Tagged: regulation cf

August 17, 2021 @ 1:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rialto Markets, a regulated alternative trading system (ATS), is looking to provide liquidity to the crowdfunding sector by enabling retail investors to sell or buy shares in securities issued under the Reg CF and Reg A+ exemptions. Rialto Markets CEO Shari Noonan says it is… Read More

August 3, 2021 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss is one of the creators of Title III of the JOBS Act of 2012 – the legislation that legalized Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) and launched a new sector of financial innovation. Neiss also co-founded Crowdfund Capital Advisors along with Jason Best –… Read More

August 1, 2021 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, a full-stack investment crowdfunding platform, is claiming the title as the top Reg CF / Reg A+ funding during Q2 in regards to the amount of capital raised for firms using these securities exemptions. In March of 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)… Read More

July 23, 2021 @ 5:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Iris, the social stock market app that lets users invest with friends, is looking to raise up to $500,000 on Republic. According to the offering page, Iris has set a funding goal target of between $25,000 and $500,000. As it stands today, Iris has raised… Read More

July 16, 2021 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

NextSeed, an online capital formation platform, says it has now topped $8 million in returns since its inception in 2015. Initially launched as a bank replacement platform providing loans to SMEs, NextSeed has since expanded its offerings into other securities. In an email, NextSeed said… Read More

July 14, 2021 @ 10:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Cityzenith, an issuer on a mission to decarbonize US urban areas with its Cities – Clean Future strategy, has quickly raised over $847,000 in one week on Wefunder in a Reg CF securities offering. According to the offering page, Cityzenith is looking to raise up… Read More

June 30, 2021 @ 1:15 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Blockchain services and digital asset services company tZERO is working with real estate crowdfunding platform NYCE Group to digitize approximately $18 million of equity interest in NYCE. The process will begin should approvals be given in its upcoming Reg A+ offering. NYCE was founded by… Read More

June 28, 2021 @ 3:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

Netcapital Inc. (OTC: NCPL), is a publicly-traded Fintech that provides online capital formation largely by utilizing the Reg CF securities exemption with its FINRA regulated funding portal Netcapital.com. In an interesting move, Netcapital Inc. listed its shares on the OTC Markets (OTCQX) earlier this year…. Read More

June 15, 2021 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The US investment crowdfunding industry received a boost this year as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adjusted the securities exemptions that platforms and issuers utilize to raise growth capital online. Along with other improvements, key changes include the adjustment of Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding)… Read More

May 13, 2021 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

BlockQuake is a crypto exchange startup that is seeking to compete in an increasingly competitive marketplace. Earlier this year, Coinbase (NASDAQ:COIN) became the first crypto exchange to become a publicly-traded company in a direct listing on the Nasdaq. The company currently has a market cap… Read More

May 12, 2021 @ 12:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

tZERO, a blockchain-based ATS targeting the digital security sector, has partnered with Wunderfund – a Reg CF funding portal. Additionally, tZERO announced partnerships with Trellis Platform, a SaaS service for alternative assets, and OmniValley  – a digital community for startups. The new partnerships are expected… Read More

May 4, 2021 @ 3:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

As was previously reported, leading Reg CF funding portal Wefunder is raising equity capital on Honeycomb – another FINRA regulated funding portal. Last March, Crowdfund Insider reported that Wefunder had filed a Form C with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) indicating its intent to raise up… Read More

May 4, 2021 @ 11:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Periodically, Crowdfund Insider reviews the number of FINRA regulated funding portals operating in the Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) funding sector. A funding portal is a new entity created by the JOBS Act of 2012 designed specifically to issue securities under Reg CF. The last time… Read More

April 28, 2021 @ 11:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

KingsCrowd, the online private market’s data-driven ratings and analytics platform, announced on Tuesday (April 27, 2021) the publication and availability of the KingsCrowd Regulation Crowdfunding 2018-2020 Intelligence Report. The KingsCrowd Regulation Crowdfunding 2018-2020 Intelligence Report reportedly covers more than 150 Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) market… Read More

April 16, 2021 @ 11:30 am By Howard Marks  |  

On March 11th, Beeple became the third highest-paid living artist with a $69M sale of one of his works as an NFT, a non-fungible token on the blockchain. This sale is one of many at the front of NFTs, blockchain’s latest hype machine of digital… Read More

April 5, 2021 @ 9:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today, CI reported that Wefunder listed 40 securities offerings in a single day. All of the companies are Y Combinator graduates and thus have been highly vetted by the accelerator. As well today, Wefunder Vice President of Fundraising, Jonny Price tweeted out that March… Read More

April 5, 2021 @ 3:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wefunder, a leading funding portal in the Reg CF offering sector, has listed 40 new offerings – each being a Y Combinator graduate.  According to Wefunder, 20 companies are recent graduates and another 20 are from previous cohorts. Individual investors may participate in any securities… Read More

March 19, 2021 @ 9:50 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Peter Gaffney from the Security Token Group (STG), which is focused on the emerging blockchain-based security token space, notes that the significantly outsized return potential of angel investing, venture capital, and private equity are “well-known” in the finance industry. Gaffney explains that traditionally, direct access… Read More

March 17, 2021 @ 11:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic, a top funding portal and broker-dealer providing online capital formation to early-stage ventures, has closed on a $36 million Series A funding round, according to a note from the company. The funding was led by Galaxy Interactive with participation by Tribe Capital, Motley Fool… Read More

March 16, 2021 @ 12:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Gumroad, the very first Reg CF issuer to take advantage of the increased funding cap, has hit the maximum amount of $5 million in just one day on Republic. This week, Reg CF saw its cap increased from $1.07 million to $5 million. Last year,… Read More