SEC provides U.S. crowdfunding guidance to investors
By C. Todd Gibson, Michael McGrath, Ken Juster
The SEC recently issued guidance to potential investors in crowdfunding offerings in the form of a Q&A posted on the SEC website, which can be found here. This guidance, which is intended to educate investors regarding the rules governing crowdfunding in the U.S., was issued in anticipation of the pending effectiveness of new Regulation Crowdfunding on May 16, 2016. K&L Gates has prepared a detailed summary of Regulation Crowdfunding and the exemption from broker-dealer registration available to intermediaries known as “funding portals,” which can be found here.
Intermediaries were first able to submit forms to register as a funding portal with the SEC and FINRA beginning on January 29, 2016. A list of approved funding portals is expected to be available on FINRA’s public website in the near future.