Currently only ASSOB are licensed to offer pre-IPO shares, and even then it is limited to sophisticated investors. The legislation hasn't changed for equity but debt crowd-funding is already on the cards. The recent financial review hinted at change or more precisely relaxation of the existing regulations. If you are really really desperate to be the early worm, set up a NZ company (which does have crowd investing ... see Snowball Effect, etc) and use the Mutual recognition provisions of the trans-Tasman agreement. In the US, the Title III of the Jobs Act came into effect a few months back in May and there are 10 platforms. However, the vetting process (if it follows NZ standards) will be slow though they automate the SEC reporting.
The problem is that most startups are not investable propositions On Saturday, 6 August 2016 17:31:17 UTC-4, Darren J Handyside wrote: > > Hi guys, this morning I was reading this article ( > http://turbinehq.com/2016/future-of-small-business-funding/) and two > things caught my attention. > > https://www.crowdcube.com/how-crowdcube-works > > https://www.seedrs.com/ > > They are Crowdfunding investment Platform, and only target European > entrepreneur. > > My question: Do we this type of platform in Australia? > > -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
