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The Power of Genuine Networking for Entrepreneurs With OneSixOne Ventures with Pablo Casilimas and Justis Mendez
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 202: Life Sciences Startups and Industry Developments with Gil Price, Life Sciences Leader
PODCAST: Williams Mullen's Raising Capital 101: A Securities Podcast - The Aspects of Raising Capital from Start-Ups to More Established Companies
Embracing Change & Community: The Keys To Startup Success With Chris Heivly
Welcome to “Lowenstein Africa Presents: Venture Voices”
Legal Challenges Part 1 – Setting Up Your Startup for Success
A Conversation with Janade du Plessis of Launch Africa Ventures: Balancing Sustainable Development with ROI
The Force is Strong with this One – Success and Paying it Forward with Co-Founder of ChannelAdvisor and Spiffy Scot Wingo
Hunting Outsized Returns with Jason Caplain of Bull City Venture Partners
Taking the Pulse, A Health Care and Life Sciences Video Podcast | Episode 182: Life Sciences Startups and Leadership with Scott Pancoast of Zylo Therapeutics
Through the Lens: From serial entrepreneur to neutral who gets deals done - Focus on Daniel Garrie
JONES DAY TALKS®: Corporate Venture Capital: Market Overview, Trends in Deal Terms, and Special Considerations
Business Better Podcast Episode: Investing in Consumer Brands – A Conversation with SBJ Capital
The Startup That's Rethinking Home Care: What Sets CareYaya Apart?
Inside the UK Legal Startup Scene, with Henry Humphreys
The Advantages of BVI Funds and How to Set One Up
Disrupting Systemic Economic Injustice in the Startup Ecosystem, with Resilient Ventures' Tom Droege and Keith Daniel
Oil & Gas M&A Deal Activity & Outlook--Part 1
In October 2023, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved final rules amending the beneficial ownership reporting requirements under Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Exchange...more
More Flack on WhatsApp, Hypothetical Performance SmackDown, A Timely Warning on the Pay-to-Play Rule, and Updates to Qualifying Venture Capital Fund Exemption - This month's big news from the SEC was more piggy-bank breaking...more
Provided that they meet certain criteria, venture capital funds are not required to be registered as an “investment company” by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) under the Investment Company Act of 1940...more
Not long ago, the SEC hosted the Annual Small Business Forum. The Forum provides an opportunity to consider a broad array of issues affecting private companies as well as smaller public companies seeking to raise capital and...more
One of the grey areas for real estate development, private equity and venture capital firms (“sponsors”) that serially launch new funds is how frequently a sponsor can come to market with a new fund offering without hitting...more
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
In its Annual Report (the “Report”), the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation (OASB) provides data on the reliance by private and public companies on exempt...more
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) brought an unusually high number of enforcement actions against exempt reporting advisers in 2022 — that appears to be more than the prior three years combined and a record number...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission just proposed new rules to protect investors in private investment funds. The proposed rules would require private fund advisers to disclose certain information and avoid certain...more
The SEC recently adopted Rule 148 to address whether companies that present at “demo days” held by angel investor groups, incubators or accelerators are participating in a “general solicitation” for investments under...more
A new reality streaming television series called Unicorn Hunters debuted last week in which startups will pitch to a panel that includes Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak, and the panelists after some grilling of the...more
The short answer is that it depends, but it is usually advisable and sometimes required. Let’s dig deeper. Initially, let’s discuss what a PPM is. A PPM is a document that discloses information regarding the company that is...more
It’s pretty common for issuers in follow-on offerings to solicit investors from previous rounds first. Indeed, doing so is often mandatory when early investors have preemptive rights. ...more
A freeze on government regulation is generally perceived by most people as being a positive development for private enterprise. Not necessarily so, however, when the regulation being frozen is itself a reform of preexisting...more
Last month, The Securities and Exchange Commission passed sweeping reforms of the rules governing exempt offerings (the “2020 Reforms”) to make it easier for issuers to move from one exemption to another, to bring clarity and...more
As recent volatile markets have necessitated diversification in transaction and financing structures, private investment in public equity (PIPE) transactions have been on the rise, with sponsors increasingly considering these...more
The Securities and Exchange Commission is proposing to expand the definition of “accredited investor” to include additional entities that could bear the economic risks of investment and certain financially sophisticated...more
Recently, the Securities and Exchange Commission approved FINRA’s proposed amendments to its Corporate Financing Rule, which are intended to modernize, simplify, and streamline the rule....more
On July 10, 2019, the Securities and Exchange Commission declared Blockstack PBC’s offering statement “qualified”, thus allowing Blockstack to commence the distribution and sale of its Stacks Tokens under Regulation A. ...more
Private companies in the gig economy like Uber, Airbnb and GrubHub would love to issue compensatory equity to their platform participants, just like they’re able to do with their employees. ...more