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Banking and Finance Law

2019

Venture Capitalists

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Crowdfunding Without The Crowd, Darian M. Ibrahim Sep 2019

Crowdfunding Without The Crowd, Darian M. Ibrahim

Darian M. Ibrahim

The final crowdfunding rules took three years for the Securites and Exchange Commission to pass, but crowdfunding—the offering of securities over the Internet—is now a reality. But now that crowdfunding is legal, will it be successful? Will crowdfunding be a regular means by which new companies raise money, or will it be relegated to a wasteland of the worst startups and foolish investors? This Article argues that crowdfunding has a greater chance of success if regulators abandon the idea that the practice does (and should) employ “crowd-based wisdom.” Instead, I argue that crowdfunding needs intermediation by experts that mirrors the …


Crowdfunding Signals, Darian M. Ibrahim Sep 2019

Crowdfunding Signals, Darian M. Ibrahim

Darian M. Ibrahim

No abstract provided.


Crowdfunding Without The Crowd, Darian M. Ibrahim Sep 2019

Crowdfunding Without The Crowd, Darian M. Ibrahim

Darian M. Ibrahim

No abstract provided.