What is an Accredited Investor?

How to become an accredited investor

Casey Botticello
Sep 5, 2018 · 5 min read

It takes money to make money, and accredited investors have more opportunities to do so than non-accredited investors.

That’s because the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) allows companies and private funds to skip the need to register certain investments as long as the firms sell these assets to accredited…

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Casey Botticello

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Entrepreneur • Investor • Hacker • Top Medium Writer • University of Pennsylvania Graduate • Partner @ D.C. Strategic Communications Firm—Black Edge Consulting.

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