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Monthly Archives: December 2015
Hollywood Studios Sue Crowdfunded Fan Film
Hollywood movie studios Paramount Pictures and CBS have filed suit against a crowdfunded fan film of Star Trek claiming copyright infringement. While the producers of the film claim that they have an exception under copyright law where they won’t make … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding Platforms, Film, FINRA, fraud, Funding Portals, review, SEC, unfair and deceptive practice, Venture Capital
Tagged Axanar, capital, Captain Kirk, CBS Studios, copyright, copyright infringement, Crowd Fund Act, crowd funding platforms, crowdfund, crowdfunding, donations, equity, fan fiction, fan films, film, film finance, finance, going where no one has gone before, IndieGoGo, intellectual property, kickstarter, Nimoy, Paramount Pictures, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, settings, characters, species and themes, Shatner, space, Spock, Star Trek
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Some of the Year’s Strangest Crowdfundings
Year end lists have to include strangest crowdfunding campaigns. My list includes: Brony Fair 2016, potato salad, a new line of designer condoms that sport artistic designs, a guy who would, for $1.5M delete his (Sam Pepper’s) YouTube account (a … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, Broker dealers, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Dodd Frank, Film, FINRA, fraud, Funding Portals, Investments, Jobs, Legislative Intent, SEC, Small Business, VC, Venture Capital, Wall Street
Tagged capital, condoms, crowd, crowd fund, Crowd Fund Act, crowdfunding, crowdfunding campaigns, crowdfunding sites, defense costs, donors, equity, film finance, finance, FINRA, fraud, JOBS Act, medical costs, potato salad, rewards, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, strange, terms and conditions, web portals, websites, weird, Zombait
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UK Crowdfunding Year in Review
The 15 biggest crowdfunding projects in the UK for 2015 included: ToxiMet (food safety) raising £1,596,040; Pod Point (electric car charging) £1,677,620; Diabetic Boot Company: £1,764,493; Pavegen (floors that cycle kinetic energy) £1,903,400; Hochanda (hobbies, crafts) £1,962,744; Adzuna (job search … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, Congress, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Funding Portals, Investments, SEC, Small Business, Uncategorized, VC, Venture Capital, Wall Street
Tagged accredited investors, bet, CrowdCube, crowdfund, crowdfunding, Daily Telegraph, entrepreneurs, equity crowdfunding, equity investing, finance, gamble, non-accredited investors, Silicon Valley, stake, startup, top crowdfunding campaigns, UK, United Kingdom, VCs, venture capital, venture capital funds, year in review
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Democrats Push SEC to Regulate Political Spending
The must-pass Omnibus Spending compromise includes a provision stuck in by Republicans that prohibits the Securities and Exchange Commission from using 2016 funds to regulate corporate political spending disclosures. However, a raft of Democrats have written to SEC Chair Mary … Continue reading
Posted in Congress, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Dodd Frank, Film, Investments, Jobs, Legislative Intent, SEC, Small Business, VC, Venture Capital, Wall Street
Tagged Chairman White, Citizens United, Congress, corporate disclosure, corporate political spending, corporate spending, Democrats, disclosure, laws, letter, Mary Jo White, Omnibus Spending bill, periodic reports, political spending, politics, Republicans, rulemaking, rules, SEC, SEC action, Securities and Exchange Commission
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When Does Crowdfunding Become Tacky?
At what point does crowdfunding become tacky? Is it OK to ask for money for your medical treatments? Pay for your lawyer? How about your wedding? What if you want a new car? Or will you pay for my Hawaiian … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, Charity, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Film, fraud, Funding Portals, Jobs, Legislative Intent, SEC, Small Business, unfair and deceptive practice, VC, Venture Capital, Wall Street
Tagged cancer, charity, Crowd Fund Act, crowdfund, crowdfunding, CrowdRise, expenses, FINRA, fraud, GoFundMe, grassroots money, helping out, JOBS Act, lawyer, legal fees, medical, medical treatments, money, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, vacation, wedding
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Crowdfunding Factoid #10:Max Investment
Under the Securities and Exchange Commission’s crowdfunding regulation, the maximum investment for any person in any year is : (i) the greater of $2,000 or 5% of the lesser of the investor’s annual income or net worth if either the investor’s … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Film, fraud, Funding Portals, Investments, Legislative Intent, SEC, Small Business, VC, Venture Capital, Wall Street
Tagged accredited investor, annual income, calculation, crowd, Crowd Fund Act, crowdfund, crowdfunding, funding portal, JOBS Act, joint income, maximum investment, net worth, non-accredited investor, Regulation CF, Regulation Crowdfunding, spouse, website
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Crowdfunders Exit Quickly With Acquisition
CrowdCube, the United Kingdom’s leading equity crowdfunding platform, issued a press release: “Camden Town Brewery, which raised £2,750,000 in April this year thanks to 2,173 Crowdcube investors, has announced that it has been acquired by Anheuser-Busch InBev (AB InBev), the … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Film, Funding Portals, Legislative Intent, SEC, Small Business, States, Tax, VC, Venture Capital, Wall Street
Tagged AB InBev, accredited investor, acquisition, Anheuser Busch, beer, brewery, Camden Town Brewery, capital, cash out, Crowd Fund Act, CrowdCube, crowdfund, crowdfunding, equity, exit, liquidity event, Regulation D, return on investment, Stella Artois, UK, website
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Public Service Ad: Register Your XMas Drone
Public service for those who get drones for Christmas: You need to register your aircraft if it weighs between 0.55 lbs and up to 55 lbs. You will be subject to civil and criminal penalties if you meet the criteria … Continue reading
Posted in drone, Uncategorized
Tagged 400 feet, airports, credit card, drone, FAA, Federal Aviation Adminstration, flight restrictions, interference, no drone zone, paper registration, registration, regulation, uas, uav, unmanned aerial system, unmanned aerial vehicle, unmanned aircraft system
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SEC Issues Report on Definition of “Accredited Investor”
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued its “Accredited Investor” review report. The agency is contemplating: revising the financial thresholds for individual investors since the number of U.S. households qualifying as accredited investors has increased from approximately 2% of the population … Continue reading
Posted in accredited investor, Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding Platforms, Film, fraud, Funding Portals, Legislative Intent, Small Business, VC, Venture Capital, Wall Street
Tagged accredited investors, adjustment, capital, Crowd Fund Act, crowdfund, crowdfunding, education, entrepreneur, equity, examination, Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, funding, income, inflation, net worth, private placement, qualifications, Regulation D, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, sophisticated investor, spousal equivalent, startup
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MBA Schools Ask Students to Wait
The Wall Street Journal reports that business schools like Stanford are encouraging MBA students to graduate before jumping out to start a company. Although the number of dropouts hovers, for example, at around 9% at Harvard Business School, many schools … Continue reading
Posted in Crowd Fund Act, Crowd Fund Act of 2012, Crowd Funding At the Margins, Crowd Funding Platforms, Film, fraud, Funding Portals, Investments, Jobs, SEC, Small Business, Uncategorized, VC, Venture Capital
Tagged accelerator, app, BAE, business plan, business school, capital, crowd fund, Crowd Fund Act, crowdfunding, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, equity, financing, funding, fundraising, graduate school, Harvard, incubator, internet, M.B.A., MBA, Menlo Park, Nifti, San Jose, Sandhill Road, SEC, Securities and Exchange Commission, Stanford, startup, stock, VC, venture capital
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