In order to invest through leva, you must be over 18, invited by a deal manager to a deal, and comply with additional regulations that may be present in your home country.

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From a Swiss perspective and provided that the KYC/AML checks were approved, Leva can onboard anyone except deal managers and investors with a U.S. Person-Status (for details, you should consult the IRS website: http://www.irs.gov/taxtopics/tc851.html), Afghanistan, Burundi, Central African Republic, Cuba, Democratic Republic of Congo, State of Eritrea, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Myanmar, Korea (North Korea), Palestine State, Pakistan, and Somalia.

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Nevertheless, it is up to the deal manager to verify if there are any additional restrictions based on the jurisdiction in which the target company, the investors, or the deal manager himself/herself/itself are based.

Yes, private individuals can use Leva to conduct investments.

Yes, legal entities can use Leva to conduct investments.

No, deals are only open to investors invited by deal managers. All deals are private and only visible to those who were invited to participate.

No, Leva is not a crowd investing platform. Since crowd investing platforms primarily focus on matchmaking, investment opportunities are published by the companies and deals are visible to everybody.

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On Leva, investment opportunities are sourced by the deal manager and deals are always private, as investors can access the opportunity only if invited by the deal manager.

Nevertheless, just like crowd investing platforms, both deal managers and co-investors benefit from a radical improvement from a user experience perspective thanks to digitalization and process automation.