Equity Crowdfunding & Startups

The stock market isn’t the only way for everyday investors to tap into high-growth equity. In the past, only accredited investors could buy into privately traded companies, making a killing in the process. Thanks to the JOBS act, private investing in the form of equity crowdfunding is now open to investors of all backgrounds and skill levels. InvestorPlace seeks to be the first stop in your investment journey, providing educational research in all things investible.

Fleeting Wants To Shake Up The Trucking Industry

By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Contributor
Fleeing has built an online marketplace to match drivers and carriers. And the company is also raising capital with the crowdfunding site, Republic.

Genobank: Looking to Remake the DNA Kit Market

By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Contributor
Genobank.io is looking to raise capital from the crowdfunding site, Republic. The company is developing a privacy-first DNA kit that is based on blockchain technology.

Upshift Is Looking To Redefine Car Ownership

By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Contributor
Upshift is developing a service that makes it easy to lease a car on a short-term basis. The company is also raising capital on the crowdsourcing site, Republic.

7 Reasons to Raise Capital With Crowd Equity

By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Contributor
Equity Crowdfunding has become a popular approach for startups to raise money. And the benefits go beyond just about money.

How Equity Crowdfunding Affects Your Taxes

By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Contributor
Equity crowdfunding provides an easy way to invest in startups. But handling the taxes can be tricky. Here’s a look.

4 Factors That Affect the Future of Equity Crowdfunding

By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Contributor
In a short period of time, equity crowdfunding has become an important part of financing for small businesses. And it looks like the growth will continue. But also expect changes, such as with regulations.

What Questions Should You Ask When Investing in a Private Company?

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor
Much like public investing, private investing requires investors to have a strategy for making investments, including what questions to ask.

Teooh: The Virtual Event App for the Novel Coronavirus Era

By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Contributor
Founded in 2018, the company has built an app to use AR and VR to create virtual events. The company is now raising money on the crowdfunding site, Republic.

3 Reasons to Invest $500 in ModVans’ CV1 Campervan

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor
Further, according to ModVan’s StartEngine presentation, a total of 5,249 Class B RVs (van campers such as CV1) units were shipped in 2017. Adding in the RVIA’s data for 2018 and 2019, an average of 5,126 Class B units were shipped on an annual basis over the past three years.

How to Win at Equity Crowdfunding

By Dana Blankenhorn, InvestorPlace Contributor
Crowdfunding equity online means meeting the online audience's desire for change as well as its desire for cash.

The Pros and Cons of Republic’s Autopilot Service

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor
The type of deals you’ll be investing typically will have raised at least $150,000 from 100 or more investors, they will have raised at least twice the minimum goal set, and they’re using a Crowd SAFE security instrument.

Top 6 Differences Between Equity Crowdfunding and Venture Capital

By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Contributor
Venture funding has been critical for growth in the U.S. But this type of investment often is limited to a few companies. But equity crowdfunding has democratized things.

Knightscope: Invest In a Different Kind of Cybersecurity

By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Contributor
Knightscope is a developer of robots for security, such as for malls and parking lots. The company is also looking to raise $10.3 million for its growth plan.

LaneAxis Aims to Disrupt the Massive Trucking Industry

By Tom Taulli, InvestorPlace Contributor
LaneAxis is the developer of a cloud-based platform to help bring efficiencies to the trucking industry, and it's currently raising capital via crowdfunding.

Why Commerce.AI Could Be a Huge Winner for Equity Crowdfunding Investors

By Luke Lango, InvestorPlace Senior Investment Analyst
For equity crowdfunding investors, big data company Commerce.AI offers potentially explosive returns over the next decade.

How to Compound Your Investments in Equity Crowdfunding

By Will Ashworth, InvestorPlace Contributor
Before you can start investing in equity crowdfunding, you have to get deal flow. You do that by finding a reputable platform that’s been in business for several years (at least three) and provides a reasonable number of opportunities each month or year, whether on a deal-by-deal basis or through a diversified portfolio.

Regulation Crowdfunding Changes Mean You Could Invest in the Next Amazon

By Luke Lango, InvestorPlace Senior Investment Analyst
Regulation Crowdfunding is getting a makeover, and retail investors will start to see more and better crowdfunding investment opportunities.

Searching for the Next Amazon: TerraCycle

By John Kilhefner, Senior Managing Editor, Lango Franchise
What does TerraCycle do, what is Loop and should you invest? TerraCycle stock isn't public but you can invest via equity crowdfunding.

Equity Crowdfunding Is the Future, But You Can’t Find the Next Amazon … Yet

By Luke Lango, InvestorPlace Senior Investment Analyst
Retail investors can now invest in startups thanks to equity crowdfunding, but the next Amazon or Google are still going to venture capitalists.
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