News & Analysis as of August 15, 2025

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The Jump-Start Our Business Start-Ups Act is a United States federal law enacted in 2012 to increase start-up companies' access to capital by easing certain restrictions on seeking and soliciting private... more +

Less Red Tape, More Capital? SEC Clarifies 506(c) Verification Rules

DarrowEverett LLP on 3/17/2025

On March 12, 2025, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a significant no-action letter clarifying the use of high minimum investment amounts as a method for verifying accredited investor status under Rule...more

SEC Expects Crowdfunding Portals to be 'Gatekeepers,' Not Ignore Red Flags

Fox Rothschild LLP on 2/8/2022

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is serious about regulating not only startups looking to raise money through crowdfunding portals, but the platforms themselves. Case in point: In September 2021, the SEC...more

Blog: Equity Crowdfunding – Is It For You?

Cooley LLP on 8/3/2020

Entrepreneurs often ask whether equity crowdfunding is a viable option for funding their company. As is often the case with questions to an attorney, the answer is “it depends”. In 2012, when President Obama signed into law...more

FAQ: What Businesses Need to Know About Investment Crowdfunding

Ward and Smith, P.A. on 11/9/2017

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

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

Baker Donelson on 1/26/2017

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

SEC (Finally) Adopts New Equity Crowdfunding Rules, Promoting Increased Access to Capital and Democratization of Investment...

McCarter & English, LLP on 11/5/2015

Late last week, the SEC adopted its final rules for equity crowdfunding under Title III of the JOBS Act. These rules, when implemented, have the promise of reducing the cost and increasing the availability of sorely needed...more

Crowdfunding Regulations

Troutman Pepper on 11/4/2015

On October 30, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final crowdfunding rules. More than two years after the publication of the proposed crowdfunding rules, the SEC approved regulations that permit...more

SEC Approves New Crowdfunding Rules

Winthrop & Weinstine, P.A. on 11/3/2015

Fulfilling a promise made more than three and a half years ago, on Friday the SEC approved final rules for Regulation Crowdfunding ("Reg CF"), the last remaining component of the JOBS Act of 2012. Reg CF aims to create a...more

They've Arrived: Long-Awaited Federal Crowdfunding Rules Adopted by SEC

Baker Donelson on 11/2/2015

On October 30, 2015, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) voted three to one to adopt equity crowdfunding rules pursuant to Title III of the Jumpstart Our Business Startup Act of 2012 (JOBS Act)....more

SEC Issues Final Rule on Crowdfunding, Proposes Amendments to Existing Rules to Facilitate Small Business Capital Raising

Ballard Spahr LLP on 11/2/2015

Last week, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted the final rule permitting crowdfunding, permitting investors to purchase securities over the Internet using a crowdfunding exchange, on October 30, 2015....more

Crowdfunding 101: The Four Types You Need To Know

Foley & Lardner LLP on 9/4/2015

This post was originally written by Dylan Rochon, 2015 Foley & Lardner LLP Startup Connector. The term “crowdfunding” is closely associated with websites such as Kickstarter.com and GoFundMe.com. These sites provide a...more

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