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Founder of Crowdwise.org. Self-taught investor and website developer (Flutter, React, Python, PHP, Javascript).
Angel Investor in 100+ private startups through equity crowdfunding.
Passionate about technology, investing, and education.
Experienced Engineering leader and manager with 10+ years working in the Defense & Space industry in both the Engineering and Operations functions. Skilled in Requirements Management, Engineering Management, Leadership, MATLAB, Python, Aerospace and Mechanical design and analysis, and Earned Value Management.
Strong entrepreneurship professional with a Master of Science (M.S.) focused in Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering from the University of Southern California.
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Founder and Owner
CrowdWise, LLC
May 2019 - present
Founder, Teacher and Developer at Crowdwise.org, providing free investor courses, educational content, crowdfunding and early-stage investing industry data analytics, and tools for early-stage, private market investors.
Self-taught investor and full-stack developer (Flutter, React, Javascript, Python, PHP).
Angel Investor in 100+ early-stage private startups through equity crowdfunding.
Crowdfunding, angel investing, and venture capital industry data analytics and statistics.
Engineering Manager
BAE Systems, Inc.
June 2009 - May 2019
10 years as an Aerospace and Mechanical Engineer. Graduate of the Engineering Leadership Development Program in 2012.
Various roles, including: Aero/mechanical design engineer, Hardware Engineering Lead, New Product Introduction Engineering Manager.
Education
University of Southern California
Master's Degree
2009 - 2012
Dual M.S. in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanical Engineering, with a focus on Computational Fluid Dynamics and Solid Mechanics
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Bachelor's Degree
2005 - 2009
Graduated with a 4.0 average, numerous accolades and awards, including the highest academic record of the 2009 graduating class of undergrads.
Dual B.S. in Aeronautical and Mechanical Engineering
Dual Minors in Economics and French
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/
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