Accredited investor verification is a critical process for accessing private market investments. It ensures that participants have the financial stability and knowledge necessary for higher-risk opportunities.  Outlining the criteria and procedures for determining accredited investor status is crucial for investors…

If you need to raise capital fast, a traditional stock offering or initial public offering isn’t the way to go. Instead, consider a private stock offering or private placement. A private stock offering enables you to generate capital in days rather…

Your million-dollar idea should appeal to your potential investors in its first impression. The solution is a well-planned marketing campaign mixed with a product and business plan that make sense. Any crowdfunding campaign has three main phases: Pre-launch, Launch, and…

The SEC adopted amendments to Regulation A (now known as Regulation A+) on March 25, 2015, under the “Jumpstart Our Business Startups” Act (JOBS act). Reg A+ allows small businesses to raise capital from investors through its exemption from registration…

In our research, we came across an article that had a graphical illustration of declining IPOs from 1999 to 2018, and astonishingly it is almost 60%. Nearly all private companies aim to go public because of the associated advantages eventually,…

If your company has always thought about crowdfunding as only a means to fund charitable causes, then it’s about time you changed that perception. Since the coming of Indiegogo in 2008 and Kickstarter the following year, business owners have become…

On December 19, 2018, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued final rules that they will now allow public reporting companies to utilize Regulation A+ (Reg A+). Reg A+ creates a registration exemption for public offerings, based on two separate offering…

Many prominent companies and Regulation CF platforms have expressed concern over the limited amount of capital that issuers can raise under Reg CF: $1 million. On July 19, 2018, they sent a detailed letter to the SEC requesting that they…