Tagged: regulation d

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

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

March 24, 2022 @ 6:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last month, the SEC Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee held a virtual meeting to discuss the definition of an Accredited Investor. For anyone viewing the meeting, it was clear that Committee members would like to make it easier for individuals to qualify as Accredited,… 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 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

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 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 30, 2022 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alchemy, a lending as a service (LaaS) platform, is looking to raise $25 million to continue its recent growth surge – and it is actively seeking investors. The company was co-founded by CEO Timothy Li who’s resume includes advising big lenders like Rocket Mortgage, working… Read More

November 11, 2021 @ 12:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, CI reported that a damaging clause included in pending legislation had been pulled from the language of the bill. The portion of the legislation was ostensibly designed to halt IRA investors (investment retirement accounts) from holding private securities in these tax-sheltered, retirement vehicles…. Read More

October 27, 2021 @ 1:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Shari Noonan, CEO of Rialto Markets, has issued a positive statement on investment crowdfunding while warning of “choppier waters” in the crypto sector and labeling NFTs [Non-Fungible Tokens] ” unregulated securities.” Rialto Markets is a FINRA regulated broker-dealer that offers securities under Reg CF (Regulation… Read More

October 26, 2021 @ 4:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Earlier this month, John Berlau, a Senior Fellow at the Competitive Enterprise Institute (CEI), wrote an article discussing the controversial $3.5 trillion social spending bill that is currently stuck in the US Senate due to intraparty disagreements. While initially pitched as “infrastructure” or “reconciliation”… Read More

October 23, 2021 @ 3:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate tokenization platform RedSwan CRE is raising preferred equity capital on SeedInvest seeking up to $5 million in funding. The securities are being issued under both Reg CF and Reg D so it is open to both accredited and non-accredited investors. The “tiered preferred… Read More

September 22, 2021 @ 10:36 am By JD Alois  |  

MicroVentures is a broker-dealer that raises capital under the various crowdfunding exemptions including Reg CF+, Reg D, and Reg A+. An early entrant into the sector, MicroVentures got its start catering to accredited investors but expanded its portfolio of services following the enactment of the… Read More

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

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

June 25, 2021 @ 12:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) shared its regulatory agenda for the next couple of years. The list is quite long and includes many areas of the securities industry. At the top of the list, was the exempt offering ecosystem with the… 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