Tagged: nasdaq

June 9, 2017 @ 5:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Adomani has announced the official closing of its Reg A+ crowdfunding round having raised $14.261 million. Crowdfund Insider reported earlier this week the offer had closed at $14.45 million, according to the offer page on FlashFunders. The company said it expects its shares to trade… Read More

June 4, 2017 @ 11:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Adomani, a company that designs and integrates electric motors to convert existing internal combustion fleet vehicles into zero emission trucks, has closed its Reg A+ crowdfunding offer at $14,458,375.  Adomani was seeking a minimum raise of $10.6 million and a max raise of up to… Read More

May 4, 2017 @ 9:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Adena Friedman, CEO of NASDAQ, has published an Op-Ed on WSJ.com. Her topic of discussion is the challenging IPO market in the US. This is a frequent issue of debate as the decline of IPOs has been going on for years. Both elected and appointed… Read More

May 2, 2017 @ 9:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

Adomani ( proposed NASDAQ ticker is ADOM), a provider of zero-emission electric and hybrid vehicles and replacement drivetrains, has announced it has received in escrow subscriptions totaling in excess  of the $10.6 million minimum amount  for its Reg A+ offering. Solid investor interest means that… Read More

April 19, 2017 @ 3:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

U.S. stock exchange group Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ), announced on Wednesday the launch of its venture investment program, Nasdaq Ventures, which is dedicated to discovering, investing in and partnering with unique fintech companies worldwide. According to the group, this program’s main objective is to identify and… Read More

April 9, 2017 @ 6:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

ReWalk (NASDAQ:RWLK), the first company to crowdfund and subsequently trade shares on NASDAQ, announced last week it had received an initial order of 28 ReWalk Personal Exoskeleton Systems to support an ongoing national multi-center clinical trial by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The order follows an… Read More

March 22, 2017 @ 9:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

The House Financial Services Committee, Subcommittee on Capital Markets, met for the first time in 2017.  A new Chairman, Congressman Bill Huizenga, managed the proceedings for the first topic of the year regarding the “Impact of the JOBS Act After Five Years”. The Hearing involved the… Read More

January 31, 2017 @ 8:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

The advent of new securities exemptions has created opportunity for various sectors of finance. Beyond the fact that issuing companies now have new alternatives for raising capital, and a broader group of investors may gain access to early stage companies, there is a question of… Read More

January 26, 2017 @ 9:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FinTech Acquisition Corp. II (NASDAQ:FNTEU), a blank-check company formed for the purpose of acquiring or merging with one or more businesses or entities in the financial technology industry, announced on Thursday it completed its initial public offering (IPO) of 17.5 million units at a price… Read More

January 3, 2017 @ 11:10 am By JD Alois  |  

NASDAQ CEO Adena Friedman visited the new CNBC digs today to welcome the morning show pundits to NASDAQ and chat up her company’s vision. Friedman, previously President & COO of NASDAQ, became the CEO on January 1st. Friedman stated, “we are both an exchange operator… Read More

June 18, 2016 @ 11:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Temp staff provider ShiftPixy is hoping to soon trade on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the ticker symbol PIXY but first, they are raising capital under Regulation A+.  ShiftPixy has enlisted WR Hambrecht as sole underwriter on a “best effort” basis to raise up to… 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

March 10, 2015 @ 2:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a broad ranging discussion on Capitol Hill today, the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs subcommittee addressed the issue of Venture Exchanges. Recently there has been a growing amount of discourse on the Hill, and within the offices of the SEC, regarding the propriety and… Read More

March 3, 2015 @ 11:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Nasdaq CEO Bob Greifeld spoke briefly on CNBC today about the “institutional battle” between the NYSE and Nasdaq in regards to the number of IPOs.  For the record Nasdaq chalked up 189 for $22 billion raised in 2014 while the NYSE listed 129 for total… Read More

July 2, 2013 @ 7:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

David Weild, Former Vice Chairman of NASDAQ, Announced as Keynote Speaker for Crowdfunding Professional Association Industry Event The Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA), a trade organization for the crowdfunding industry, is pleased to announce that David Weild IV, renowned capital markets expert and former Vice Chairman… Read More