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Are You Ready for Equity Based Crowdfunding?

Up and Running

The SEC’s proposed rules (mandated by the JOBS Act of 2012) amend the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 to allow the offer and sale of securities through an internet crowdfunding campaign, similar in some respects to donation crowdfunding campaigns conducted on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. The investors.

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ProfessorVC: Crowdfunding - Good Idea or Really, Really Stupid.

Professor VC

I wont go into the details of the bill, but at a high level, it allows entrepreneurs to raise funds over the Internet up to a maximum of $1M annually (or $2M with audited financials). These investments would be exempt from registration under the 1933 SEC Act. There is a reason the SEC exists. Steve Bennet. 7.5 - 10.5%

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Putting Twitter’s IPO in Perspective

Agile VC

As many of you know, in the past I’ve done a series of posts deconstructing the S-1s of VC-backed internet startups going public. A few years ago this was sort of a novelty… not that many startups were going public and not that many bloggers or mainstream journalists took the time or had familiarity with combing these SEC filings.

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Bringing Transparency to Startup Data: Our Data Repository Project

Version One Ventures

It’s worth noting that SaaS companies could probably do something interesting with all their data in aggregate. Some of these companies do share their aggregate findings, but never their raw data. In these cases, data is standardized to the SaaS’ requirements, but remains silo’ed within an organization. 3: Publicly available financial.

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Out of the Crisis #26: Brian Armstrong of Coinbase on cryptocurrency, being mission-oriented, and institution building

Startup Lessons Learned

Why don't we just put this plan on the internet? It kind of aggregates technology content, I suppose. I think it was December of 2010, and happened to just be reading that paper on the internet one day and just immediately captivated my attention. And I actually really liked doing this. So that was my first interaction with it.

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More Cash for Entrepreneurs, Crowdfunding, and Indiegogo

David Teten

It allows small businesses to raise $1 million, from a limit of 10% of income or $10,000 from individual investors, without registering their companies with the SEC. It was created before the Internet age to protect investors by promoting full disclosure of information.

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Is crowdfunding legal?

Startup Company Lawyer

Crowdfunding: Its Practical Effect May Be Unclear Until SEC Rulemaking is Complete. On April 23, 2012, the SEC published guidance reminding issuers that “any offers or sale of securities purporting to rely on the crowdfunding exemption would be unlawful under federal securities laws” until the SEC adopts new rules.

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