August 7, 2013 @ 5:42 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

As we previously reported, the CfPA’s annual Crowd Investing Forum will take place starting tomorrow, August 8th in Orlando. David Weild will be keynoting the first day of the event, and in advance of the event Devin Thorpe of Forbes sat down to interview Weild…. Read More

August 7, 2013 @ 10:07 am By Charles Luzar  |  

SEC Formally Allows General Solicitation, or Advertising, for Certain Equity Offerings But Process to Accommodate is Still a Moving Target In the wake of Title II hitting the federal register, those active in the world of private placement securities are busy digesting the net effect… Read More

August 6, 2013 @ 11:40 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Spike Lee is making headlines again regarding his currently-running campaign on Kickstarter. Yesterday he was interviewed by BET and one of the subjects at hand was his recent tiff with CNBC pundit Trish Regan, who led an interview with Lee by alluding to criticisms he… Read More

August 5, 2013 @ 2:30 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Kickstarter just announced that their campaign creation process is open to Canadian project creators. Project creators can begin building their campaigns by starting their project here and selecting Canada as the country of origin during the process. Canadian campaigns will be able to go live… Read More

August 5, 2013 @ 9:19 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Spike Lee is quickly becoming one of the most outspoken advocates of crowdfunding in recent memory, lambasting any reporter or pundit that dares to heap criticism on the director for using Kickstarter to fund his next feature film. The latest to draw Lee’s ire? Trish… 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 3, 2013 @ 9:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A recent Kickstarter project that aimed to reward backers with seeds for glowing plants was very well funded, having raised over $450,000. These seeds were said to produce glowing plants that had been modified with genes from fireflies and bioluminescent bacteria. Thousands of people backed… Read More

August 3, 2013 @ 9:05 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A few weeks back we reported on a big PR fail on the part of OUYA, the gaming console manufacturer that raised over $8 million on Kickstarter. As OUYAs made their way to the shelves of Best Buy, some backers hadn’t received their units yet…. Read More

August 3, 2013 @ 8:52 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Spike Lee has a high-profile Kickstarter campaign for his new film and the campaign has just crossed $500,000 of funding with a little over two weeks to go. As is often the case with celebrities on Kickstarter, Lee has carried the torch for crowdfunding and… Read More

August 2, 2013 @ 12:11 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

In May we first told you about the International Crowdfunding Film Festival, an event slated for October 2-6, 2013 in San Francisco. It is being organized by Sydney Armani, who also organized this year’s SV Crowdfund Conference. RELATED: Click here for our Crowdfunding Events Calendar,… Read More

August 2, 2013 @ 11:20 am By Charles Luzar  |  

It’s what Hybra Advance Technology is calling the “future of personal audio.” Sound Band is a set of headphones that clip onto your ears and deliver sound by actually delivering vibrations straight to your skull. The benefit? That leaves the ears free of obstructions, and… Read More

August 2, 2013 @ 10:51 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdfunding continues to drive disruption in the content creation space. The latest instance of this phenomenon: PixelMags, who wants to become the Netflix of magazines by offering a monthly subscription to 10,000+ magazines for $7 per month. The opportunity to buy a lifetime subscription 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

August 1, 2013 @ 9:39 am By Charles Luzar  |  

EquityNet has announced that they have secured a patent for technology that monitors the performance of private businesses. Titled “Electronic Enterprise Monitoring Apparatus,” it is the third crowdfunding-related patent held by EquityNet. Other patents in EquityNet’s portfolio are titled “Electronic Enterprise Capital Marketplace” and “Electronic Enterprise Analysis Apparatus”…. Read More

July 31, 2013 @ 10:51 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Maker House, a new makerspace opening in Tucson in the fall of 2013, has reached it’s first crowdfunding milestone, raising over $15,000 in just 6 days. The project is being hosted on RocketHub, a crowdfunding platform that has recently partnered with A&E Television to launch… 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 31, 2013 @ 9:57 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Two friends, Emerson Walker and Will Muller, have used Kickstarter to raise more than $5,000. Their aim? To launch a company and a product, mPlanner, that interfaces with learning management systems like Schoology and Blackboard to streamline student schedules into one easy-to-use calendar. One young… Read More

July 31, 2013 @ 8:53 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Yesterday SEC Chariman Mary Jo White addressed the timeline for implementation of the remainder of mandates enclosed in the JOBS Act, including rules regarding non-accredited crowdfund investing. The SEC has proposed or adopted rules for over 80 percent of the more than 90 Dodd-Frank Act… Read More

July 30, 2013 @ 11:08 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Screenrant recently followed up on an appearance by Keving Heffernan and Steve Lemme on the Bertcast podcast. On it they discussed a current deal on the table with Fox to produce a sequel to the campy cult classic Super Troopers. From the article… The deal basically puts… Read More