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On May 1, 2024, the SEC Small Business Capital Formation Committee submitted its accredited investor definition recommendations to the SEC. Currently, an investor may qualify as an accredited investor by meeting certain...more
Not long ago, the SEC hosted the Annual Small Business Forum. The Forum provides an opportunity to consider a broad array of issues affecting private companies as well as smaller public companies seeking to raise capital and...more
On March 8, 2024, the House of Representatives passed the Expanding Access to Capital Act, H.R. 2799, which we had previously posted on the blog. ...more
On March 5, 2024, the House will consider capital formation related legislation, H.R. 2799. This was originally introduced in April 2023 and reported out in July 2023. It is comprised of 19 separate bills. The House...more
As we previously posted, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee met last week to consider changes to the accredited investor definition, which has become a political hot...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission recently published its report on the Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation, which generates recommendations from participants that the SEC considers. The...more
In early June, the US House of Representatives passed two sets of bills focused on promoting capital formation. The bipartisan effort included bills that amend the accredited investor definition in order to increase the...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Investor Advocate held the 42nd Annual Small Business Forum—this time convening panels over four days on various topics, including trends and challenges affecting early...more
Effective as of March 2021, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted several amendments “to facilitate capital formation and increase opportunities for investors by expanding access to capital for small and...more
At the end of September 2022, Patrick McHenry, the top Republican on the House Financial Services Committee, released the Committee Republicans’ capital formation agenda. The capital formation agenda aims to build on the...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Small Business Capital Formation Advisory Committee held a panel discussion on recent trends in taking a company public during its October 13, 2022 meeting. The panel, “Update on the...more
Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) released its report to Congress summarizing the principal policy recommendations made at the 41st Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital...more
The SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (“OASB”) recently issued its 2021 Annual Report (the “Report”), which reviews the capital raising activities of a variety of companies, from startups and...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation recently delivered its annual report for FY2020 to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the US Senate and...more
On November 2, 2020, the SEC adopted significant rule amendments to simplify, harmonize and improve the exempt offering framework to facilitate capital formation and investment opportunities in startups and emerging...more
In the News. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) adopted broad exempt offering reforms; the Department of Labor (DOL) finalized a rule, with significant revisions from the original proposal, on ESG investments; the...more
On Aug. 26, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced amendments to the definitions of “accredited investor” and “qualified institutional buyer” (QIBs) to expand the universe of investors who are eligible...more
Late last week, the House Appropriations Committee approved a bill that addresses the budgets for among other agencies, the Securities and Exchange Commission. While the bill would authorize an increase in the SEC budget for...more
The first quarter 2020 PwC/CB Insights MoneyTree Report for the first quarter of 2020 provides insights on the level of venture funding. ...more
On March 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published a release entitled “Facilitating Capital Formation and Expanding Investment Opportunities by Improving Access to Capital in Private Markets” (the...more
Recent events have negatively impacted fintech funding. CB Insights recently published data comparing fintech financing activity in the first quarter 2020 compared to the same quarter in prior years. ...more
On March 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced proposed amendments to the exempt offering framework. The proposals target harmonization, simplification and improvement of the existing rules and...more
On March 4, 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) proposed amendments to the current framework of registration exemptions and safe harbors. ...more
On January 23, 2020, the SEC’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (the “Office”) hosted its first Capital Call, during which the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation and Director of the...more
The Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation published its annual report to the Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs of the U.S. Senate and the Committee on Financial Services of the US House of...more