Investor prerequisites to complete an investment (limits, accreditation, identity verification, reservations)

To remain compliant with SEC regulations, we require certain prerequisites of investors in order to complete an investment. See more details on these requirements below: ## Accreditation and Limits All investors need to confirm their investment limit by inputting their net worth and annual salary data in their **Settings**: https://wefunder.com/settings/investor_limits If you wish to invest above your 12-month limit, you need to verify your investor accreditation. You can do this by following the prompts in your account **Settings** to self verify your accreditation status. ## Taxes and Identity Verification All investors are also required to verify their identity before they can finalize any investment(s). Part of this process involves submitting your tax ID and other identity-related data for the Wefunder team to review here: https://wefunder.com/verify?kyc If you want to invest as an entity, you should set the entity up in your **Settings** here and keep your account name the same as your personal name. Sometimes investors mistakenly sign up using the business name for their Wefunder account. ## Confirming a Reservation/Funding an Investment When a campaign you made a reservation in exits the TTW phase, all of your investor reservations need to be turned into real investments. You are prompted through an email to log into your account and should follow the steps to "confirm" your reservation from your **Portfolio**: https://wefunder.com/portfolio ## Proof of Ownership If you are paying for an investment or investing as an entity, we must confirm proof of ownership of the entity, which can be confirmed through: - Business operating agreement - Tax documents - State filing records