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ARTICLE | Finance

Thinning the crowd

Why crowd-funders will stick with accredited investors when it comes to biotech

November 4, 2013 8:00 AM UTC

SEC is not expected to finalize rules for crowd-funding by non-accredited investors until next year, but crowd-funding firms already think biotechs won't be able to raise meaningful money from that investor pool.

The crowd-funding provisions included in the 2012 Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act are designed to allow private companies and funds to raise money from both accredited and non-accredited investors...