The first quarter of 2023 has proven to be a challenging period for the US IPO market, with only 29 IPOs raising a modest $2.3 billion. This follows the slowest year in decades. The IPO landscape has been marred by hawkish signals from the Fed,…
Bevilacqua PLLC extends congratulations to our client, Boustead Securities, LLC on the successful underwriting of SYLA Technologies Co., Ltd.’s initial public offering. SYLA, a real estate crowdfunding platform headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, offered 1,875,000 American Depositary Shares at a public price of US$8.00 per share…
By Yujia Wei and Amelia Smith On August 26, 2020, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) adopted amendments to the definition of “accredited investor,” a central component in the exempt offering framework, including Rules 506(b) and 506(c) of Regulation D. These amendments are part…
The Planet MicroCap Showcase 2018 in Las Vegas, NV, held a panel on the regulatory and legal issues involved in initial coin offerings (ICOs) and token sales. The showcase was held to bring together growing and promising companies, top dealmakers in MicroCap Financing, and industry…
The number of initial coin offerings (ICOs) has skyrocketed in 2017, raising more than $4 billion for various startups. Until recently, ICOs were a relatively unknown method of fundraising in the blockchain community; however, the use of ICOs has quickly become a prime way to…
This article was first published in the Winter/Spring 2017 edition of the MicroCap Review. It is being republished here with the permission of the editor. The original article can be viewed here. According to Law 360, by late 2011 over 150 Chinese companies had gone…
This article was first published in the Fall 2016 edition of the MicroCap Review. It is being republished here with the permission of the editor. The original article can be viewed here. On June 19, 2015 amendments to Regulation A commonly known as Regulation A+…
I work with and for entrepreneurs. When they consider raising capital, I suggest several different options. Most recently, for certain clients, I recommend equity crowdfunding under Regulation Crowdfunding. In response, they ask: How much does it cost to raise money through equity crowdfunding? Followed by What is the likelihood…
Equity crowdfunding is awesome! There, I have said it. Most lawyers seem to be against equity crowdfunding under new Regulation Crowdfunding and Title III of the JOBS Act, especially those at big firms. They talk about how investors will get ripped off by shysters and…
In this article, I take a closer look at capital raising before Regulation A Offering and some key items to consider. This is a necessary follow-up to my December 2015 article entitled “How to Fund the Expenses of Regulation A Offering,” which describes how issuers that desire…
