Tagged: regulation cf

March 22, 2022 @ 9:48 am By JD Alois  |  

MindWise, a fraud prevention provider is raising capital on MicroVentures in a Reg CF offering available to all investors. As you know, fraud is everywhere these days. The digitization of just about all commerce and financial transactions has created a huge opportunity for crooks looking… Read More

March 15, 2022 @ 11:38 am By JD Alois  |  

The unprovoked invasion by Russia attacking Ukraine has impacted global markets driving risk higher and causing extreme volatility in all markets. The war has also impacted online investing – crowdfunding – according to Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA). CCA co-founder Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss tweeted today that… Read More

March 11, 2022 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

In the United States, securities or investment crowdfunding was legalized under the JOBS Act of 2012. This bi-partisan legislation was in recognition of changes in technology as well as an understanding of the need to better facilitate capital formation for early-stage firms. Effectively, there are… Read More

March 8, 2022 @ 3:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

Planning to launch first in Miami, and then other cities around the world, ArkHAUS – a floating lifestyle club – is raising money on Republic. According to the offering page, ArkHAUS is seeking up to $1.07 million in a CrowdSAFE offering. The SAFE is separated… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 4:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Importance of Compliance. Under the JOBS Act 0f 2012, online capital formation – or investment crowdfunding, became legal in the US. Three exemptions were created that enabled firms to raise money online to fund a company by selling securities. The legislation created Regulation Crowdfunding… Read More

March 3, 2022 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

NYCE has returned to Wefunder for its 3rd Reg CF securities offering. As was previously reported, NYCE – a firm that wants to create a Robinhood for real estate, pursued two securities offerings on both Wefunder and Republic in late 2020. Once again, NYCE is… Read More

February 21, 2022 @ 7:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Round Here is the newest, FINRA regulated funding portal to launch to offer securities crowdfunding. A funding portal is a new entity created by the JOBS Act of 2021 that lists regulated securities from firms in need of growth capital. Funding portals will mostly raise… Read More

February 17, 2022 @ 10:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rellevate, a neobank and payments platform, is raising growth capital on SeedInvest. According to the offering page, Rellevate is looking to raise up to $4 million in a Seed round at a pre-money valuation of $13.5 million. The offering is being issued under both Reg… Read More

February 16, 2022 @ 3:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Insurtech Assurely has announced the expansion of their TigerMark Directors and Officers Liability (D&O) insurance program. Assurely is the only insurance platform publicly promoting its exempt securities insurance program. Assurely insures companies and platforms using Reg CF, Reg A+ and Reg D 506c According to… Read More

February 14, 2022 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Netcapital is a private securities market that allows firms to raise capital under the various exemptions available including Reg CF. A FINRA regulated funding portal, Netcapital also works with Livingston, a broker-dealer, to raise money under Reg D 506. Netcapital caters to both non-accredited and… Read More

February 13, 2022 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

ABC Fintech is an early-stage investment platform in the real estate sector. The company is leveraging blockchain technology to fractionalize commercial real estate to streamline the investment process for individuals. ABC Fintech, which stands for “asset backed crypto” is currently raising growth capital on Wefunder…. Read More

February 2, 2022 @ 6:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

January is finally over and for many people who pursued dry January, it could not have come to an end soon enough. Many people in the US and elsewhere attempt to give their bodies a break from the Holiday festivities which frequently include lots of… Read More

February 2, 2022 @ 8:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Trust Stamp, a company that raised capital using the Reg CF exemption, will ring the opening bell on Nasdaq today. Shares in Trust Stamp traded on the Nasdaq on January 31, 2022, under the ticker symbol IDAI. Trust Stamp used the crowdfunding exemption, along with… Read More

January 31, 2022 @ 11:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Trust Stamp, a global provider of AI-powered identity services for use in banking finance, regulatory compliance, and more, has commenced trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol IDAI. This is an uplisting as Trust Stamp has been trading on OTC Markets. Gareth N. Genner, Trust… Read More

January 20, 2022 @ 10:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Insider, a leading news and information website covering the emerging global industry of disruptive finance including investment crowdfunding, blockchain, and other forms of Fintech, has launched a six-part webinar series exploring and evaluating the ongoing US crowdfunding revolution, starting in February 2022. The JOBS… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 5:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Connecticut Green Bank is issuing a “Green Bond” on FINRA regulated funding portal Raise Green. The securities offering is being pursued using the Reg CF securities exemption. The debt offering is seeking up to $250,000 with a 1.00% Annual Interest Rate. Investors must commit… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 2:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Periodically, CI takes a tally of the Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) sector to capture a measure of both platforms and activity. The last time we reviewed FINRA regulated funding portals was mid-2021 and as you can understand things have changed since then. At that time,… Read More

January 3, 2022 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed an administrative proceeding in regards to Vincent Petrescu, the founder of the crowdfunding platform TruCrowd. In September of 2021, TruCrowd was hit with fraud charges, in the complaint SEC v. Robert Samuel Shumake, Jr, along with… Read More

December 30, 2021 @ 4:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA), a research and advisory group tracking online capital formation under Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) in the US, is reporting that since the industry launched over $1.1 billion has been invested for firms issuing securities under the exemption. The information is being… Read More

December 29, 2021 @ 11:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Wefunder is one of the leading investment crowdfunding platforms in the United States. A FINRA regulated funding portal, Wefunder is frequently the top offering platform when it comes to Reg CF offerings in any given month. In 2021, Wefunder published an “Impact Report” that highlighted… Read More