May 20, 2013 @ 9:31 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

Energy crowdfunding platform Mosaic ask for help with their panel idea for SXSW.  From a post on their crowdfunding platform: Familiar with South by Southwest (SXSW) Eco? It’s an event that challenges professionals to create actionable and profitable solutions that address issues in areas such as energy, water, and conservation. The event includes panels, exhibitions,… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals  |  Tagged energy, mosaic, solar, sxsw

May 20, 2013 @ 9:18 pm By Staff Reports  |  

Announces Registration  for Web Series Event “Crowdfinance and Women Owned Enterprises” ProHatch goes live with reward campaigns from the 1st monthly web event in its 2013 Incubator Series. Following 6 weeks of intensive preparation, these innovative social and business enterprises will begin fundraising for the first 30-day phase of their project on ProHatch’s one-of-a-kind Phase-To-Raise™ crowdfunding platform. Incubator campaigns… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals  |  Tagged liz kulik, prohatch, women

May 20, 2013 @ 8:24 am By Staff Reports  |  

French Crowdfunding Guide Released. The government of France has released a guide to crowdfunding.  Pierre Moscovici, Minister of Economy and Finance; Arnaud Montebourg, Minister of Productive Recovery, and Fleur Pellerin, Minister for Small and Medium Enterprise, have jointly announced the publication  of the Guide du Financement Participatif (Crowdfunding) published by the  Autorité des Marchés Financiers… Read More

Read more in: Global, Politics  |  Tagged arnaud montebourg, autorite de controle prudentiel, autorite des marches financiers, fleur pellerin, france, guide de financement participatif, pierre moscovici

May 20, 2013 @ 2:43 am By TheFiscalTimes  |  

Last week, Donald Trump announced – with characteristic flair – his involvement with a crowdfunding startup named FundAnything. The Donald’s presence would be something of an embarrassment for many companies, but then the tech sector has never been above a little shameless self-promotion. In fact, it’s become something of a virtue in this age of… Read More

Read more in: General News, Politics  |  Tagged donald trump, indiegogo, jobs act, kickstarter, venture capitalists

May 19, 2013 @ 8:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

The much anticipated journo crowdfunding site Vourno is on track to launch live on Monday, according to a recent tweet from their twitter account. Vourno hopes to be world’s largest funding platform and independent news network for video journalism.  A crowdfunding platform where news is funded, produced and distributed openly and the crowd decides how… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Featured Headlines  |  Tagged journalism, journos, vourno

May 19, 2013 @ 7:37 pm By Staff Reports  |  

Below is a short video about Crowdfunding.   Crowdfunding is a lot of work and the planning and preparation is as important as the actual campaign.  If approached correctly starting with a strong network and a structured strategy, your online appeal to raise funds may be successful. Canadian Press reporter Ben Singer explains how crowdfunding… Read More

Read more in: General News, Global  |  Tagged canada

May 19, 2013 @ 5:52 pm By Staff Reports  |  

Crowdsourcing Week (CSW) will be kicking off in Singapore hosting innovators, leaders and top management to improve the collective understanding of utilizing the internet and the power of the crowd for business efficiency and strengthening governance.  CSW claims to be the first international conference focused on crowd innovation.   Speakers and participants will share best… Read More

Read more in: General News  |  Tagged crowdsourcing week, csw, epi ludvik nekaj, jennifer gustetic, john b. rodgers, michael thatcher, nasa, ricky kapur, stephanie grosser

May 19, 2013 @ 2:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

New Energy System Trust, a network dedicated to advocating and supporting exotic free energy systems, has launched a crowdfunding site called New Energy Funding.  Powered by white label crowdfunding platform Launcht, NEST hopes to give entrepreneurs a platform to connect their ideas with the necessary seed funding so they may succeed. NEST was founded in… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals  |  Tagged energy, green, launcht, nest, new energy funding

May 19, 2013 @ 11:03 am By TechCrunch  |  

Brings Its Patrons A 3D Printer  Retooling the traditional public library for a more technically savvy populace is no small feat, especially when library budgets across the U.S. have been gutted these past few years. That sad state of events has forced some libraries to take matters into their own hands. Consider the case of… Read More

Read more in: General News, Offerings  |  Tagged 3d printer, indiegogo, northlake public library

May 18, 2013 @ 10:49 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

The Future of Crowdfunding Panel at Startup America LIVE SXSWi13 Startup America chairman Steve Case, Sen. Mark Warner, Crowdfund Capital Advisors’ Jason Best, SoMoLend’s Candace Klein, and IndieGoGo’s Slava Rubin talk about the benefits and legal hurdles of crowdfunding.

Read more in: General News  |  Tagged candace klein, crowdfund capital advisors, indiegogo, jason best, mark warner, slava rubin, somolend, steve case

May 18, 2013 @ 1:15 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

In this weeks edition of Crowdfunding Mailbox we have a interesting mix; Guns, Booze, Princesses and a Robbery film.   Somehow they all go together.  From the serious to the sincere, the creative to audacious, everyone at Crowdfund Insider admires what you do.  Please keep your crowdfunding submissions coming.  We do try and look at… Read More

Read more in: Featured Headlines, Offerings  |  Tagged alcohol, crowned the web series, film, fund safe guns, glen flagler whisky, guns, indiegogo, kickstarter, shelby and the bread factory

May 18, 2013 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs recently released on their Facebook page that Seedrs has been named one of the UKs top 250 Businesses by Lord Yound and Sir Terry Leahy as part of the Accelerate 25o program. Accelerate 2103 was designed to bring together Britain’s best and brightest businesses in recognition of their importance to the… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Global  |  Tagged accelerate 2013, carlos silva, seedrs, uk

May 18, 2013 @ 9:32 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

New Model for Crowdfunding Healthcare Innovations for Accredited Investors VentureHealth has announced a new model for equity crowdfunding which will  focus on innovations that dramatically improve clinical outcomes.   The investment platform offers qualified investors access to life sciences deals that traditionally were reserved for venture capitalists. VentureHealth is led by a team with extensive success… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals  |  Tagged accredited, andrew farquharson, incube, mir imran, venturehealth

May 18, 2013 @ 6:17 am By Inc.  |  

There are two completely different ways of looking at crowdfunding. It is either a) the best thing to happen to start-ups since Red Bull; or b) while sometimes useful, it’s no serious substitute for other sources of money, including family & friends. Even bootstrapping. This may not endear me to some of my friends, but… Read More

Read more in: Opinion, Strategy  |  Tagged anti, tactics

May 18, 2013 @ 3:33 am By PEHub  |  

The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC)’s recent consultation on crowdfunding options received “favourable comments” reports law firm Osler Hoskin & Harcourt. Osler noted 100 responses to the OSC, most of which supported its crowdfunding exemption proposal, though some had concerns about investor-protection issues. With respect to crowdfunding’s role in small business financing, feedback identified a “gap”… Read More

Read more in: Global, Politics  |  Tagged canada, ontario securities commission, osc