by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Transactions, Antitrust, & Securities Law
How to Structure a Seed Round with Non-Accredited “Sophisticated” Investors?When offering an equity financing round to friends and family investors, the primary considerations are the terms of investment and compliance with the federal and state securities laws. In...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Transactions, Antitrust, & Securities Law
When Should Startups Consider Doing an Initial Coin Offering rather than a VC Round of Funding?Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are a relatively recent phenomenon. Technology companies, unsatisfied by the traditional routes of securing operational funding, created a...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Transactions, Antitrust, & Securities Law
Underwriters in Investment BankingInvestment banking underwriters usually work in investment banks that help in the Initial Public Offering (IPO) process of a firm about to become publicly-traded. These banks can choose to purchase shares with the aim of selling them...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Transactions, Antitrust, & Securities Law
[cite] Back To: BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS, ANTITRUST, & SECURITIES LAW Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Definition The Investment Advisers Act of 1940 is a U.S. federal law that was drafted 11 years after the stock market crashed in 1929, and around the season of the...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Transactions, Antitrust, & Securities Law
[cite] Back To: BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS, ANTITRUST, & SECURITIES LAW Collusion Defined This is a concerted practice between two or more competitors to carry out various actions that will result in the limiting of competition and a rise in profits. Such activities...
by TheBusinessProfessor | Feb 23, 2025 | Business Transactions, Antitrust, & Securities Law
[cite] Back To: BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS, ANTITRUST, & SECURITIES LAW Best Efforts (Bank Underwriting) Defined During an initial public offering, the offering company hires an investment bank (or other financial institution) to underwrite the process. The underwriter...
