StartEngine
Industry | Crowdfunding |
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Founders | Ron Miller, Howard Marks |
Headquarters | Los Angeles, United States |
Area served | United States |
Services | Entrepreneurship, startups, investment |
Website | www.startengine.com |
StartEngine is an equity crowdfunding platform that connects startups with investors online. They were involved in pressing the Securities and Exchange Commission to establish rules for new Regulation A funding options under the JOBS Act passed in 2012.[1]
Regulation A Crowdfunding
StartEngine had two offerings begin gauging interest on the day newly established rules for equity crowdfunding went into effect, June 19, 2015.[2] Elio Motors became the first offering to complete Regulation A funding through StartEngine in February 2016, raising $17 million in equity from more than six thousand unaccredited investors.[3]
In June 2018, StartEngine closed its Regulation A funding for $5 million.[4][5] Immediately following the close of the funding round, the company announced its initial coin offering (ICO) seeking to raise $10 million.[4]
References
- ↑ https://www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe/2014/09/09/grassroots-lobbying-effort-asks-sec-to-issue-final-crowdfunding-rules/#788f997f7d57
- ↑ https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2015/06/69817-startengine-fires-up-equity-crowdfunding-as-regulation-a-allows-anyone-to-invest/
- ↑ https://www.inc.com/jeremy-quittner/elio-achieves-billion-dollar-threshold-in-two-days.html
- 1 2 "StartEngine Hits $5 Million Crowdfunding Goal, Announces $10 Million Initial Coin Offering | Crowdfund Insider". www.crowdfundinsider.com. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
- ↑ "StartEngine Closes Funding Round and Announces ICO". Retrieved 2018-09-18.