On December 15, 2014, the North American Securities Administrators Association launched the Electronic Filing Depository (“EFD”), an internet accessible database that allows issuers to submit Form D for Rule 506 offerings under Regulation D and pay related fees to state securities regulators.  It also allows anyone to search EFD’s Form D database.

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Your company is invited by a local meetup group to present at demo day with other startups, and you accept.  The group announces the demo day lineup of startups in an e-blast, on its website, on its Facebook page and through banner ads on a tech e-zine.  On demo day, the room is packed and

The Securities and Exchange Commission released helpful guidance on some of the practical aspects of the new Rule 506(c) exemption for private offerings using general solicitation and advertising.  The guidance comes in the form of Questions 260.05 – 260.13 in its Questions and Answers of General Applicability and include the following:

  • Exemption is available to

The new SEC rules lifting the ban on general solicitation and general advertising in certain private offerings go into effect today, September 23, 2013.  Beginning today, issuers in Rule 506 offerings may generally solicit investors and advertise their offerings provided they take reasonable measures to ensure that each purchaser is an accredited investor.  The new