Community banks are often the familiar faces of the financial services world, and when small businesses seek capital, their neighborhood financial institution can be a promising place to start. While they continue to play an important role in small business financing, the community banking market...
When small business (SMB) investment marketplace MainVest announced a $3 million Seed funding round last week, it did something that many Main Street SMBs cannot do. Companies are staying private longer, lengthening initial public offering (IPO) cycles and lowering benefits for the average investor, MainVest...
Raising capital could become easier for businesses, especially smaller firms, under legislation that easily made it through the U.S. House of Representatives this week. But the prospects for passage appear murkier in the Senate. Commonly known as the JOBS Act 3.0, the package of 32...
Rules aimed at removing hurdles for small companies to list on the stock market aren’t resulting in much gains for investors. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, citing Dealogic, out of the eight companies that went public last year under a provision...
February 12, 2018
Rules aimed at removing hurdles for small companies to list on the stock market aren’t resulting in much gains for investors. According to a report in The Wall Street Journal, citing Dealogic, out of the eight companies that went public last year under a provision of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act known as […]
November 02, 2015
It’s been in the works for years, but now it’s official: Startups can raise money by non-accredited investors online. The Securities and Exchange Commission voted last week to approve of...
June 02, 2015
Alternative lenders are reassessing their operations as the federal Regulation A+ approaches implementation. The legislation, which was finalized earlier this year, alters the guidelines on who can become a qualified...
