May 18, 2013 @ 10:41 am By VentureBeat  |  

Hidden Path Entertainment has found an angel investor to fund the final step of development for Defense Grid 2, the sequel to a popular tower-defense game. Last year, Bellevue, Wash.-based developer Hidden Path managed to raised $271,726 from more than 6,000 donors for a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. But the money didn’t fully fund the cost of… Read More

Read more in: Strategy  |  Tagged angel, defense grid 2, gaming, hidden path entertainment, kickstarter, video games

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 17, 2013 @ 12:30 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

It’s the story that won’t die. Worldview Entertainment has stepped into the frey with Zach Braff’s upcoming release Wish I Was Here. The movie, a spiritual successor to Braff’s hit Garden State, is currently crowdfunding on Kickstarter. It sits at $2.6 million pledged with a week left on the clock. Worldview Entertainment will provide gap financing, bringing… Read More

Read more in: Offerings, Strategy  |  Tagged film, kickstarter, movies, wish i was here, worldview entertainment, zach braff

May 17, 2013 @ 11:30 am By RetailTimes.co.uk  |  

Despite the current economic climate, there is no shortage of retail entrepreneurs. However, getting a new operation off the ground and competing with brands takes capital, and that is hard to come by… or is it? Luke Lang, co-founder of crowdfunding website Crowdcube, takes a look at an alternative way to finance growth that has… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Strategy  |  Tagged crowdcube, retail, uk

May 16, 2013 @ 8:13 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

Planet Money, a joint project of NPR and This American Life, has trail-blazed a new path for NPR.  They have crowdfunded themselves on Kickstarter.  The initial campaign commenced on April 30th and ended on May 15th.  The goal was an admirable $50,000 target.  The finally tally far exceeded that – amounting to $590,807.00.  Over 20,000… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Offerings, Strategy  |  Tagged charity, kickstarter, npr, planet money, t shirts, the american life

May 16, 2013 @ 8:05 am By LA Weekly  |  

For years, Berlin-based singer/multi-instrumentalist Chris Corner has been working alone. Originally from the U.K. and having first came to prominence in the 1990s as part of the electronic group Sneaker Pimps, he has self-produced his last four albums as IAMX. Sometimes, he even directed his own videos. For IAMX’s fifth album, The Unified Field, however, Corner enlisted… Read More

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May 16, 2013 @ 7:32 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

This video is an excellent brief explanation of funding rounds for any budding entrepreneur or student of finance.  This is courtesy of OnlineMBA.com. Whether you are an entrepreneur trying to get things moving with a startup company or just interested in learning more about business in general, OnlineMBA.com‘s video on How to Fund a Startup is… Read More

Read more in: General News, Strategy  |  Tagged funding rounds, onlinemba, video

May 15, 2013 @ 12:15 pm By FunderHut Blog  |  

Ask for contributions. Obvious right? Of course it is. This is your call to action, your tool for success, and all it is, is a 3 letter word—just ask. It’s one thing to showcase your campaign and say “Check out my project, isn’t it cool?” It’s a completely different thing to say “Check out my… Read More

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May 15, 2013 @ 12:01 pm By The Washington Post  |  

When the weather’s nice enough, students at Cesar Chavez Public Charter Schools for Public Policy’s Prep Campus in Washington’s Columbia Heights neighborhood walk single-file up Kenyon Avenue through a narrow alleyway into the Bruce Monroe Community Park — a public park — for recess. … The school recently embarked on a $2.2 million dollar campaign… Read More

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May 15, 2013 @ 9:06 am By LatinosPost  |  

While many different individuals and developers are turning to Kickstarter and crowd funding to finance video games, some people within the industry are not keen to join the fad. One such person is Sid Meier, the influential designer of the Civilization series and who currently works for 2K subsidiary Firaxis Games. Meier recently spoke out… Read More

Read more in: Opinion, Strategy  |  Tagged civilization, gaming, kickstarter, sid meier, video games

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 15, 2013 @ 5:02 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

Arizona Attorney Jonathan Frutkin has  recently published a new book about this new source of finance, known as “equity crowdfunding”. According to Frutkin, the same power of online funding will soon let local companies raise capital online – and more importantly, make customers into owners, increasing the market share of businesses that successfully leverage this new… Read More

Read more in: General News, Strategy  |  Tagged Equity Crowdfunding: Transforming Customers into Loyal Owners, jonathan frutkin

May 14, 2013 @ 4:44 pm By Austin Business Journal  |  

When it comes to crowdfunding, or raising capital or donations for projects online, RocketHub CEO Brian Meece says entrepreneurs can learn a thing or two from artist types. As the featured speaker at a June 20 PR Over Coffee event, Meece shared what crowdfunding platform RocketHub has learned about creating a successful crowdfunding campaign, and gave examples of… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Strategy  |  Tagged brian meece, rockethub, texas, tips

May 14, 2013 @ 10:28 am By The Herald Business Journal  |  

LYNNWOOD — When we first met the brains behind Autosport Labs in late 2010, racer Brent Picasso was working on the first version of a data-acquisition system, the company’s next product for budget-minded racers. Autosport Labs, with Picasso, his wife, Kelley, and business partner Scott Miller, had already developed Megajolt Lite Jr., a programmable electronic ignition module… Read More

Read more in: Offerings, Strategy  |  Tagged cars, indiegogo, kickstarter, racing

May 14, 2013 @ 9:58 am By The Hill  |  

The JOBS Act has the potential to help entrepreneurs finance their small and emerging growth businesses through “crowdfunding,” but only if we get the costs right. In the year since the measure was signed into law, online technology platforms have continued to successfully disrupt the costs of fundraising, necessitating a reevaluation by the Securities and… Read More

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