Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act

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United States federal statute securities law

The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act is a 2012 U.S. federal law designed to make it easier for small and emerging companies to raise capital by easing securities regulations and expanding access to public and private fundraising.

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Label	Occurrences
Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act canonical	9
JOBS Act	2
Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act	2
Title III of the JOBS Act	2
Title II of the JOBS Act	1
Title IV of the JOBS Act	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T419554 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
Context triple: [Regulation A, amendedBy, Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act]

A. Small Business Jobs Act of 2010
The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 is a U.S. federal law designed to spur small business lending, investment, and job creation through tax incentives, loan enhancements, and targeted support programs.
B. Small Business Development Center Program
The Small Business Development Center Program is a nationwide network of local centers that provide counseling, training, and technical assistance to help entrepreneurs start, grow, and manage small businesses.
C. Evarts Act
The Evarts Act was a landmark 1891 U.S. federal law that created the United States courts of appeals, significantly restructuring the federal judiciary and easing the Supreme Court’s caseload.
D. Small Business Investment Company Program
The Small Business Investment Company Program is a U.S. government initiative that licenses and supports privately managed investment funds to provide long-term capital to small businesses.
E. Small Business Technology Transfer program
The Small Business Technology Transfer program is a U.S. federal initiative that funds collaborative research and development projects between small businesses and nonprofit research institutions to help commercialize innovative technologies.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
Target entity description: The Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act is a 2012 U.S. federal law designed to make it easier for small and emerging companies to raise capital by easing securities regulations and expanding access to public and private fundraising.

A. Small Business Jobs Act of 2010
The Small Business Jobs Act of 2010 is a U.S. federal law designed to spur small business lending, investment, and job creation through tax incentives, loan enhancements, and targeted support programs.
B. Small Business Development Center Program
The Small Business Development Center Program is a nationwide network of local centers that provide counseling, training, and technical assistance to help entrepreneurs start, grow, and manage small businesses.
C. Evarts Act
The Evarts Act was a landmark 1891 U.S. federal law that created the United States courts of appeals, significantly restructuring the federal judiciary and easing the Supreme Court’s caseload.
D. Small Business Investment Company Program
The Small Business Investment Company Program is a U.S. government initiative that licenses and supports privately managed investment funds to provide long-term capital to small businesses.
E. Small Business Technology Transfer program
The Small Business Technology Transfer program is a U.S. federal initiative that funds collaborative research and development projects between small businesses and nonprofit research institutions to help commercialize innovative technologies.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ securities law ⓘ
acronym	JOBS Act ⓘ linked to: Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
affectsAgency	U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ⓘ linked to: Securities and Exchange Commission
aimsToIncrease	access to capital for small and emerging companies ⓘ
aimsToReduce	regulatory burden on smaller issuers ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act ⓘ linked to: Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
appliesTo	private offerings ⓘ public offerings ⓘ securities offerings ⓘ
containsProvision	changes to Regulation A offerings ⓘ changes to Regulation D offerings ⓘ creation of emerging growth company category ⓘ crowdfunding exemption for small offerings ⓘ easing of IPO disclosure requirements for emerging growth companies ⓘ general solicitation and advertising in certain private offerings ⓘ on-ramp for initial public offerings ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
enactedInYear	2012 ⓘ
encourages	investment in early-stage companies ⓘ use of crowdfunding platforms for capital raising ⓘ
focusesOn	capital formation ⓘ emerging growth companies ⓘ small businesses ⓘ
hasEffectOn	initial public offering process in the United States ⓘ requirements for public company reporting for emerging growth companies ⓘ
jurisdiction	federal law of the United States ⓘ
legalDomain	corporate finance law ⓘ securities offerings regulation ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
limits	amounts that can be raised through crowdfunding offerings ⓘ amounts that certain investors can invest in crowdfunding offerings ⓘ
policyArea	capital markets ⓘ entrepreneurship ⓘ securities regulation ⓘ
primaryPurpose	to ease securities regulations for smaller issuers ⓘ to expand access to public and private fundraising ⓘ to make it easier for small and emerging companies to raise capital ⓘ
regulates	equity crowdfunding ⓘ mini public offerings under Regulation A ⓘ private placements under Rule 506 of Regulation D ⓘ
requires	SEC rulemaking to implement crowdfunding provisions ⓘ
shortName	JOBS Act ⓘ linked to: Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act
signedBy	Barack Obama ⓘ
signingDate	2012-04-05 ⓘ
targetGroup	emerging growth companies ⓘ small businesses ⓘ startups ⓘ

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Referenced by (17)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Regulation A → amendedBy → Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act ⓘ

'33 Act → amendedBy → Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act ⓘ

subject linked to: ’33 Act

U.S. Congress → enactsLaw → Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act ⓘ

subject linked to: U.S. Congress (indirectly through SEC oversight)