Tagged: reg d

November 28, 2024 @ 12:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Last month, at the CfPA [Crowdfunding Professionals Association] Summit, a presentation was delivered that highlighted the demand and need for access to capital and the growing sector of online capital formation. Investment crowdfunding mainly covers three separate securities exemptions in the US. Reg D… Read More

November 20, 2024 @ 2:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Regulation D (Reg D), the leading securities exemption for private offerings, is a huge market measured at over a trillion annually. Under the JOBS Act of 2012, Reg D received an update: old Reg D (506b) was joined by new Reg D (506c), an exemption that… Read More

August 29, 2024 @ 2:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, a leading securities crowdfunding platform, is now offering investors to purchase securities in Chime – a very popular neobank. Chime claims to be the “most loved banking App.” While not a digital bank, Chime is a neobank that provides a broad range of services… Read More

August 9, 2024 @ 2:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Plural Energy is a new entrant in the online capital formation sector. The company aims to help renewable or green firms raise debt capital to finance projects. Plural aims to leverage the full stack of securities exemptions, including Reg CF, Reg A+, and Reg D…. Read More

July 2, 2024 @ 7:06 pm By Andrew Corn  |  

The ecosystem for capital-raising for commercial real estate is slowly embracing something new: the ability to raise significant capital directly from retail investors and blending it with capital from family offices, and other smaller institutions. We’re in a new age of capital raising for the… Read More

May 30, 2024 @ 10:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic, the largest investment crowdfunding company in the world, has revealed a partnership with niche crowdfunding platform RedCrow. RedCrow is an online investment platform that invests in early-stage healthcare firms. It is part of Alira Health, a healthcare consulting firm. Details of the relationship were not… Read More

May 29, 2024 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcheck is one of the foundational firms that entered the securities crowdfunding sector, supporting issuers and platforms that enable online capital formation. Crowdcheck is probably the top legal services firm preparing Reg A+ documents for issuers, which the Securities and Exchange Commission must qualify for… Read More

April 5, 2024 @ 3:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine has listed a new securities offering for Fanatics, a company that works with top sports properties by selling apparel, etc., by licensing the brands. Fanatics also has entered the sports betting sector having acquired PointsBet sportsbook. StartEngine notes that Fanatics has already raised $8.9… Read More

April 1, 2024 @ 6:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Arrived, an online investment platform enabling access to rental and vacation homes, is raising money on Wefunder. According to the offering page, Arrived raised over $37 million in a side-by-side offering. Smaller investors may participate in a Reg CF offering, and Accredited Investors may… Read More

February 28, 2024 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday (February 27, 2024), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC), met to discuss several issues of importance that impact early-stage firms. Perhaps the most pressing issue is the definition of an Accredited Investor – a rule the Commission… Read More

October 18, 2023 @ 3:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate platform Pacaso provided a brief update earlier this month, reporting on three years of operations. According to the platform, it has now enabled over 1,500 owners who have spent 90,000 nights in the homes at forty different destinations. The company says that second… Read More

October 9, 2023 @ 5:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

  One of the top items on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) agenda under the leadership of Chair Gary Gensler is changes to Regulation D (Reg D) along with updates to the definition of an Accredited Investor. Currently, these amendments are number seven on… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 5:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Speaking at the beginning of last week’s meeting of the Investor Advisory Committee (IAC), SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce went to bat for smaller firms and private securities issuers – once again. The SEC is currently considering making the definition of an Accredited Investor more rigorous…. Read More

September 15, 2023 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Investor Advisory Committee will meet next week and will discuss two very important policy items that impact capital raising for private firms. The first panel discussion will review exempt securities offerings under Reg D. This exemption, only available to… Read More

July 10, 2023 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic, the operator of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the world, has enhanced its private deal room service for its top global investors. Republic has revealed “Project Platinum” to serve accredited investors. Republic has sought to create a multi-tiered service for both smaller and… Read More

June 29, 2023 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online capital formation platform Issuance, has expanded its Issuance Express platform to include Reg D 506(b) offerings. Issuance already supports Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) and Reg A+ (Regulation A) exempt securities offerings. The Express service is a streamlined process to invest in a private security… Read More

June 13, 2023 @ 7:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

DealMaker has emerged as a top online capital formation platform providing services to enable the primary issuance of securities across the full stack of crowdfunding exemptions. This includes Reg CF, Reg A+, and Reg D. At the same time, due to its base of operations… Read More

June 1, 2023 @ 11:30 am By JD Alois  |  

In recent days, Elon Musk tweeted that “commercial real estate is melting down fast. Home values next,” in response to a Tweet about the rapidly declining value of office real estate in Los Angeles and San Francisco, which is selling for less than the amount… Read More

May 19, 2023 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The self-described “Tesla of Motorcycles,” Curtiss Motorcycle Co., has listed a securities offering on Wefunder. Investors are purchasing equity in the company at a pre-money valuation of $7.3 million.  The offering page indicates that $554,000 has been raised on an initial target of $581,000, but… Read More

April 4, 2023 @ 7:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Virtuix, previously a serial funder on SeedInvest, has filed a Form C to raise capital under Reg CF – this time with DealMaker. Simultaneously, Virtuix has filed a Form D to raise money under Reg D 506c for accredited investors – a fairly typical practice… Read More