After years of increasing acceptance of and reliance on convertible note financings as a mechanism for funding early-stage companies, we have noted a clear emerging trend away from such transactions (and others like them,...more
7/15/2016
/ Capital Raising ,
Conversion ,
Convertible Debt ,
Early Stage Companies ,
Entrepreneurs ,
Equity Financing ,
Investors ,
Preferred Stock Financing ,
Qualified Small Business Stock ,
SAFE ,
Seed Financing ,
Startups ,
Term Sheets ,
Valuation
What happened?
On December 18, Congress passed and the President signed into law the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (the “PATH Act”), a measure that, among other things, retroactively renews, extends and...more
Late last week, the SEC adopted its final rules for equity crowdfunding under Title III of the JOBS Act. These rules, when implemented, have the promise of reducing the cost and increasing the availability of sorely needed...more
11/5/2015
/ Brokers ,
Capital Raising ,
Crowdfunding ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Early Stage Companies ,
Emerging Growth Companies ,
Financial Statements ,
Funding Portal ,
Investor Protection ,
Investors ,
JOBS Act ,
Liquidity ,
Popular ,
Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Startups