Tagged: jobs act

November 1, 2015 @ 7:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity Crowdfunding Platform Quire Prepares to Leverage New Title III Crowdfunding Rules Quire, originally operating under the name Alphaworks, is part of the Betaworks ecosystem.  Betaworks is a startup factory and seed stage VC company that is associated with some big VC names. Betaworks, founded… Read More

October 31, 2015 @ 5:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Title II, 506(c), Equity Crowdfunding has Raised $33 Billion to Date. The unregistered securities market in the US is huge. In fact in 2014, over $2 trillion of capital was raised using unregistered securities largely using Regulation D. This is revealed in a white paper… Read More

October 31, 2015 @ 4:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has published the final rules regarding Title III of the JOBS Act that legalizes retail crowdfunding.  While the Form Funding Portal and updated Form ID will be effective January 29, 2015, these regulations will not become actionable until 180 days… Read More

October 30, 2015 @ 5:10 pm By Sherwood Neiss and Jason Best  |  

When we showed up in Washington, D.C., Karen Kerrigan, of the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council, became a champion for our cause to legalize debt and equity crowdfunding. Karen, and the SBE Council, is the closest thing small businesses and entrepreneurs have to a lobby… Read More

October 30, 2015 @ 3:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

The senior Senator from Colorado, Michael Bennet, welcomed the announcement by the SEC today that revealed the regulatory framework for Title III, equity crowdfunding.  According to Senator Bennet, equity  crowdfunding will provide a new avenue for small businesses and startups in Colorado to acquire capital… Read More

October 30, 2015 @ 1:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, StartEngine announced its support for the finalized rules of JOBS Act’s Title III that allows non-accredited equity crowdfunding.  Startups and SMEs will soon be able to raise up to $1 million in equity funding. The SEC’s four commissioners voted 3-1 on Friday morning… Read More

October 30, 2015 @ 12:32 pm By Georgia Quinn  |  

What took place this morning is nothing short of revolutionary. For the first time in the history of the Securities and Exchange Commission (82 years), retail investors (ordinary people without income, wealth or sophistication qualifications) will be able to invest in private businesses en mass…. Read More

October 30, 2015 @ 11:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Mary Jo White opened up the meeting on Title III crowdfunding and rules impacting intrastate crowdfunding today with an explanatory statement on the agencies rule making process.  The much-anticipated announcement incorporated several changes  which will be well received by the… Read More

October 30, 2015 @ 10:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Highlights of the proposed rules by the Commission for Title III of the JOBS Act that legalizes retail equity crowdfunding. Companies may raise $1 million during a 12 month period with non-accredited investors able to invest $2000 or 5% of their annual income (whichever is… Read More

October 30, 2015 @ 8:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Anticipating the forthcoming vote and final rules on Title III, retail crowdfunding, later today by the SEC, John Berlau from the Competitive  Enterprise Institute believes the Commission will provide much needed regulatory relief; Today’s equity crowdfunding rules from the Securities and Exchange Commission implementing Title… Read More

October 29, 2015 @ 6:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC has updated their site to reflect a more defined meeting for tomorrow’s meeting of the Commission to reveal Title III, retail crowdfunding final rules.   The SEC will have  representatives of the Division of Corporate Finance in attendance to present information, similar to… Read More

October 29, 2015 @ 8:41 am By Kiran Lingam  |  

At long last (3 years, 6 months, 25 days since signing of the JOBS Act to be exact), we will get Title III equity crowdfunding rules tomorrow potentially opening up a new novel avenue for small businesses to raise capital. When the original rules were… Read More

October 28, 2015 @ 7:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Chair White Mentions Possible Cases of Fraud Under Title II But Not Widespread SEC Chair Mary Jo White took to the bully pulpit to address the Securities Regulation Institute in New York City this week.  She leveraged the opportunity to talk about building a more… Read More

October 27, 2015 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will reveal the final rules regarding Title III of the JOBS Act this Friday, October 3oth.  The long-awaited regulations will mark the completion of the bi-partisan bill that was signed into law over three years ago. Presently Title II… Read More

October 23, 2015 @ 8:16 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Before Facebook’s IPO, there was SecondMarket: a leader in the secondary trading market, which enables repurchases of shares in private companies. SecondMarket’s platform saw over $1.4 billion worth of transactions in 2014–quadruple the volume of its transactions in 2013.  And today (Oct. 22), Nasdaq announced it had acquired… Read More

October 19, 2015 @ 8:30 am By Anthony Zeoli  |  

As many of you know, since the release of the final Title IV (i.e. “Regulation A+”) rules earlier this year, Massachusetts and Montana have been vehemently contesting the provisions allowing for pre-emption of State regulation with respect to “Tier II” offerings. They have even gown… Read More

October 16, 2015 @ 2:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

The team at Engine, under the leadership of Evan Engstrom, Policy Director of the group, has crafted a must-read document on what needs to be fixed to address the shortcomings of Title III, equity crowdfunding.  While both Reg A+ (Title IV) and accredited crowdfunding (Title… Read More

October 5, 2015 @ 7:40 am By Samuel Guzik  |  

  Are Final JOBS Act Crowdfunding Rules Truly Upon Us? It’s been too long since I graced the pages of Crowdfund Insider with one of my many missives – or as some at the SEC might say: missiles.  Well, since Regulation A+ went live in… Read More

September 26, 2015 @ 1:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week the SEC Advisory Committee on Small and Emerging Companies convened to take up several important issues that impact SMEs and economic growth.  SEC Chair Mary Jo White has made it a habit of opening this meeting – indicative of the import she has… Read More

September 24, 2015 @ 10:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

As 2015 enters Q4, and the days grow shorter, time is running out for final rules regarding Title III of the JOBS Act, otherwise known as retail crowdfunding. During most of 2014, Chair White stated completion of JOBS Act rules were a priority, raising hope… Read More