SEC Report Finds Most Companies Use a Reg D 506 Offering

Posted on May 14, 2012 | Leave a comment

The SEC’s Risk Fin Division has  issued a 9-page report entitled “Capital Raising in the U.S. the Significance of Unregistered Offerings Using the Regulation D Exemption” using the numbers from Form D filings since early ’09.  Their goal was to understand the amount of capital raised.

The results are what I have seen from drafted private placements for over twenty-five years — most issuers utilize a Regulation D, Rule 506 offering only to accredited investors.  In fact, the report found approximately 90% of the offerings had only accredited investors and no unaccredited investors.

To read more on the report, go to www.ppmsource.com.

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Senate Passes Small Buiness Investment Bill

Posted on March 23, 2012 | Leave a comment

Finally the senate has passed a version of the House’s small buiness investment bill which combines six different bills into one.  It’s good news for companies, especially start-ups, as it will allow companies to utilizing a Regulation D, Rule 506 offering to accredited investors, to advertise.   This is a real deal changer for companies.  Since it does not mirror the House’s version, either the House will have to re-vote on it or the House and Senate will have to negotiate a compromise.

For more information of Regulation D offerings, see www.ppmsource.com .

 

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Start-Ups Still Being Funded

Posted on January 14, 2012 | Leave a comment

Start-ups are still being funds by private equity funds and angel investors.  Alternative enegery companiess are particularly hot right now but other types of businesses are being funded.  Body Shop Bids recieved $4 million from New World Ventures, SuVolta, a semiconductor firm got $6 million.  Crowd sourced advertising start-up, Trada got $9 million and Clearside Biomedicals received $2.2 million from 11 investors.

For more information on private placements go to http://ppmsource.com

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Posted on January 4, 2012 | Leave a comment

IS HOLLYWOOD BACK IN FAVOR WITH INVESTORS?

 It appears that Wall Street investors have fallen in love with Hollywood again after some lean years, according to Clear Scope Partners, an entertainment advisory firm (as reported in the Financial Times on January 3, 2012).

It does make you wonder why Goldman Sachs Capital Partners, its private equity arm, is selling its interest in Alliance Films, which financed the Oscar winning movie, The King’s Speech, just as the entertainment industry is on an upswing.  Perhaps Goldman wants to take advantage and sell while the industry is hot.

This should help translate into a surge in private equity investment in the industry for media entrepreneurs trying to raise capital through private placement offerings.

For more information on Regulation D private placement offerings, visit http://ppmsource.com

 

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ONLINE SERVICE MATCHES INVESTORS TO ENTREPRENEURS

Posted on January 2, 2012 | Leave a comment

Companies seeking to raise funds through private placements from angels or venture capitalist just obtained a new tool in their arsenal.  AngelSoft, aNew Yorkcompany that makes software to assist investors track their portfolios has created a new online marketplace, Gust, designed to facilitate introductions between potential investors and start-up companies.  According to Bloomberg News, the service is currently available to AngelSoft’s 150 venture-capital funds and 35,000 angel investors.

 

Investors will be able to search for investment opportunities, filter entrepreneurial requests and track their portfolios.  Companies seeking capital will be able to post their progress and manage investor relations.

Go to:  http://ppmsource.com to read the entire article.

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Angel Money Rebounding

Posted on November 18, 2011 | Leave a comment

Looking to raise money through a private placement?  There is good news – Angel investing is rebounding from its financial-crisis doldrums, researchers say. In the first half of 2010, investors committed fewer dollars in this niche than the same period a year earlier but spread them across a larger number of deals. Angel investments totaled $8.5 billion across 25,200 ventures in the first half of last year, a 6.5% decline in dollars but a 3% increase in deals from the same period a year earlier, according to the Center for Venture Research at theUniversityofNew Hampshire. While final 2010 data aren’t yet available, it appears that total angel investment has ticked up from 2009, says Jeffrey Sohl, the center’s director.

With the federal and state governments looking to spark job growth, angel investors can take advantage of an expanding set of tax breaks on small-business investments. Under a law enacted late last year, investors won’t have to pay any capital-gains tax on certain small-business stock they acquire before the start of next year. The stock must be held for more than five years, among other requirements.

For more information go to:  www.ppmsource.com

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