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It's Okay to Venture Away: Alternative Financing Structures for Startups

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When it comes to scaling your startup business, choosing your financing partners is critical. Luckily, entrepreneurs have many choices with new entrants into the market on almost a daily basis. The Kauffman Index estimates...more

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Crowdfunding and IP in Health and Biotech Start-ups (Part 1): The Beginning

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Crowd Funding ImageThis is the first in a 3-part series about the use of crowdfunding in health and biotech start-ups. We start with the story of a tech start-up which set records for funding through a Kickstarter campaign,...more

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Is Crowdfunding Under the JOBS Act Dead?

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In a recent article titled JOBS Act State of the Union (well worth a read in full), Samuel Guzik makes the case that the SEC has given up on creating rules to implement Title III crowdfunding under the JOBS Act. Title III of...more

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FCA Reviews Regulatory Regime for Crowdfunding and Promotion of Non-Readily Realizable Securities by Other Media

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On February 3, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a report in light of its review of the regulatory regime for crowdfunding and the promotion of non-readily realizable securities by other media....more

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Massachusetts Adopts Intrastate Crowdfunding Rules, Effective Immediately

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The Massachusetts Securities Division has recently joined a number of other states in adopting a “crowdfunding” exemption from securities registration requirements for certain offerings made within the Commonwealth, with the...more

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Crowdfunding Coming to Minnesota

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A group has announced plans to introduce a bill that would permit the use of advertising and general solicitation in securities offerings to Minnesota residents. The bill refers to such offerings as “MNvest Offerings”...more

Robins Kaplan LLP

IP|Trend: Starting Up Your Protection of Intellectual Property

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Start-ups are justifiably focused on getting products to market and ensuring that their financial runways are long enough to make it happen. But, failing to pay attention to long-term protections of intellectual property...more

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Committee Passes JOBS Act Related Bills

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The House Financial Services Committee passed several bills designed to promote capital formation, including: HR 4200, the Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs) Advisers Relief Act, introduced by Rep. Blaine...more

Best Best & Krieger LLP

Crowdfunding Gets an Equity Boost: BB&K's James Harper Examines What the Proposed Rules by The U.S. Securities and Exchange...

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Crowdfunding, or crowd-sourced fundraising, allows small businesses and artists without access to traditional bank loans or wealthy private investors to raise money for projects through a large network of contributors who...more

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Crowdfunding Alternatives–Part 3(C): Broker-Dealer Model

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We’re wrapping up the series discussion on crowdfunding because I’d like to move on to other business issues that I’ve been encountering lately (stay tuned later this week for how to limit liability in a contract), but before...more

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