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  ​The Illinois Intrastate Crowd funding Law (815 ILCS 5/4(T) allows Illinois Businesses to raise up to $4 million, per year, from Illinois investors (whether accredited or non-credited) through debt or equity offerings.

"The Illinois Intrastate Crowdfunding Law and your small Business "







Attorney Anthony Zeoli of Freeborn & Peters LLP is an experienced transactional attorney with a national practice. Specializing in the areas of securities, commercial finance, real estate and general corporate law, his clients range from individuals and small privately held businesses to multi-million dollar entities. Mr. Zeoli is also an industry-recognized crowdfunding, peer-to-peer (P2P) lending and JOBS Act expert and is currently an active board member and Secretary of the CfPA (Crowdfunding Professional Association) and an active member of CFIRA (Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates). Most recently he drafted Illinois House Bill 3420, a bill which provides for an intrastate crowdfunding exemption in Illinois and which was unanimously approved by the Illinois’ house and Senate. Anthony is also currently actively involved with the entrepreneurship program at the University of Illinois at Chicago as both a mentor and a student advisor and is an active advisory board member of the New York Distance Learning Association (NYDLA).

 
 
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