On, Thursday, September 26, 2013, the National Minority Angel Network (NMAN), in conjunction with Microsoft will host an event on the JOBS Act and Capital Formation with an expert Panel of Speakers, http://www.nmanetwork.com/nyc-meet-our-panelist/, David Wield, former Vice Chair NASDAQ/Co-Author JOBS ACT/ Chair & CEO Weild & Company, Kim Wales, Entrepreneur/Visionary/Crowdfunding Expert/ CEO. Wales Capital, Doug Ellenoff, Esq. – Strategy/Transactions/Corp. Financing/Member, Ellenoff Grossman & Schole, LLP, Daryl Bryant – Successful Serial Entrepreneur/CEO, StartupValley and Hudson Horizons, Ryan Feit – Entrepreneur/Investor/CEO & Co-Founder, SeedInvest, and Mike Norman, CEO & President, WeFunder.

Small business capital is vital to our economy. With the passage of the JOBS Act for Crowdfunding, a whole new era of capital is available to small business owners of every industry and sector. Under the revisions of the Securities Act of 1933, Crowdfunding allows business owners and entrepreneurs to access the public market to fund their business from several thousand dollars up to one million dollars. But not all forms of Crowdfunding are currently legal, most businesses use pledge or donation based models to raise capital which is legal. However, if you choose to sell securities (stock or units) or raise debt then you need to know the law for Title III funding. Title III funding will increase the amount of funding and number of investors from the current amount. Title III funding  can become one of the most important sources of financing in the 21st Century for minority and woman entrepreneurs who together only represent above 1% and 4% respectively of all Angel based investments in the US. This session will provide you with an understanding of all three forms of funding, how to prepare for raising capital, meet some of the leading authorities in Crowdfunding, and businesses who successfully raised capital from Crowdfunding portals.

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On Friday, September 20, 2013,  the Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship will host an event with expert panelist on Crowdfunding – Latest Insight on Implementation of the JOBS Act – which will include crowdfunding laws and discussions will cover the series of regulatory changes happening this fall intended to make it easier for early-stage companies to raise capital.

The Feliciano Center for Entrepreneurship was created to enhance entrepreneurship education at Montclair State University by creating an environment where students unleash their talent for creativity, innovation and entrepreneurial drive.  This environment will provide students the opportunity to create and develop ideas that turn into real products or services and ultimately pitch those products and services to successful entrepreneurs.  Students will become entrepreneurs.

Speakers scheduled are: Zak Cassady-Dorion, partner, Crowdfund Capital Advisors; Kim Wales, founder of www.Wales Capital.com, in Manhattan, and board member of Crowdfunding Intermediary Regulatory Advocates; Jonathan Sandlund, founder of www.thecrowdcafe.com; Douglas Ellenoff, member Ellenoff Grossman & Schole, a law firm with offices in Manhattan; and Daryl Bryant, founder of Startup Valley.

NEW YORK, NY–(Marketwired – July 11, 2013) –  As crowdfunding becomes a viable capital-raising tool for startups worldwide, fifty leaders in the crowdfunding industry are uniting to create a think tank for the advancement of a global crowdfunding ecosystem. CF50 is a global nonprofit invite-only membership organization consisting of industry professionals, portal CEOs, academics, and policy makers who will carefully deliberate the direction crowdfunding takes as it becomes an internationally widespread practice. The recent lifting of the ban on general solicitation by the U.S. highlights the recent movements towards the democratization of capital formation.

The organization will convene at an annual global conference in which leaders are able to discuss highlighted issues and the future of crowdfunding. CF50 announced today that its leadership will consist of:  Read more:

July 10, 2013

The SEC adopts Title II 506(c) – general solicitation and advertising of the JOBS Act, which removes the uncertainty about the forward progress from Chairwoman Mary Jo White.  As for her priorities at the agency, White said during her March confirmation hearing that her top priority would be to finish rulemaking mandates under the Dodd-Frank and JOBS Act “in as timely and smart a way as possible.”

“Given the explicit language f the JOBS Act as week as the statutory deadline which passed last July, the Commission should act without further delay,” White said before  today’s vote on Title II for general solicitation and advertising.  “This does not mean, however, that the Commission should not take steps to pursue additional investor safeguards if and where such measures become needed.

Wales Capital Summary: JOBS Act TItle II – Adoption

SEC’s Final Rules: http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/2013/33-9416.pdf

Washington, DC (PRWEB) June 03, 2013

The White House hosted Kim Wales, Founder of Wales Capital and Board Member of the Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA) along with other distinguished crowdfunding industry thought leaders for the Champion of Change Ceremony on June 4th recognizing entrepreneurs using crowdfunding to fuel growth.

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Oxford Valuation Partners, Crowd Valley and KPMG featured experts, Kim Wales, founder of Wales Capital, Douglas Ellenoff, senior attorney with the firm Ellenoff, Grossman & Schole, Nicolas Hodge, Partner at K&L Gates, Alejandro Cremades, founder of RockThePost, Vamsi Sistla, CTO of CrowdValley and an Angel Investor with the ARC Angel Fund and Daniel Miller, Co-Founder of Fundrise, who are at the cutting edge of this new field, Crowdfund investments. Together they discussed and debated the landscape of funding options and how quickly it changing. Driven by new SEC no-action letters and changes stemming from the JOBS Act that is permitting a broader scope of activity in the space outside of the traditional networks.  The current focus seems to be on platforms that link Accredited Investors and investment opportunities, while more retail options are being developed since the final rulemaking process for Title III remains underway.

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White, who became SEC chairman on April 10, 2013, has suggested the commission pass the existing plan without major changes and add additional protections later, said the people, who declined to be identified because the deliberations are private. The approach would placate congressional Republicans who have complained the SEC has slow-walked the rule, which was required to be completed by July 2012.

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April 18, 2013 – Crowdfund investment pioneers speak at the NYC Angel and Crowdfund Investing Conference.

On December 14, 2012, the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) published the OSC Staff Consultation Paper 45-710 Considerations for New Capital Raising Prospectus Exemptions. The Consultation Paper sets out four concept ideas for new prospectus exemptions in Ontario, together with a number of specific consultation questions. The concept ideas are: a concept for an exemption to allow crowdfunding subject to limits for issuers and retail investors, a concept for an offering memorandum exemption, a concept for an exemption based on an investor’s investment knowledge, and a concept for an exemption based on an investor receiving advice from a registrant.

Wales Capital participated in a forum along with other industry thought leaders such as Crowdfund Capital Advisors, SomoLend, Arctic Island, GATE Technologies, Nehemiah Investments, and Ellenoff Grossman & Schole, LLP.

Subsequently, Wales Capital provided comment letters to the OSC for consideration as related to a). Investment Size; b). Oversubscription; c). Two Business Day “cooling period”; d). Revenue Models; e). Rescission Period (Withdrawal Rights).

Read Comment Letters Here