July 16, 2013 @ 12:34 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

There was a question recently posted to Quora seeking perspective on the interplay of regulation and the crowdfunding industry. Gust CEO David S. Rose offered an answer and it actually serves as a great primer on the crowdfunding industry as a whole. Read below… Read… Read More

July 16, 2013 @ 12:23 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

UK-based peer-to-peer lending platform FundingKnight has closed a £1.5 million investment round at a £7.5 million valuation. The round was led by GLI Finance. FundingKnight curates borrowers on their platform and eliminates businesses they deem as too risky for lending. In doing so, the platform… Read More

July 16, 2013 @ 10:58 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Could Kickstarter play a major role in kicking off the “personal interplanetary space age?” You could make a coherent argument that it already has, especially considering the visibility garnered by the recently funded ARKYD space telescope project. However, a lesser known predecessor of the ARKYD… Read More

July 16, 2013 @ 8:57 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The California Stock Xchange (Cal-X) and Cal-X Crowdfund Connect has selected San Diego-based EarlyIQ to provide enterprise management reports for use in vetting companies listed on the exchange. RELATED – From Main Street To Wall Street And Back: Cal-X Determined To Help Startups Succeed In partnership… Read More

July 16, 2013 @ 8:25 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We recently reported on SeedInvest Groups, a product aimed at angel groups and other investor networks. Recently the STAR Angel Network leveraged SeedInvest groups to close a round for Cincinnati-based mobile app startup LISNR. It’s a somewhat ridiculous event: hop on a bus to SXSW,… 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 15, 2013 @ 10:56 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Pozible and Pebble were highlighted in World News Australia’s recent coverage of the global phenomenon that is crowdfunding. Watch below…

July 15, 2013 @ 10:42 am By Charles Luzar  |  

479 backers can and should be proud. They had a major hand in achieving a goal that stood unmet for 30 years. That goal is called the Sikorsky Prize, and it is centered around a seemingly simply goal: make a human-powered helicopter fly for 60… Read More

July 15, 2013 @ 9:26 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Time is valuable, and trust that I wouldn’t say this if I weren’t serious: This is a must-watch video. Why? It isn’t every day you see Perry Chen speaking this candidly about Kickstarter’s ethos and history. Better yet, it isn’t every day you see Michael… Read More

July 13, 2013 @ 1:14 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Amelia Coffaro was diagnosed with breast cancer at the age of 28. She turned to crowdfunding platform GiveForward and has been able to raise over $50,000 to go toward her medical bills. She has a goal of raising $100,000. The campaign is live until November… Read More

July 12, 2013 @ 9:33 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Fundable has released the following infographic explaining the high-level details of the removal of the ban on general solicitation for select private placement offerings. Fundable is a Columbus, Ohio based crowdfunding platform. NOTE: Brian Knight of CrowdCheck points out that the requirement to file Form… Read More

July 12, 2013 @ 8:46 am By Charles Luzar  |  

You may have heard Peter Sunde‘s name before. He is one of the men behind The Pirate Bay, a peer-to-peer file sharing and torrent web site. He is also a co-founder of Flattr, the pseudo-crowdfunding service where users set a monthly budget that is divvied… Read More

July 12, 2013 @ 7:55 am By Charles Luzar  |  

CrowdCheck recently released this extremely comprehensive PDF outlining the changes brought on by the adoption of Title II of the JOBS Act. Title II created a new rule under Regulation D allowing general solicitation advertising for certain private placement offerings. For more, check out our… Read More

July 11, 2013 @ 11:37 am By Charles Luzar  |  

This is pretty amazing. A backer of Zach Braff’s Kickstarter campaign for his new movie “Wish I Was Here” managed to get the actor and director to help him propose to his girlfriend. Matt Hulbert created a video for his girlfriend Janice, and the video… Read More

July 11, 2013 @ 10:43 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In crowdfunding you learn something new every day. For example, did you know that spent coffee grounds can be used to absorb smells? So well, in fact, that scientists at the City College of New York have explored the use of spent, carbonized coffee in… Read More

July 11, 2013 @ 10:13 am By Charles Luzar  |  

With 24 hours left in the campaign the +POOL seems certain to be fully funded, needing just a few thousand dollars to reach a goal of $250K. The +POOL project promises a pool that will float in the Hudson river, clean the river water and… Read More

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 10, 2013 @ 11:16 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The SEC commissioners have voted to issue the adopting release lifting the ban on general solicitation for private placements by a vote of 4-1. The SEC will move to create a new class of offering, called a 506(c) offering, which allows general solicitation (advertising) while… Read More

July 9, 2013 @ 11:26 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Kapipal is an international crowdfunding platform focused on personal causes and life-events. It was just acquired by GrowVC group as an addition to their increasingly impressive offerings in the crowdfunding space. Kapipal was founded by Alberto Falossi in 2009. The platform offers donation and reward… Read More

July 9, 2013 @ 10:59 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Vourno now allows Canadian project creators and backers to fund projects and ideas. Vourno is a crowdfunding platform for funding video journalism projects. Project creators, or “Vournos” as they’re called, can run campaigns in Canadian dollars (CAD) and accept Visa, MasterCard and American Express credit card payments… Read More