Hi Derrick,

If you invested on Republic.co, you should be able to check your investments if you:

1. Log in

2. Hover over your click the drop-down in the top right

3. Select "My Portfolio"

4. You can then click on any of your investments to read updates.

You can also hover over the lightning bolt next to your picture, which will display all the updates for companies you follow, have invested in, etc.

Hope this helps!

Best,

Brian

The short answer is: yes, Regulation Crowdfunding requires that an issuer uses a crowdfunding intermediary.

I'm assuming when you say "crowdfunding raise" that you're referral to using Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF). Reg CF legally requires the use of a crowdfunding intermediary, which can be either a funding portal, or a registered broker-dealer. 

There are other types of securities-based "crowdfunding" - e.g. if you're looking to do a larger Reg A+ raise, then you are not required to use a crowdfunding intermediary - some issuers will do these campaigns on their own website. However, Reg A+ campaigns have much higher costs to launch due to more stringent disclosures and other legal and financial requirements.

As of July 2020, there are over 50 FINRA-registered funding portals. 

The latest list can be found here: https://www.finra.org/about/funding-portals-we-regulate

In terms of funding portal reviews, check out our Crowdwise review videos: https://crowdwise.org/courses/funding-portal-reviews/

Another great resource for not only funding portal reviews but also other alternative investment website reviews is Yieldtalk: https://yieldtalk.com/