The culture around crowdfunding is rapidly maturing. Over the last several years, crowdfunding websites in the United States have been a popular way for artistic enterprises like films or musical products to obtain charitable support. Under recently adopted rules, the general public will have the opportunity to participate in a broader range of early capital raising activities for start-ups and early-stage companies.
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Hunting for accredited investors that invest a minimum of $500,000 at a time and only expect a 1% return? Then learn more about the secretive world of EB-5 finance. Join our co-founder, Jor Law, on a webinar that explores EB-5 finance and how changes in securities laws, including the Jumpstart our Business Startups Act (JOBS Act), make it easier than ever before to find highly coveted EB-5 investors. Click through for more information.
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This week our Co-Founder, Jor Law, was interviewed on CalCap Radio - The Private Investing & Business Finance Hour. Click through to access a link to the interview, which discussed Title II Crowdfunding.
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Ice cream magnates, Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, remained true to their adopted state's roots in 1984 when they raised more than $750,000 in a direct public offering ("DPO") entirely from residents of the state of Vermont. DPO's allow small or local companies to raise investment capital apart from the strict registration requirements of federal and state securities laws. Crowdfunding seems like a new thing, but as Amy Cortese pointed out in an article entitled “Old-School Crowdfunding: Meet the Direct Public Offering”, crowdfunding has been around in the form of direct public offerings for a quite a while.
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SAFE stands for Simple Agreement for Future Equity, and they are simple. They’re fantastic, actually, but do crowdfunding investors understand what they are receiving when they "invest" in a young company and get SAFEs in return?
Properly used, SAFEs serve a great niche in the investment world. But without proper disclosure and education, sadly, in time, SAFEs may discourage and disillusion investors who hoped to participate in the success of small start-up companies.
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US companies have enjoyed foreign direct investments from immigrants all over the world through the popular EB-5 program in which investors invest a certain amount of money to create jobs in the US economy in exchange for a green card. Proposed changes to the definition of "accredited investor" may have a profound impact in the EB-5 industry.
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VerifyInvestor.com will be attending the Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation this year in Washington D.C. on November 17th, 2015 at the SEC Headquarters.
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The Securities and Exchange Commission will host a public forum to discuss financial technology (Fintech) innovation in the financial services industry. The forum is designed to foster greater collaboration and understanding among regulators, entrepreneurs and industry experts into Fintech innovation and evaluate how the current regulatory environment can most effectively address these new technologies.
The proliferation of Fintech innovation has the potential to transform virtually every aspect of our nation’s financial markets. The panels will discuss issues such as blockchain technology, automated investment advice or robo-advisors, online marketplace lending and crowdfunding, and how they may impact investors.
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This year's 2016 Global Alternative Funding Forum will be held on November 11th at The Skirball Center in Los Angeles.
THE FUTURE IS NOW – ACCESS TO CAPITAL, REDEFINED
Exclusive thought-leadership annual gathering with a think-tank theme: made by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. ONE DAY ONLY EVENT.
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