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SEC Broadens Guidance on Accredited Investor Verification

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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has issued a no-action letter providing new interpretive guidance on the verification of accredited investor status in offerings conducted under Rule 506(c) of Regulation D, which...more

Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Relief for Pre-Verified Accredited Investors May Encourage Rule 506(c) Offerings

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It’s pretty common for issuers in follow-on offerings to solicit investors from previous rounds first.  Indeed, doing so is often mandatory when early investors have preemptive rights. ...more

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Strict Traffic Rules for New Crowdfunding Vehicles – Part Three of Exempt Offering Amendments Deeper Dive

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You just raised $1 million in your crowdfunding offering under Title III/Regulation CF.  That’s the good news.  The bad news?  You now have over a thousand shareholders on your cap table, making it unwieldy, an administrative...more

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Using Regulation D Rule 506(c) to Raise Capital

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Raising investment capital through private offerings has always been a challenge, especially for new and emerging investment managers. COVID-19 has exasperated this challenge by significantly limiting traditional means of...more

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JOBS Act 3.0 Passes US House of Representatives

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On July 17, 2018, the United States House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a bipartisan package of reforms to help facilitate capital formation and spur entrepreneurship. The JOBS and Investor’s Confidence Act (JOBS...more

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“Three’s A Charm”: House Adopts JOBS Act 3.0 To Fix Earlier Capital Raising Reform Efforts

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t’s not often that the House of Representatives votes nearly unanimously on anything noteworthy these days, but that’s exactly what the House did on July 17 in voting 406-4 for the “JOBS and Investor Confidence Act of...more

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FAQ: What Businesses Need to Know About Investment Crowdfunding

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What is Crowdfunding? Crowdfunding is a marketing tool that businesses use to obtain capital from a large number of individuals, typically over the Internet....more

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Regulation A+: A Capital-Rising Method that is Ready for Franchising

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In a prior article published in Franchising Today, we addressed the intersection of franchises and crowdfunding, a method of business financing which was made legal through rulemaking on the part of the Securities and...more

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Practice Pointers on Navigating the Securities Act’s Prohibition on General Solicitation and General Advertising

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The Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the “JOBS Act”) included a measure directing the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC” or “Commission”) to relax the prohibition against general solicitation and general...more

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The Equity Crowdfunding Rules: What You Need to Know

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The SEC’s equity crowdfunding rules finally go into effect this month almost four years after Congress passed the JOBS Act, requiring the relaxing of certain rules on raising funds. So what does equity crowdfunding actually...more

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SEC Finally Adopts Federal Crowdfunding Rules: All That Glitters May Not Be Gold

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On October 30, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), by a 3-1 vote, adopted the long-anticipated final rules permitting federal crowdfunding (“Title III Crowdfunding”), providing a potentially attractive...more

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It’s Not Crowdfunding!

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Since the Regulation A+ effective date last month, a number of websites have emerged that promote “Regulation A+ crowdfunding” contributing even further to the confusion in the market regarding “crowdfunding.” ...more

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