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Crowdfunding's Time Still Hasn't Come, at Least Not for Equity Investments
If you’re hoping to raise capital for your business by selling small stakes to investors over the Internet, you better be patient — there’s no telling when this form of crowdfunding will become a reality. Congress legalized the use of crowdfunding for equity investments a year ago, when it passed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act. […]
New Studies Show 81% Jump in Crowdfunding
April 8, 2013 – New studies show that funds raised through crowdfunding jumped 81% from 2011 to 2012, and that the equity and debt based crowdfunding could be a $3.98 Billion market per year. Today, massolution, a research firm specializing in the crowdsourcing and crowdfunding industires, released its annual Crowdfunding Industry Report, finding that crowdfunding […]
The JOBS Act One Year Later: Where Equity Crowdfunding Stands
April 5 marks the one year anniversary of the JOBS Act being signed into law by President Obama. The JOBS Act legalized equity-based crowdfunding in the U.S., which would allow ordinary Americans to invest in newly forming and established small businesses they believe in, while realizing a return on their contribution. The law gave the […]
New Crowdfund Investing Book Prepares Start-ups
April 5, 2013 – Although regulations permitting equity crowdfunding are months away, now is the time for investors and start-ups to prepare for equity crowdfunding, according to Sherwood Neiss, co-author of the new book “Crowdfund Investing for Dummies. ” “I think the book’s timing is perfect,” said Neiss said. “This gives entrepreneurs ample time to […]
White Promises Priority for JOBS Act
Washington, DC – Mary Jo White, President Obama’s nominee to chair the Securities and Exchange Commission, promised the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee to meet the mandate for rules under the JOBS Act. The SEC missed a deadline last December 2012 to formulate rules that would regulate rules to implement equity crowdfunding under […]
Crowdfunding Professional Association Hosts Key Industry Event
Expert insights unlock new markets through finance, technology and social media NEW YORK (March 20, 2013) – The Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA) will host its 2nd Annual Crowdfund Investing Innovation Forum on August 8-9, 2013 in Orlando, FL. The forum has established itself as the must-attend conference for leaders, entrepreneurs, investors and policy makers who […]
Introduction to Crowdfunding for Entrepreneurs
SBA’s Office of Entrepreneurship Education provides this self-paced training exercise as an overview of crowdfunding (also commonly referred to as ‘crowd financing’ or ‘crowd sourced capital’). The highlighted next steps at the conclusion of the program will help you apply what you have learned and engage you in the process of crowdfunding. Read More…
While Waiting for SEC Regulations, Crowdfunding Leaders Focus on Investor Education
Some crowdfunding industry leaders are using the lull before the fundraising practice is publicly viable to develop educational material for people who may soon be making their first investments. The Securities and Exchange Commission is currently drafting rules to allow start-ups to sell stakes in their companies to the general public, potentially raising large sums from crowds of small […]
Higher Ed: Crowdfunding Group Launches Global Education Network
In an industry that seems to be growing and changing by the hour—thanks, in part, to the 2012 JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act—a new associations is moving quickly to help crowdfunding professionals, industry partners, investors, and the general public make sense of it all. The Crowdfunding Professional Association announced that it is rolling out […]
As the primary trade association representing the Regulated Investment Crowdfunding industry in the United States, we work to educate, advocate, and advance the industry on behalf of our members and all industry stakeholders.
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