Tagged: regulation cf

December 9, 2020 @ 5:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

  MAGFAST, a direct to consumer electronics company listed and closed on a Reg CF offering in a single day. The securities offering was hosted on Netcapital and raised the maximum amount of $1.07 million in under 24 hours. The securities offering was for common… Read More

November 27, 2020 @ 11:43 am By Gautam Gujral  |  

On November 2, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) voted to amend its rules to harmonize, simplify, and improve the exempt offering framework. These amendments will, in general, be effective 60 days after publication in the Federal Register. Bigger is Better An… Read More

November 24, 2020 @ 2:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The exempt securities marketplace can be arcane and challenging to manage for entrepreneurs seeking to raise capital. The advent of online capital formation has helped to democratize access to capital as well as streamline securities offerings but hurdles do remain. A new startup co-founded by… Read More

November 16, 2020 @ 12:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Netcapital has emerged as one of the top FINRA regulated funding portals in the sector of online capital formation that has grown to over 55 approved crowdfunding platforms.  Last month, it was reported that Netcapital was a top 5 funding portal raising around $2.5 million… Read More

November 9, 2020 @ 9:39 am By Dror Futter  |  

TL;DR – The SEC announced a series of amendments (likely to be effective early next year) to the rules governing private offering exemptions – by far the most frequent path for venture fundraising.  The amendments retain the same “menu” of exemptions but make incremental improvements…. Read More

November 8, 2020 @ 6:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, one of the most active investment platforms offering securities under Reg CF, has posted that Q3 2020 was the biggest quarter ever for Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding). During the quarter, issuers raised around $72.9 million – over a 50% increase versus Q2 and more… Read More

November 3, 2020 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission updated rules affecting the exempt offering ecosystem. Many of the changes impact online capital formation and the regulatory environment that issuers may leverage to raise capital online and the ability of platforms to assist in these securities offerings. The… Read More

November 2, 2020 @ 12:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

During an open meeting of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the Commission approved updates to the exempt offering ecosystem that are designed to improve access to capital, boost access to greater opportunity for investors while maintaining important investor protection criteria. In a party-line vote,… Read More

October 29, 2020 @ 5:43 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

AltoIRA, a Fintech firm that enables individuals to use their IRA to make investments in startups, private real estate, crypto-assets, and art has finalized a “unique” $1 million crowdfunding campaign on Republic, a leading US-based investment crowdfunding platform. As confirmed in a note shared with… Read More

October 28, 2020 @ 2:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

  StartEngine, a leading securities crowdfunding platform, has announced that it will fire up its secondary marketplace for crowdfunded securities this coming Friday, (October 30). StartEngine started the process to launch “StartEngine Secondary” years ago. A pre-cursor to receiving approval to operate an “alternative trading… Read More

October 27, 2020 @ 8:35 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has scheduled an open meeting to “consider whether to adopt rule amendments to facilitate capital formation and increase opportunities for investors by expanding access to capital for small and medium-sized businesses and entrepreneurs across the United States.” The meeting… Read More

October 23, 2020 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

NextSeed, formerly a Reg CF funding portal operating as a bank alternative that has since morphed into a full-stack online capital formation and private equity platform, has added a new asset class to its list of available investments with its first film offering. Described as… Read More

October 1, 2020 @ 12:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Common Owner is the newest FINRA regulated funding portal, according to a note from the crowdfunding platform. Common Owner says that after a long vetting process, they were recently approved to offer securities under Reg CF [Regulation Crowdfunding]. Common Owner joins more than 50 funding… Read More

October 1, 2020 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine is a leading investment crowdfunding platform in the US. Last August, StartEngine announced that it had topped $200 million in funding having only surpassed $100 million in July of 2019 – after having launched in 2015. During 2019, StartEngine raised about $44 million –… Read More

September 27, 2020 @ 7:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

NYCE, a real estate investment firm, recently raised $1 million using the Reg CF security exemption. Under current rules, $1.07 million is the maximum amount an issuer can raise in an offering. But NYCE used a bit of a different strategy to complete the funding round… Read More

September 24, 2020 @ 12:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

AltoIRA has partnered with leading crowdfunding platform Republic to enable IRA investors to hold securities sold via Republic. According to AltoIRA, Republic’s members may now invest in privately-held startups using their IRAs. AltoIRA allows individuals to set up an IRA to invest in alternative assets… Read More

September 16, 2020 @ 8:34 am By JD Alois  |  

A new report pertaining to Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) says the Jumpstart Our Businesses Startup Act (JOBS Act) securities exemption is creating economic success for small business owners in need of growth capital. The report outlines Reg CF utilization by Congressional District – highlighting the… Read More

September 14, 2020 @ 2:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

AlphaFlow, an online investment platform for real estate assets,  has successfully secured nearly $600,000 through its  Regulation CF (RegCF) campaign on the crowdfunding platform Republic. The funding round, which originally launched last month, sought to raise $25,000. It has so far attracted over 1,750 Republic… Read More

September 10, 2020 @ 3:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, a leading crowdfunding platform that is also a FINRA regulated broker-dealer and holds an ATS (alternative trading system) license, will launch the “StartEngine Secondary” in October. According to StartEngine, the first issuer to trade on the platform will be StartEngine itself – a company… Read More

September 8, 2020 @ 11:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a public statement, the Association of Online Investment Platforms (AOIP) has asked the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to move quickly and to improve the regulatory environment to support small businesses during the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis. Addressed to SEC Chairman Jay Clayton, and… Read More