SEC and SBA Announce Partnership Regarding Events on Small Business Capital Raising under JOBS Act

The SEC and the U.S. Small Business Administration ("SBA") announced that they will host events jointly to inform small business owners and entrepreneurs about new options that are and will become available for capital raising under the JOBS Act.

According to the SEC press release linked below, representatives from the SEC's Office of Small Business Policy in the Division of Corporation Finance, Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, and Office of Minority and Women Inclusion will co-host the events with the SBA's Office of Investment and Innovation, and Office of Entrepreneurial Development.

The events are intended to highlight the ways in which small businesses can seek to raise funds under current and proposed SEC rules. The events will also give small business owners the opportunity to ask questions of SEC and SBA staff members.

See: SEC Press Release.