Tagged: regulation cf

May 1, 2020 @ 4:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, a leading US-based investment crowdfunding platform offering securities under the full stack of available exemptions (Reg CF, Reg A+, Reg D) has filed for another funding round Filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), StartEngine has posted a Reg A+ offering seeking $41… Read More

April 29, 2020 @ 6:30 pm By Trilliam Jeong  |  

What happens when a business is forced to try something new amid a crisis? Usually a lot of pain and a lot of failed attempts. But today’s capital market players may have it easy. While major Wall Street banks and asset managers are being forced… Read More

April 29, 2020 @ 1:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Sondors Electric Car Company, founded by Storm Sondors, has closed its securities offering on StartEngine having raised $569,413 from 761 investors. The Reg CF offering was seeking the max amount of $1.07 million. According to the offering page, investors are receiving common equity at… Read More

April 27, 2020 @ 3:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

BlockCard by Ternio allows people to buy anything they want with cryptocurrency thus making crypto more bankable, usable and, well, practical. Ternio is in the midst of a crowdfunding round on Republic as it seeks to raise additional growth capital and expand its business. Blockcard… Read More

April 17, 2020 @ 3:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

NextSeed, launched as FINRA regulated funding portal and now a broker-dealer offering the full stack of securities exemptions, has announced a new product to assist small businesses impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. According to NextSeed, the NextSeed Community Bridge Note (CBN) will leverage Regulation Crowdfunding… Read More

April 17, 2020 @ 12:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, an offshoot of AngelList and sister company to CoinList, has acquired FIG – a securities crowdfunding platform in the gaming space. Details of the acquisition were not immediately available. Founded by Justin Bailey, Republic states that he will stay actively involved as a Fig… Read More

April 15, 2020 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Special Purpose Vehicles or “SPVs” have long been requested by FINRA regulated platforms participating in the Reg CF sector of crowdfunding. Under current rules, SPVs are not allowed to be utilized. This may soon change as the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has proposed enabling… Read More

April 13, 2020 @ 3:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

George Cook, the CEO of Honeycomb Credit, is a sixth-generation community banker who started a loan crowdfunding portal to support main street small businesses. A FINRA regulated funding portal, Honeycomb is a debt only seeing an opportunity to supplant bank lending or competing Fintechs that… Read More

April 11, 2020 @ 5:00 pm By Ben DiScipio  |  

Earlier this month, The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced a set of amendments to the exemptive framework under the Securities Act of 1933. This includes a notable update to Reg CF – increasing the funding cap from its current $1.07 million to $5 million…. Read More

April 9, 2020 @ 12:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Chatter continues to disseminate as to how venture capital is pulling back or funding is simply vaporizing. At best, some deals are being reconfigured as pre-pandemic pricing is being called into question. The COVID-19 crisis is hitting early-stage firms hard. Private companies that may be… Read More

April 2, 2020 @ 7:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

If spinning or standard cross-fit classes are too tame for you, a startup providing fitness boxing may be just what you need. Grit Bxing is an early-stage firm that has already received the backing of multiple high-profile investors, according to the company. Names like Tim… Read More

March 27, 2020 @ 3:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rocket Dollar is nearing the end of a securities offering on Republic and with less than 2 days in the offering, the Fintech has topped $400,000 on the crowdfunding platform. Rocket Dollar is a Fintech that helps to match investors with alternative finance offerings. The… Read More

March 27, 2020 @ 3:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ammo² (or AmmoSquared) has closed on a crowdfunding round on Wefunder raising approximately $313,000 at a $4.49 pre-money valuation. Investors received preferred stock in the company. Started in 2015 by husband and wife team, Ammo² has generated over $1m in revenue to date through its… Read More

March 27, 2020 @ 2:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced that it is providing temporary regulatory relief to market participants in response to the effects of COVID-19. The actions involve filings on the EDGAR system as well as certain company filing obligations under Regulation A (Reg A+)… Read More

March 25, 2020 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Fundopolis is the most recent crowdfunding platform to provide specific initiatives for issuers during the challenges engendered by the COVID-19 pandemic. As has been widely reported, millions of small businesses are seeing revenues drop as people comply with COVID-19 quarantines and social distancing practices. Fundopolis… Read More

March 24, 2020 @ 6:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

I don’t know about you but I am already tired of reading/hearing/seeing/dreaming about COVID-19. Social distancing and shelter at home are necessary and vital – especially for cities like New York that has emerged as an epicenter for the virus. Eventually, we will move beyond… Read More

March 24, 2020 @ 2:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a tweet this week, Wefunder said it expects the first quarter of 2020 to be their best quarter ever. This is in an environment where Fintech investment is struggling and the emergence of the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, is hammering the entire world. While Q1… Read More

March 20, 2020 @ 5:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global stock markets are tanking erasing hard in gains from the past 3 years while governments around the world struggle to keep economies moving forward during the Coronavirus pandemic reality. While COVID-19 is rattling markets everywhere, at least one, Reg CF, has shown signs of… Read More

March 18, 2020 @ 10:17 am By JD Alois  |  

KingsCrowd has closed on a $1 million crowdfunding round on the NetCapital marketplace. KingsCrowd is a ratings and analytics firm for the private securities market. NetCapital lists private securities under both Reg CF and Reg D. The KingsCrowd offering leveraged both exemptions in a side… Read More

March 8, 2020 @ 7:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Compound: Reach is an App-based real estate investment platform. The company is “re-imagining” the way people invest in real estate by enabling everybody to “participate in the growth and prosperity of the cities and neighborhoods they are helping to build.” The company currently lists several… Read More