I-Bankers Direct operates an online funding platform that provides accredited individual investors with the ability to evaluate and invest in early-stage companies. The platform provides access to video presentations, offering documents, management conference calls, company slide decks and other decision-making support.
The company is headquartered in
New York City
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, and maintains offices in
Palo Alto
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, California and
Lugano
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, Switzerland. It was founded in 2012 by entrepreneurs and investment banking professionals Mike McCrory and John Kallassy with the goal of transforming the process of investing in growth-stage companies.
References
Crowdfund Insider, July 18, 2013: "Crowdfunding Platform I-Bankers Direct Comments on General Solicitation, Looks to the Future of Equity Crowdfunding"*
ttp://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/New-Stamford-firm-specializes-in-crowd-funding-4587923.php Greenwich Time, June 7, 2013: "New Stamford firm specializes in crowd funding for companies"Upstart Business Journal, May 23, 2013: "Investment bankers follow the crowd... funding"
External links
I-Bankers website
{{Crowdfunding platforms
Defunct crowdfunding platforms of the United States