• Exception 3(c)(7) pertains to a section of the Investment Company Act of the 1940s allowing qualifying private funds to be exempt from certain SEC rules.

  • Private funds must not plan an IPO and their investors must be eligible to buy to qualify for the 3C7 exemption.
  • The maximum number of buyers of 3C7 funds is not limited.
  • Unlike 3S7, 3S1 funds deal with no more than 100 accredited investors.