Tagged: equity

August 28, 2013 @ 12:45 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

On the short list of things you can’t do on rewards-based crowdfunding sites, offering any kind of stake in your company is pretty much tops. This hasn’t stopped one crowdfunder on Indiegogo from going full honey badger. The campaign seeks a million dollars on a… Read More

August 28, 2013 @ 11:06 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A recent blog post on TheCorporateCounsel.net corroborates our previous article that suggested crowdfunding rules would be proposed sometime this fall. However, the post also warns that the timeline for finalized Title III crowdfunding rules could stretch “well into 2014.” From the post… As this Washington… Read More

August 21, 2013 @ 11:26 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Yesterday real estate crowdfund investing platform RealCrowd pitched to investors at Y Combinator’s demo day. This marks the culmination of RealCrowd’s experience as part of the famed Y Combinator accelerator program. Wired magazine calls Y Combinator “the most prestigious program for budding digital entrepreneurs.” RealCrowd… Read More

August 10, 2013 @ 4:25 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Earlier this week The Verge and reporter Adrianne Jeffries did the crowdfunding world a service by collecting and publishing a deep data set on the historical success rates of Indiegogo campaigns. The article points out that Indiegogo generally sees about 9.3% of their campaigns receive full… Read More

August 4, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

It could fund your project, boost our companies, create jobs and maybe even save our entire economy: crowdfunding. Advertised as the go-to digital cash machine if the bank doesn’t get you the money you need, crowdfunding is well on its way to become a major… Read More

August 3, 2013 @ 9:55 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Realty Mogul issued the following release sharing the news that they’re now going to be active in four states in the US: Washington, California, Tennessee and Kansas. CEO Jilliene Helman shares a bit of insight into how Realty Mogul is strategically choosing which states to… Read More

August 2, 2013 @ 10:17 am By Charles Luzar  |  

UK-based crowdfunding platform CrowdCube has long been a global leader in the equity crowdfunding space. Recently the platform met a huge milestone: over £10 million in equity raised for startups and small businesses in the UK. CrowdCube has a dynamic infographic that updates regularly, and… Read More

August 2, 2013 @ 9:24 am By Charles Luzar  |  

HealthiosXchange is a crowdfunding platform launching this month that focuses on the health care industry. It’s no secret that the health care industry is an important one here in the states. According to the US Census, the US health care sector as a whole garnered… Read More

July 31, 2013 @ 10:48 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Real estate news provider Inman News posted video of a recent panel where four real estate crowdfunding industry stakeholders discussed their platforms, the real estate niche and the power crowdfunding has to drive capital toward real estate investments. The four participants are: Jilliene Helman, founder… Read More

July 27, 2013 @ 1:24 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Back in May we brought you the story of Invested.in, a white-label crowdfunding platform solution with an interesting history. The Next Web just published a feature piece on the California-based company revealing that they have facilitated over $30 million in funding to date. Another revelation… Read More

July 25, 2013 @ 10:22 am By David Drake  |  

Fundrise is churning a lot of attention, by  pioneering investing in real estate through the crowdfunding platform. It has empowered large numbers of average folks to pool their money and invest in local projects. Believing that everyone should have the opportunity to invest in real… Read More

July 25, 2013 @ 9:17 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Balanced was created to increase the global economy through payments. As we built Balanced, it troubled me that we had adopted the closed-off culture common to the financial services industry, where everything was locked up for the sake of “competitive advantage.” That wasn’t the kind of… Read More

July 24, 2013 @ 9:15 am By Charles Luzar  |  

EarlyShares Chairman and co-founder Stephen Temes was on Bloomberg TV in a segment entitled “The Future of Crowdfunding.” In the clip below, Temes examines the economic impact of Titles II and III of the JOBS Act. He also discusses the success that EarlyShares has had… Read More

July 22, 2013 @ 10:19 am By Charles Luzar  |  

FundersClub, an equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors, has launched a referral program promising to pay out 10% of FundersClub’s carried interest to the FundersClub member who referred the company to the platform. FundersClub takes 20-30% carried interest on their listings, so 10% of their stake… Read More

July 17, 2013 @ 11:11 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Wall&Main is a new crowdfunding platform that is crowdfunding itself using a pretty remarkable tiered system of rewards. The platform will reward supporters with cheap MileagePlus frequent flyer miles. Each mile will run 3 cents. Backers can lay claim to up to a million miles…. Read More

July 15, 2013 @ 11:46 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Seedrs has been a trailblazer in the equity crowdfunding space, and they just released an infographic that visualizes their rise to success. Check it out below…

July 11, 2013 @ 9:30 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Mark your calendar. July 10th was a big day in the fight for increased access to capital in the United States, as well as the overarching timeline of the fledgeling crowdfunding industry. Title II of the JOBS Act mandated a lifting of the ban on… Read More

July 9, 2013 @ 10:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdfunding expert Sherwood Neiss just tweeted that Israel is ramping up efforts to implement a framework for crowdfunding. Access to capital for all! Israel to introduce #crowdfunding legislation similar to #USJOBSAct. Nations are lining up. What country is next? — Crowdfund Investing (@woodien) July 9,… Read More

July 2, 2013 @ 9:23 am By Charles Luzar  |  

SeedInvest has launched a new feature on their equity crowdfunding platform. The feature, called SeedInvest Groups, specifically targets angel groups, venture capitalists and other organizations with an active role in funding early-stage companies. SeedInvest CEO Ryan Feit says that the new feature was largely driven… Read More

June 28, 2013 @ 10:50 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A. Brian Dengler of CfIRA posted a comprehensive breakdown of a paper released by two professors of economics and management at Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania. Crowdfunding, as an innovative capital formation strategy and investment possibility, has both supporters and skeptics. In order to investigate and… Read More