Please refer to the following before starting this process:
Secondary Trading Account Creation
Create Account
Select Account Type: Corporation, LLC, Partnership, or Trust
**If you are looking to open an individual account, please visit this article**
***If you hold shares in a security that is trading or will be trading in the future on tZERO Securities, please make sure your account type matches that of your original investment
Ex: if you invested as a Trust, please select “Trust” account type***
Enter your e-mail address
Create your password
tZERO passwords must have the following requirements:
i. lower case letter
ii. upper case letter
iii. specific special character
iv. number
v. minimum of 8 characters
vi. no spaces
If you enter a password correctly, a green checkbox will be appear by each of the requirements
Click “Save & Continue”
Verification
Select your verification
If you live inside the US, you have two options for 2 factor authentication:
SMS
Google Authenticator
If you live outside the US, you can only select Google Authenticator
Complete the setup and enter the 6 digit verification code
Personal Info
*** We encourage you to NOT use the autofill feature on your browser as it may create data input issues ***
Enter your name
Enter your DOB
Enter your Phone Number
Enter your Address
Enter Tax id / SSN
If country of taxation is not the same as physical address, you will be asked to provide tax id country.
If country of citizenship is not the same as physical address, you will be asked to provide country of citizenship
Additional documentation
Upload documentation evidencing that you are an authorized user of the entity
Click Save and Continue
Investor Info
Affirm if the entity you are onboarding’s affiliate status
Enter employment information
Click Save and Continue
Business Account Info
Enter the name of the entity
Enter the EIN – if applicable
Enter the date of the entity’s formation
Enter the phone no. of the entity
Select the country of formation
If US – enter the state of formation
Select the country of taxation
Complete the entity’s risk profile
Enter the entity’s physical address
Click Save and Continue
Business Account Documents
Upload any relevant supporting documentation for the entity
Articles of Incorporation, Certificates of Incorporation, Corporate Charters
Associated People
Enter any and all beneficial owners or control persons associated with the entity by selecting “Add Person”
Control persons - an individual with significant responsibility for managing the entity (for example, a chief executive officer, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, managing member, general partner, president, vice president, or treasurer).
Beneficial owners – any individual who directly or indirectly owns 25% or more of the equity interests (ex: shares) of the entity; an individual is an indirect beneficial owner if their ownership interest is held through a separate entity
Click Continue
Review Details
Review all the details on your application
If there is any issues, you should see a red box highlighting the field with the issue
Click Save and Continue
Sign
Please be sure to review all of the disclosures presented
Please only check the disclosure box if you agree to the Terms & Conditions presented to you
Type your name for your signature
The signature field must match exactly as the name entered when you began your application
Click Submit Application
You may receive a request for additional information which may include a request for ID see Having trouble uploading ID? for further instructions on Document Verification.
For questions regarding your Secondary Trading account, contact support@tzero.com
Primary Issuance Investing Account Creation
List of offerings
Visit Issuance - tZERO.com for a full list of offerings.
Creating an account
Click on “get started” on the offering you wish to invest in.
You may be prompted to the issuer website, if so you will need to select “invest now”/”become a shareholder”
Enter User Information
Enter email address
Create password
Password Requirements:
Minimum 8 characters
At least one upper case letter [A-Z]
At least one lower case letter [a-z]
At least one number
Cannot contain a space
Allowed special characters: !@#$%-_
Enter phone number
Enter your investment amount
Click Save & Continue
Verification
Email verification will be sent to the email address provided
Once received, click on verify your email address link from the email body.
Once logged back in; you will be prompt to setup Two-Factor Authentication
Select one of the following:
US:
Use an authenticator app
Use phone (SMS)
Non-US:
Use an authenticator app
Account Information
Select the type of account you wish to invest with
Options include: Corporation, LLC, Partnership, and Trust
Enter your name
Enter your physical address
If mailing address is different, then check off the default mailing address is the same as physical address above and manually enter your mailing address.
Enter your Date of birth
Enter your Tax Country
If in the US, SSN will be required.
If in an international country, tax ID number will be required.
You will need to agree to T&C and Privacy disclosures in order to proceed
Click Save & Continue
Entity Information
If Trust, select the trust type from the available drop down.
Enter your Entity’s name
Enter Entity’s Date of formation (MM-DD-YYYY)
Enter Phone number
Select the Country Entity was formed in
Select Entity’s Tax country
Enter Entity’s State/Region of formation
Enter Entity’s EIN
Enter Entity’s physical address
If mailing address is different, then check off the default mailing address is the same as physical address above and manually enter your mailing address
Agree to T&C and Privacy disclosures in order to proceed
Click Save & Continue
Investment & Subscription Agreement
Enter your investment amount
click save
If after clicking save, you would like to make a change to the amount, you can update the amount by clicking on the pencil icon.
The subscription agreement selection will populate on screen, detailing Description, Amount, ID, and Contract
Under Contract click Sign Document
You will be directed to a DocuSign subscription agreement to complete
Once complete, click Save & Continue
Payment
Select method of payment
Pay by ACH
Click on Connect Bank Account
you will be directed to Plaid to complete linking your banking details
you can search or select your bank account
Click continue to log in
Enter Username
Enter Password
Or select link with account numbers (Micro Deposit)
Enter routing number
Enter account number
Pay by Wire Transfer
Click Save & Continue
Required Documents
Upload the necessary documents as requested based on account type:
LLC
Operating Agreement
Articles of Organization
Beneficial Owner Documentation
Corporation
Articles of Incorporation
Beneficial Ownership Documentation
Partnership
Partnership Agreement
Certificate of Formation
Beneficial Owner Documentation
Trust
Certificate of Trust
Trust Agreement
Beneficial Owner Documentation
Associated People (Required)
Select the applicable designations as it pertains to authorized individual below
I am 25% or more owner in the entity
I am control person for this entity
Select Add Person, if you need to add BO (25% owners and/or Control Person) or Authorized individuals associated with this account
Personal information
Enter First name
Enter Middle name (optional)
Enter Last name
Enter Country of citizenship
Enter Address
Beneficial Owner
Select is this person a 25% or more owner and or control person
25% Owner
Control Person
Is this person an authorized individual (required) - Does this person have authority to act on behalf of the entity
Yes
No
Required information
Enter SSN
Enter date of birth
Accreditation
We utilize Verify Investor to verify accreditation status. Please refer to the following helpful FAQ
For questions about investing in a Primary Issuance, contact investor_support@tzero.com