Tagged: reg cf

September 24, 2026 @ 11:39 am By JD Alois  |  

The Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA) has adopted a policy objective to ask the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to “deliberately compare exemptions” and avoid a “disjointed patchwork of regulations.” The new “Presumptive Parity” advocacy was distributed by the CfPA board of directors this week. The… Read More

September 23, 2026 @ 1:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Funding Portals, a new type of intermediary created by the JOBS Act of 2012, were established to facilitate online capital formation through Reg CF, or Regulation Crowdfunding. Reg CF allows a firm to issue or sell securities to anyone, raising up to $5 million in… Read More

September 21, 2026 @ 11:16 am By JD Alois  |  

John Aland, an accounting professor at the University of Notre Dame, is currently conducting research on crowdfunding offerings and investor decisions. Aland, a contributor at Kingscrowd, is partnering with the firm to promote the effort to better understand investors who are considering or have participated… Read More

September 10, 2026 @ 12:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently, CI shared its thoughts on what could be improved, via rule changes or legislative action, to boost online capital formation. Specifically, under Reg CF and Reg A. Reg CF, Reg A, and Reg D 506 (c) each enable online capital formation. Reg CF and… Read More

September 7, 2026 @ 8:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Reg CF securities exemption has had a choppy 2026 so far. The smallest exemption for issuers raising funds online, the numbers are off versus their peak but activity continues to generate funds for smaller, private firms in need of growth capital. Crowdfund Capital Advisors… Read More

September 3, 2026 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) and Regulation A (Reg A) were both part of the JOBS Act of 2012, the legislation that enabled online capital formation. Today, there is an established ecosystem of platforms including regulated Funding Portals and Broker Dealers that support companies that need… Read More

August 27, 2026 @ 12:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Firms using Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) raised $23.1 million in the month of July 2026. This is a month-over-month decline of -19.3% from June 2026, which totaled $28.6 million, and a year-over-year decline of -33.5% from July 2025 at $34.8 million. More optimistically, there were… Read More

August 25, 2026 @ 1:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kingscrowd, a provider of data and analysis of online securities offerings, has commented on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s allegations of fraud against Netcapital (NASDAQ:NCPL), a company that operates a FINRA-regulated Funding Portal. Kingscrowd notes that only three of the eleven securities offerings mentioned in… Read More

August 21, 2026 @ 6:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced new proposed rules for issuers to raise capital under new exemptions for crypto assets. Regulation Crypto Asset (Reg CA) is widely modeled after two existing securities exemptions, Reg CF and Reg A. Reg A and… Read More

August 19, 2026 @ 1:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

In March of 2026, the 45th Annual Small Business Forum took place at the Securities and Exchange Commission. The report on the proceedings was published last month. Participating individusals were asked top submit recommendations in advance and during the event, with a vote following to… Read More

August 17, 2026 @ 10:36 am By JD Alois  |  

The Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA) has posted an annual report on best practices for online capital formation under Regulation CF (Reg CF), specifically addressing Form C-AR. Reg CF is a securities exemption that allows issuers to raise up to $5 million in an online solicitation… Read More

August 16, 2026 @ 9:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rentberry is raising money on Republic and is nearing the $5 million maximum allowable under Reg CF. Rentberry has raised over $40 million in venture capital and has raised growth funding through previous securities crowdfunding offers under Reg A and Reg CF. This is its… Read More

August 11, 2026 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Netcapital (NASDAQ:NCL), an early entrant in the securities crowdfunding sector, has been charged with fraud. According to a report by Reuters, the Securities and Exchange ​Commission has filed charges in Boston Federal Court alleging that NetCapital improperly recorded $14 million in revenue from consulting by… Read More

August 6, 2026 @ 2:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

GUARDD, founded by Sherwood Neiss who is also the co-founder of Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) and one of the authors of the JOBS Act which approved online capital formation, recently met with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to discuss secondary trading of tokenized exempt… Read More

July 30, 2026 @ 12:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission held its annual Small Business Forum back in March of this year. This past week, the SEC published recommendations from participants in the gathering. These recommendations are available here. Several of the suggestions impact online capital formation, including Reg CF…. Read More

July 27, 2026 @ 10:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Kingscrowd, a leading data provider for online capital formation, is extending its Reg CF funding round listed on StartEngine. Typically, platforms in the funding portal/online capital formation sector will partner with another platform to raise money online. Kingscrowd covers data for both Reg CF and… Read More

July 26, 2026 @ 9:59 pm By Nick Morgan  |  

Darren Marble has spent years arguing that the wall between entertainment and investing doesn’t need to exist – and that tearing it down could actually make private capital formation more transparent, not less. Marble, Founder and CEO of Going Public, joined ICAN co-hosts Nick Morgan,… Read More

July 7, 2026 @ 12:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Reg CF, the smallest securities exemption that supports investment crowdfunding, experienced a solid rebound in the month of June following a dismal first quarter and slow month of May. As was reported last month, Q1 2026 generated 485 closed offerings in Q1 202 d5, just… Read More

June 16, 2026 @ 5:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Regulation CF, or Reg CF, is the smallest of the securities crowdfunding exemptions, as issuers may raise up to $5 million. Still, the exemption has helped build an industry in which smaller firms can access capital through a regulated securities offering open to anyone, not just Accredited Investors…. Read More

June 12, 2026 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA), a leading consulting and data group that supports online capital formation, has launched a new series of “Crowdfinance Indices.” The benchmarks are updated daily and cover Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF), the smallest securities exemption that enables online capital formation. These Indices… Read More