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Farrell Fritz, P.C.

Making Finders Keepers: Unregistered Broker-Dealers and the Need for Reform

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Identifying potential investors is one of the most difficult challenges facing early-stage companies.  The range of amounts sought at this stage is typically greater than what could be provided by the founders and friends and...more

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP

Can a Startup Pay a Transaction-Based Fee or Commission to Someone Who Helps Raise Capital?

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We can't tell you how often we are presented with this question. For the most part, the answer is a clear "no," but why is that? The short answer is that—except under certain limited circumstances—it is likely illegal, it may...more

Buchalter

Technology Industry Newsletter - June 2016

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For technology companies seeking investment capital, the new SEC regulations on crowdfunding that went into effect on May 16, 2016 present new funding options by expanding the pool of investors beyond the traditional funding...more

Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner

Finders Keepers, Winners Weepers? Startups Using ‘Finders’ to Bring in Investors May Face Penalties

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Many startups engage third-party consultants, or “finders”, to make introductions to potential investors. Startup founders generally have a technical background, and may lack meaningful connections in the finance/venture...more

Allen Matkins

Eureka! Bill Introduced To Homologate Finders

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Questions about the use of finders have bedeviled transactional lawyers for years. The need for finders is the unintended consequence of the federal and state securities law exemptions that are conditioned on the absence of a...more

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