Venture Glossary

Blue Sky Laws are securities restrictions enacted at the state level, established to protect a state’s investors. These regulations prohibit brokers and investment advisors from recommending, soliciting, or discussing any security with a client unless that security is compliant with the Blue Sky laws of the state that the investor resides in. With startups, the more states they plan to raise money in, the more sets of Blue Sky laws they will have to comply with.