The concept of an
"accredited" or
"qualified" investor exists in different jurisdictions.
An accredited investor is considered to be one who can
invest in unregistered securities (they become registered, for example, after an IPO, when anyone can buy shares through a brokerage account).
An investor receives such a right when he meets a number of requirements for income, total wealth, status in his country and professional experience.
It is believed that a person who has free funds to invest
He is able to independently assess the risks of investments. No additional exams are required.
We rely on the requirements of the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),
formulated as formulated as formulated as Rule 501So that a citizen of Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and other countries of the former USSR becomes
An accredited investor in the United States must meet any one of the following conditions:
1. Income of at least $200,000 per year for the last 2 years (or $300,000 per family), or
2. Total capital of at least $1,000,000 personally or per family, or
3. A person is a managing partner, director or other executive employee of a company that issues
unregistered securities.
The accreditation is issued by the management company (in our case, Arize Capital LLC)
during the KYC procedure (see below). In practice, accreditation consists in the signing by the investor of the relevant declaration (application) in free form. The declaration template is included in the standard set of documents for the investor.
Additional information on the topic:
https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/accreditedinvestor.asp