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		dominotw on Jan 6, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Indiegogo to launch campaigns combining perks and ... >Raising money from random people on the internet sounds like a nightmare. Curious how much of their userbase qualifies to be an Accredited investor. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accredited_investor#United_Sta...

jefftk on Jan 6, 2017 [–]

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...

bduerst on Jan 6, 2017 | [–]

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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