Raising capital for a new or growing company can be a challenging process, not only because it involves convincing people and investors that the company is worth investing money  into and its growth potential, but also because it can involve a myriad of complicated legal issues. Most capital raises involve the use of an attorney, ideally one that is knowledgeable in the area of the private offering of securities and understands the complexities of private offerings at the federal and state levels. This blog post will spend a few paragraphs setting the background for private offerings and the “exemptions” used and then go to describing the Form D that is filed with the Regulation D exemptions and what info, if any, parties interested in obtaining information on “deals” in Iowa can take from those Form Ds that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

Matt Patane, technology and innovation reporter for the Des Moines Register and Geoff Wood, community builder at Gravitate, sit down for an in-depth discussion of the companies, events and ideas making news in the Iowa innovation community.

Topics discussed on this episode: #IowaHour at SXSW, River Glen Venture Partners bringing a new investment fund to Iowa, Banno/Jack Henry expanded in Cedar Falls & Des Moines and Prometheus Award finalists

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Matt Patane, technology and innovation reporter for the Des Moines Register and Geoff Wood, community builder at Gravitate, sit down for an indepth discussion of the companies, events and ideas making news in the Iowa innovation community.

Topics discussed on this episode: Presidential Tech Town Hall, Airbnb regulations in Des Moines, Iowan fighting food waste in Washington, DC, Sioux City startup wins Chicago pitch competition and a discussion of funding options for startups. 

Feedback, thoughts or suggestions? Hit us up on Twitter or email the show at mvp@gravitatedsm.com

On this episode we talk with Trip Edwards, a venture capitalist who recently moved to Des Moines. We talk a lot about the venture landscape in this state and why a Texas fund has chosen to place an associate here. We also talk about what quintessentially Iowan things he's looking forward to taking part in.