Raising Capital Using an Intermediary Finder: The Potential Impact of the SEC’s Proposed Conditional Finder Exemptions
In an industry already rife with significant regulatory complexities, cannabis issuers face challenges familiar to many small and emerging businesses raising capital. One of which is the regulatory minefield posed by hiring unregistered broker-dealers, also known as “finders,” to assist issuers with raising capital in private markets from accredited investors. This is particularly true for the capital raising ecosystem within the cannabis space, which, due to its federal illegality among other factors, lacks the type of established, robust capital raising networks available to other, more traditional industries.
This post is the first of two installments of a “mini-series” discussing the potential impact of the SEC’s proposed limited conditional “finder” exemptions on issuers’ capital raising efforts.
Overview
Earlier this fall, the SEC took a significant step forward by proposing an exemptive order offering limited conditional “finders” exemptions from broker-dealer registration to individuals assisting issuers with raising capital in private markets from accredited investors (the “Proposed Exemption”). The objective of the proposed new exemption is to advance one of the SEC’s stated missions to support the capital raising efforts of privately held businesses, and also to provide regulatory clarity to investors, issuers, and the intermediary finders who assist them.… Keep reading
In an industry already rife with significant regulatory complexities, cannabis issuers face challenges familiar to many small and emerging businesses raising capital. One of which is the regulatory minefield posed by hiring unregistered broker-dealers, also known as “finders,” to assist issuers with raising capital in private markets from accredited investors. This is particularly true for the capital raising ecosystem within the cannabis space, which, due to its federal illegality among other factors, lacks the type of established, robust capital raising networks available to other, more traditional industries.
This post is the first of two installments of a “mini-series” discussing the potential impact of the SEC’s proposed limited conditional “finder” exemptions on issuers’ capital raising efforts.
Overview
Earlier this fall, the SEC took a significant step forward by proposing an exemptive order offering limited conditional “finders” exemptions from broker-dealer registration to individuals assisting issuers with raising capital in private markets from accredited investors (the “Proposed Exemption”). The objective of the proposed new exemption is to advance one of the SEC’s stated missions to support the capital raising efforts of privately held businesses, and also to provide regulatory clarity to investors, issuers, and the intermediary finders who assist them.… Keep readingRead More
