Tagged: equity

June 20, 2013 @ 11:09 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Rock The Post has teamed with Braintree Business Development Center to offer discounts to Northeast Ohio project creators who list on the Rock The Post crowdfunding platform. “Rock The Post has targeted Northeast Ohio as fertile ground for both projects and funders—and is actively working… Read More

June 5, 2013 @ 9:26 am By PolicyMic  |  

Welcome to America, a land where, as an adult, you can legally gamble your money away at a casino, buy all of the cigarettes you can smoke, or kill yourself by fastidiously consuming fast food. Welcome to America, where, unless you’re an accredited investor, meaning you… Read More

May 28, 2013 @ 3:56 pm By Nooga  |  

Walt Robinson described it as “crowdfunding for grownups.” He and his business partner, Scott Soltau, have launched a new business called BridgePointe Capital Markets, which will be in full swing next month. Through its online funding portal, the company aims to connect investors to companies that… Read More

May 24, 2013 @ 9:11 am By Gulf News  |  

Dubai: By offering equity in crowdfunded ventures, the stakes have indeed been pushed higher for investors and the businesses alike. But what would constitute a proper valuation for a business that is still in the very early stage of its operations? “Proper valuations in all… Read More

May 22, 2013 @ 10:14 pm By Techonomy  |  

When the JOBS Act was signed into law, its knotty crowdfunding provisions quickly became a source of consternation for the SEC. More than one year later, the law continues to languish, as the SEC moves slowly to implement its two most important provisions. One would enable general advertising for… Read More

May 22, 2013 @ 10:26 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Dealstruck is a debt-based crowdfunding platform based in La Jolla, California. It was launched by co-founders Ethan Senturia and Russel McLoughlin. In a recent interview with Xconomy, Senturia describes the process of launching the company. The throught process he alluded to should raise a red… Read More

May 21, 2013 @ 7:51 am By EntreRev  |  

Crowdfunding is coming. In fact, for many businesses crowdfunding is already here. There are many equity and revenue share crowdfunding platforms that are already funding small businesses around the country, but what we have seen so far is just the tip of the iceberg. According… Read More

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… Read More

May 16, 2013 @ 7:48 am By Sang Lee  |  

Sang Lee of Return On Change outlines four simple reasons why crowdfunding works in today’s economic climate.

May 11, 2013 @ 8:59 am By Korstiaan Zandvliet  |  

Crowdfunding is not only a solution for entrepreneurs who are looking for seed capital, but also for investors who want to control their portfolio and get some Return on Investment. With the prospect of equity-crowdfunding in the U.S. and the blooming equity crowdfunding market in… Read More

May 10, 2013 @ 9:00 am By GigaOM  |  

Health entrepreneurs looking for relatively small amounts of seed funding can turn to crowdfunding sites like Medstartr or Health Tech Hatch. But if they need funding in the $2.5 to $5 million range, they’re largely left to venture capitalists, strategic funders or other traditional investors. Healthfundr, a startup… Read More

May 9, 2013 @ 9:47 am By Music Business Journal  |  

Over the last fifteen years, since the advent of the worldwide web, there has been a revolution in the world of finance. More money is being raised online today than ever before from crowds of like-minded investors, consumers, and communities of fans, especially in the… Read More

May 8, 2013 @ 9:52 am By The Business Journal  |  

In some ways, America’s pending shift to allow equity crowdfunding starts with beer. Two advertising executives in 2009 created a website to raise money from individuals to buy Pabst Brewing Co., which makes the hipster favorite Pabst Blue Ribbon. They raised more than $200 million,… Read More

May 6, 2013 @ 1:47 pm By CNN Money  |  

Sarah Dvorak was desperate. The former retail executive had depleted her savings accounts, borrowed from family members, and secured a microloan from a local development group to launch Mission Cheese, a San Francisco café that would specialize in domestic products like Minnesota-made Camembert and a… Read More

May 1, 2013 @ 8:13 am By Charles Luzar  |  

OurCrowd CEO Jon Medved recently sat down with CNN to talk more about the OurCrowd platform and what makes it different from platforms like Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Watch below. “OurCrowd is an equity-based crowdfunding platform, built exclusively for a select group of accredited investors to… Read More

April 29, 2013 @ 7:38 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Zach Braff has raised more than $2 million on Kickstarter. Veronica Mars netted over $5.7 million. These two campaigns have gone a long way in sparking a debate on whether campaigns such as these align with the core mission of rewards-based crowdfunding, and in particular… Read More

April 26, 2013 @ 7:39 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Street recently interviewed Chris Camillo and he was able to share some of his thoughts about how to pragmatically approach investment crowdfunding as an everyday investor. Mr. Camillo is an angel investor and author of the book Laughing at Wall Street. Watch the interview… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 8:19 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that AngelList will roll out it’s investment crowdfunding service to all its accredited users this week. The system has been available in beta form for months now and has reportedly raised over $6 million for 18 companies from 620… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 7:27 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Yesterday Travis Okulski at Jalopnik surfaced the story of a man that was using simple Paypal donations to try and “crowdfund” his way to a new Lamborghini, no strings attached. Funding is taking place via Paypal’s donate feature only. No crowdfunding platforms were hurt in… Read More

April 16, 2013 @ 9:45 pm By Upstart Business Journal  |  

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… Read More