Tagged: reg cf

April 30, 2026 @ 2:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Regulation Crowdfunding, or Reg CF, is a securities exemption that enables online capital formation for smaller issuers. The exemption only requires a notice filing with the SEC, and thus does not need to be “qualified” by the regulator before the business raises money online. Typically,… Read More

April 26, 2026 @ 10:50 pm By Nick Morgan  |  

In a recent episode of Capital Ideas, ICAN’s Nick Morgan, Mark Hiraide, and Dara Albright sat down with Silicon Prairie Founder and CEO David Duccini to unpack what’s actually working in modern capital formation and what isn’t. The conversation cut through the hype around crowdfunding… Read More

April 14, 2026 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Kingscrowd, a data and analytics company for online capital formation, recently published its Q1 2026 update, which highlights a softer market for investment crowdfunding under Reg CF and Reg A. Currently, there is no comprehensive data on Reg D offerings, which many platforms support, so… Read More

April 9, 2026 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Silicon Prairie is a tenacious participant in the investment crowdfunding sector. Founded by David Duccini in 2016 and based in the Midwest, the platform has continued to iterate and add new services as it adapts to the evolving marketplace of online capital formation. Over time,… Read More

April 2, 2026 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

While venture capital is booming, largely due to the hot artificial intelligence (AI) sector, Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) is in the doldrums, according to a report from Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA). According to their numbers, Reg CF cratered during the first three months of 2026…. Read More

March 27, 2026 @ 11:49 am By Nick Morgan  |  

In a recent episode of ICAN’s Capital Ideas podcast, Vertalo CEO Dave Hendricks delivered a clear and unapologetic thesis: distributed ledger technology is not a speculative crypto experiment. It is a once-in-a-century upgrade to how ownership is recorded. And in his view, the regulatory moment… Read More

March 26, 2026 @ 3:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Regulation Crowdfunding, or Reg CF, is the smallest security exemption that enables online capital formation. Currently, Reg CF enables an issuer to raise up to $5 million in a securities offering that needs only a notice filing and can solicit from both Accredited and non-Accredited… Read More

February 25, 2026 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) is the smallest of the securities exemptions that enables online capital formation. The ecosystem has evolved over the years, having enabled over $1.34 billion as of 2024. As it stands today, an issuer may raise up to $5 million in a… Read More

February 23, 2026 @ 9:17 am By Michael Wong  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Division of Corporation Finance issued revised staff interpretations on Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF), offering new guidance on how issuers can switch intermediary platforms, calculate fundraising caps, and comply with filing obligations for longer-running offerings. Reg CF was part of the… Read More

February 2, 2026 @ 12:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sherwood Neiss, founder of Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA), has submitted a statement to the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) advocating for improvements to secondary markets for crowdfunded securities. At the same time, Neiss has sent a letter to the House Committee on Financial Services,… Read More

January 30, 2026 @ 3:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

VenHub Global (NASDAQ: VHUB), a company that raised growth capital under Reg CF, began trading on the Nasdaq today via a direct listing. Shares initially rose in early trading, topping $40, but have since reversed, now trading at just over $7/share. VenHub Global is a… Read More

January 22, 2026 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), the lobbying group that represents state securities regulators, has issued a statement opposing the Restoring the Secondary Trading Market Act. This legislation, which is in markup today (January 22, 2026), aims to preempt state regulation of off-exchange secondary… Read More

January 22, 2026 @ 10:17 am By Michael Wong  |  

A bipartisan pair of US senators introduced legislation that would ease a key compliance cost for early-stage companies raising money online, lifting the point at which small businesses must pay for an independent accountant review when using securities crowdfunding. Similar legislation in the House has… Read More

January 8, 2026 @ 1:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

There has been a formal submission to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to increase the funding cap of Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) from the current $5 million to $20 million. A petition to the SEC is a request to issue, change, or repeal a… Read More

January 2, 2026 @ 12:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) is a securities exemption that allows issuers to raise up to $5 million in an online offering. The goal of the policymakers who crafted the law was to enable smaller firms to access capital while allowing all investors to participate in… Read More

December 22, 2025 @ 12:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kingscrowd, an analytics, deal aggregation, and crowdfunding legal provider, has launched a new securities offering on StartEngine. According to the offering page, KingsCrowd is selling equity in the firm at a pre-money valuation of $28.8 million. Investors must commit at least $500 to participate. In… Read More

December 19, 2025 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Totem Labs, a Tennessee-based company building decentralized tools, is raising growth capital on WeFunder. According to the offering page, Totem has raised $1.14  million from 63+ investors to date. Investors are getting a SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) at a $15 million valuation cap…. Read More

December 18, 2025 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss, GUARDD CEO and securities crowdfunding OG, has sent a letter to the Securities and Exchange Commission outlining their ability to support secondary trading for exempt securities. The letter was sent in response to a statement by SEC Chairman Paul Atkins asking for… Read More

December 5, 2025 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Scott Bauguess, Vice President of Global Regulatory Policy at Coinbase  (NASDAQ:COIN), sees tokenization, or the digitization of securities, as benefiting Reg A and Reg C, bringing new life to these securities exemptions. Bauguess understands these markets well, as he was previously at the Securities and Exchange… Read More

October 20, 2025 @ 4:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Regulation Crowdfunding, or Reg CF, has experienced 35 failures so far in 2025 and 19 exits year to date. This is according to a recent report generated by KingsCrowd. Reg CF is the smallest securities exemption that enables online capital formation. While it first allowed… Read More