Tagged: regulation a

June 29, 2016 @ 6:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

XTI Aircraft is a cool concept in aviation for vertical take-off and landing plane. The idea addresses a pain point for plane enthusiasts – the need to be near an airport.  Following a successful Testing the Waters (TTW) campaign where over $20 million in indicated… Read More

June 23, 2016 @ 12:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Denim LA or DSTLD is preparing to move forward with their Reg A+ offer listed on SeedInvest. According to a recent email forwarded by the DSTLD team, the company received $17 million in indications of interest.  DSTLD will now attempt to raise $3 million of… Read More

June 23, 2016 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Caliber Companies, a diversified real estate investment firm, is Testing the Waters (TTW) under Regulation A”.  Caliber has enlisted Merriman Holdings (OTCQB: MERR) as an advisor in anticipation of a $15 million mini-IPO. Jon Merriman, CEO of Merriman Holdings, said that today’s IPO markets are… 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

June 16, 2016 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

WR Hambrecht + Co is a bit of a Silicon Valley legend. Industry icon and firm namesake, Bill Hambrecht, was one of the first bankers to recognize the potential of Silicon Valley tech companies. He went on to help take public a litany of well-known companies… Read More

June 14, 2016 @ 1:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

The United States Court of Appeals, for the District of Columbia Circuit, has shot down an attempt by state regulators to turn back Title IV of the JOBS Act, also called Regulation A+. The action filed against the SEC was brought to bear by the… Read More

June 13, 2016 @ 6:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Testing the Waters, or TTW as it is called, is being successfully leveraged during Reg A+ crowdfunding campaigns. The concept is pretty simple.  For issuing companies that want to raise capital online, using TTW allows them to gauge investor interest.  Investors may register with a… Read More

June 9, 2016 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

OTC Markets (OTCQX: OTCM) has filed a petition with the Securities and Exchange Commission requesting the SEC to extend amendments under Reg A+ to a far wider range of SEC reporting companies. R. Cromwell Coulson, CEO of OTC Markets, explained that Reg A+ securities offerings… Read More

June 8, 2016 @ 3:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a posting on the White House blog, Doug Rand and Thomas Kalil, two officials from the Executive Offices, have touted the benefits and potential of Reg CF crowdfunding as enacted under Title III of the JOBS Act of 2012. Rand is the Assistant Director… Read More

May 27, 2016 @ 12:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Actors & Artists Agency, described as one of the fastest growing full-service entertainment industries, has formed a partnership with investment crowdfunding platform Indie Crowd Funder.  The arrangement seeks to provide Actors & Artists filmmakers access to both accredited and non-accredited investors.  The deal will also… Read More

May 25, 2016 @ 1:35 pm By Amy Wan  |  

  We’re still trying to figure it out. That seemed to be the theme of the crowdfunding panel at OTC’s event yesterday morning in Santa Monica. BeautyKind CEO John Hilburn Davis, which began raising money earlier this year under a Reg A+ acknowledged road bumps…. Read More

May 15, 2016 @ 2:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Billionaire shark and outspoken entrepreneur Mark Cuban is considering using Title IV of the JOBS Act. He sees the updated securities exemption as a huge opportunity.  Currently, most of the Mark Cuban media coverage has focused on him taking up the banner of the #nevertrump… Read More

May 12, 2016 @ 10:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

XY Findables announced on Thursday that it has received $2 Million in indications of interest to invest for its recently launched Regulation A+ equity crowdfunding initiative on StartEngine. As previously reported, XY Findables ran a successful rewards-based crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter back in 2014 for its product, XY… Read More

May 4, 2016 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Keen Home is doing it right. The company is the creator of a smart home air vent. Sexy it is not. Practical and money saving it is. Back in 2014, Keen started with a relatively small crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. Keen co-founders Ryan Fant and… Read More

April 26, 2016 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Great art isn’t made by committee–it’s made by empowering great artists (and then getting out of their way!). Legion M is looking to a wider audience of committed fans and investors to finance their vision of a new century media entertainment company. Launched this past… Read More

April 21, 2016 @ 10:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, beauty website, BeautyKind, announced that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved of its Regulation A+ initial public offering (IPO). This offer is being conducted by WR Hambrecht + Co, which acts as the sole underwriter. The company is currently seeking a minimum of… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 10:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Guerrilla Development, a Portland, Oregon-based real estate firm, announced earlier this month that it has completed a Regulation A+ Tier I crowdfunding deal for its unique building, the Fair-Haired Dumbbell. The minimum offering goal was $750,000 and the max was $1.5 million (investors were able to… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

XY Findables (formerly known just as XY Find It) ran a successful rewards-based crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter back in 2014. On a goal of $45,000 over 4000 supporters purchased the Bluetooth tracker tag. Now the company wants to scale and they are heading online once… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 8:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Regulation A+, an updated exemption created by Title IV of the JOBS Act of 2012, took a largely moribund exemption and turned it into something useful. Old Reg A was crippled by state blue sky review. The SEC, given the necessary latitude by Congress to… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 6:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following a “Testing the Waters” (TTW) campaign where DSTLD generated indications of interest to purchase equity in the company from over 2100 individuals totalling $13.27 million, the company has decided to move forward and raise capital under Reg A+ equity crowdfunding. DSTLD is a fashion… Read More