Question

If investors receive shares of stock in companies that they fund on crowdfunding websites like Kickstarter, would their investments be considered to be securities? Group of answer choices Yes, because it is an investment of money in a common enterprise and the investors expect profit from the efforts of others. No, they do not involve the investment of money or other consideration. No, because the profit arises solely from the efforts of the investors. Yes, because the requirements of the 1934 Securities Exchange Act are all met.

Answer 1

Yes, because it is an investment of money in a common enterprise and the investors expect profit from the efforts of others.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the case when the investor would received the shares of the companies and that should be funded on the website of crown funding so this would be considered as securities as this a money investment that to be made in a common enterprise also the investor expected the profit. In addition to this, the SEC permits the equity crowdfunding with effective from May 2016

Therefore the first option is correct