reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against any false representation or warranty or breach of failure by the Subscriber to comply with any covenant or agreement made by the Subscriber herein or in any other document furnished by the Subscriber to any of the foregoing in connection with this transaction.

6. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Subscription Agreement shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to principles of conflict of laws.

EACH OF THE SUBSCRIBER AND THE COMPANY CONSENTS TO THE SELECTION OF AN ALTERNATIVE FORUM, THE COURT OF CHANCERY IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND NO OTHER PLACE AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT MAY BE LITIGATED IN SUCH FORUM; PROVIDED, THAT IF THE CHANCERY COURT IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE SHALL NOT HAVE JURISDICTION OVER SUCH MATTER, THEN SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE BROUGHT IN OTHER FEDERAL OR STATE COURTS LOCATED IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE. EACH OF SUBSCRIBER AND THE COMPANY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND HIMSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS AND HIS RESPECTIVE PROPERTIES, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS AND WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT INCLUDING THOSE ARISING UNDER THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS. EACH OF SUBSCRIBER AND THE COMPANY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN THE MANNER AND IN THE ADDRESS SPECIFIED IN SECTION 7 AND THE SIGNATURE PAGE OF THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT.

EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM (WHETHER BASED IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE AND INCLUDING CLAIMS UNDER THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS) ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT OR THE ACTIONS OF EITHER PARTY IN THE NEGOTIATION, ADMINISTRATION, PERFORMANCE AND ENFORCEMENT THEREOF. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO ALSO WAIVES ANY BOND OR SURETY OR SECURITY UPON SUCH BOND WHICH MIGHT, BUT FOR THIS WAIVER, BE REQUIRED OF SUCH PARTY. THIS WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR IN WRITING, AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT. BY AGREEING TO THIS WAIVER, THE SUBSCRIBER IS NOT DEEMED TO WAIVE THE COMPANY’S COMPLIANCE WITH THE FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS AND THE RULES AND REGULATIONS PROMULGATED THEREUNDER,

7. Notices. Notice, requests, demands and other communications relating to this Subscription Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given if and when (a) delivered personally, on the date of such delivery; or (b) mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, in the third day after the posting thereof; or (c) emailed, telecopied or cabled, on the date of such delivery to the address of the respective parties as follows:

If to a Subscriber, to Subscriber’s address as provided with Subscriber’s subscription or to such other address as may be specified by written notice from time to time by the party entitled to receive such notice. Any notices, requests, demands or other communications by telecopy or cable shall be confirmed by letter given in accordance with (a) or (b) above.

8. Miscellaneous.

(a) All pronouns and any variations thereof shall be deemed to refer to the masculine, feminine, neuter, singular or plural, as the identity of the person or persons or entity or entities may require.

(b) This Subscription Agreement is not transferable or assignable by Subscriber.

(c) The representations, warranties and agreements contained herein shall be deemed to be made by and be binding upon Subscriber and its heirs, executors, administrators and successors and shall inure to the benefit of the Company and its successors and assigns.

(d) None of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement may be waived, changed or terminated orally or otherwise, except as specifically set forth herein or except by a writing signed by the Company and Subscriber.

(e) In the event any part of this Subscription Agreement is found to be void or unenforceable, the remaining provisions are intended to be separable and binding with the same effect as if the void or unenforceable part were never the subject of agreement.

(f) The invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of one or more of the provisions of this Subscription Agreement in any jurisdiction shall not affect the validity, legality or enforceability of the remainder of this Subscription Agreement in such jurisdiction or the validity, legality or enforceability of this Subscription Agreement, including any such provision, in any other jurisdiction, it being intended that all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall be enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law.

(g) This Subscription Agreement supersedes all prior discussions and agreements between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and contains the sole and entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof.

(h) The terms and provisions of this Subscription Agreement are intended solely for the benefit of each party hereto and their respective successors and assigns, and it is not the intention of the parties to confer, and no provision hereof shall confer, third-party beneficiary rights upon any other person.

(i) The headings used in this Subscription Agreement have been inserted for convenience of reference only and do not define or limit the provisions hereof.

(j) This Subscription Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.

(k) If any recapitalization or other transaction affecting the stock of the Company is effected, then any new, substituted or additional securities or other property which is distributed with respect to the Securities shall be immediately subject to this Subscription Agreement, to the same extent that the Securities, immediately prior thereto, shall have been covered by this Subscription Agreement.

(l) No failure or delay by any party in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Subscription Agreement shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.

9. Subscription Procedure. Each Subscriber, by providing his or her name and subscription amount and clicking “accept” and/or checking the appropriate box on the Platform (“Online Acceptance”), confirms such Subscriber’s investment through the Platform and confirms such Subscriber’s electronic signature to this Agreement. Subscriber agrees that his or her electronic signature as provided through Online Acceptance is the legal equivalent of his or her manual signature on this Agreement and Online Acceptance establishes such Subscriber’s acceptance of the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

APPENDIX A

An accredited investor, as defined in Rule 501(a) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, includes the following categories of investor:

(a)(1) Any bank as defined in section 3(a)(2) of the Act, or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Act whether acting in its individual or fiduciary capacity; any broker or dealer registered pursuant to section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; any investment adviser registered pursuant to section 203 of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 or registered pursuant to the laws of a state; any investment adviser relying on the exemption from registering with the Commission under section 203(l) or (m) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940; any insurance company as defined in section 2(a)(13) of the Act; any investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company as defined in section 2(a)(48) of that Act; any Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958; any Rural Business Investment Company as defined in section 384A of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act; any plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions, or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions, for the benefit of its employees, if such plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000; any employee benefit plan within the meaning of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 if the investment decision is made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in section 3(21) of such act, which is either a bank, savings and loan association, insurance company, or registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5,000,000 or, if a self-directed plan, with investment decisions made solely by persons that are accredited investors;

(2) Any private business development company as defined in section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940;

(3) Any organization described in section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code, corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, or limited liability company, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000;

(4) Any director, executive officer, or general partner of the issuer of the securities being offered or sold, or any director, executive officer, or general partner of a general partner of that issuer;

(5) Any natural person whose individual net worth, or joint net worth with that person's spouse or spousal equivalent, exceeds $1,000,000.

(i) Except as provided in paragraph (a)(5)(ii) of this section, for purposes of calculating net worth under this paragraph (a)(5):

(A) The person's primary residence shall not be included as an asset;

(B) Indebtedness that is secured by the person's primary residence, up to the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities, shall not be included as a liability (except that if the amount of such indebtedness outstanding at the time of sale of securities exceeds the amount outstanding 60 days before such time, other than as a result of the acquisition of the primary residence, the amount of such excess shall be included as a liability); and

(C) Indebtedness that is secured by the person's primary residence in excess of the estimated fair market value of the primary residence at the time of the sale of securities shall be included as a liability;

(ii) Paragraph (a)(5)(i) of this section will not apply to any calculation of a person's net worth made in connection with a purchase of securities in accordance with a right to purchase such securities, provided that:

(A) Such right was held by the person on July 20, 2010;

(B) The person qualified as an accredited investor on the basis of net worth at the time the person acquired such right; and

(C) The person held securities of the same issuer, other than such right, on July 20, 2010.

Note 1 to paragraph (a)(5): For the purposes of calculating joint net worth in this paragraph (a)(5): Joint net worth can be the aggregate net worth of the investor and spouse or spousal equivalent; assets need not be held jointly to be included in the calculation. Reliance on the joint net worth standard of this paragraph (a)(5) does not require that the securities be purchased jointly.

(6) Any natural person who had an individual income in excess of $200,000 in each of the two most recent years or joint income with that person's spouse or spousal equivalent in excess of $300,000 in each of those years and has a reasonable expectation of reaching the same income level in the current year;

(7) Any trust, with total assets in excess of $5,000,000, not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person as described in §230.506(b)(2)(ii); and

(8) Any entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors;

Note 1 to Paragraph (a)(8): It is permissible to look through various forms of equity ownership to natural person in determining the accredited investor status of entities under this paragraph (a)(8). If those natural persons are themselves accredited investors, and if all other equity owners of the entity seeking accredited investor status are accredited investors, then this paragraph (a)(8) may be available.

(9) Any entity, of a type of not listed in paragraphs (a)(1), (2), (3), (7), or (8), not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, owning investments in excess of $5,000,000;

Note 1 to Paragraph (a)(9): For the purposes of this paragraph (a)(9), “investments” is defined in rule 2a51-1(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.2a51-1(b)).

(10) Any natural person holding in good standing one or more professional certifications or designations or credentials from an accredited educational institution that the Commission has designated as qualifying an individual for accredited investor status. In determining whether to designate a professional certification or designation or credential from an accredited educational institution for purposes of this paragraph (a)(10), the Commission will consider, among others, the following attributes:

(i) The certification, designation, or credential arises out of an examination of series of examinations administered by a self-regulatory organization or other industry body or is issued by an accredited educational institution;

(ii) The examination or series of examinations is designed to reliably and validly demonstrate an individual’s comprehension and sophistication in the areas of securities and investing;

(iii) Persons obtaining such certification, designation, or credential can reasonably be expected to have sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to evaluate the merits and risks of a prospective investment; and

(iv) An indication that an individual holds the certification or designation is either made publicly available by the relevant self-regulatory organization or other industry body or is otherwise independently verifiable;

Note 1 to paragraph (a)(10): The Commission will designate professional certifications or designations or credentials for purposes of this paragraph (a)(10), by order, after notice and an opportunity for public comment. The professional certifications or designations or credentials currently recognized by the Commission as satisfying the above criteria will be posted on the Commission’s website.

(11) Any natural person who is a “knowledgeable employee,” as defined in rule 3c-5(a)(4) under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.3c-5(a)(4)), of the issuer of the securities being offered or sold where the issuer would be an investment company, as defined in section 3 of such act, but for the exclusion provided by either section 3(c)(1) or section 3(c)(7) of such act;

(12) Any “family office,” as defined in rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (17 CFR 275.202(a)(11)(G)-1):

(i) With assets under management in excess of $5,000,000,

(ii) That is not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the securities offered, and

(iii) Whose prospective investment is directed by a person who has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that such family office is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment; and

(13) Any “family client,” as defined in rule 202(a)(11)(G)-1 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 (17 CFR 275.202(a)(11)(G)-1)), of a family office meeting the requirements in paragraph (a)(12) of this section and whose prospective investment in the issuer is directed by such family office pursuant to paragraph (a)(12)(iii).

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(j) Spousal equivalent. The term spousal equivalent shall mean a cohabitant occupying a relationship generally equivalent to that of a spouse.

Exhibit 6.1

Exclusive Purchase Agreement

This exclusive purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) is made between [SERIES NAME] (“Purchaser”) and [Seller] (“Seller”) as of [DATE] with regard to the assets described below (each individually an “Asset”, collectively the “Assets”).

Seller hereby represents that Seller is the exclusive, unencumbered owner of the Asset(s), and has have honestly and accurately represented the Asset(s) to the best of your knowledge and ability. 

Purchaser affirms that Purchaser has agreed to purchase from Seller each Asset at the price and via the form of consideration outlined below. 

On the due date set forth in this Purchase Agreement, Seller will receive payment of the Consideration for the associated Asset(s), as outlined below, and Purchaser will assume title in, and take possession of, the Asset(s), unless otherwise mutually agreed by you and us. 

Seller represents that:

This Purchase Agreement may be modified or amended only with the written consent of both Purchaser and Seller. 

Acknowledged and Agreed:

EXHIBIT A

Bill of Sale

As of [DATE]

This bill of sale (the “Bill of Sale”) records the purchase between [Series] (“Purchaser” or “us”) and [THE SELLER] (“Seller”) with regard to the assets described below (each individually an “Asset”, collectively the “Assets”). This Bill of Sale may be modified or amended only with the prior written consent of Purchaser.

Exhibit 8.1

Escrow Services Agreement

This Escrow Services Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of __________________ by and between Prime Trust, LLC (“Prime Trust” or “Escrow Agent”), _______________ (the “Issuer”) and ______________________ (the “Broker”).

Recitals

WHEREAS, the Issuer proposes to offer for sale and sell securities to prospective investors (“Subscribers”), as disclosed in its offering materials, in a registered offering pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or exemption from registration (i.e. Regulation A+, D or S) (the “Offering”), the equity, debt or other securities of the Issuer (the “Securities”) in the amount of at least $______________ (the “Minimum Amount of the Offering”) and up to the maximum amount of $_______________0 (the “Maximum Amount of the Offering”).

WHEREAS, Issuer has engaged Broker, a registered broker-dealer with the Securities Exchange Commission and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, to serve as placement agent or underwriter, as applicable, for the Offering.

WHEREAS, Issuer and Broker desire to establish an Escrow Account in which funds received from Subscribers will be held during the Offering, subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

WHEREAS, Prime Trust agrees to serve as third-party escrow agent for the Subscribers with respect to such Escrow Account (as defined below) in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein.

Agreement

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration for the mutual covenants, promises, agreements, representations, and warranties contained in this Agreement and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties herby agree as follows:

During the Escrow Period, the parties agree that (i) the Escrow Account and escrowed funds will be held for the benefit of the Subscribers, and that (ii) neither Issuer nor the Broker are entitled to any funds received into the Escrow Account, and that no amounts deposited into the Escrow Account shall become the property of Issuer, Broker or any third-party, or be subject to any debts, liens or encumbrances of any kind, until the contingency has been satisfied by the sale of the Minimum Amount of the Offering to such Subscribers in bona fide transactions that are fully paid and cleared.

Funds Hold; Clearing, Settlement and Risk Management Policy: All parties agree that Subscriber funds are considered “cleared” as follows:

* Wires — 24 hours (one business day) following receipt of funds;

* Checks — 10 days following deposit of funds to the Escrow Account;

*ACH — 10 days following receipt of funds;

*Virtual currencies – upon receipt of coins/tokens or USD upon conversion, as agreed;

*Credit and Debit Cards – 24 hours (one business day) following receipt of funds.

For subscription amounts received through ACH transfers, Federal regulations provide Subscribers with the right to recall, cancel or otherwise dispute the transaction for a period of up to 60 days following the transactionS. Similarly, subscription amounts processed by credit or debit card transactions are subject to recall, chargeback, cancellation or other dispute for a period of up to 180 days following the transaction. As an accommodation to the Issuer and Broker, subject to the terms of this Agreement, Escrow Agent shall make subscription amounts received through ACH fund transfers available starting 10 calendar days following receipt by Escrow Agent of the subscription amounts and 24 hours following receipt of funds for credit and debit card transactions. Notwithstanding the foregoing, all cleared subscription amounts remain subject to internal compliance review in accordance with internal procedures and applicable rules and regulations. Escrow Agent reserves the right to deny, suspend or terminate participation in the Escrow Account any Subscriber to the extent Escrow Agent, in its sole and absolute discretion, deems it advisable or necessary to comply with applicable laws or to eliminate practices that are not consistent with laws, rules, regulations or best practices. Prime Trust reserves the right to limit, suspend, restrict (including increasing clearing periods) or terminate the use of ACH, credit card and/or debit card transactions at its sole discretion. Without limiting the indemnification obligations under Section 11 of this Agreement, Issuer agrees that it will immediately indemnify, hold harmless and reimburse the Escrow Agent for any fees, costs or liability whatsoever resulting or arising from funds processing failures, including without limitation chargebacks, recalls or other disputes. Issuer acknowledges and agrees that the Escrow Agent shall not be responsible for or obligated to pursue collection of any funds from Subscribers.

Any party may change their notice or email address giving notice thereof in accordance with this Paragraph. All notices hereunder shall be deemed given: (1) if served in person, when served; (2) if sent by facsimile or email, on the date of transmission if before 6:00 p.m. Eastern time, provided that a hard copy of such notice is also sent by either a nationally recognized overnight courier or by U.S. Mail, first class; (3) if by overnight courier, by a nationally recognized courier which has a system of providing evidence of delivery, on the first business day after delivery to the courier; or (4) if by U.S. Mail, on the third day after deposit in the mail, postage prepaid, certified mail, return receipt requested. Furthermore, all parties hereby agree that all current and future notices, confirmations and other communications regarding this Agreement specifically, and future communications in general between the parties, may be made by email, sent to the email address of record as set forth above or as otherwise from time to time changed or updated in Issuer Dashboard, directly by the party changing such information, without necessity of confirmation of receipt, delivery or reading, and such form of electronic communication is sufficient for all matters regarding the relationship between the parties. If any such electronically-sent communication fails to be received for any reason, including but not limited to such communications being diverted to the recipients’ spam filters by the recipients email service provider or technology, or due to a recipients’ change of address, or due to technology issues by the recipients’ service provider, the parties agree that the burden of such failure to receive is on the recipient and not the sender, and that the sender is under no obligation to resend communications via any other means, including but not limited to postal service or overnight courier, and that such communications shall for all purposes, including legal and regulatory, be deemed to have been delivered and received. No physical, paper documents will be sent to Issuer, including statements, and if such documents are desired then that party agrees to directly and personally print, at their own expense, the electronically-sent communication(s) or dashboard reports and maintaining such physical records in any manner or form that they desire.

[Signature Page Follows]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the date first above written.

SCHEDULE A

ESCROW AGENT FEES

[ATTACHED & LISTED ON ISSUER DASHBOARD]

EXHIBIT 11.1

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITOR

            We consent to the use, in this Offering Statement on Form 1-A of our report dated May 7, 2021 with respect to our audit on the financial statements of StartEngine Collectibles Funds 1, LLC, as of and for the period ended December 31, 2020, which includes an explanatory paragraph regarding substantial doubt about its ability to continue as a going concern.

Very truly yours,

/s/ dbbmckennon

Newport Beach, California

July 22, 2021

Exhibit 12.1

CrowdCheck Law LLP

700 12^th Street NW, Suite 700

Washington, DC 20005

July 22, 2021

Managing Member

StartEngine Loans Fund I LLC

3900 W Alameda Ave., Suite 1200
Burbank, CA 91505

To the Managing Member:

We are acting as counsel to StartEngine Collectibles Fund I LLC (the “Company”) with respect to the preparation and filing of an offering statement on Form 1-A. The offering statement covers the contemplated sale of membership interests (the “Shares”) in each of the applicable series of the Company (each, a “Series”) as set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (each, an “Offering”).

In connection with the opinion contained herein, we have examined the offering statement, the certificate of formation of the Company, its Limited Liability Company Agreement, and the Series Designation of each Series undertaking an Offering, as well as all other documents necessary to render an opinion. In our examination, we have assumed the legal capacity of all natural persons, the genuineness of all signatures, the authenticity of all documents submitted to us as originals, the conformity to original documents of all documents submitted to us as certified or photostatic copies and the authenticity of the originals of such copies. 

We are opining herein as to the effect on the subject transactions only of the laws of the State of Delaware, and we express no opinion with respect to the applicability thereto, or the effect thereon, of the laws of any other jurisdiction, including federal law.

Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that the Shares being sold pursuant to the offering statement have been authorized by all necessary series limited liability company actions of the Company and, when issued in the manner described in the offering statement, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

No opinion is being rendered hereby with respect to the truth and accuracy, or completeness of the offering statement or any portion thereof.

We further consent to the use of this opinion as an exhibit to the offering statement.

Yours truly,

/s/ CrowdCheck Law LLP

JO/GHA