My major concern with havelock is how none of the projects listed on there are trading above IPO price - yet havelock interacts with each business by determining when to release funds etc. Now, this concern is valid but it pales in comparison with cryptostock - where the owner is a known thief.
Counterparty looks good on the surface but seems very difficult to use.. and I've yet to find any IPO's on there that have sold more than a handful of shares.
This leaves me in a bind.. I am more inclined to do a direct share issuance, but would appreciate any and all feedback with that approach
i don't know all of the securities on havelock as well as i should, but i know PETA trades above IPO price. its also important to note that all of the securities on havelock are serious business propositions, and very few serious business propositions will see a high return in their first six months.
the only exclusion to this was NEOBEE, but as most people know, neobee was a serious proposition but was just handled extremely poorly.
havelock is probably the way to go. if your serious about a long-term business, and you don't mind them having somewhat control of your funds(which is necessary to give security to investors), then speak to their team, they are known to be extremely helpful and truthful with what they can and will provide, and will always work with businesses in there earliest stages to help them get off the ground.
good luck.