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Tesla used Regulation D

In a series of eleven Regulation D Rule 506(b) private placements, ranging from 2005 to 2009, Tesla Motors, including Elon Musk and crew, raised over $300M before going public.

Here’s the publicly available information on the SEC’s website:

  1. 506 Offering for $3.1M
  2. 506 Offering for $136M
  3. 506 Offering for $89M
  4. 506 Offering for $5.2M
  5. 506 Offering for $11.9M
  6. 506 Offering for $— 
  7. 506 Offering for $11.9M
  8. 506 Offering for $18.5M
  9. 506 Offering for $44.9M
  10. 506 Offering for $40M
  11. 506 Offering for $40M

* Tesla made amendments to some of the above offerings, and as such, this list may or may not be incomplete and/or out of order. However, the purpose of our blog post is to demonstrate how Regulation D is used.