For Companies
Raise Capital
- What happens if a campaign reaches its goal early?
- What happens when the campaign closes?
- Will I have to include all investors on my cap table?
- Does my state require that I file something else?
- How can I raise funds with little to no upfront costs?
- Regulation Crowdfunding Guide
- What Types of Offerings Does StartEngine Allow?
- What does the Investment Clearing Process Look like?
- What is a Transfer Agent?
- What are the differences between Regulation CF and Regulation A+?
- How long do Regulation Crowdfunding campaigns take to complete?
- How can I transfer from another funding portal?
- What are the fees associated with a Reg CF campaign?
- How do people invest in my campaign?
- What is StartEngine Secure and what are the fees?
- Why StartEngine?
- Who can raise capital on StartEngine?
- When can I withdraw funds from my campaign?
- Who are the investors?
- What is a rolling close?
- I am an LLC, can I still create an offering?
- How much capital can I raise?
- Is there a checklist of things we should do the day of our launch?
Already Live
- When should I post an update about my Reg CF to my StartEngine community?
- What is a deposit hold?
- What happens to my data after my company is deactivated?
- How Do I Withdraw Funds During my Reg CF Offering?
- When is my campaign end date?
- How do I respond to investor questions and comments in my Reg CF?
- Inside Investors
- Campaign Updates
- What is the investing lifecycle?
- How do I communicate with my investors during my Reg CF?
- Reg CF Campaign Extension Policy
- What is StartEngine Secure?
- What is my "Campaign Progress"
- What are Amendments?
- What amendments are free of charge during my Reg CF offering?
- Why do some investments say “not received”?
- How do I communicate with my investors / followers?
- What happens after my Reg CF closes?
- How do I respond to investor comments on my campaign page?
- StartEngine's Marketing Material Review
- Dashboard Overview
- Information Regarding Large Investors
- Can I change the terms of my offering if my Reg CF is already live?
- Is there a checklist of things we should be doing while our campaign is live?
- How do I get the contact information of my investors?
Compliance
- Are there any compliance requirements for the Campaign Page?
- Issuer Guidelines for Successive Reg CF Offerings
- What can I, and what can I not say, when talking about my Reg CF campaign?
- What is the StartEngine Compliance process?
- What should I talk about for Results of Operations on the Financial page?
- Issuer Guidelines: Use of Future Projections
- Running Annual Reporting Process and FAQs
- What should I talk about for 'Liquidity' and 'Capital Resources' on the Financial page?
- What is a Certificate of Good Standing (COGS) and why is it needed?
- What is the Risk Factors section and what should I include?
- An Overview of the Reg A+ Marketing Process for Issuers
- What investment details do I need to include in my Story page?
- What are Bad Actor Checks and why do I need them?
- Do I need to file any state notices for my Reg. CF campaign?
- What do I need to include in my CEO verified financial statements?
- What should I talk about on the 'Financial Milestones' section of the Financial page?
- What information should I put in the Team page?
- What do I need to include in my Financial Statements?
- What goes in my Class(es) of Securities Outstanding section?
- How do I calculate my pre-money valuation?
- Annual Reporting Process and Requirements
Creating Your Campaign
- How do I complete the financial review for my Regulation Crowdfunding offering?
- Do I have to sign any agreements with StartEngine to launch my Reg CF?
- Terms v Nonterms - Campaign Communication
- Campaign Page Content Standards
- The Form C Debunked
- What is a company valuation?
- If I am raising $1.07M, what does my attorney have to sign off on?
- What legal formation documents do I need to complete in order to launch my Reg CF?
- How do I start my own Reg CF campaign?
- Who can I talk to about my Reg CF Campaign?
- I am an LLC, can I still raise funds through Reg CF?
- What are some of the Reg A+ qualifications?
- How long should my campaign be?
- Basics Tab - Unlocked
- Financial - Skeleton Guide
- How do I set the terms of my raise?
- Legal - Skeleton Guide
- What should I set my valuation to be?
- How do I choose the terms of my Reg CF?
- How do I launch my Small OPO without an independent CPA review?
- Will the public be able see my campaign while I am working on it?
- Terms - Skeleton Guide
- Campaign Page Compliance Guidelines
- Why can’t I change my minimum funding goal? How do I change my maximum funding goal of my Reg CF campaign?
- How do I manage my pixels?
- Story Tab - Unlocked
- Can I get help building my Reg CF campaign?
- Need some more help? Join our launch webinar!
- What are SEC Codes? And how do I get them?
- What are the steps to launching my Reg CF campaign?
Marketing
- What are some PR best practices?
- What can StartEngine do to market my raise?
- What are some "Email Marketing" best practices?
- How can I track my marketing efforts with a UTM?
- How active should we be on our social media pages?
- How can I use tracking tools with my campaign?
- How do I set up "conversion goals" in Google Analytics?
- How do I add pop-ups and re-directs to my website?
- How do I post "Updates" to my community?
- How do I run a contest to market my equity crowdfunding campaign?
- How do I use content to market my campaign?
- How do I organize and prepare the marketing efforts for my raise?
- How do I use my website traffic to get more eyes on my Reg CF campaign?
- If I did a kickstarter or indiegogo, how should I reach back out to my backers?
- How do I track my investment activity with Google Analytics?
- What are some marketing best practices?