February 5, 2015 @ 4:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tipalti, provider of the leading global payments management automation platform, has debuted new functionality in its platform for European VAT and tax number support and identification document management. Tipalti customers can now request VAT ID numbers from their payees during the setup process, and can control the… Read More

February 5, 2015 @ 3:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Symbid Corp. (OTCQB: SBID), a financial technology brand committed to building an online funding network based on investment crowdfunding and cloud-based monitoring technologies, has provided an update on the Company’s continued progress in the execution of its business strategy. Key developments include: Symbid Corp. will begin… Read More

February 5, 2015 @ 10:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Financial Technology Brand Closes Funding Round With Show of Investor Confidence in Growth Strategy Symbid Corp. (OTCQB: SBID), one of the first investment crowdfunding platforms worldwide, announced on Thursday (January 5th) the closing of its Private Placement Offering as one of a few companies to raise finance… Read More

February 5, 2015 @ 9:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Thanks to her determination and supporters, cyclist Nicola Noble is set to represent Great Britain in the Sprint Duathlon at the European Championship 2015. The athlete raised more than she needed with the help of Crowdfunder UK and Plymouth University. The second year occupational therapy student qualified to compete at the championships… Read More

February 5, 2015 @ 9:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Swedish brand Intimina launched its funding project for the world’s first collapsible menstrual cup, Lily Cup Compact, on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter, which recently finished with 8530 backers from over 50 countries worldwide and reached 4000% over the original crowdfunding target. This places the campaign in the top 2% of… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 4:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, a woman named Katie Cutler launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to help raise funds for Hillside Place resident Alan Barnes, an older handicap man that was knocked to the ground by the thug who attempted to rob him. In result of the mugging, Barnes… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 3:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Casetext, a free legal research website where users can read legal texts annotated by a community of practicing attorneys, announces today it has raised $7 million in Series A funding. The round was led by Union Square Ventures, with participation from Formation 8, and former Thomson… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 2:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In an effort to stop its June 2015 closure, a supporter of the Middletown, New Jersey’s Mater Dei Prep launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise $1 million. The campaign’s description reads, “Facing a sever multi-year financial deficit, Mater Dei Prep, Middletown will close its door in… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 1:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

A Detroit resident named James Robertson made headlines when the story about his rough work commute surfaced this week. The 56-year-old man walks from his home on Woodward Ave to catch his morning bus to Somerset Collection in Troy before he walks to his job… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 12:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

FirstBuild, GE Appliances’ new global co-creation community of designers, engineers and appliances users dedicated to developing and manufacturing the next generation of home appliances, launched the Paragon Induction Cooktop earlier this week with discount pricing through a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. Paragon enables home cooks to achieve restaurant… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wired recently reported that CNBC and Crowdnetic are teaming up to release a new crowdfinance index that aims to give the investing public an insight of how the market is evolving. Vice president and senior executive product at CNBC, Steve Lewis stated, “This is a seas… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 10:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WeCareCard, an online fundraising platform that empowers individuals to raise money for a variety of life-changing causes, and I’m Sorry to Hear, a marketplace that connects funeral professionals and consumers in an online destination, have partnered to promote awareness and offer online tools to pay for… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

A new report from Juniper Research has found that the value of all cryptocurrency transactions will fall sharply this year to just over $30 billion, compared with over $71 billion in 2014. The report, ‘The Future of Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin & Altcoin Impact & Opportunities 2015-2019‘ claimed that… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PALMco, a family owned and operated energy supply company, announced today that it has successfully raised an additional $25,000 for environmental science classroom projects through DonorsChoose, a non-profit crowdfunding platform where teachers can request classroom resources ranging from printer paper to educational magazine subscriptions. The combined… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 3:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Venture funding for energy-efficient building technologies swelled to $944 million in 2014, with total funding during 2012 to 2014 higher than any three-year period over the last 15 years, according to Lux Research. From 2012 to 2014, venture capitalists poured a record $2.64 billion into this… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 2:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to give women everywhere a new online outlet, former Tumblr employee, Amber Gordon and her team have debuted a campaign on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter for their new website, Femsplain. Explaining details about the project, the team shared,“Femsplain is a fully functional, community-powered publisher founded in October… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 12:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced today that Brian S. Korn has joined the firm’s Corporate and Finance practice as a partner in its New York office. He joins the firm from Pepper Hamilton LLP, where he founded and co-led the firm’s crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending practice. Korn focuses… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 11:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

New crowdfunding platform, Save Our Legacy, hopes to give everyday people the opportunity to empower others and make the world a better place. Created to help individuals and organizations raise funds to produce videos, mini-documentaries and ads, Save Our Legacy launched today, providing an online space… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate PeerRealty announced that its online investment platform is now open to the general public. The platform had previously been in private, invitation-only mode. CEO of PeerRealty, Jordan Fishfield  stated, “At PeerRealty, we believe that no investment portfolio can be truly diversified without a real estate… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 10:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Rooster Teeth launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise $50,000 for animator, Monty Oum after announcing he was being hospitalized for a medical emergency. The project raised well over $100,000 within its first day. While explaining the situation, Rooster Teeth’s Burnie… Read More