Two startups with competing, equally compelling technologies at the same stage of development are pitching venture
capital investors for Series A funding. One startup is led by a serial entrepreneur founder, the other by a novice. Assume each will get funded. In all likelihood, the deal will happen quicker and the amount funded and pre-money
2021 was a spectacular year for the American venture capital ecosystem, with VC
investments, fundraising and exits all setting new highs. That according to the latest PitchBook-NVCA Venture Monitor, the self-described definitive review of the U.S. venture capital ecosystem. Nevertheless, it is difficult to predict how 2022 will turn out for the VC industry,
Perhaps the most vexing threshold issue faced by any company considering a capital raise is which securities exemption to pursue. The chosen exemption largely depends on the targeted amount of the raise, as well as the manner in which potential investors will be solicited and the type of disclosure to be provided. But this presents
For the second time in nine days, I recently drove ten hours round-trip to drop my son 
off at school for spring semester. The first time around, he ended up returning home with me the next day for unexpected oral surgery to remove his wisdom teeth after completing his mandatory one-day COVID quarantine at school.
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 regulatory burdens.
Among the many Presidential Actions taken by President Biden on his first day in office was one entitled Regulatory
You just raised $1 million in your crowdfunding offering under Title III/Regulation CF. That’s the good news. The bad news? You now have over a thousand shareholders on your cap table, making it unwieldy, an administrative nightmare and likely to impede future funding. It means a huge challenge seeking consents for such things as director
At the 1932 Democratic National Convention, the live band at one point burst into 
“Happy Days are Here Again”, FDR’s favorite, drawing raucous cheers from convention delegates. It went on to become the Democratic Party’s unofficial theme song for years to come. The song is also associated with the repeal of Prohibition shortly after FDR’s
Finders play a vital role in introducing startups to potential investors. Yet the general requirement that persons soliciting investors must register with the Securities and Exchange Commission as broker-dealers and be subject to the SEC’s broker-dealer regulatory regime has been a source of much uncertainty for finders and companies alike and has posed a serious
The Securities and Exchange Commission expanded the definition of “accredited investor” 
by adding new categories of investors that have sufficient investment knowledge and expertise to participate in private investment opportunities. The amendments mark a shift away from wealth as the sole focus of eligibility. The new rule is effective 60 days after publication in the
It’s no shocker that the Coronavirus pandemic has slowed down venture capital 
investment dramatically, with 2020 now on pace to be well below the high levels of the past couple of years. According to Pitchbook, VC deal flow through June 28 fell to just 4,675 funding rounds as compared with 6,357 in the first