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Re:Indiegogo to launch campaigns combining perks and equity ... by cbr on Friday January 06, 2017 @12:47PM (#13338362)
The JOBS act crowdfunding doesn't require you to be an accredited investor: http://www.finra.org/investors/alerts/crowdfunding-and-jobs-... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jumpstart_Our_Business_Startup...
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Re:Indiegogo to launch campaigns combining perks and equity ... by bduerst on Friday January 06, 2017 @06:53PM (#13341431)
But still restricts non-accreddited investors more than accreddited, meaning that compliance requires a way to disseminate between the two.

Last time I check the SEC interpretation of the rules in 2015, they put the onus on the crowdfunding platform to make that identification.

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