JOBS Act

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Public Law 112-106

Capital Raising Online While Deterring Fraud and Unethical Disclosure Act of 2012

"Crowdfund Act" - Title III
112 Congress

Sec. 302
16) offer or sale of securities by an issuer
A) 12 mo. period; no more than $1,000,000
i) greater of $2K or 5% of capital income of investor < $100K
ii) 10% of annual income, not to exceed $100K

Sec 4A. A person acting as an intermediary
1) Register w/ Commission as
A) Broker
B) A Funding Portal

Issues to Discuss

Public Comments
-Collaborative Hackerspace model - promoting other hackerspaces
-Federation
-Distributed non-profit / innovation center that spawns companies

Human Resources

  • Janelle Orsi - Sustainable Economies Law Center / East Bay Community Law Center
  • Kadavitch & Kassen (K2) - Cutting Edge Capital
  • Slow Money
  • SchoolFactory - Hackerspace Federation. Contact: James Carlson or Willow Blue

Crowdfunding Software

  • Selfstarter - roll your own crowdfunding platform. FOSS.
  • Catarse - FOSS crowdfunding platform from Brazil