Venture Capital

SEC Warns Investors About Dangers of SAFEs

Earlier this month, the SEC’s Office of Investor Education and Advocacy issued an Investor Bulletin entitled “Investor Bulletin: Be...

Registration Rights: What You Need To Know

Under federal law, securities can only be offered or sold pursuant with a registration statement filed with the Securities...

What Is Fully-Diluted Capitalization?

Fully-diluted capitalization is one of those terms that gets used quite a bit in the startup and venture capital...

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What is a Seed Financing?

Startups will often go through several rounds of financing before they are able to generate enough revenue to finance...

When Can a Board Resignation be a Breach of Fiduciary Duties?

The board of directors has an important role in a company, acting as representatives for stockholders while making decisions...

How Can a Delaware Corporation Validate Defective Past Acts?

The Delaware Court of Chancery recently addressed an issue of first impression involving the types of “defective” corporate actions...

SEC Releases White Paper On Regulation Crowdfunding

The SEC last month released a white paper entitled “U.S. securities-based crowdfunding under Title III of the JOBS Act,”...

Regulation A+ Outpaces Regulation A Activity, SEC White Paper Says

The SEC recently released a white paper entitled “Regulation A+:  What Do We Know So Far?,” which examined Regulation...

SEC Adopts JOBS Act Inflation Adjustments

On April 5, 2017, the Securities and Exchange Commission announced it had adopted certain amendments with respect to fundraising...

House Passes HALOS Act TO ADDRESS DEMO DAY SECURITIES LAW ISSUES

On Jan. 10, 2017, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Helping Angels Lead Our Startups Act (H.R. 79)....

Jan 20 · 1 min read >