Tagged: regulation

March 28, 2013 @ 7:49 pm By Josh Constine  |  

  The SEC today paved the way for a new era of venture capital investing by stating it won’t pursue enforcement action against FundersClub, whose platform lets any accredited investor fund startups in exchange for equity. Before, some thought FundersClub’s founders could face jail time for violating finance… Read More

March 28, 2013 @ 8:24 am By Charles Luzar  |  

As we approach the dawn of equity crowdfunding in the US, one of the challenges portals will eventually face has to do with educating their entrepreneurs about how to stay on the right side of the SEC. Specifically, I want to talk about the difference… Read More

March 18, 2013 @ 7:01 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Two weeks ago I was sitting in on a web chat held by the United States State Department. The subject was crowdfunding. Jessica Jackley of popular microloan platform Kiva and Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss of the Startup Exemption and Crowdfund Capital Advisors were discussing crowdfunding in… Read More

March 1, 2013 @ 5:37 pm By Jennifer Napier-Pearce  |  

Crowdfunding has come to the rescue for hundreds of thousands of startups looking for capital in a tight credit market. Soon, a new dimension to online fundraising, known as equity crowdfunding, will be available to investors, and that has regulators and consumer advocates on edge. Regulations to… Read More

February 20, 2013 @ 3:59 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

According to sources in the crowdfunding industry who were present for yesterday’s meetings in Washington, there is reason for cautious optimism in regards to Title III implementation. The message from the industry was clear; We’ve examined the problem domain and we’re ready to go, but… Read More

February 9, 2013 @ 4:09 pm By Forbes  |  

At the end of a long trip last week, I took a taxi from a BART mass transit station in San Francisco’s East Bay back to my house a few miles away. As the law requires, I could only choose the first cab in line at… Read More

December 10, 2012 @ 7:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

RocketHub’s Crowdfunding Whitepaper may prove a little tedious for the typical entrepreneur, but if you’re looking for a deep understanding of crowdfunding’s status in the US it is required reading.  COO Jed Cohen and CFO Alon Hillel-Tuch were armed with their enthusiasm and this document at… Read More

November 20, 2012 @ 4:50 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The 2012 Forum on Small Business Capital Formation is in the books. Industry leaders met with representatives from the SEC in an effort to build consensus on regulatory recommendations for crowdfunding’s implementation in the US. Although the movement has come a long way, there is… Read More

November 19, 2012 @ 2:01 pm By Jonathan Sandlund, The Crowd Cafe  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission hosted its annual Small Business Capital Formation forum last Thursday. Crowdfunding under Title II and Title III of the JOBS Act was top of mind. We were hoping for a substantive update – the SEC is well beyond congressionally mandated… Read More