CRIEnglish.com reported yesterday that South Korea is looking to legalize equity crowdfunding, seemingly spurred on by the United States’s passage of the JOBS Act. From the article… South Korea planned to legalize the crowd funding system as part of efforts to help venture companies finance their seed money from a number of small investors with… Read More
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Some have said equity crowdfunding could put pressure on the venture capital industry. But data compiled by crowdfunderEquityNet suggests it will open whole different categories of upstarts for funding instead. “Crowdfunding is serving the area of capitalism that was previously underserved,”Judd Hollas, chief executive of the platform launched in 2005 told me. EquityNet, based in Arkansas,… Read More
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In turbulent times for business finance, the words “risk” and “funding” are inevitably connected. David Hing looks at what to watch out for in each SME funding option. Funding and investment can be the lifeblood of a start up, or indeed any business that is looking to expand. The risks associated with funding change and… Read More
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More people than ever are starting their own businesses. And as all these newly minted entrepreneurs enter the world of being their own bosses, they are all starving for much needed startup funding. Investors take two forms – angel or venture capitalists. Angles look more towards the person and their team, while venture capitalists focus… Read More
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Assessment of the impact of crowdfunding amongst those supplying funds starts with the identification of distinct groupings. Two are useful; individuals supplying their own funds – angels – and organizations using other people’s money – firms. The evidence thus far is that crowdfunding models are not having much impact on firms. However, it is clear… Read More
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Some have said that crowdfunding will somehow replace angel investors or venture capitalists. Ryan Feit doesn’t see it that way, and it’s not how SeedInvest, the New York City crowdfunding site he co-founded, is operating in its first few weeks. Instead, he told me, SeedInvest is partnering with angel groups on choosing which companies get to raise money… Read More
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UK based equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has announced their joining the UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA). Crowdcube CEO and Co-Founder, Darren Westlake, was quoted as saying, “Business angel investing in the UK is in good health and showing signs that it will flourish in the coming years. We are delighted that Crowdcube is now a… Read More
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Today the US House of Representatives Committee on Small Business held a meeting today in an effort to provide an update on the implementation of the JOBS Act. Two panels were invited to testify on the record. The first panel included Lona Nallengara and John Ramsay of the SEC. They were grilled by committee members on the… Read More
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There’s been all sorts of overheated rhetoric about whether crowdfunding will crowd out venture capitalism. But the debate misses some big points, argues Roger Ehrenberg, a founder of IA Ventures. Writing in Fortune, Ehrenberg makes the case that a good venture capitalist (as opposed to a lousy one) offers more to a founder than a… Read More
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True entrepreneurs don’t just have a business idea, execute it, and then move into a cushy corner office. They must continue to innovate and come up with new plans to disrupt a market. Investors need to start considering what they are backing — the idea or the individual. The entrepreneur worth investing in has passion… Read More
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A new model of finance was unveiled at the Great British Private Investor Summit on 19th March: Syndicate Funding 2.0. Based on the concept of allowing crowdfunders to co-invest alongside Business Angels, the model is supported by an online platform called Syndicate Room, which will be officially launched tomorrow. While equity crowdfunding has exploded in… Read More
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As a Dutch national (but born and raised in Hong Kong and living in the US since 1985) I thought it was particularly interesting that the Netherlands created one of the first equity crowdfunding platforms in the world – Symbid. Being ONE of the first is something, especially since the United States regulatory processes have… Read More
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Crowdfunding is a new capital formation tool that allows large numbers of ordinary investors to aggregate relatively small investments in exchange for equity positions in companies. It’s redefining what it means to be an investor and disrupting the delicate balance between investor protections and investor freedoms. While the concept of “angel investing” has been around… Read More
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The Launch festival is a three-ring circus. Fifty startups are here presenting on the main stage, 250 startups are in the demo pit, and it’s got panel discussions with influencers from the tech community, not to mention nearly 6,000 registered attendees. To help sort through the noise, Launch partnered with peer-to-peer lending platform MicroVentures and SourceBits,… Read More
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VANCOUVER — According to Paul Singh, a partner at accelerator 500 Startups, this is the decade of the angels. He’s speaking tonight at GrowLabs’ demo day in Vancouver, and the message is not too much different from 500 Startups founder Dave McClure’s. “If you can wipe your nose, you can be a VC,” Singh said…. Read More
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