KALX Method to the Madness Interview: Brian Beckon Breaks Down Community Capital
If you tuned into KALX, Berkeley's 90.7 FM station, at noon today, chances are you heard Cutting Edge Capital's Vice President Brian Beckon compellingly break down community capital on Method to the Madness with Lisa Kiefer, a weekly show that showcases the innovative...
read moreBeyond the Money: The Impact of Community Capital
I was recently at Women and the Environment, an amazing conference in Santa Barbara hosted by Pacific Standard Magazine and the awesome folks at LoaCom. I was fortunate to attend, speak, and hear about the great work being done, and the great work still to do, on...
read moreBreaking Down Private Placement Strategies
While Cutting Edge is best known for community capital raising strategies such as direct public offerings, we help many of our clients utilize private placement strategies instead of or in addition to other types of capital raises. The term “private placement” refers...
read moreNot All Crowdfunding Strategies Are Created Equal
There has been a lot of controversy lately surrounding Title III platforms that has been giving crowdfunding a bad name. To offer some clarity, it is helpful to understand the difference between crowdfunding, the JOBS Act, and Direct Public Offerings. The...
read moreCommunity Capital Makes Strange Bedfellows
These past few months have shown us an America more politically polarized than ever. Any proposed solution is viewed through a conservative vs. liberal lens, and each side vows to oppose any proposal by the other. So it may be worth asking where community capital fits...
read moreWhat is Community Capital?
Community capital is investment sourced from a broad spectrum of a community, including both wealthy and non-wealthy investors. While typically defined by geography (like a city or county), it can also be based on a common interest (like education or biodynamics). Why...
read moreWebinar Replay: Community Capital Raising Just Got Easier
How will the new SEC rules help you raise money in 2017? Replay our webinar to learn about the new SEC updates, expanded options for capital raises in 2017, and how to determine which strategy is right for your small business. ...
read moreCommunity Investment Funds: Four Models
Community capital is about empowerment of communities. It is a set of strategies that allows ventures to raise capital from their ideal investors within their own community, allows anyone of virtually any economic class to invest in their community, and allows...
read moreCommunity Investment Funds: The Ultimate Impact Investment
There’s a refrain we’ve been hearing recently at gatherings of community organizers: “Nothing about us without us is for us.” While these words echo a centuries-old Latin slogan ("nihil de nobis, sine nobis"), they reflect a profound truth as...
read moreNew SEC Rules to Make DPOs Easier
On October 26, 2016, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued new rules designed to make capital-raising for small businesses easier. The two exemptions the SEC has updated, the intrastate offering exemption and Rule 504, are the two most commonly used...
read moreDirect Public Offerings Now Available For Up To $5M
The SEC yesterday issued final rules that increase the aggregate amount of money that may be offered and sold for Direct Public Offerings using the federal exemption from $1 million to $5 million. In conjunction with those rules, the SEC also introduced additional investor protections with rules designed to disqualify “bad actors.”
read moreWEBINAR REPLAY: Capital Raising Strategies for Cooperatives
Cutting Edge Capital is partnering with Project Equity to provide a free webinar outlining the creative ways that cooperatives can raise capital. Kim Arnone & Sarah Kaplan will discuss how cooperatives can utilize Direct Public Offerings (DPOs), California...
read moreImpact Bootcamp: Growing and Raising Capital for Your Impact Venture
Cutting Edge Capital is excited to announce our partnership with SVX! SVX is a community capital raising platform in Canada and the US (coming soon). To support our California community, Cutting Edge Capital & SVX are co-sponsoring an Impact Bootcamp to discuss...
read moreWebinar REPLAY: Your Network is Your Net Worth (recorded July 14, 2016)
These days social entrepreneurs are increasingly attracted to capital raising methods that are designed to reach mission-aligned investors, believing that these investors will best support the entrepreneurs' vision and impact. Crowdfunding (investment, donation or...
read moreExit Opportunities for DPO Investors
When considering an investment in a direct public offering, potential investors may want to understand how they can get their investment back, i.e. their exit strategy. Organizations raising capital via a DPO should expect questions from potential investors on this...
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