Category: Crowdfunding
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Crowdfunding for agriculture and aquaculture
A US-Greek agriculture company will attempt to issue $7 million in a crowdfunded offering this week. The money will be used to acquire small farm in Greece and convert them into organic producers. The company believes that it can run them more efficiently as one large enterprise. This has been a fundamental driver in consolidation within…
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“Could crowdfunding be the next big investment scandal?”
British newspapers are buzzing this week with headlines like “Could crowdfunding be the next big investment scandal?” Let’s be clear about a few things here in the U.S: The reference to “investment” means that we are discussing equity crowdfunding. This is different from most types of crowdfunding that you’ve heard or read about. Buying stock…
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Crowdfunding data on small business equity financings
I took time last night to analyze newly released data from the first 50 (more or less) small business equity crowdfunding deals completed in the United States. Some interesting trends are emerging that have significance for investors and issuers; I’m sure I’ll have more to say soon.
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Delaware passes crowdfunding law
Delaware is the state of organization of many small business organizations including most of my clients. Yesterday Delaware joined 34 other states in passage of legislation that makes use of more liberal federal crowdfunding rules for small business equity financing. The new state law recognizes the provisions of federal law under the JOBS act. I’ve…
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The demand for alternative investments
Establishing a safe stream of investment income has been a significant challenge for investors and the challenge is expanding. The Wall Street Journal today reports “There is now $13 trillion of global negative-yielding debt, according to Bank of America Merrill Lynch. That compares with $11 trillion before the Brexit vote, and barely none with a…
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State lawmakers tinker with crowdfunding: helping or hurting?
LexisNexis reported yesterday that “Texas securities regulators this month are considering tweaks to state crowdfunding rules that would lift escrow requirements for smaller investments, changes that attorneys say demonstrate the state’s continued eagerness to fine-tune crowdfunding”. Other media sources covered the advancement of crowd funding in North Carolina this week. Many other states are also…
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“Is Crowdfunding a Mirage or an Oasis?”
The well respected law firm Blank Rome LLP, headquartered right here in my hometown of Philadelphia, put out a blog post this week titled “Is Crowdfunding a Mirage or an Oasis?”. With all respect, this is the wrong question for a business adviser to ask at this stage of evolution. The structure of business crowdfunding…
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How to run a successful small business crowdfunding campaign
Many small business owners dream about tapping the power of the internet to raise funding for their growth. Yet in reality few people have an understanding of what it takes to be successful in the realm of crowdfunding. Many of my talks and article focus on explaining that many of the same attributes that indicate…
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Business crowdfunding for newbies
If you are curious but mostly unfamiliar with crowdfunding for small businesses, I suggest that these three concepts are the most important points to understand first: Crowdfunding is evolving. It is still not the best financing choice for most small businesses, but that is changing. In the meanwhile, it makes sense to prepare your small…