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Please save the date for CfPA next webinar on Crowdfunding vs Venture Capital in Impact Investing. We have great speakers lined up. 

Moderator: Devin Thorpe, Author, VP, Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA)    

Overview: Sherwood Neiss - Crowdfund Capital Advisors (on VC funding vs Crowdfunding for under-represented groups) 

SPEAKERS:

Michelle Thimesch, CEO, Crowdfund Mainstreet (Confirmed)
Dr. Stephanie Gripne, Founder & CEO, Impact Finance Center (Confirmed)
Sergio Paluch, Managing Partner, Beta Boom (Confirmed)

REGISTRATION INFORMATION COMING SOON .... 

Why Equity Crowdfunding?

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Dear CfPA Community: 

Below you'll find details for the upcoming Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA) Innovation Webinar Series  

Event Title: Crowdfunding vs Venture Capital in Real Estate - competing approaches or the future of collaboration?  

September 15th (2-3 pm ET)

Moderated by Devin Thorpe, VP of CfPA 

Overview on crowdfunding growth and developments:  

Brian Belley, Founder of Crowdwise and CfPA Board member 

Panel Discussion:  

Eve Picker, Founder and CEO, Small Change (Reg CF funding portal)

Herve Francois, Acquisition Manager at The DeRosa Group (Issuer that completed a transaction over the Republic platform)  

ZainMatt JafferKnight, Founder, Proptech VCAngel and Partner at Blue Field CapitalGroup   

Fee: $10, Free for CfPA members  

NOTE: CfPA members and VIP friends can use "CFPAVIPGUEST" to register for free.

To Register:  

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/webinar-crowdfunding-vs-venture-capital-in-real-estate-tickets-168779884177?aff=ebdsoporgprofile 

About: We've made it halfway through 2021 and you might be wondering, "What is the status of the crowdfunding industry?"

To that end, the Crowdfunding Professional Association will be conducting its annual Crowdfunding Industry Mid-Year Stakeholder Call on Friday, July 16 at 1PM EST - 1:30PM EST. As Funding Portals, Broker Dealers, escrow agents and other stakeholders in the crowdfunding industry we will be forwarding an invite next week so you can join us for this industry wide update. Below is the agenda:

Conference Call : Dial-in number: (774) 267-4136 

Agenda: 

- Welcome & Key Industry Updates - Samson Williams, CfPA President
-Total number of RegCF portals
- Key Innovations
- FINRA & Customer Service Reminders
- CF Investments as of June 30th and key insights - Sherwood (Woodie) Neiss, General Partner at
Crowdfund Capital Advisors
- Investor Perspectives - Kingscrowd
- BD and RegA+ key updates - Etan Butler, Chairman, Dalmore Group LLC
- Legislative / Compliance updates - Maureen Murat, Principle, Crowdie Advisors
- Wrap up - Samson Williams

Note - This will be an old school conference call. No video. No slides. Just 30 minutes of industry updates from various SMEs in the space. See less 

Employees of the SEC (in their individual capacity) were in the house today for the CfPA's CrowdInvest Summit. The fireside chat was moderated by Sara Hanks of CrowdCheck and the following links were posted as a resource by Jenny Riegel.    

Our small business video gallery is here: https://www.sec.gov/page/oasb-videos 

The crowdfunding resources that Jennifer mentioned are on this page: https://www.sec.gov/smallbusiness/exemptofferings/regcrowdfunding 

The EDGAR guidance that Jennifer discussed is here: https://www.sec.gov/corpfin/announcement/staff-guidance-edgar-filing-form-c 
   
Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (often called CDIs by the staff) for crowdfunding are here https://www.sec.gov/divisions/corpfin/guidance/reg-crowdfunding-interps.htm 

CfPA note: Some great Q&A lives at this link. For example ...   

Rule 100: Crowdfunding exemption and requirements

Question 100.01

Question: What information can an issuer disseminate prior to filing the Form C with the Commission and providing it to the relevant intermediary?

Answer: Information not constituting an offer of securities may be disseminated by an issuer prior to the commencement of a Regulation Crowdfunding offering. For example, factual business information that does not condition the public mind or arouse public interest in a securities offering is not an offer and may be disseminated widely. The Commission has interpreted the term “offer” broadly and has explained that “the publication of information and publicity efforts, made in advance of a proposed financing which have the effect of conditioning the public mind or arousing public interest in the issuer or in its securities constitutes an offer…” Securities Offering Reform, Release No. 33-8591 (July 19, 2005). See also Securities Act Rule 169 and Securities Act Rule C&DI 256.25. Regulation Crowdfunding, however, does not provide an exemption for the dissemination of information that constitutes an offer of securities by an issuer prior to the issuer filing a Form C with the Commission and providing it to the relevant intermediary. [May 13, 2016]

Question 100.02:

Question: Are non-natural persons that invest in Regulation Crowdfunding offerings subject to investment limits?

Answer: Yes. The investment limits in Rule 100(a)(2) of Regulation Crowdfunding apply to all investors. Instead of calculating investment limits based on annual income and net worth, a non-natural person calculates the limits based on its revenue and net assets (as of its most recent fiscal year end). [May 13, 2016]

Jenny Riegel: Please reach out to us at smallbusiness@sec.gov!  We look forward to continuing the conversation! 

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