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heather schwarz ceo ; mark gillanders coo cfo ; renee caputi co founder ; jonatan alava cto ; stephen cornick board member ; maurice lopes founder ; website http www.earlyshares.com earlyshares is an online platform for real estate fundraising and investing . it was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in miami florida . contents 1 history 2 milestones 3 awards and recognitions 4 references history edit earlyshares was founded in 2011 by stephen temes maurice lopes heather schwarz and renee caputi . earlyshares launched in april 2012 as a platform for rewards based crowdfunding campaigns . after the sec implemented rules for general solicitation in september 2013 earlyshares began hosting equity investment offerings for accredited investors . in 2014 earlyshares began focusing solely on real estate crowdfunding investments . joanna schwartz joined earlyshares as ceo in may 2013 . 2 milestones edit in 2012 earlyshares produced a nationwide road tour offering free workshops about exactly what crowdfunding is how to do it and the ramifications of it . 3 in september 2012 earlyshares acquired helpersunite a donation based crowdfunding portal dedicated to cause related projects for an undisclosed sum . 3 that month earlyshares became the key sponsor 4 of the small business challenge a competition for businesses with fewer than 100 employees and entrepreneurs with startup ideas that are seeking to raise capital through crowdfunding . the competition is designed to reward companies that show the most potential for job creation . 4 in november 2013 earlyshares launched its first equity offering for boatsetter . 5 in february 2014 earlyshares partnered with crowdnetic to expand the distribution network for their investment offerings . earlyshares offerings in private issuers publicly raising are viewable on marketwatch.com . 6 awards and recognitions edit earlyshares has received the crowdfunding accreditation for platform standards caps from crowdsourcing.org 7 in august 2012 worth magazine named earlyshares one of its top 10 crowdfunding sites . 8 references edit douglas danielle ; overly steven 23 may 2012 . washpost . the washington post . retrieved 25 jul 2012 . http www.crowdfundinsider.com 2013 07 18661 breaking down general solicitation for private placements in the us a b nibletz . retrieved 16 sep 2012 . a b miami herald . retrieved 16 sep 2012 . http www.prweb.com releases 2013 12 prweb11405416.htm http www.prweb.com releases 2014 02 prweb11620892.htm crowdsourcing.org . retrieved 26 jul 2012 . grow magazine august 2012 page 75 . retrieved 16 sep 2012 . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title earlyshares & oldid 743550181 categories crowdfunding platformscompanies based in miamihidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from october 2012all articles with topics of unclear notabilitywikipedia articles needing style editing from october 2012all articles needing style editingwikipedia articles with possible conflicts of interest from october 2012 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 october 2016 at 04 34 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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