Sherwood Neiss

Mr. Sherwood Neiss co-authored the Crowdfunding Exemption Framework, which became the basis of Title III of the U.S. JOBS Act to legalize securities-based crowdfunding. As the co-founder of GUARDD, D3VC, and Crowdfund Capital Advisors (“CCA”), he is at the forefront of the online investment industry. GUARDD is a SaaS financial disclosure tool that assists private companies in complying with state Blue Sky laws regarding secondary trading. D3VC is an ML/AI venture capital firm investing in select online investment offerings, and CCA is a consulting firm serving certain governments and multi-lateral organizations, including the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank, and governments like Mexico, Chile, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and Israel. Mr. Neiss co-authored the World Bank’s research report “Crowdfunding’s Potential for the Developing World” and co-authored "Crowdfund Investing for Dummies. (Wiley)," among other titles. He is the chief architect of the CCLEAR Regulation Crowdfunding Database, which tracks and monitors over 7,300 pre-IPO startups across 450 industries in the USA. He created the CrowdFinance50 Index, which tracks the Top 50 Daily Regulation Crowdfunding offerings. Mr. Neiss is an active investor and serves on the advisory boards of several crowdfunding companies. Mr. Neiss was selected as a cohort for the 2021 AIPCA Accelerator. VentureBeat listed Mr. Neiss as one of the most influential thought leaders in crowdfunding. Before GUARDD, D3VC & CCA, Mr. Neiss co-founded FLAVORx, Inc., acted as its chief financial officer, and won Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award and the Inc. 500 award three years in a row.