Tagged: reg d

February 28, 2024 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday (February 27, 2024), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC), met to discuss several issues of importance that impact early-stage firms. Perhaps the most pressing issue is the definition of an Accredited Investor – a rule the Commission… Read More

October 18, 2023 @ 3:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Real estate platform Pacaso provided a brief update earlier this month, reporting on three years of operations. According to the platform, it has now enabled over 1,500 owners who have spent 90,000 nights in the homes at forty different destinations. The company says that second… Read More

October 9, 2023 @ 5:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

  One of the top items on the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) agenda under the leadership of Chair Gary Gensler is changes to Regulation D (Reg D) along with updates to the definition of an Accredited Investor. Currently, these amendments are number seven on… Read More

September 25, 2023 @ 5:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Speaking at the beginning of last week’s meeting of the Investor Advisory Committee (IAC), SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce went to bat for smaller firms and private securities issuers – once again. The SEC is currently considering making the definition of an Accredited Investor more rigorous…. Read More

September 15, 2023 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Investor Advisory Committee will meet next week and will discuss two very important policy items that impact capital raising for private firms. The first panel discussion will review exempt securities offerings under Reg D. This exemption, only available to… Read More

July 10, 2023 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic, the operator of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the world, has enhanced its private deal room service for its top global investors. Republic has revealed “Project Platinum” to serve accredited investors. Republic has sought to create a multi-tiered service for both smaller and… Read More

June 29, 2023 @ 12:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online capital formation platform Issuance, has expanded its Issuance Express platform to include Reg D 506(b) offerings. Issuance already supports Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) and Reg A+ (Regulation A) exempt securities offerings. The Express service is a streamlined process to invest in a private security… Read More

June 13, 2023 @ 7:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

DealMaker has emerged as a top online capital formation platform providing services to enable the primary issuance of securities across the full stack of crowdfunding exemptions. This includes Reg CF, Reg A+, and Reg D. At the same time, due to its base of operations… Read More

June 1, 2023 @ 11:30 am By JD Alois  |  

In recent days, Elon Musk tweeted that “commercial real estate is melting down fast. Home values next,” in response to a Tweet about the rapidly declining value of office real estate in Los Angeles and San Francisco, which is selling for less than the amount… Read More

May 19, 2023 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

The self-described “Tesla of Motorcycles,” Curtiss Motorcycle Co., has listed a securities offering on Wefunder. Investors are purchasing equity in the company at a pre-money valuation of $7.3 million.  The offering page indicates that $554,000 has been raised on an initial target of $581,000, but… Read More

April 4, 2023 @ 7:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Virtuix, previously a serial funder on SeedInvest, has filed a Form C to raise capital under Reg CF – this time with DealMaker. Simultaneously, Virtuix has filed a Form D to raise money under Reg D 506c for accredited investors – a fairly typical practice… Read More

March 31, 2023 @ 4:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

GlobexUS Holdings Corp., the company that powers Upstream – a digital asset marketplace, is pursuing an online securities offering to raise growth capital. Upstream is a joint venture with MERJ Exchange – the regulated marketplace based in Seychelles. Upstream has been announcing digital securities cross-listed… Read More

March 14, 2023 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Last month, CI hosted a webinar to review the securities crowdfunding market of 2022 as well as expectations for 2023. While the consensus of the group was that online capital formation softened in the waning months of 2022, panelists participating in the webinar were more… Read More

March 9, 2023 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

In a diplomatically worded missive, the Securities and Exchange Commission, Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, has posted a “Parting Perspective Letter” regarding its efforts in recent years while outlining its recommendations – that the Commission has ignored. The letter, signed by Committee Chair Carla… Read More

February 6, 2023 @ 10:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Doug Ellenoff, the managing partner of Ellenoff, Grossman, and Schole (EGS) – a Manhattan-based law firm, has been a supporter of innovation in financial services for many years now. A staunch proponent of the JOBS Act of 2012 before it became law, Ellenoff is a… Read More

February 6, 2023 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

CI recently published an update on Reg CF [Regulation Crowdfunding], an exemption that allows a business to raise up to $5 million in an online securities offering. Investors may be non-accredited or accredited. While the legislation creating Reg CF was signed into law in 2012,… Read More

December 21, 2022 @ 9:22 am By JD Alois  |  

GenesisAI is raising money on Netcapital as it aims to create an open marketplace for artificial intelligence (AI) applications. According to the offering page, GenesisAI is raising up to $3 million under Reg CF. Investors are receiving Class A Common Stock at a pre-money valuation… Read More

November 30, 2022 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

  The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC), has posted two letters advising the Commission on key policy goals that impact capital formation, especially for smaller – private firms. The Committee is the creation of the SEC Small Business… Read More

November 18, 2022 @ 11:51 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission’s regulatory agenda during the current leadership has changed little since it was first revealed in 2021. One item that has been near the top of the list is Reg D “improvements,” including an update to the Accredited Investor definition. Regulation… Read More

October 20, 2022 @ 12:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Weltio, a Y-Combinator alumni that aims to service Latin American investors with an investing app, is raising growth capital on Wefunder. According to the offering page, Weltio is aiming to raise $1.15 million in a SAFE with a $15 million valuation cap. So far, Weltio… Read More