categories
HOT TOPICS
- The Accelerator Conundrum
- The Startup Velocity Question
- Platform as a Service
- Man and Superman
- Web 3.0 = (4C + P + VS)
- The Future: End of Capitalism
- Capitalism 2.0
rebecca kacaba
Thought Leader in Financial Technology: DealMaker CEO Rebecca Kacaba (Part 5)
Sramana Mitra: I think this is a valuable discussion for people trying to understand equity crowdfunding. There need to be guard rails to protect consumers. I have seen what happened in the dot com crash. A lot of people got completely creamed out. Rebecca Kacaba: Those were public stocks, generally en masse. Sramana Mitra: Everything.
Thought Leader in Financial Technology: DealMaker CEO Rebecca Kacaba (Part 4)
Rebecca Kacaba: Equity crowdfunding limits the amount you can invest. It’s in proportion to what your income is. I don’t fundamentally believe that, because you don’t meet an income threshold, you should not have a right to make an investment. The amount that they can invest caps how much they can lose. I think what
Thought Leader in Financial Technology: DealMaker CEO Rebecca Kacaba (Part 3)
Sramana Mitra: How many companies are raising funds on your platform right now? Rebecca Kacaba: Between 30 and 40 new companies every month and over $1.6 billion in capital transacted through the platform. Sramana Mitra: Are there any stage and sector trends? Rebecca Kacaba: Usually, we’ll see a good amount of technology, real estate, and
Thought Leader in Financial Technology: DealMaker CEO Rebecca Kacaba (Part 2)
Sramana Mitra: What is your business model? Rebecca Kacaba: We charge technology fees – setup, monthly, and transactional. We are very aligned with our clients. They can pay as they raise capital. We’re not asking them for a big upfront payment. We make money as they make money. Sramana Mitra: You take a percentage of
Thought Leader in Financial Technology: DealMaker CEO Rebecca Kacaba (Part 1)
Equity Crowdfunding is evolving. This conversation highlights some of the trends. Sramana Mitra: Let’s start by introducing our audience to yourself as well as to DealMaker. Rebecca Kacaba: I was a capital market attorney for over a decade before founding DealMaker. The idea for DealMaker was born out of the problems my clients were having
