VerifyInvestor & CommunityLeader Form Partnership on Investor Verification
CommunityLeader and Verify Investor have announced a strategic partnership to provide crowdfunding and private placement platform operators with an integrated solution for verifying investor...
View ArticleCrowdfunding EB-5 Foreign Investors: A Path to US Citizenship
Billions of dollars have flowed into U.S. companies through a little known program known as “EB-5”. EB-5 is an immigrant investor program created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy...
View ArticleIdentifying “Bad Actors” In Private Offerings under Rule 506
This article is part one, of a two part discussion, on Identifying Bad Actors for private placements. In 2010, as part of the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, Congress adopted the...
View ArticlePart II: Due Diligence to Identify “Bad Actors” In Private Offerings under...
This the second part, of a two part series, reviewing Bad Actors in private placements. The first article may be viewed here. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued new Rule 506(d) in...
View ArticleLegal: Drafting the Regulation A Offering Statement
If your company has decided to take advantage of the new avenues for reaching investors under Regulation A, the biggest task you face will be preparing an offering statement that includes mandatory...
View ArticleWhat’s In a Regulation A Plus Offering Circular, Anyway?
If your company is not public and plans to raise capital, you might have considered Regulation A Plus – and you are aware that it comes with a big warning sticker: the company needs to prepare...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About Accredited Investor Verification
For years, most capital raises conducted by private companies have primarily relied on Regulation D as an exemption from compliance with certain burdensome securities laws. In particular, most...
View ArticleSyndication is the What, Crowdfunding is the How
Syndication and crowdfunding are terms that have been used interchangeably within the last decade, and their concepts and meaning have become increasingly blurred. However, whereas syndication focuses...
View ArticleVerifyInvestor & CommunityLeader Form Partnership on Investor Verification
CommunityLeader and Verify Investor have announced a strategic partnership to provide crowdfunding and private placement platform operators with an integrated solution for verifying investor...
View ArticleCrowdfunding EB-5 Foreign Investors: A Path to US Citizenship
Billions of dollars have flowed into U.S. companies through a little known program known as “EB-5”. EB-5 is an immigrant investor program created by Congress in 1990 to stimulate the U.S. economy...
View ArticleIdentifying “Bad Actors” In Private Offerings under Rule 506
This article is part one, of a two part discussion, on Identifying Bad Actors for private placements. In 2010, as part of the aftermath of the Global Financial Crisis of 2008, Congress adopted the...
View ArticlePart II: Due Diligence to Identify “Bad Actors” In Private Offerings under...
This the second part, of a two part series, reviewing Bad Actors in private placements. The first article may be viewed here. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued new Rule 506(d) in...
View ArticleLegal: Drafting the Regulation A Offering Statement
If your company has decided to take advantage of the new avenues for reaching investors under Regulation A, the biggest task you face will be preparing an offering statement that includes mandatory...
View ArticleWhat’s In a Regulation A Plus Offering Circular, Anyway?
If your company is not public and plans to raise capital, you might have considered Regulation A Plus – and you are aware that it comes with a big warning sticker: the company needs to prepare...
View ArticleEverything You Need to Know About Accredited Investor Verification
For years, most capital raises conducted by private companies have primarily relied on Regulation D as an exemption from compliance with certain burdensome securities laws. In particular, most...
View ArticleDon’t Panic! US Securities Exemptions for Initial Coin Offerings
So you were ready to do an initial coin offering (ICO), and then the Securities Exchange Commission released an investigative report concluding that DAO tokens were securities. Seasoned securities...
View ArticleDoing a Concurrent Reg D & Reg S Initial Coin Offering
Initial coin offerings are all the craze, and for good reason. According to CoinSchedule, over $3 billion has been raised in the first 10 months of October. The Securities Exchange Commission...
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Despite the record success of many initial coin offerings (ICOs), raising capital for ICOs is a difficult process. It is tempting to accept help anywhere one can get it, and there is no shortage of...
View ArticleSEC Blockchain Panel at Berkeley: Still Plenty of Work as Regulators Figure...
This past week, Blockchain at Berkeley was the host to an ICO Financing Conference. Participating at the event were representatives from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Blockchain at...
View ArticlePolymath Network Telegram Account is First to Tap Out at 50,000 Follower Cap
Polymath Network is the first cryptocurrency related project to hit the 50,000 follower ceiling on Telegram. The highly popular company is the industry first security token launch pad. As initial coin...
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