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Early crowdfunding often broke securities laws due to unregistered offerings. In 2015, the SEC's Regulation Crowdfunding (Regulation CF) addressed this, stemming from the JOBS Act. It provides an exemption for certain...more
As discussed in our prior post, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation recently issued its 2024 Annual Report....more
On May 1, 2024, the SEC Small Business Capital Formation Committee submitted its accredited investor definition recommendations to the SEC. Currently, an investor may qualify as an accredited investor by meeting certain...more
Not long ago, the SEC hosted the Annual Small Business Forum. The Forum provides an opportunity to consider a broad array of issues affecting private companies as well as smaller public companies seeking to raise capital and...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission announced an upcoming meeting of its Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee on May 6, 2024. The meeting will include a discussion of Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) and...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently published its report on the Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation, which generates recommendations from participants that the SEC considers. The...more
Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released its report to Congress summarizing the principal policy recommendations made at the 41st Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital...more
The SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (“OASB”) recently issued its 2021 Annual Report (the “Report”), which reviews the capital raising activities of a variety of companies, from startups and...more
In a 3-2 vote held in November 2020, the SEC approved new rules and amendments to existing rules that are intended to harmonize, simplify and improve the private placement regime that start-ups and other issuers, small and...more
On November 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission adopted amendments intended to ease the rules for certain exempt offerings. These changes include increasing the annual cap on equity crowdfunding from $1.07 million...more
On November 2, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission voted to harmonize, simplify, and improve the current tangled framework for exempt securities offerings, a move intended to promote capital formation and expand...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted final rules to update and expand the statistical disclosures that bank and savings and loan registrants must provide to investors for the first time in 30...more
On May 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) issued a temporary final rule easing some restrictions on small businesses seeking to raise capital pursuant to Regulation Crowdfunding (“Reg CF”). The SEC made...more
On May 4, 2020, the SEC announced final rules that provide temporary, conditional relief from certain requirements of Regulation Crowdfunding, relating to the timing of the offering and the availability of financial...more
As part of its response to the COVID-19 crisis, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced temporary conditional relief for small companies seeking to raise additional funding through Regulation...more
Picking up on suggestions from its Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee, the SEC has adopted a temporary rule to permit small businesses eligible to do a Regulation Crowdfunding offering that have been...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission released the report from the August 2019 Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation. The Annual Forum provides an opportunity for market participants to meet and...more
After a long wait, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has permitted a startup company to raise funds from the general public through a supervised security token offering (STO) under Reg A+ regulations....more
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently released the final report from the 2018 Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation. The report highlights the recommendations of attendees in ranked order...more
With the proliferation of smaller companies seeking to grow their businesses, gain credibility and access capital, Regulation A+ is now increasingly being used as a fundraising tool. ...more
As the 115th United States Congress is currently in session, a number of bills designed to promote capital raising for companies have been introduced in both the House and the Senate. In the last two months, both the House...more
On February 17, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) signed an agreement to facilitate information sharing with respect to rules regarding...more
On February 17, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the North America Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) entered into an information-sharing agreement in connection with intrastate crowdfunding...more
On Monday, the House of Representatives passed the Creating Financial Prosperity for Businesses and Investors Act (H.R. 6427) (the “Act”) by a vote of 398 to 2. The Act is actually a compilation of six measures that were...more
Insights into an SEC composed of Trump appointees can be gleaned from Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling’s (R-TX) opening statements at a committee hearing on SEC oversight, with testimony by outgoing SEC...more