Breaking news: today the SEC issued final rules allowing investment-based crowdfunding to finally take place legally in the U.S. In a surprising twist, however, the SEC also published a new and binding interpretation of existing areas of securities law which renders more traditional angel funding inoperative — effectively making crowdfunding not only legal but mandatory [...]
View PostTake a look at this article about filings being made in an alleged crowdfunding fraud case. Interesting stuff, except for the fact that the headline could not be more incorrect. This story is not about crowdfunding at all, and it certainly does not illustrate a scenario that will occur more when the rules for investment [...]
View Post crowd investing, crowdfunding, investment crowdfunding, small businessOn November 26, 2012, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary L. Schapiro announced that she will step down on December 14, 2012. It has been under Chairman Schapiro’s watch that the SEC had been working to shape the regulations that will govern investment crowdfunding under the JOBS Act. Implementation of the rules will now fall to current SEC [...]
View Post Elisse Walter, JOBS Act, Mary L. Schapiro, President Obama, SEC, Securities and Exchange CommisionSo, what does crowd funding look like? We have shared the stories of a lot of companies who have chosen to be at the forefront of the crowdfunding wave. We have told you about sports teams, breweries and distilleries, musicians, tech companies, and companies creating new green technology, just to name a few. To look [...]
View Post community, community owned, crowdfunding, general store, jefferson county, quimper peninsula, small town business, trailer, video, washington stateEarlier this week mobile scanner manufacturer Couragent Inc. announced they were launching an equity crowdfunding offering. Legally able to raise money from residents of Colorado, Illinois, New York, Wisconsin, and Wyoming, this makes Couragent the first American company to legally use investment crowdfunding. We are excited and thankful that Couragent chose to use Funding Launchpad’s [...]
View Post Colorado Companies to Watch, couragent, couragent.net, courinvestor.com, crowd funding, crowdfunding, equity crowdfunding, equity-based crowdfunding, flip pal, Fort Collins, Ft. Collins, genealogy, Gordon Nuttall, growth companies, heritage, investment crowd funding, investment crowdfunding, mobile scanner, mobile scanning, Northern Colorado, scrap booking, scrapbookingFunding Launchpad Chief Marketing Officer Dave Milliken recently wrote a guest blog post for public relations firm Leverage PR titled “Crowdfunding Explain- An In Depth Look” (we did not name it, but it sure sounds great). This post provide a brief history of crowdfunding and describes the four types of crowdfunding in broad use today. [...]
View Post crowd funding, crowdfunding, donation-based crowdfunding, explained, investment crowdfunding, Joy Schoffler, Leverage PR, microfinance, peer-to-peer lendingEarlier this month Crowdsourcing.org published their “Crowdfunding Industry Report” based on survey responses from 170 crowdfunding sites. (We view it as a nice supplement to our “Consumer Interest in Investment Crowdfunding” white paper, which is based on consumer research.) This blog post is the first of several that will analyze this research. Over the past [...]
View Post crowd funding, crowdfunding, crowdsourcing.org, donation-based crowdfunding, equity-based crowdfunding, investment crowdfunding, Kickstarter, PebbleYesterday W3W3.com released two interviews with Funding Launchpad leaders, CEO Steve Reaser and Adviser Brian Tsushiya, about investment crowdfunding. The interview with Steve Reaser covers the key benefits of the JOBS Act (H. R. 3606): The ability to tell lots of people about your offering The ability to raise money from non-accredited investors While enactment [...]
View Post Brian Tsushiya, crowdfunding, Crowdfunding Alliance, Funding Launchpad, investment crowdfunding, Steve Reaser, Vim Funding, w3w3, w3w3.comPresident Obama is slated to sign the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act on Thursday, and the final, authoritative text of the bill has finally been made available to the public – you can take a look at http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-112hr3606enr/pdf/BILLS-112hr3606enr.pdf. Note that Title III is the crowdfunding part. There have been a number of brief summaries [...]
View Post 504, 505, 506, crowdfunding, exemption, FINRA, funding portal, general solicitation, investment crowdfunding, IPO, JOBS Act, reg d, SECIndustry Journey What a journey we have taken as an up-and-coming industry. Fueled by the concepts described by Alberto Falossi in his “Kapipalist Manifesto” and by Kevin Lawton and Dan Marom in ”The Crowdfunding Revolution“, action by entrepreneurs at the grassroots level has propelled us ever-forward. Back in 2000, ArtistShare launched the first fan-funded site. Around this [...]
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