Hope one day to be «multiples»
of an accredited investor so I can get into some more sophisticated investments.
My bet is that the government loosens its definition
of accredited investor so that more people can partake in real estate crowdfunding deals.
Not exact matches
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.
However, these websites do permit
accredited investors to back projects at lower investment thresholds (e.g., $ 1,000, $ 5,000 per
investor),
so they employ the «pooling» and online elements
of crowdfunding.
Private placements for startups have long gone without registration,
so long as relatively small groups
of sophisticated (or «
accredited»)
investors were involved and no general solicitation advertised.
The SEC has clearly said many times that posting
of information behind a password protected site (like SeedInvest) only available to
accredited investors, subject to some other conditions, will not constitute general solicitation
so that may be safe ground for angel groups and other that may be concerned.
Rule 506 (b) allows for issuer's to raise an unlimited amount
of money, from an unlimited number
of accredited investors,
so long as no «general solicitation» is conducted in connection with the offering, and that each
investor has a substantive, pre-existing relationship with the issuer or person offering the securities
of its behalf.
While individual non-
accredited investors may have a lower degree
of liquidity compared to their
accredited counterparts, they greatly outnumber
accredited investors so there's a vast swath
of opportunity that online marketplaces are positioned to tap into.
Accredited investors have
so far been the target audience, accounting for roughly 8.5 %
of all households and 70 %
of all private wealth.
«We believe that streamlining the verification process is critical to the success
of our new industry and
so we made the decision to provide verification to all
accredited investors, not just members
of our platform,» said Feit.
The essence
of hedge funds is to help various business people or
accredited investors to pool their cash together,
so that an
accredited firm can help them manage such funds and ensure that they get good returns on their investment.
ProShares, in July, launched an ETF with a hedge fund replication strategy, the latest product to give retail
investors access to parts
of the market previously only available to
so - called
accredited investors.
Since 2013, companies have been able to go online to solicit investments from
so - called
accredited investors — those with a net worth
of a least $ 1 million or annual income
of at least $ 200,000.
Current crowdfunded projects in New York City include an apartment building at 151 Dupont Street in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, sourced by startup Fundrise, which has
so far raised $ 225,000
of its $ 700,000 goal via
accredited investors.
Wealthy individuals and
accredited investors often take up the mantle
of infusing capital into eco-ventures because they have the money to do
so.
While there has been a good amount
of debate as to whether Reg A + will achieve the full potential
of equity crowdfunding, without limiting to
accredited investors,
so far — the early results have been positive.
So it comes as no surprise that the ICO
of Drivezy will be launched in Japan and open to
accredited investors only.
Are you an
accredited investor and if
so, have you ever thought about owning and being part
of a larger multi-family deal such as value add apartments in strong growth markets?