Company: OPGN
Filing Date: 2025-08-21
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001829126-25-006628
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Company: OPGEN INC
Filing Date: 2025-08-21
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
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 the same time, fintech-enabled platforms are reshaping competitive dynamics by offering niche services such as digital equity management, automated investor onboarding, and advanced computational model-enabled financial planning. Several well-capitalized startups in Asia and the United States now provide digital cap table solutions, cross-border brokerage access, or model-enabled advisory tools for founders and CFOs preparing for capital events. While many of these platforms operate in silos, a few are beginning to expand into integrated service models similar to those traditionally provided by investment banks, introducing a new class of agile, lower-cost competitors.

To compete effectively in this landscape, we believe any company seeking to grow its client base must overcome several key challenges: (i) building trust with private company founders and boards in a relationship-driven culture; (ii) navigating jurisdiction-specific regulatory environments across multiple Asian markets; and (iii) demonstrating the institutional credibility, technological robustness, and cross-border execution capabilities expected of advisors involved in public listings. Establishing brand recognition, maintaining strong compliance standards, and differentiating through bundled, tech-enabled services will be critical to overcoming these barriers and capturing market share in Asia’s increasingly competitive capital markets ecosystem.

Sales and Marketing

CapForce’s sales and marketing strategy is designed to attract and engage mid-sized, growth-stage private companies across Asia, with a particular emphasis on those preparing for public listings on leading global exchanges such as the NYSE, NASDAQ, HKEX, SGX, TSE, and Euronext. Headquartered in Labuan, Malaysia, CapForce operates at a nexus of Southeast Asia’s dynamic financial and innovation hubs, granting it a competitive advantage in sourcing and engaging with high-growth private enterprises in markets such as Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, India, and Greater China.

Through its next-generation digital investment banking platform, CapForce plans to offer a full suite of services including listing sponsorship and consultancy, cross-border securities trading, advanced computational model-enabled investment banking advisory, and FinTech-enabled capital table management solutions. We expect that CapForce will provide a compelling value proposition to emerging market leaders seeking scalable, cross-border capital market access. The marketing and sales strategy will focus on early engagement, positioning CapForce as a long-term partner from pre-listing planning to post-listing support.

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The go-to-market approach will be anchored on three strategic pillars:

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    Leveraging the Pre-Existing Network of AEI Capital Ltd.: CapForce plans to actively utilize the regional and global relationship networks of AEI Capital Ltd., the Company’s controlling stock