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Re: Equity Crowdfunding / Startup Investing
Posted: Thu Aug 11, 2016 9:28 am
by MachineGhost
Another no-brainer. Boring, piss water, commercial beer is dead. Millennials have no interest in that tasteless stuff.
Craft brewer BrewDog has raised $1m (£770,000) from US investors within the first three days of a new funding round, according to the company.
The Aberdeenshire-based company said there had been an "unprecedented response" to its Equity for Punks USA crowdfunding initiative.
BrewDog hopes to raise up to $50m within six months to help fund expansion in North America.
Plans include a new 100,000 sq ft brewery in Columbus, Ohio.
It is scheduled to open later this year.
Shares in the funding round cost $47.50 each, with a minimum investment of $95. According to BrewDog, more than 1,200 people have already signed up to the scheme.
On its website, the company said: "This unprecedented response to our first crowdfunding round in the States shows the demand for our beer in America, and sets us up with a community of like-minded individuals ready and waiting to help us make our US business an explosive success."
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-sco ... s-37024028
Re: Equity Crowdfunding / Startup Investing
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2016 9:01 pm
by MachineGhost
Ironically, Beta Bionics was the very first startup company to reach the $1 million raise limit (Title III aka Regulation CrowdFunding). I cancelled because it was aimed primarily at those with diabetes or family members with diabetes and not as a profit making venture, so they don't really have an exit plan per se. They got a lot of press so it was probably easy for them to reach the limit.
It's been interesting to observe what the market has been deciding is worthy and not worthy of meeting funding goals. Some better ideas have disappointingly attracted very little (Gigmore); some dumber ideas have disappointingly attracted a very lot (Elio Motors). There's been two withdrawals that I'm aware of, the West Virginian Moonshine (failure to meet goal) and the Rocketbook (no idea why but I suspect maybe they didn't want to be on the hook for delivering so many free Rocketbooks to investors).
Re: Equity Crowdfunding / Startup Investing
Posted: Thu Sep 22, 2016 9:55 pm
by MachineGhost
Re: Equity Crowdfunding / Startup Investing
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 7:16 am
by petergrace
If one is not earning well then still is it possible for the investors to get them declare as "accredited" investors? To the best of my point of view they can't. Investing in any field is once own right, how can other can interfere in it. Equity crowdfunding is simply a mechanism to enable the broad group of investors to fund start up companies and small businesses in return for equity. Investor simply gives money to a business and receive ownership of a small piece of that business.
http://crowdfund.co/equity/
Re: Equity Crowdfunding / Startup Investing
Posted: Thu Sep 29, 2016 11:15 am
by MachineGhost
petergrace wrote:If one is not earning well then still is it possible for the investors to get them declare as "accredited" investors? To the best of my point of view they can't. Investing in any field is once own right, how can other can interfere in it. Equity crowdfunding is simply a mechanism to enable the broad group of investors to fund start up companies and small businesses in return for equity. Investor simply gives money to a business and receive ownership of a small piece of that business.
http://crowdfund.co/equity/
It depends on what kind of regulation a company is raising funds under. The three traditional Regulation D offerings (504,505,506) that have reigned for 80 years are based on self-accreditation and are typically offline opportunities. But the newer Regulation D 506(c) requires accredited verification via a third party. Regulation CrowdFunding and Regulation A+ don't require being accredited at all. These latter three are what dominate the online portals. The SEC may nicely put in a "sophisticated investor" exemption for po' people to take via proctored examinations, but it looks like its stalled.
Re: Equity Crowdfunding / Startup Investing
Posted: Fri Sep 30, 2016 11:38 am
by MachineGhost
