This is a continuing series reporting on fundraising activity by companies in the Iowa startup community. The information is refined from publicly-available SEC filings as available online at sites like formds.com. It's not intended to be a perfect dataset but something to be measured over time to help in measuring changes in the ecosystem.
Geoff's Blog: Iowa Fundraising Roundup Series
Raising Capital—Private Offerings, Reg D Exemptions, and Use of a “Form D”
Raising capital for a new or growing company can be a challenging process, not only because it involves convincing people and investors that the company is worth investing money into and its growth potential, but also because it can involve a myriad of complicated legal issues. Most capital raises involve the use of an attorney, ideally one that is knowledgeable in the area of the private offering of securities and understands the complexities of private offerings at the federal and state levels. This blog post will spend a few paragraphs setting the background for private offerings and the “exemptions” used and then go to describing the Form D that is filed with the Regulation D exemptions and what info, if any, parties interested in obtaining information on “deals” in Iowa can take from those Form Ds that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
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Minimum Viable Podcast—Episode 16
Matt Patane, technology and innovation reporter for the Des Moines Register and Geoff Wood, community builder at Gravitate, sit down for an in-depth discussion of the companies, events and ideas making news in the Iowa innovation community.
Topics discussed on this episode: Uber regulations, Iowa Coworking Day, SXSW, Drive Spotter raises a seed round and the current fundraising climate
Feedback, thoughts or suggestions? Hit us up on Twitter or email the show at mvp@gravitatedsm.com
Minimum Viable Podcast—Episode 13
Matt Patane, technology and innovation reporter for the Des Moines Register and Geoff Wood, community builder at Gravitate, sit down for an in-depth discussion of the companies, events and ideas making news in the Iowa innovation community.
Topics discussed on this episode: Uber regulations, AgriSync's funding and our state's best industries, Apple's privacy stand and DMACC Celebrate Innovation Week
Feedback, thoughts or suggestions? Hit us up on Twitter or email the show at mvp@gravitatedsm.com
Minimum Viable Podcast—Episode 12
Matt Patane, technology and innovation reporter for the Des Moines Register and Geoff Wood, community builder at Gravitate, sit down for an in-depth discussion of the companies, events and ideas making news in the Iowa innovation community.
Topics discussed on this episode: FunnelWise raises a $7MM Series A, EntreFEST is cancelled for 2016 and the problems that come with record low unemployment.
Feedback, thoughts or suggestions? Hit us up on Twitter or email the show at mvp@gravitatedsm.com
Iowa's 'the Chicken or the Egg' Problem
In technology we may call this a circular reference or perhaps an infinite loop, but the chicken and the egg is the proverbial causality dilemma. In Iowa (and likely in other similar states) we face our own causality dilemma in the startup community. Which comes first, startups or investors?
A guest post by John Jackovin, founder of Bawte.