2005 headquarters fayetteville ar united states key people james murphy ceo ; josh eno cto ; matt imhoff cio ; adam vanderbush cmo website www.equitynet.com equitynet is a u.s. based business crowdfunding platform for startups and mature businesses to raise equity capital from accredited investors . founded in 2005 the company is headquartered in fayetteville ar with offices in austin tx naples fl and denver co. 1 james murphy is the company s ceo . contents 1 model 2 intellectual property 3 awards and recognitions 4 references model edit equitynet has operated the largest business crowdfunding platform since 2005 . the multi patented equitynet platform has been used by over 45 000 individual entrepreneurs and investors incubators government entities and other members of the entrepreneurial community to plan analyze and capitalize privately held businesses . equitynet provides access to thousands of investors and has helped entrepreneurs across north america raise over 240 million in equity debt and royalty based capital . 2 3 the company is not a registered broker dealer and thus is not involved in the transfer of funds . 4 upon the u.s. securities and exchange commission s decision to lift the ban on general solicitation on september 23 2013 5 equitynet allowed businesses on its platform to use the new sec rule and publicly advertise their need for funding . 6 intellectual property edit equitynet owns a portfolio of five granted patents that describe and claim various crowdfunding technologies all of which are based on its priority patent application in 2005 before the word crowdfunding was first used . equitynet s patents include u.s. patent 7 698 188 titled electronic enterprise capital marketplace and monitoring apparatus and method ; us 7698188 7 u.s. patent 7 908 194 titled electronic enterprise analysis apparatus ; us 7908194 8 u.s. patent 8 484 110 titled electronic enterprise monitoring apparatus ; us 8484110 9 u.s. patent 8 793 170 titled electronic enterprise capital marketplace apparatus and method ; us 8793170 10 and u.s. patent 8 793 171 titled electronic system for analyzing the risk of an enterprise . us 8793171 11 equitynet s five patents describe a range of inventions within the private business domain for crowdfunding marketplaces enterprise analysis enterprise risk quantification and enterprise monitoring . awards and recognitions edit in april 2012 forbes magazine named equitynet as one of 10 companies poised to profit from the jobs act . 12 in august 2012 worth magazine named equitynet as one of its top 10 crowdfunding sites . 13 in january 2013 crowdfunding website reviews included equitynet in its 5 equity crowdfunding sites to watch in 2013 . 14 references edit contact us . equitynet . retrieved 2013 12 24 . financing resources . missouri university of science & technology . thorpe devin 2014 12 03 . equity crowdfunding site embraces real estate . forbes.com . crowdfunding technology . equitynet . sec approves jobs act requirement to lift general solicitation ban . u.s. securities & exchange commission . spinrad paul . online platforms give the first public look at private equity . pbs . electronic enterprise capital marketplace and monitoring apparatus and method . electronic enterprise analysis apparatus . electronic enterprise monitoring apparatus . electronic enterprise capital marketplace apparatus and method . electronic system for analyzing the risk of an enterprise . 10 companies poised to profit from the jobs act . forbes magazine . 2013 . the top 10 crowdfunding sites . worth magazine . august 2012 . 5 crowdfunding sites to watch in 2013 . crowdfunding website reviews . retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title equitynet & oldid 717219080 categories crowdfunding platforms 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 26 april 2016 at 12 00 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view