May 3, 2016 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, popular reward-based crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter, announced it has formed a partnership with the Brooklyn Comedy Festival to present its first-ever comedy short film festival, Shorts. The event will take place at the Nitehawk Cinema in Williamsburg on August 27th-28th.  Starting this Sunday (May 8th), Kickstarter… Read More

May 3, 2016 @ 8:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, CrowdfundBeat announced it will be hosting the annual Crowdfunding USA Conference at Washington D.C.’s National Press Club on May 5th-6th. According to the website, the event will bring together thought-leaders, practitioners, and pundits, discussing some of the new chapters in the Crowdfunding playbook, such as Regulation A+… Read More

May 2, 2016 @ 4:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hiya Car, which is formerly known as Ascendia Drive, launched a crowdfunding initiative on Seedrs to raise £100,000. The company previously secured £349,470 on the equity portal last summer. As previously reported, the company is described as a platform that matches car hirers to car owners, turning idle cars into income… Read More

May 2, 2016 @ 3:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This weekend, fitness club, énergie, launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £500,000 to start its expansion. The company, which has three brands of fitness clubs in 93 locations across 5 countries, currently has over 110,000 club members and is looking expand to a network of 583… Read More

May 2, 2016 @ 1:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

European peer to peer lender Bondora announced last week that it has developed its very own cash flow page, which is aimed to build a useful analytical tool for all of its users. The website shared: “We decided to fill you in on the journey how… Read More

May 2, 2016 @ 11:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of the this year’s teacher’s appreciation week, crowdfunding portal GoFundMe announced that it is matching the first $100 to any campaign that is dedicated to any educator or classrooms. The GoFundMe team revealed: “Teacher Appreciation Week has arrived, and here at GoFundMe we want… Read More

May 2, 2016 @ 11:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, crowdfunding platform DonorsChoose announced that it has teamed up with Burlington Stores for the second year in a row. The companies joined forces last year and raised $515,382 to help classrooms in need nationwide through customer donations at check out. Monies raised is now… Read More

May 2, 2016 @ 9:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Finland-based financial service group, Nordea, announced that it was launching its very own equity crowdfunding platform. The company revealed that the new website will help will match entrepreneurs seeking financing with investors and the service will be linked to the book-entry system. Nordea reported: “Successful businesses… Read More

May 2, 2016 @ 9:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  goHenry, an online banking solution that helps children manage their money responsibly, launched a Crowdcube initiative to raise £2 million as it prepares to expand its services throughout Europe. The campaign not only secured its initial goal in 48 hours, it is currently nearing £3 million from close… Read More

April 30, 2016 @ 11:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the inaugural Seedrs Present of 2016, the equity crowdfunding platform offered details about the exciting event that drew in over 200 attendees. Seedrs Presents, which occurred last week at the Alphabeta Building just one week after it opened its doors in Finsbury, reportedly featured… Read More

April 30, 2016 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube sat down with #FundedClub member, Fourex, to discuss the company’s progress since its successful campaign last year. Back in March 2015, Fourex secured £670,760 from 424 investors during its Crowdcube run. The company’s self-service multi-currency note/coin exchange machines use image recognition technology… Read More

April 29, 2016 @ 4:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Menlo College named angel investor and Dreamfunded co-founder/CEO, Manny Fernandez “Silicon Valley Equity Crowdfunding Pioneer” during its The Future of Investing: How Equity CrowdFunding is Shaping the American Dream event on Wednesday evening. Menlo College Professor of Finance, Soumendra De, who presented the award to Fernandez,… Read More

April 29, 2016 @ 3:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the celebration of its seventh birthday, Kickstarter announced that it has donated funds to four charities as part of its mission to create a more creative and equitable world. The crowdfunding portal shared: “When we reincorporated as a Public Benefit Corporation in September of 2015 we… Read More

April 29, 2016 @ 2:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bad news, De La Soul backers, the group has delayed its Kickstarter album And the Anonymous Nobody. Although the group originally announced the record would be released on April 29th, they recently revealed that they were moving the debut date to later this summer. Last spring, the hip hop… Read More

April 29, 2016 @ 1:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, UK-based Powervault launched a Crowdcube campaign to raise £750,000 for its already award-winning home energy storage product. Powervault’s product reportedly reduces electricity bills and helps customers during black-outs. According to the company, the government says that energy storage is a game-changing technology which could save the… Read More

April 29, 2016 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, equity crowdfunding portal, Crowdcube, opened its new Manchester office. The website revealed details about the location earlier this year and noted it has already helped at least nine businesses in the North West to raise more than £1.4 million in the last two years. Sharing details… Read More

April 29, 2016 @ 10:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seed&Spark, crowdfunding platform for independent films, recently announced its new class, Crowdfunding to Build Independence. The portal has taught this class at over 100 film festivals, schools and organizations around the U.S. The classes feature co-founders Emily Best and Erica Anderson.  The Seed&Spark team shared: “Crowdfunding to… Read More

April 29, 2016 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to change the way people listen to dance music, UK startup PUMP Audio has launched an crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £100,000 for its “club sound specific” headphones. Pump Audio reported that while other brands are seeking to produce what is called “flat frequency response,”… Read More

April 28, 2016 @ 6:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BlankMediaGames, the studio behind Kickstarter success video game Town of Salem, has launched a new campaign on the crowdfunding portal to raise $10,000 for a new card game version. Within 24 hours, not only did the game surpassed its initial goal quickly, it also reached $100,000. Town of Salem… Read More

April 28, 2016 @ 3:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

OnDeck (NYSE: ONDK), an online lending platform for SMEs, announced this week it has priced $250 million initial principal amount of Series 2016-1 Fixed Rate Asset-Backed Notes in a private asset-backed securitization transaction. The lending portal stated that the Notes will be issued in two classes that will consist of… Read More