InCube Ventures starts VentureHealth, Equity Crowdfunding for Healthcare Investments

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

3 Reasons Not to Crowdfund

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

OSC Gets Positive Response to Crowdfunding Ideas – Report

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

Toronto Mayor Videotaped Smoking Crack? Gawker Raises Ethical Questions With Indiegogo Campaign

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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

Worldview Entertainment Stake In Zach Braff’s New Movie Draws Criticism, But Is It Justified?

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

Crowdfunding is way forward for retail start-ups, claims online investment platform

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

Lona Nallengara Named SEC Chief Of Staff

May 17, 2013 @ 10:58 am By Charles Luzar |

Lona Nallengara has been named the SEC’s chief of staff today, leaving his previous post as the director of the agency’s Division of Corporate Finance. Nallengara took his lumps in a recent House Committee hearing over the SEC’s delay in implementation of the JOBS Act, and especially on the delay of Title II. Committee members… Read More

Read more in: General News | Tagged jobs act, lona nallengara, sec

Pebble Raises $15 Million From Charles River Ventures

May 17, 2013 @ 10:22 am By Charles Luzar |

Pebble has joined Ouya in raising $15 million in venture capital after a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign. In Pebble’s case, the round was led by Charles River Ventures and partner George Zachary. Zachary said this was the largest Series A he has ever participated in. Oh, the irony. Pebble took to Kickstarter after being rejected by… Read More

Read more in: Offerings | Tagged charles river ventures, kickstarter, pebble, vc, venture capital

Should Washington State Green Light Equity Crowdfunding?

May 17, 2013 @ 9:52 am By Northwest Public Radio |

Crowdfunding websites have grown rapidly as a way to raise money for creative ventures… everything from movies to scientific research to clever inventions. You might have heard of Kickstarter, Indiegogo or Rockethub. It would be just a small leap to use those same platforms to sell shares in a startup. That’s illegal right now, but… Read More

Read more in: Politics | Tagged equity, jobs act, sec, washington

Here Come The Hyperlocal Crowdfunding Sites

May 17, 2013 @ 9:49 am By Charles Luzar |

Today a press release from SaveOurCommunityTheaters.org hails the arrival of the “new trend” of hyperlocal crowdfunding sites. SaveOurCommunityTheaters.org seeks to utilize niche or “neighborhood marketing” to create a community of resources and ideas that are locally driven and specifically targeted. Instead of going to a supermarket in another town these new hyperlocal Crowdfunding sites act… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals | Tagged hyperlocal, niche, saveourcommunitytheaters.org

Online startups are rallying citizens to revamp their neighbourhoods

May 17, 2013 @ 8:24 am By The Economist |

NAMES, wedding dates and declarations of love cover the Luchtsingel, a new pedestrian walkway straddling a busy main road in central Rotterdam, a Dutch city. Asked by a website to help fund the project, locals paid €25 ($32) each for the right to etch a message on one of its 17,000 wooden planks. The walkway’s… Read More

Read more in: Uncategorized | Tagged civic, europe, real estate, spacehive, uk

Crowdfunding: A great opportunity for start-ups but what is its fate in India?

May 17, 2013 @ 7:00 am By MoneyCentral |

India is abuzz with innovation and entrepreneurs seeking funds to float new ideas. Typically, entrepreneurs raise money for their fledgling start-ups from angel investors, venture capitalists and even banks.But getting cash from these sources is a tedious affair, and many small start-ups are not equipped to handle the paperwork. Crowd-funding is thus a great alternative to… Read More

Read more in: Global | Tagged india, indiegogo, kickstarter, priyanka agarwa, wishberry

Breaking The Piggybank: A Deeper Dive Into Invested.in

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

Swedish venture faces critical funding gap

May 17, 2013 @ 3:16 am By Unquote |

For the last five years, Sweden has been the third largest market in Europe for venture capital-backed exits, trailing only France and the UK, according to unquote” data. The nation has consistently ranked among the top five most active markets in Europe for venture investment, taking fourth place in 2012. Skype, co-founded by a Swede… Read More

Read more in: Global | Tagged crowdcube, sweden

BankToTheFuture will be Crowdfunding Platform for Fabfob

May 17, 2013 @ 1:00 am By CFI Correspondent |

BankToTheFuture, the crowdfunding platform that allows people to invest in start-ups and mature businesses, is providing an investment platform for Fabfob, the latest venture by Wowcher founder, Nick Brummitt, who has chosen cowdfunding over traditional venture capital funding. “He says it how it is, how it has been and how it will be in the… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals, Global, Offerings | Tagged banktothefuture, fabfob, uk