New Report from the Small Business Forum Includes Recommendations to Improve Capital Raising

The Securities and Exchange Commission today released a report to Congress, which summarizes policy recommendations made during the 41st Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation. The report provides a summary of the forum proceedings, including the recommendations developed by participants for changes needed to the capital raising framework and the Commission’s responses to the recommendations. The virtual forum, which took place April 4-7, featured speakers with in-depth knowledge of issues facing small businesses across the country, spotlighting the following topics: Empowering Entrepreneurs: Tools to Navigate Capital Raising Hometown Entrepreneurship: How Entrepreneurs Can Thrive Outside of Traditional Capital Raising Hubs New Investor Voices: How Emerging Fund Managers Are Diversifying Capital; and Small Cap World: What to Know and How to Think Ahead The Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation is charged by Congress with hosting the SEC’s annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation, where members of the…