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  • Scott McIntyre
    Scott McIntyre answered 11/1/2022

    Crowd funding is awesome for retail investors! One challenge I would see with crowdfunding are following. How do we mitigate these? - Start up founders are more and more getting greedy with valuations with no product/proof of concept in hand. A lot of tooling is needed to provid

    Both valid comments, there are a few quick answers to make the severity of these problems perhaps less worrisome: 

    1) the average investment in a successful crowdfunding campaign is only $96. So, the real risk vis a vis the founder's self-proclaimed valuation is not only mitigated by this avera... more

    • Reg A+
    • Reg CF
    • Equity (RIC)
    • Funding Portals
    • Law & Legal
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  • Dealmaker answered 10/25/2022

    When i login to dealmaker , it doesn’t show any active/live companies to invest. Currently it shows only one company that invested. Am I missing something? Or is it by design that we always need to start from the startup company website. As deal maker is very popu, i am...

    Hi - thanks so much for reaching out!  We are not a 'Marketplace' where investors can shop - so that's why you don't see a variety of deals. Our SaaS is a white-labeled platform that allows a brand to raise capital on their own site - similar to how Shopify provides an eCommerce solution to bra... more

    • Reg A+ Fundraising Platform
    • Cap Table Management
    • White Label Portal Software
  • David Duccini
    David Duccini answered 10/5/2022

    How are Self Regulatory Organizations like FINRA financially sustained?

    TLDR;  "Fees & Fines"

    FINRA is a purportedly not-for-profit membership based organization but their Revenue and Expenses are not easily discernible, at least not in public sources like CharityNavigator:

    https://www.charitynavigator.org/ein/521959501

    FINRA likely generates the vast majority ... more

    • Regulations & Compliance
    • Funding Portals
    • Law & Legal
  • Jenny Kassan
    Jenny Kassan answered 10/1/2022

    Are founders putting themselves at risk if they reveal their fundraising plans on a public forum like Twitter?

    Yes!  It is amazing how common it is for founders to publicly pitch investments in their companies.  This is not always illegal.  There are some securities exemptions under which this is allowed (e.g. Regulation Crowdfunding (but with some limitations) and Rule 506(c)).  But most... more

    • Regulations & Compliance
    • Law & Legal
  • Brian Belley
    Brian Belley answered 10/1/2022

    What are the type of securities used on the top Reg CF platforms?

    Here is a breakdown from KingsCrowd for the most popular security types for Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) in 2022 so far:

    As the figures show, the most popular security types in Reg CF in 2022 are:

    1. SAFE (Simple Agreement for Future Equity) - $128.8M, 41%

    2. Equity (Common) - $114.7M, 36%

    3. E... more

    • Equity (RIC)
    • Funding Portals
    • Reg CF
  • Brian Christie
    Brian Christie answered 7/16/2022

    Are there any helpful crowdfunding events coming soon?

    Glad to learn of your interest in regulated investment crowdfunding (#RIC).

    Yes, there are a few upcoming events in the space ... 

    SuperCrowd22 will include a Who's Who in regulated crowdfunding and will examine the intersection of crowdfunding and impact investing. It is a web-based event bein... more

    • Equity (RIC)
    • Education & Training
    • Impact Investing
    • Reg A+
    • Reg CF
  • Sara Hanks
    Sara Hanks answered 6/20/2022

    Form C-TR question on timing of filing.

    Answering a question with a question: how would engaging a transfer agent reduce the number of holders of record?

    • Regulations & Compliance
    • Equity (RIC)
    • Law & Legal
    • Reg CF
  • Elizabeth Carter
    Elizabeth Carter answered 6/8/2022

    Do you think DAOs could replace the funding portals and investment crowdfunding?

    Yes to funding portals (and probably should) and no to replacing investment crowdfunding. Rather, DAOs will most likely use investment crowdfunding to fund its projects.

    • Equity (RIC)
    • Funding Portals
    • Blockchain
  • Devin Thorpe
    Devin Thorpe answered 5/26/2022

    How would you define impact crowdfunding?

    Great question!

    Impact crowdfunding is what is happening at the intersection of investment crowdfunding and impact investing.

    As you know, investment crowdfunding was authorized by the bipartisan 2012 JOBS Act. It was initially implemented in 2016 with a $1 million cap, which was increased to $5 mil... more

    • Impact Investing
    • Corporate Social Responsibility
    • Reg A+
    • Reg CF