Tagged: regulation a

Capital Ideas: Modern Media Offerings Are Exposing a Two-Tiered Investing System

When iconic media brands raise capital on modern rails, the camera pans wide and the inequities of U.S. investor access come sharply into focus. Mohit Bhansali, founder and CEO of EquiDeFi, the platform powering the $500 million Los Angeles Times offering, joined ICAN’s Capital Ideas… Read More

SEC to No Longer Stay Effectiveness of Registration Statement Once Securities Sold, Impacts Reg A

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made some rule changes today, and one of them will impact Regulation A (Reg A), a securities exemption utilized for online capital formation. Reg A requires an offering to be qualified by the SEC before commencing a funding round…. Read More

SEC: Commission to Meet to Discuss Reg A, More

The SEC has scheduled an open meeting for tomorrow where the members of the Commission will discuss and vote on certain regulatory items. The topics of discussion include: The Commission will consider action relating to the compliance date for the amendments to Form PF that… Read More

Angel Studios Returns to Crowdfunding to Raise More Money, Compares Itself to Netflix Before it Went Public

Angel Studios, a values-driven online streaming service, is raising additional funds through an online securities offering. With the sale ending this weekend, Angel Studios reports having topped $47 million in a Reg A offering hosted by Rialto. Investors are purchasing common shares for a minimum… Read More

Conservative Affiliated Bank, Old Glory Bank, Raises Money Under Reg A Exemption

Old Glory Bank, a conservative affiliated financial institution, is raising growth capital online under the Reg A+ exemption, which opens up the sale of securities to non-accredited investors. Old Glory Bank, based in Oklahoma but offering digital banking services nationwide, is described as “pro-American” and… Read More

DealMaker Meets with SEC to Discuss Crypto Offerings, Advocates for Updated Reg A

DealMaker, a leading platform supporting online capital formation, recently met with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to discuss crypto. DealMaker is a tech-infused broker-dealer that enables issuers to raise funds under Reg D, Reg CF, and Reg A. DealMaker has facilitated several billion in… Read More

Real Estate Marketplace Pacaso Raises Over $35M in Reg A Offering

Pacaso, a marketplace for co-owned luxury vacation homes, has announced that it has raised over $36 million from more than 10,000 individual investors through its Reg A+ offering. Pacaso filed to raise over $75 million, which is the funding cap for the exemption. In the… Read More

Fundrise’s Innovation Fund Available on SoFi Platform

Fundrise’s Innovation Fund (INNOX), a Reg A securities offering that enables access for retail investors for well-known private firms, will be made available on the SoFi (NASDAQ:SOFI) platform. This move should boost investor access to the fund, which does not trade on an exchange and… Read More

Fundrise Talks Up Innovation Fund Providing Retail Access to Private Securities, Throws Shade at Competitor

Fundrise founder and CEO Ben Miller visited with CNBC this week to discuss the growing business of providing retail access to private securities typically issued under the Reg D exemption. Reg D requires an investor to be deemed “Accredited” – earning over $200,000 a year… Read More

SEC Analysis of Reg A: $9.4 Billion for Over 800 issuers

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA), has published a report on Regulation A (Reg A) alongside a document reviewing Reg CF. The report states that since Reg A was updated under the JOBS Act of 2012, over 800… Read More

Capital Ideas: Inside the Newsmax IPO and How Reg A + Can Democratize Wall Street

In the latest Capital Ideas interview, Mark Elenowitz, Managing Director at Digital Offering, revealed the strategies behind the historic Newsmax IPO. This groundbreaking Regulation A+ offering achieved the largest two-day opening gain in US market history. The success story provides a compelling blueprint for how… Read More

SBCFAC Meeting on Reg A: What Works and What Doesn’t Work

The SEC’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) met this week to discuss Regulation A. Regulation A or Reg A+ is a securities exemption that received an update under the JOBS Act of 2012 – the legislation that legalized online capital formation (investment crowdfunding). Prior to the JOBS… Read More

SEC SBCFAC to Review Reg A Securities Exemption: What Needs to Change?

Tomorrow (May 6, 2025), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) will meet to discuss the Regulation A, or Reg A+, securities exemption. Reg A existed before the JOBS Act of 2012, but few issuers utilized the exemption. Following… Read More

Reg A Topic of Discussion for Next SEC SBCFAC Gathering

Regulation A or Reg A+ will be the topic of discussion for the SEC’s next Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee (SBCFAC) meeting which will take place on May 6th. The announcement of the topic shares that the Committee will review how firms are using… Read More

ICAN Founder Nick Morgan Shares What Needs to be Fixed at the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

ICAN, or Investors Choice Advocates Network, is a non-profit that advocates on behalf of underserved investors and those individuals deemed to be unfairly targeted by the Securities and Exchange Commission. ICAN supports investors’ rights, which sometimes suffer from too much government and too little freedom…. Read More

Pacaso Plans Reg A+ Funding Round, Enlists DealMaker

Vacation home marketplace Pacaso has filed a Form 1-A indicating its intent to raise money online. According to the offering circular,  Pacaso is offering up to 28,957,528 shares for $2.50/share or a gross amount of $75 million – the maximum allowed under the exemption. Pacaso… Read More

Legion M Set to Close 9th Funding Round, Reports Over 50,000 Investors

“Fan-owned” film studio Legion M is nearing the close of its most recent securities offering. The longtime crowdfunding proponent is scheduled to complete its ninth online securities offering in the past eight years. The company has utilized several different platforms in the past. The current offering… Read More

Reg A Issuer Armed Forces Brewing Company Places Invest Now Link on Beer

Armed Forces Brewing Company, a private firm looking to raise up to $5 million in a Reg A+ securities offering, is promoting the offering on its beer. The company has leveraged the securities exemption in the past to raise growth capital from its community. In… Read More

Capital Ideas: Etan Butler of Dalmore Group

Capital Ideas podcast hosts Nick Morgan and Dara Albright had an insightful discussion with Etan Butler, Chairman of Dalmore Group, a leading crowdfunding platform that has raised over $1.5 billion for businesses through JOBS Act exemptions. Dalmore Group has particularly excelled in Regulation A (Reg… Read More

Raising Capital: The Start of Something New

The ecosystem for capital-raising for commercial real estate is slowly embracing something new: the ability to raise significant capital directly from retail investors and blending it with capital from family offices, and other smaller institutions. We’re in a new age of capital raising for the… Read More

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