Equity crowd funding, crowdfinanced debt, locavesting, the new opportunities for accessing capital outside of the traditional banking system has sparked the imagination of many.

1. Discussing the JOBS Act’s Impact on Capital
Flow in the U.S. Market –
Much of the focus on how the JOBS Act may be able to transform the flow of capital in
the United States has been on new pathways being opened. Equity crowdfunding,
crowdfinanced debt, locavesting, the new opportunities for accessing capital outside of
the traditional banking system has sparked the imagination of many.
However, many active participants in the traditional capital markets are equally as
excited about the potential for change. While traditional investment banks don’t seem to
think crowdfunding is going to change much, and the sort of small-term locavesting has
always existed off their radar, the changes to the rules for private capital raising stand to
make things much easier for companies raising capital through traditional routes as well.
The chance to have more shareholders, to solicit accredited investors, and eased rules on
IPOs mean investment banks like ROTH Capital Partners have as much to look forward
to as small businesses turning to their communities to fund expansion.
And that focus was on display March 9-12 at the 26th Annual ROTH Conference in Dana
Point, CA. There, several different panelists speaking on very different subject matter
touched on the ways they imagined the JOBS Act changing the process for raising
capital, even for the financial world’s more traditional actors.
At Sunday’s panel on the effects of the Affordable Care Act on the health care industry,
Poliwogg CEO Gregory Simon observed that making it easier to raise capital for health
care companies could translate to more funding for research into groundbreaking new
therapies.
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