May 20, 2013 @ 8:13 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A report released last month entitled Equity Crowdfunding and Venture Capital included some interesting revelations regarding what US venture capitalists and lawyers expect from equity crowdfunding. The report surveyed VCs and lawyers based in the states. Questions sought to gauge expectations about the JOBS Act’s trajectory and future effect. Overall, most view equity crowdfunding in a positive… Read More

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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

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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

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May 17, 2013 @ 5:59 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Gawker Media has raised some eyebrows with a crowdfunding campaign they launched this afternoon on Indiegogo. The campaign is in an effort to secure the rights to a video of Toronto mayor Rob Ford allegedly smoking crack. Can’t make this up. For those who aren’t familiar, Rob Ford is a highly controversial figure who has… Read More

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May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

AlbertaBoostR.ca looks like any other beta-level crowdfunding web site at first glance. Projects are somewhat sparse but for those that are participating funding seems strong. Those in the know will like the hyperlocal slant of the site, focusing on projects and startups in the province of Alberta. What users may not recognize at first is… Read More

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May 16, 2013 @ 4:02 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

That’s right.  Crowdfunding $660,000,000 on Indiegogo to purchase the  Tribune Company which includes storied newspapers like the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times.  If nothing else, the effort is certainly a bold and audacious move on the part of the organizers as they attempt to “meet our lofty fundraising goal”. The campaign has been initiated by… Read More

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May 16, 2013 @ 7:48 am By Sang Lee  |  

Sang Lee of Return On Change outlines four simple reasons why crowdfunding works in today’s economic climate.

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May 15, 2013 @ 7:58 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Title III of the JOBS Act stands to legalize the participation of non-accredited investors in crowdfunding offerings. One of the wildcards in the approach up to the implementation of Title III is the cap on how much an individual is allowed to invest per year, a number based on things like personal income and net… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Featured Headlines, Strategy  |  Tagged api, compliance, crowdbouncer, crowdit, equity net, jobs act, sec, venturedocs

May 14, 2013 @ 8:37 am By Charles Luzar  |  

You may remember that we recently did this list on December 31st of last year. In just short of six months we have added 14 more campaigns to the list of Kickstarter raises that have crossed a million dollars. Of note here is the influx of gaming-related campaigns, with video games and tabletop games making… Read More

Read more in: Featured Headlines, Offerings  |  Tagged 3d printing, 3doodler, amanda palmer, board games, camelot unchained, cst-01, double fine adventure, dreamfall, dungeons and dragons, dwarven forge, elevation dock, elite dangerous, flint and tinder, form1, gaming, homestuck, kickstarter, kingdom death miniatures, lifx, oculus rift, order of the stick, ouya, pathfinder online, pebble, planetary annihilation, project eternity, reaper miniature bones, rigidbot, shadowrun returns, shroud of the avatar, smartthings, star citizen, torment tides of numenera, veronica mars, video games, wasteland, zombicide

May 13, 2013 @ 7:56 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Ouya raised over $8 million on Kickstarter last year followed by a $15 million round led by Kleiner Perkins, becoming a darling of the gaming media as an example of crowdfunding’s power to democratize a gaming industry long dominated by large publishers and manufacturers. Now that the Ouya has started to ship it has been… Read More

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May 12, 2013 @ 1:25 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

Recently there have been a lot of headlines and discussions regarding celebrities or the affluent utilizing crowdfunding platforms like Kickstarter.  High profile film crowfunding for a Veronica Mars film or the project by Zach Braff have engendered a healthy discussion about who crowdfunding is for and the “fairness” of the 1% taking advantage of this… Read More

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May 11, 2013 @ 6:26 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

The crowdfunding campaigns below are all very cool and interesting today.  These are just a selection of the few we have received recently.  A great western pilot on Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, an amazing kids toy, a cool “video game in real life” and finally  drink Vita-V juice and help feed children in… Read More

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May 11, 2013 @ 8:59 am By Korstiaan Zandvliet  |  

Crowdfunding is not only a solution for entrepreneurs who are looking for seed capital, but also for investors who want to control their portfolio and get some Return on Investment. With the prospect of equity-crowdfunding in the U.S. and the blooming equity crowdfunding market in the Europe, it’s good to know what sort of crowdfunding… Read More

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May 10, 2013 @ 1:49 am By Charles Luzar  |  

If you want to launch a crowdfunding web site using Wordpress there are plugins and themes that can get you up and running quickly.

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May 9, 2013 @ 1:00 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

In the ultimate validation of their successful equity crowdfunding platform, UK based Crowdcube has successfully crowdfunded their own company by offering equity in their business.  In a post on the Crowdcube Facebook page they acknowledged having raised £1,500,000 from 259 investors.  The funds were raised in only three days. The original target was to raise… Read More

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