When companies raise money from investors, the transaction will be governed by securities laws. These securities laws have complex requirements that often “trip up” companies unfamiliar with the rules and their application. In today’s post, we tackle one of those areas of securities and startup law where companies often trip up: integration.
What is “Integration” in the context of a securities offering?To better understand integration, you’ll need to first understand what a “securities offering” is. In very simple terms, a securities offering is a transaction where a company is offering to sell a security in exchange for (in most cases) cash. You can check out a discussion of the more precise definition of a security in our prior post.
Integration is a term in...