I believe it&#x27;s net worth of a million dollars (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.investor.gov&#x2F;news-alerts&#x2F;investor-bulletins&#x2F;investor-bulletin-accredited-investors" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.investor.gov&#x2F;news-alerts&#x2F;investor-bulletins&#x2F;inves...</a>).  I&#x27;ve been following the crowdfunding legislation and it seems like there may be additional requirements to accept such investments if you are an early startup with just friends &amp; family investments.<p>But the bottom line, I think, is that to do the strategy you suggest, you currently need to be an accredited investor if the startup is not already setup for crowdfunding.