SEC’s Annual Small Business Forum
March 30, 2023
The SEC's 44th Annual Small Business Forum is scheduled for April 10, 2025. It is a unique event where the Commission invites members of the public and private sectors to gather to provide feedback to improve capital-raising policy for startups to smaller public companies and their investors. The event is hosted by the Office of the Advocate for Small Business Capital Formation pursuant to the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1980.
“The annual Small Business Forum provides an important platform for identifying pressing issues affecting capital raising for small businesses in communities across the country. We encourage entrepreneurs, investors, and members of the public to join us for this important event.”
Forum FAQs
The Forum is an annual event that brings together members of the public and private sectors—including entrepreneurs, small business leaders, investors, and those that support them across the small business ecosystem—to discuss and provide suggestions to improve securities policy affecting how companies raise capital from investors.
The Forum will be open for public in-person attendance and available via webcast. Registration is free. After the event, the SEC delivers a report to Congress covering the proceedings. For an example, check out the 2024 Forum Report.
We invite all participants to provide policy recommendations in advance of the live event. The event will culminate with an opportunity for all participants – whether attending in person or virtually – to vote to prioritize the submitted recommendations. The top recommendations will be published in a report that the SEC delivers to Congress.
We will reserve time at the end of the event to allow in-person attendees to address the audience briefly to discuss any recommendations submitted. Following that discussion, the recommendations will be opened for voting for all participants.
Last Reviewed or Updated: March 5, 2025