Common equity crowdfunding is the offering of unregistered securities through a registered funding portal/platform to raise small amounts of money from a large pool of non-accredited and/or accredited investors.  These securities may be common shares, non-convertible preferred shares, convertible preferred shares, non-convertible debt securities, convertible debt securities, limited partnership units, trust units, or flow-through shares. Other terms used to describe equity crowdfunding are investment crowdfunding, securities-based crowdfunding, raising equity online or distributing securities over the internet.

Any adult permanent resident person or corporate entity whose primary residence or corporate headquarters is located in any of the participating provinces of British Columbia, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Quebec, New Brunswick, or Nova Scotia.

Up to C$1500 in any one raise event with no limit on the number of raise event investor participations.