House Bill Would Increase Cap on Equity Crowdfunding
By Gregory Roberts, Bloomberg News
March 24, 2016 — New online crowdfunding Web portals won’t go live until mid-May, but a key House Republican is already renewing efforts to ease existing restrictions on how much money companies can raise via the innovative technique.
Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-N.C.) introduced legislation (H.R. 4855) that would lift to $5 million the amount that an individual venture can raise under the crowdfunding exemption from securities law in the 2012 JOBS Act. That represents a fivefold increase on the $1 million cap now in the law.