Republic - Where everyone can invest in startups & tokens

And here's the launch announcement from my co-founder Paul: https://medium.com/equitycrowdfu...

@double_u_d Yes, Republic is an equity crowdfunding platform for everyone, regardless of net worth. More on why we do what do: https://medium.com/@KendrickEsq/...

@kendrickesq Greetings Kendrick. Would there ever be a chance of having something like republic for a specific state, city, organization, or school. Basically, I would like to utilize something like republic for startups in my small town.

Hi @m4murice - Startups every where, from small towns to big cities, can fundraise on Republic. Please do check out info on our site for companies (aka issuers) considering the possibility of crowdfunding. Let us know if you have any questions.

@kendrickesq @double_u_d Hi @m00dymatt . You're right, though these are limits put in place by the SEC with the intent of protecting investors. We don't impose our own limits beyond that.

@kendrickesq Hi Kendrick! Nice idea, we need it! 🙌🏻 why is Republic limited to the only USA? Do you think to release in EU too?

@eriktorenberg When the SEC announced last November that retail investment crowdfunding would be legal in May 2016, I kinda knew then that it would be a calling. AngelList decided not to operate in the retail space, but Naval and the entire AngelList team have been incredibly supportive of Paul’s and my effort to build Republic. After all, Republic does share AngelList’s mission of democratizing investing. We're just taking it to the general public, whereas AngelList’s fundraising products focus on high net worth angels and investment funds only.

@ivanlucansky No difference right at this moment, but it will be very different in a couple days. :) Please tune back in soon.

@ivanlucansky indeed! Dupe!

@katherinekrug Thank you for lending your expertise to help us and other entrepreneurs. To have a successful crowdfunding campaign, founders gotta execute a tight strategy post going live.

@annettewon @seedinvest Yes, though we only focus on Title III deals, and not Reg A deals (a different, more late-stage type of public fundraising) or Title II deals (for wealthy individuals only).

@ryanmarr That's correct. As long as the company is an operating company and is formed under US laws, then generally it's eligible to run a campaign with us. Please check out https://republic.co/learn/issuer... for more info.

@kendrickesq @ryanmarr How about on the investor side? Can the investor be from outside the USA?

@odsamuels Yes, anyone with a US bank account can invest on Republic. In the future, we'll accommodate non-US bank accounts as well.

@sshkzk Thanks for the support! Psychologically, investors are more committed to helping a company they invested in, compared to someone who made a one-time donation or bought a product. So for us, it's less about competing with kickstarter or other platform, and more about making sure that startups understand the benefits of equity crowdfunding and of Republic's strengths and vision.

@kendrickesq good point! I didn't think of this. Can we expect some kind of slack general channel for the investors then? ;)

@sshkzk Yes down the road we plan to productize investor engagement for companies fundraised on our site.

@kendrickesq 👍🏼indeed could become that key value attracting better ventures vs. substitutes. good luck guys