Anthony Zeoli, a partner at Freeborn & Peters LLP and long time CI Senior Contributor, has been named to the National Law JournalāsĀ (NLJās) list ofĀ Cryptocurrency, Blockchain and Fintech Trailblazers. NLJ says the attorneys on their list are individuals who truly have āmoved the needleā in… Read More
Crowdfund Insider Senior Contributor Anthony Zeoli has received a nice recognition from his hometown. Zeoli, a partner at Freeborn & Peters law firm, was recently acknowledged as theĀ Innovator of the Year Award from the Small Business Advocacy Council (SBAC) of Chicago. Ā Zeoli, as many people… Read More
Some time ago, I started a small collection of interesting bourbons. A trip to Frankfurt, Kentucky, and a visit to Buffalo Trace, helped to seal my interest. During the trip, I purchased several bottles of 20-year-old Pappy Van Winkel, which I consumed at my leisure… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has scheduled its annual “Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation for November 17th. Ā The event will he held at SEC HQ and will be open to the public. As in years past, the forum will be divided into… Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission is out with their agenda for the open meeting taking place at SEC HQ tomorrow (October 26,2016). Ā At 10AM 11AM, the Commission will meet to discuss the Universal Proxy and Rules 147 and 504 that impact intrastate crowdfunding. Ā If you… Read More
Reg CF investment crowdfunding (Title III of the JOBS Act) has only been actionable since May of this year. At the end of May, there were 10 FINRA/SEC approved Regulation CF platforms with only a handful listing live investment opportunities. The approved platforms at the… Read More
The state of North Carolina appears to be ready to get their own investment crowdfunding exemption. It has taken several attempts by advocates and certain legislators but it seems the stars finally aligned as the most recent initiative was approved by the North Carolina Senate…. Read More
Yesterday the United States Court of Appeals, DC Circuit, denied a case challenging the Securities and Exchange Commission and their rules under Title IV of the JOBS Act, otherwise known as Reg A+. The enjoined case brought by the states of Montana and Massachusetts saw… Read More
Texas is one of the 30 states that pushed forward with an intrastate crowdfunding exemption while the federal exemption of Title III of the JOBS Act remained in the doldrums. Since Title III or “Reg CF” have kicked off in mid-May, there has been some… Read More
The Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Association (CFIRA) has updated its Board of Directors adding several new members. Ā The recently appointed individuals will begin a two year term on June 2nd. The new members include: Anthony Zeoli – Partner at Freeborn and Crowdfund Insider Senior Contributor Ron… Read More
The US Department of Treasury, via the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), has published a proposed rule change that impacts the definition of a funding portal under Title III of the JOBS Act. This new rule-making would amend some definitions to include funding portals. Specifically,… Read More
As expected, the funding portal rules operating under Title III of the JOBS Act have hit the pages of the Federal Register. Ā Platforms intent on leveraging the new exemption to issue securities of up to $1 million are able to start the process of registering… Read More
Real estate crowdfunding is one of the most popular forms of investment-based crowdfunding in the industry today. That is why it has already accounted for millions of dollars in project funding in just the last couple years. As the popularity and viability of this market… Read More
With it being new years eve and all, what better time to reflect on all the advancements made this year and to look ahead to all those still to come in 2016 and beyond. If you follow this industry at all, you know that… Read More
Real estate crowdfunding is arguably one of, if not the, most popular and fastest growing segments of the crowdfunding industry. Particularly those portals focused on P2P (or āmarketplaceā) lending of real estate projects. That is probably why it seems like I hear about a… Read More
In what is one of the largest equity crowdfunding rounds in the world, Elio Motors has received approval by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to seek $25 million in equity capital under the recently released Regulation A+ rules.. Elio, one of the very first… Read More
The Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA) has published its agenda for the Third Annual Crowdfunding Summit scheduled for December 2nd in Washington, DC. Sam Guzik, President of the CfPA, stated; āAs we head into 2016 there is greater need for āJOBS Act Industryā participants to exchange… Read More
With all the excitement last week surrounding the SECās release of the final Title III rules implementing āRegulation Crowdfunding,ā the SECās vote in favor of proposing amendments to the current Rule 147 to help foster Intrastate Crowdfunding amounted to little more than a side-note…. Read More
Onevest, a New York based investment crowdfunding platform focused on funding start-up entities, has announced the launching today of its new ā1,000 Anglesā crowdfunding vehicle. Touted as the āworld’s largest digital-first, invitation-only investor network,ā Onevest seeks to modernize the way venture capital funds are formed… Read More
As many of you know, since the release of the final Title IV (i.e. āRegulation A+ā) rules earlier this year, Massachusetts and Montana have been vehemently contesting the provisions allowing for pre-emption of State regulation with respect to āTier IIā offerings. They have even gown… Read More
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