Tagged: regulation a

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

June 15, 2023 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Brian Dally, co-founder and CEO of Groundfloor, operates a unique online investment platform for real estate investors. By using the Reg A+ exemption, Groundfloor enables smaller investors to gain access to residential properties – a sector of the market that continues to experience robust… 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 9, 2023 @ 3:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

DF Growth REIT II, LLC, managed by DiversyFund, has been hit with a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) administrative action. According to the SEC, DF Growth REIT II failed to adhere to certain requirements for securities issued under Reg A+, a JOBS Act exemption that… Read More

June 6, 2023 @ 12:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Monogram Orthopaedics (NASDAQ:MGRM) aw its shares trade on Nasdaq following private security offering under Reg A+ – an exemption that allows retail investors to back a private firm. The offering was facilitated by DealMaker, a platform, and broker-dealer specializing in private securities and Republic, which… 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 23, 2023 @ 4:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Boxabl is preparing to raise capital, and it is taking a full-court press by raising money in a Reg A+ and Reg D offering as well as a pitch on FrontFundr in Canada. The Reg A+ will be listed on StartEngine, which displays over $1.25… Read More

May 16, 2023 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed charges against ten firms that raised money using the Reg A+ (Regulation A) securities exemptions. Each firm has agreed to pay a civil penalty ranging from $5000 to $90,000. Under the JOBS Act of 2012, Regulation A… Read More

May 15, 2023 @ 11:42 am By JD Alois  |  

In 2021, WiGL became the first issuer to raise the maximum $5 million in a Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) on StartEngine. In 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission increased the amount a company could raise using Reg CF from $1.07 million to $5 million –… Read More

May 8, 2023 @ 5:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

Over 150,000 spectators watched Mage, a 3-year-old colt, win the run for the roses at the 2023 Kentucky Derby this past weekend. Mage held 15 to 1 odds in the tight two-minute race. Perhaps watching the race but not in the stands were 4oo investors… Read More

May 5, 2023 @ 3:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine has been raising growth capital once again in a self-crowdfunding round that has been available for several months now. According to the offering page, $13,858,375 has been raised in a Reg A+ offering for common equity from 7669 investors. StartEngine is selling shares at… Read More

May 3, 2023 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Boxabl, a pre-fab housing manufacturer that has generated significant interest among consumers, is planning to return to StartEngine for its next funding round, according to an email from the platform. In August of 2022, Boxabl closed a Reg A+ securities offering at around $24 million…. Read More

April 13, 2023 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Knightscope (NASDAQ:KSCP), a company that raised funds in an online securities offering, has signed a contract to sell its autonomous security robots to the City of New York. New York is currently enduring an extended rise in the rate of criminal activity. At the same… Read More

April 6, 2023 @ 10:18 am By JD Alois  |  

The JOBS Act of 2012 was signed into law eleven years ago, on April 5, 2012. While it took some time for the various acts to become actionable – with Title III Reg CF not going into effect until 2016, the bipartisan act of legislation… Read More