April 5, 2013 @ 11:54 am By Staff Reports  |  

Crowdfunding due diligence platform Crowdcheck has scheduled a gathering in Washington DC to discuss the possible risks to securities Crowdfunding. The event is featuring keynote speaker US Senator Mark Warner (D – Virginia). Entitled Fraud and Red Tape: Risks to the Potential of Securities Crowdfunding will also include two panel discussions bringing together many of… Read More

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March 20, 2013 @ 8:00 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

99Funding , a securities crowdfunding platform, has announced the launch of their equity crowdfunding site.  Currently only accredited investors will be allowed to invest through the 99Funding platform.  The site offers a secure, transparent and efficient market for investment crowdfunding.  Managing Directors Craig Goos and Jim Dowd believe that crowdfunding is already changing the way… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals  |  Tagged 99funding, bancbox, brian knight, craig goos, crowdcheck, crowdnetic, equity crowdfunding, jim dowd, jobs act, luan cox, north capital private securities

March 6, 2013 @ 1:50 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Recently Steve Rattner, founder of private equity firm Quadrangle Group, had some pointed criticism regarding investment crowdfunding. In a post on the New York Times, Rattner criticized the term “JOBS Act,” the loosening of restrictions on general solicitation, the definition of an emerging growth company and more. Brian Knight took to the Huffington Post today… Read More

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February 5, 2013 @ 5:17 pm By Brian R Knight  |  

After a long holiday break the CrowdFundCast is Back!  This time we get to interview Mr. Sang Lee of Return On Change about crowdfunding and high impact investment.  The discussion was fascinating, the skype…a little wonky, but Sang graciously put up with the technical hurdles to talk about why he thinks crowdfunding will help both companies and… Read More

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December 12, 2012 @ 7:01 am By JD Alois  |  

I recently got around to listening to Brian Knight’s excellent CrowdFundCast podcast that he produces periodically.  His latest podcast discusses the SEC Small Business Forum, which we’ve covered previously. Sarah is an accomplished attorney with vast experience with the securities and finance industry.  She spent four years at the SEC as the Chief of the… Read More

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October 23, 2012 @ 9:58 am By Brian R Knight  |  

Hello! It has been a while since our last episode, but that is because we have been so busy traveling around talking about crowdfunding. In this podcast we finally get the whole gang in one room to talk about their experiences with traveling to Sweden to talk cröwdfůnding (not the actual Swedish spelling), talking to… Read More

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