Tagged: regulation cf

August 11, 2022 @ 11:33 am By JD Alois  |  

If a company raises capital under Reg CF, it must file a form with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) along with additional documents to use the exemption. If the company successfully raises money, the requirement to provide information to the SEC (and investors) does… Read More

August 5, 2022 @ 12:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week during the meeting of the SEC Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC), members voted to support improvements to secondary trading of crowdfunded securities – more specifically, to exempt state laws when it comes to the trading of securities under Tier 2 of… Read More

July 27, 2022 @ 3:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) has scheduled a meeting to discuss the topic of crowdfunded securities, under Reg CF and Reg +, and liquidity. The SBCFAC is a group of industry leaders that advise the Commission on… Read More

July 26, 2022 @ 5:00 am By JD Alois  |  

A new FINRA-regulated funding portal has announced its launch, Untold.io (Blue Dot Media Holdings LLC) will pursue investment crowdfunding targeting the entertainment industry. Untold.io states that it will both leverage Reg CF and Reg D exemptions to raise capital online. By utilizing the Reg D… Read More

July 19, 2022 @ 6:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Connecticut Green Bank has launched its 3rd Green Liberty Notes on its FINRA-regulated funding portal Raise Green. Previously, two other offerings have been successfully funded. The one-year debt note aims to raise up to $250,000 from individual investors with a minimum of $100 holding a… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 5:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Security Token Market (STM) has launched a Reg CF securities offering with a unique spin. The company is issuing the forthcoming security as a digital asset leveraging the Avalanche blockchain. STM is labeling the offering the “first Web3” tokenized crowdfunding campaign. The securities offering will… Read More

July 7, 2022 @ 3:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rialto Markets has added over $1.2 billion in signed contracts from private company issuers. As the cost of going public has risen, fewer companies have pursued the option of raising capital in an IPO and trading on an exchange. This cost of compliance is predicted… Read More

July 6, 2022 @ 3:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Steeped Coffee has quickly hit the Reg CF funding cap on Republic raising $5 million in under 48 hours, according to a note from the firm. According to the offering page, Steeped Coffee was raising capital using a “Crowd SAFE” at a $33 million valuation cap…. Read More

June 28, 2022 @ 7:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

In 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved several improvements for securities crowdfunding. One of the most impactful updates was raising the funding limit under Reg CF to $5 million from $1.07 million. Prior to this, many industry insiders viewed the old funding cap as… Read More

May 16, 2022 @ 7:30 am By David R. Burton  |  

Passed with large bipartisan majorities and signed into law by President Obama, the 2012 JOBS Act was a bipartisan achievement of consequence. The JOBS Act substantially improved the laws governing entrepreneurial capital formation and has had a measurable positive impact on entrepreneurial capital formation. But… Read More

May 13, 2022 @ 3:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is an interesting securities offering. Hedge is a startup that wants to use tech to empower you to create your own hedge fund. Yes, you will be able to gather a group of friends or acquaintances to pursue collaborative investing in a structured portfolio…. Read More

April 26, 2022 @ 9:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Honeycomb Credit, a bank replacement regulated Funding Portal, has announced a partnership with Upstart Co-Lab, to offer a “first-of-its kind loan crowdfunding platform.” The new platform will enable institutional investors to participate in crowdfunded loan offerings for small businesses in creative industries across the US…. Read More

April 25, 2022 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) funding has dipped in Q1 2022 in comparison to Q1 2021, according to Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA). CCA states that US investment crowdfunding-backed companies raised $133 million in 1038 offerings during the quarter. Meanwhile, 226 issuers closed offering rounds a decline… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 5:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Insider last reported on the growth of FINRA-regulated Funding Portals at the beginning of 2022. A Funding Portal is a new entity created by the JOBS Act of 2021 designed to issue securities under the Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) – a securities exemption created… Read More

April 11, 2022 @ 7:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wefunder, a top FINRA regulated funding portal, says it had a banner week as it raised more funding under Reg CF than ever before. According to a tweet from Jonny Price, Wefunder Vice President of Fundraising, Wefunder raised just shy of $14 million in seven… Read More

April 8, 2022 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

KingsCrowd, a Reg CF data platform, says retail investors support underserved segments – like women and minorities – around 10X more than venture capitialists. The information is part of the company’s 2021 Market Intelligence Report. KingsCrowd claims that startups with female founders received 19.3% of… Read More

April 8, 2022 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

This week Jonny Price, Vice President of Fundraising at Wefunder – a top Reg CF funding portal operating in the US (and soon in Europe), pitched a rebranding of “equity crowdfunding” to “community round.” Price directed his opinion at Republic.     Yo @joinrepublic what… Read More

April 7, 2022 @ 7:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Republican Staff of the House Financial Services Committee has produced a report revisiting the JOBS Act of 2012 and the decade since the legislation became law.  Perhaps the best-known outcome of the legislation was to legalize online capital formation – or crowdfunding – but… Read More

April 5, 2022 @ 3:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

  The JOBS Act of 2012 was signed into law by President Barack Obama ten years ago today, on April 5, 2012. In a rare moment of bipartisanship, Republicans and Democrats joined together to help private firms raise much-needed growth capital via online securities offerings…. Read More

April 4, 2022 @ 3:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Anyone who has gone through the mortgage application process understands the system is pretty broken. Beyond proof of financial ability, banks and other mortgage originators require many different documents to be reviewed and approved. A mortgage can take weeks, or months, to close – delays… Read More