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Equity crowdfunding under Regulation CF  presents a twist which can be a trap for the unwary. The $1 million limit on the maximum offering amount per 12 month period includes securities sold by [...]

The Fix Crowdfunding Act, sponsored by Congressman Patrick McHenry, passed the House of Representatives in summer 2016 and subsequently was sent to the Senate, but was never passed by the [...]

The SEC is not provided any official updates on the number of Regulation CF offerings being made. A review of the SEC’s at EDGAR  website reflects an average of 3-4 Form Cs filed each week. Based [...]

A company selling securities under Regulation CF is required to prepare an offering document, and must file the offering document and information about it with the SEC on Form C. The Form C must [...]

The investor in a crowdfunding offering cannot immediately resell, but is subject to significant limits on resale. Resales can be made only after one year, unless the security transferred to an [...]

A crowdfunding offering has to meet several requirements. The offering has to be made through a registered broker-dealer or through a registered crowdfunding portal. Although a broker-dealer can [...]

Regulation CF provides limited relief to persons wishing to obtain funding from the public. The concept is that companies, after filing a brief notice with the Securities and Exchange Commission, [...]

In addition to preparing your financial information, you can go a long way toward organizing your business for going public my comprehensive file system. Some companies prefer to use a [...]

The biggest delay encountered by companies wishing to do a reverse merger IPO is that their financial records are not sufficiently well organized in order to permit an expeditious audit of their [...]

Any casual reader on the subject of running your own business is told about the importance of observing corporate formalities. What does this mean? Creditors may be to ”pierce the corporate veil” [...]