Tagged: sherwood neiss

June 18, 2013 @ 10:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Dr. Richard Swart has been appointed as Director of Research overseeing the policies, best practices and innovation in entrepreneurial finance at the University of California, Berkeley. The Program for Innovation in Entrepreneurial and Social Finance, directed under the College of Engineering’s Fung Institute, seeks to examine… Read More

June 3, 2013 @ 7:23 pm By Entrepreneur  |  

In 2010 Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss was trying to raise capital for his latest business concept, a data-polling app for smartphones. He had a track record as CFO of FlavoRx–an award-winning medicine-flavoring company he co-founded in 1999 and sold eight years later–and his new idea had won him a… Read More

April 7, 2013 @ 12:21 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

On the anniversary of the JOBS Act, Woodie Neiss of Crowdfund Capital Advisors and University of Mississippi Law Professor Mercer Bullard discuss investment crowdfunding, investor protection and fraud. It is an interesting microcosm of the arguments being made from both sides of the crowdfunding debate…. Read More

April 2, 2013 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Fung Institute Estimate includes both Debt and Equity Crowdfunding for the US Market Crowdfund investing will go live later in 2013. With the release of the proposed crowdfunding rules, a wave of small business and startup financing is expected to sweep the nation. In a… 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 18, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Sherwood Neiss is one of a handful of people credited with the drafting and passage of the JOBS Act, legislation that will soon legalize investment crowdfunding in the United States. He is also one of the principals of crowdfunding consulting and advisory firm Crowdfund Capital… Read More

February 24, 2013 @ 12:16 pm By InvestmentNews  |  

About a dozen crowdfunding and venture capital representatives and small-business advocates last Tuesday urged Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Elisse Walter to propose rules for crowdfunding.  A type of financing that lets small investors buy equity or debt in startups over the Internet, crowd funding… Read More

February 19, 2013 @ 11:25 am By Charles Luzar  |  

After today’s press conference at the National Press Club one thing is clear. Crowdfunding industry stakeholders want movement toward implementation of the JOBS Act and they want it soon. SoMoLend CEO Candace Klein spoke to a concern that tumult in the SEC’s leadership could delay… Read More

February 19, 2013 @ 8:42 am By Sherwood Niess and Jason Best, Crowdfund Capital Advisors  |  

As we prepare for U.S. crowdfund investing (CFI) to go live in 2013, many investors are asking a very important question: “What’s the smartest way to approach this opportunity?” INVEST WITH PEOPLE YOU TRUST A new form of investing, CFI is meant help startups and… Read More

February 18, 2013 @ 10:04 am By Charles Luzar  |  

MEDIA ADVISORY: The State of Equity-Based Crowdfunding…Primed, Capitalized and Waiting on the SEC Members of the Media are Invited to Attend a Press Conference at the National Press Club on February 19th Prior to Briefings at Capitol Hill, The White House, and the SEC Washington,… Read More

February 12, 2013 @ 10:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

SeedInvest co-founders Ryan Feit and James Han always knew they wanted to start a business, even as they both found themselves working in New York private equity firms. That entrepreneurial drive took them back to Wharton to pursue their MBAs. While at Wharton, Feit read… Read More

February 6, 2013 @ 5:51 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Hat tip to the CfPA for posting this!

January 16, 2013 @ 9:59 am By Bloomberg  |  

Crowdfund Capital Advisors Principal Sherwood Neiss discusses crowdfunding rules and the fight against fraud. He speaks with Betty Liu on Bloomberg Television’s “Money Moves.” (Source: Bloomberg)

January 4, 2013 @ 10:33 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Sherwood Neiss will be speaking at SXSW this year, which should provide some awesome exposure for the crowdfunding space as a whole. Below are details from the info page on SXSW.com… Description A global fight is currently underway to democratize access to capital for entrepreneurs…. Read More

December 31, 2012 @ 10:49 am By Ina Paiva Cordle, Miami Herald  |  

Sherwood Neiss is passionate about entrepreneurship. And he has helped lead the charge to change nearly 80-year-old federal securities laws about investing, so that entrepreneurs can gain access to capital. Called crowdfunding, the changes will allow small investors to fund start-up businesses, hopefully creating jobs… Read More

December 31, 2012 @ 9:33 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In this video, Sherwood Neiss of Startup Exemption and Crowdfund Capital Advisors explains the JOBS Act and how crowdfunding can help small businesses.

December 11, 2012 @ 1:18 am By Christine Wong  |  

The main organization lobbying to legalize equity crowdfunding in Canada is teaming up with a major U.S. group to bolster its efforts. Invest CrowdFund Canada (ICC) announced today it is formally partnering with the U.S.-based Crowdfunding Professionals Association (CfPA). The new partnership – referred to… Read More

December 7, 2012 @ 3:17 pm By IT Business  |  

It’s that time of year again. The tech journalists at IT World Canada are gazing into their crystal balls once again and prognosticating on what developments the tech industry will see in 2013. It’s always fun to guess what the future holds. This year, we’re… Read More

November 28, 2012 @ 6:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Last month I wrote an article about how a fund of funds may help some investors participate in crowdfunding.  Interested in additional perspective on the idea, I reached out to Sherwood Neiss of Crowdfund Capital Advisors for his take.  His response was as follows: (f) Applicability- Section 4(6) shall not apply to transactions… Read More

November 13, 2012 @ 5:48 pm By HuffingtonPost  |  

This week, countries all over the world are celebrating Global Entrepreneurship Week, honoring those innovative small business owners who historically have created 65 percent of net new jobs in the U.S, according to the Small Business Association (SBA). With access to capital being the primary… Read More