Founders don’t usually think about their funding portal choice again once a raise is live — until something prompts the question. Sometimes it’s a portal’s own service or fit; sometimes it’s public news about a portal’s regulatory standing, like the SEC’s August 2026 complaint against Netcapital, which alleges the company overstated revenue through sham consulting…
What Reg CF Issuers Should Know About Evaluating a Funding Portal Choosing a funding portal is one of the more consequential decisions a company makes when raising under Regulation Crowdfunding. It’s also one that founders often make quickly, under raise-timeline pressure, without a clear framework for comparison. This is a practical checklist for what actually…
You join an accelerator or incubator for the mentorship, the curriculum, the network, the access to angels and venture capital firms, and the credibility that comes with getting in. What most founders don’t think about until later is that there’s more value in their cohort than just being a support group. Each cohort member has…
Venture capital keeps raising its minimum. Here’s a path that doesn’t have one. If you’ve been talking to investors lately, you may have noticed a pattern. More venture capital firms are requiring companies to show $1 million or more in annual revenue before they’ll even take a meeting. For a lot of early-stage founders, that’s…
Nobody started a business so that someone else could run it. You did not quit your job, drain your savings, work eighteen-hour days, and build something from nothing so that a fund manager in another city could tell you when to hire, what to cut, and when to sell. You did not spend years learning…
There is a $6.4 trillion question sitting at the center of the global economy: how do we close the annual financing gap needed to meet the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals by 2030? Most of the conversation around that number happens in boardrooms at the World Bank, at UNDP convenings, and inside institutional investment committees…
Small business succession is one of the largest unaddressed economic risks in the United States. Millions of profitable, operating companies are owned by founders who are approaching retirement. Many have no family successor, no employee buyout plan, and no institutional buyer that wants a business of their size. The result is often a forced sale,…
Funding Portal vs Broker-Dealer: Understanding Your Reg CF Options Which Intermediary Type is Right for Your Regulation Crowdfunding Campaign? When planning a Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) campaign, one of your first decisions is choosing an SEC-registered intermediary. Under federal securities law, all Reg CF offerings must be conducted through either a funding portal or a…
Your Complete Step-by-Step Guide to Launching a Successful Campaign Planning a Regulation Crowdfunding campaign requires careful preparation, strategic thinking, and attention to regulatory details. While Reg CF offers tremendous opportunities for startups and small businesses to raise up to $5 million, success doesn’t happen by accident. The most successful campaigns share common characteristics: thorough preparation,…
A Complete Guide to Understanding Investment Crowdfunding Regulation Crowdfunding (commonly called “Reg CF”) is a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) rule that allows startups and small businesses to raise capital from everyday investors through online funding portals. Created under the JOBS Act of 2012 and launched in 2016, Reg CF democratizes investment opportunities by enabling…
