December 10, 2014 @ 9:07 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The startup POD Point, the UK’s leading network of electric vehicle charge points has raised over £1,227,000 for 7.04% equity on its current crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, the third largest to date on Seedrs. With a valuation of £16,217,236, the London-based startup produces electric vehicle (EV) charge points for home… Read More

December 9, 2014 @ 12:23 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

 Money360, Inc.,  the online P2P / marketplace lending platform, will participate in Opal Financial Group’s Alternative Investing Summit as an Executive Sponsor  in Dana Point, California. The Alternative Investing Summit will feature prominent investment professionals who are gathering to discuss innovative investment and asset management strategies. Evan Gentry,… Read More

December 8, 2014 @ 11:47 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Mambu, a cloud banking technology platform provider that works with more than 100 financial innovators worldwide, including Banco Macro, Opportunity International,  Mentors International, and Yale University, uniquely sits at the nexus of the transformation and financial inclusion markets, where new applications and the cloud’s agility… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 2:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

As readers know,  The University of Cambridge has teamed up with EY, the global professional services organization, and launched the European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey with the support of major European industry associations. This is the largest study to date on crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other forms of alternative finance in Europe…. Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 12:47 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Vignet’D, a company revolutionizing product packaging through the use of interactive smartphone-ready codes, is attempting to break records on Symbid by seeking $2.9 million (EUR 2.3m) in investment from Symbid’s investment community.   Mark your calendar: Vignet’D’s crowdfunding campaign will start on 10 December 2014. If successful this will be… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 12:04 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Technology that listens!  Life with ivee agrees with enthusiastic Crowdfunder investors and kickstarter backers: the AI, IoT, Speech Recognition Home Automation Control Platform campaign has raised over $165K since opening on 1 December. After viewing the campaign video and hearing ivee pleasantly rattle off the temp, traffic,… Read More

December 3, 2014 @ 2:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

After reading Orchard Platform’s Bill Ullman elegantly deliberated “Is Fin-Tech History Rhyming Again?” on the platform’s blog last week and prepared for Thanksgiving, I wondered how the early days of online trading revisit fintech and crowdfunding disruption innovation.  While prepping for last week’s feast, I… Read More

December 2, 2014 @ 12:53 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Philips North America today announced VoiceItt, developer of the voice recognition software TalkItt, as the grand prize winner of the second annual Philips Innovation Fellows competition, in partnership with global web-based crowd funding site Indiegogo, recognizing the company and technology as the next meaningful innovation in health and… Read More

December 2, 2014 @ 12:03 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Beara Beara, a sleek brand of leather bags, combines British design and Bolivian artisanal craftsmanship. Worn by celebrities Taylor Swift and Fearne Cotton, Beara Beara has also been featured in several fashion shows.  “Nearly all our progress so far has been through word of mouth… Read More

December 2, 2014 @ 11:13 am By Erin Hobey  |  

OurCrowd, the leading global equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors, will bring together 36 of its innovative portfolio companies to meet with over 600 investors and executives from 17 countries in the largest global gathering of its kind during its OurCrowd Global Investor Summit which opens… Read More

December 1, 2014 @ 7:31 am By Erin Hobey  |  

As reported last week in Crowdfund Insider,  The University of Cambridge has teamed up with EY, the global professional services organization, and launched the European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey with the support of major European industry associations. This is the largest study to date on crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other… Read More

November 28, 2014 @ 9:05 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Women are the demographic that makes 80% of global purchase decisions, according to a Nielsen study.  EDITION F, the leading business and lifestyle platform for women, targets and taps into the career-oriented women and modern men demographic providing incisive articles in online magazines, career-enhancing contacts in the… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 7:52 am By Erin Hobey  |  

OakLabs has raised more than 218% of its equity crowdfunding goal on Seedmatch, securing over €329K with the support of over 280 investors.  The startup has a pre-money valuation of €3,469,000. “PCR ( polymerase chain reaction) is an indispensable part of modern medical research. However, before such a… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 6:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Panono has successfully made the leap from Indiegogo hit to equity crowdfunding success on Campanisto, securing over € 626,280 with the confidence of over 870 investors. The Berlin, Germany-based Panono raised $1.25 million in a rewards based campaign this past January and remains one of Indiegogo’s top funded campaigns… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 6:13 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fidel, the UK-based platform that allows customer-facing businesses primarily within Retail and Food & Beverage to set-up and run a sophisticated Customer Loyalty System,  has been in overfunding mode after easily surpassing its equity crowdfunding campaign goal of £230,000 goal for the 10.31% equity offering on Crowdcube.  The startup… Read More

November 25, 2014 @ 2:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The University of Cambridge is teaming up with EY, the global professional services organization, to launch European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey with the support of major European industry associations. This is the largest study to date on crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other forms of alternative finance… Read More

November 21, 2014 @ 1:04 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The Center for Competitive Politics (CCP) today filed a complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Mayday PAC, the self-proclaimed “SuperPAC to end all SuperPACs,” founded by Harvard Law Professor Lawrence Lessig. The complaint documents that at least twelve Mayday PAC television ads, radio ads, and mailings failed to comply… Read More

November 21, 2014 @ 12:33 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

OfferBoard CEO and CFIFA Chair Chris Tyrrell presented detailed research in his paper  “Equity Crowdfunding Under Title II of the JOBS ACT: The First Year” at the Washington, D.C. Growth Summit Update.  Tyrrell founded OfferBoard, an investment platform that uses technology, big data and dating-style matching… Read More

November 20, 2014 @ 12:34 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

According to its mission, Crowdfooding, an equity-based commercial platform that connects food entrepreneurs with investors,  aims to leverage the disruptive power of the Internet to make early-stage investing for the investor and fundraising for food and beverage startups more easily and immediately accessible. Crowdfooding’s investment… Read More

November 20, 2014 @ 11:26 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Crowdcube’s CEO Darren Westlake was deemed Financial Services Entrepreneur of the Year during the Great British Entrepreneur Awards. Congratulations to Westlake for not only being an successful entrepreneur, but also for galvanizing international crowdfunding entrepreneurs on Crowdcube and beyond!  “Investing in British businesses just got exciting,” exclaimed the… Read More