Both Sides of the Table

MAY 15, 2010

Clearly a startup should consult its lawyer before filing or not filing.But the attorneys I relied on to write this piece told me that they’ve done lots of Section 4(2) deals in the past, and would recommend it to clients who had relatively simple financing agreements (not tranched-out, not too many investors, etc.) Short answer: no.

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Hearpreneur

AUGUST 2, 2016

We generate fully-surveyed and verified Investor and Reservation leads, for both accredited and non-accredited investors. And a big part of that comes down to a lack of education messaging targeted at individual investors. What does the future of equity crowdfunding look like?

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Professor VC

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

The blog post you included does offer a solution and limiting non accredited investors to $1,000 rather than 10% of income will hopefully eliminate people betting the farm. My skeptical side assumes that the intermediaries are the only ones that will make money in aggregate on these deals. February 11, 2012 11:00 PM.

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Startup Company Lawyer

MAY 26, 2012

In 2005, Kiva launched a micro-finance platform that allows people to lend small amounts of money to entrepreneurs in developing areas. 10 percent, not to exceed $100,000, of annual income or net worth of an investor, if either the investor’s annual income or net worth is equal to or greater than $100,000.

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K9 Ventures

MAY 14, 2011

They may or may not be accredited investors, and they don’t invest regularly or often. <$50K in aggregate. The Series A is now the third round of financing for a company, but the nomenclature hasn’t been changed. The 3Fs invest their own hard-earned money, usually under $50K. Lots, 20-100. 1-2 per partner. Individual.

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Scott Edward Walker

JANUARY 13, 2012

Background As the term suggests, “crowdfunding” is funding from a crowd of people — that is, many people provide small amounts of money to finance something. Indeed, it is unclear whether the Senate will even pass a crowdfunding bill (and, if so, in what form).

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Professor VC

AUGUST 14, 2012

FC is the latest Kickstarter type site to launch to give entrepreneurs the opportunity to raise financing from a large number of individuals. Some of the current services act on the investment bank model and either facilitate transactions between investors and companies (i.e. I'm curious as to how the SEC will view FC.

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