Tagged: reg a

June 10, 2024 @ 5:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

An article in WSJ.com has taken aim at Regulation A, or the Reg A+ securities exemption used by firms to raise money online. Reg A+ is one of the securities crowdfunding exemptions available for businesses to pursue an online funding round. Reg A is joined… Read More

May 29, 2024 @ 3:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

While the US Congress has a pending ban on China-owned TikTok (ByteDance), if the company is sold to a US entity, it may still operate in the country. The fear is the tendrils of the Chinese Communist Party are utilizing TikTok to garner data from… Read More

May 29, 2024 @ 10:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcheck is one of the foundational firms that entered the securities crowdfunding sector, supporting issuers and platforms that enable online capital formation. Crowdcheck is probably the top legal services firm preparing Reg A+ documents for issuers, which the Securities and Exchange Commission must qualify for… Read More

May 13, 2024 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

FAT (Fresh. Authentic. Tasty.) Brands Inc. (NASDQ:FAT) has been hit with allegations of fraud. This past Friday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filed fraud charges against FAT, its former CEO and current Chairman, Andrew Wiederhorn, and its former CFOs, Ron Roe and Rebecca Hershinger,… Read More

May 3, 2024 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged BF Borgers CPA PC and its owner, Benjamin F. Borgers with deliberate and systemic failures to comply with Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) standards in its audits and reviews incorporated in more than 1,500 SEC filings… Read More

April 23, 2024 @ 9:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

While Fundrise continues to pound the table on its newish early-stage investment fund with non-stop commercials on CNBC, the company is quietly generating decent returns on the legacy side of the business of real estate investments. According to a recent report, the Fundrise Flagship Fund… Read More

April 23, 2024 @ 2:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

DealMaker, a  broker-dealer that specializes in online capital formation, has posted an example of an issuer that has raised funding multiple times utilizing different platforms. In venture capital (VC), it is typical for a company to start with a Seed Round and then move on… Read More

April 17, 2024 @ 7:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Reg A & Crowdfunding Conference is the largest annual gathering place for online investment platforms, brokers, legal and financial advisors, investors, and other dealmakers involved in Reg A and crowdfunding deals. This event is also well attended by private and public companies looking to… Read More

April 2, 2024 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Boxabl will be returning to the crowdfunding market to raise more money. The company has pursued multiple online funding rounds as it seeks to execute its mission of mass-producing affordable prefab housing. According to a recent Form 1-A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission,… Read More

March 25, 2024 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

There are three securities exemptions created by the JOBS Act of 2012 that enable firms to raise money online. Reg CF [Regulation Crowdfunding], Reg D 506c (accredited only), and Reg A+ [Regulation A]. If a company uses Reg A+, they may raise up to $75… Read More

February 25, 2024 @ 6:10 pm By Howard Marks  |  

  My father-in-law always used to say, “If you sleep with dogs, you wake up with fleas.” Well, increasingly, it seems many founders – and their early investors – are discovering how painfully true that is, as the promise of an early IPO turns into… Read More

February 22, 2024 @ 11:17 am By JD Alois  |  

While the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) may be trying to make it more difficult to be deemed an Accredited Investor, thus disenfranchising more individual investors, recently legislation was introduced into the US Senate that would broaden the definition. S 3709, or the “Investment Opportunity… Read More

February 15, 2024 @ 12:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Data pertaining to online capital formation, or crowdfunding, can be hard to come by. Several providers provide good numbers when it comes to Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF), but when it comes to Reg A+ and Reg D 506c – it is a bit of a… Read More

November 30, 2023 @ 12:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently, CI received a note from DealMaker indicating that several of their issuers have been recognized by Time magazine as the Best Inventions of 2023. DealMaker is a tech-enabled broker-dealer helping firms to raise capital online utilizing various securities exemptions. This is certainly not the… Read More

November 6, 2023 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, one of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the US, is nearing the close of its most recent self-funding round. StartEngine launched a Reg A+ securities offering earlier this year, selling equity in the company at a pre-money valuation of $1.32 billion. You may… Read More

September 7, 2023 @ 12:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate investment platform Groundfloor says it has surpassed $500 million in loan repayments. This includes both principal and interest paid. Groundfloor says that it is currently home to over 230,000 registered investors. Currently, Groundfloor reports that it has nearly $300 million in Assets Under… Read More

August 31, 2023 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month, CI reported on the Association of Online Investment Platforms (AOIP) – the group that advocates on behalf of platforms raising capital online – submitting recommendations to FINRA regarding a request for feedback on improving capital formation. FINRA [Financial Industry Regulatory Authority] is… Read More

August 10, 2023 @ 2:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pre-fab home firm Boxable is looking to raise more money online on StartEngine. As was previously reported in May, Boxable revealed its intent to raise capital by raising money in a Reg A+ and Reg D offering as well as a pitch on FrontFundr in… Read More

July 22, 2023 @ 4:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

One of the largest securities crowdfunding platforms in the US continues to move the ball down the field in a self-crowdfunding round. It was reported in May that StartEngine had raised $14 million. Today that amount is well over $16 million. Almost 9000 investors have… Read More

June 26, 2023 @ 3:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Worthy Financial, Inc., has announced another securities offering in the form of a property bond that generates a 5.5% fixed return for investors. The security is issued under the Reg A+ exemption and is available for retail investors. The offering document must be qualified by… Read More