Form CRS - Pod Securities
POD SECURITIES
Customer Relationship Summary
February 17, 2026
Introduction
Pod Securities LLC (the “Firm”) is a broker dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and is a member of Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (FINRA) and Securities Investor Protection Corporation (SIPC). The Firm is not a registered investment adviser and does not provide investment advice to its customers.
Brokerage and Investment Advisory services and fees differ, and it is important for you to understand these differences. The Firm only provides broker dealer services.
Free and simple tools are available for you to use at investor.gov/CRS a website maintained by the SEC. These tools can provide you with educational materials about broker-dealers, investment advisers, and investing.
What investment services are you able to provide?
The Firm facilitates primary transactions in Private Placements. The firm does not provide any other brokerage services. The firm does not provide any investment advisory services to customers.
Private Placements are investments in unregistered securities sold by issuers unaffiliated with the Firm. Issuers may set varying minimum thresholds on investments size. In certain cases, offerings may only be sold to qualified or institutional investors, while in other cases, offerings may be sold to retail customers who qualify only as accredited investors.
Recommendations as your broker-dealer
The Firm does not provide recommendations to you as your broker-dealer.
Conversation Starter
How might your conflicts of interest – if any – affect me, and how will you address them?
Conflicts of Interests
Conflicts with your interest may occur in the due course of our business. You should understand and ask us about these conflicts because they can affect the services, we provide you. Here are some examples:
Personnel Trading: Personnel or indirect owners of the Firm may be your contra-party to a transaction.
It is likely that the Firm will be compensated by the buyer, seller, and/or the issuer of a transaction.
There may be circumstances where the Firm personnel or indirect owners may be engaged as an officer or director or hold other similar positions at the issuer of the transaction.
The Firm does not provide recommendations or advice on investments, portfolios, or account types.
Conversation Starter
Questions you might wish to ask when considering our services:
Given my financial situation, should I choose a brokerage service? Why or why not?
How will you choose investment to recommend?
What is your relevant experience, including your licenses, education, and other qualifications? What do these qualifications mean?
The Firm does not offer monitoring services or any proprietary products of any kind.
Conversation Starter
Help me understand how these fees and costs might affect my investments. If I give you $10,000 to invest, how much will go to fees and costs and how much will be invested for me?
Other costs. Issuers may also reimburse the Firm for any expenses incurred in connection with the
transaction. The Firm will disclose any fee changes prior to charging the fee.
What fees will I pay?
General Fee Information. You will pay fees and costs whether you make or lose money on your investments. Fees and costs will reduce any amount of money you make on your investments over time. Please make sure you understand what fees and costs you are paying.
Who pays the Firm and How is the Fee computed?
Issuers compensate the Firm for primary capital raising transactions. Compensation is generally determined as a percentage of the dollar amount of the securities sold in the transaction(s). You should
understand that the issuer may pay these fees to the Firm out of the investment proceeds made by you and other investors. Investors participating in primary offerings do not pay any additional fees to the Firm.
How do your financial professionals make money?
The Firm’s financial professionals are compensated by a commission for originating primary offerings,
determined by the percentage of money raised on primary offerings. Certain financial professionals are
also owners in the Firm and their return may also be based on the firm’s overall profitability.
Do you or your financial professionals have legal or disciplinary history?
No. The Firm and its financial professionals do not have any legal or disciplinary history. Visit Investor.gov/CRS for a free and simple search tool to research the Firm and its financial professionals.
Conversation Starer
As a financial professional, do you have any disciplinary history? For what type of conduct?
Who is my primary contact person? Is he or she a representative of the broker-dealer? Whom can I talk to if I have concerns about how this person is treating me?
Where can I find additional information?
You can always ask us for more information and request a copy of this relationship summary by sending us an email at eli@flycraft.com or calling 646-522-6175.