Sentences with phrase «crowd of accredited investors»

But as their expensive technology sat idle, they began to look at — and, confusingly, describe — these freely advertised private placements as crowdfunding, even though the crowd of accredited investors is comparatively very small.

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Equity Investment The backers at these websites are accredited investors and not yet «crowds» of everyday Americans, so these platforms might not fit the typical definition of crowdfunding.

SeedInvest aims to make it easier for startups to stand out from the crowd and give accredited investors the highest caliber of companies from which to choose.

Let's have a clear understanding: the majority of equity crowdfunding (or crowdinvesting) platforms that have recently flooded the market, are registered broker - dealers companies (or have to work through registered broker dealers) and fundamentally is an alternative form of online investment banking for start - ups and early stage companies where as of now not a crowd — but only accredited investors are entitled to invest, just like in the good old days.

In just over three years, OurCrowd has established itself as a major international force in the equity crowdfunding industry, investing over US$ 320 million from its «crowd» of 16,000 accredited investors in its portfolio of 100 companies and five funds, which span major investment sectors including Mobility and Transportation, Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Digital Health, Agtech, Big Data, and Robotics.

But the SEC is still holding up the bill's implementation, supposedly because of logistical concerns related to protecting unsophisticated investors — most of those who would invest through crowd funding platforms will not be traditionally accredited investors — while also ensuring entrepreneurs easier access to capital.