December 18, 2014 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

iFunding, the real estate crowdfunding platform that makes investing simple, announced on Thursday (December 18th) Richard Reynoso has joined the company as Vice President of Underwriting. Reynoso will oversee end-to-end lending operations for iFunding. This is a further step the company is taking to expand… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 5:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, crowdfunding platform CrowdedRocket launched as a new place for reward-based campaigns. Ubergizmo reports that the website only focuses on startups and helps the fulfillment of non product related gifts. This is to avoid any fraud that plagues other platforms like Indiegogo and… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 2:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last spring, Sydney entrepreneur Tommy Maclean hit Australia-based crowdfunding platform Pozible with a new startup called Sofi Spritz. This company produced an all natural, All Australian take on the classic Italian spritz. During its run on the website, the project surpassed its initial goal of $10,000… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 1:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Making money with podcasting shouldn’t be hard. With Joyride for Podcasts, it won’t be. On Wednesday (December 17th), the monetization and distribution website announced its new platform that makes it dead simple for podcasters to bring creative shows to their listeners, and just as easy for those listeners… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 1:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

GreenRushReview.com, a reputable general medical marijuana news website reports that marijuana crowdfunding is one industry to watch closely in 2015. According to the Cannabusiness Funding & Financing Handbook of Marijuana Business Media, a survey of cannabis business owners revealed that more than 60 percent of entrepreneurs who… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 12:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The nonprofit Arts Coalition for the Dupont Underground (ACDU) announced today that it has signed a 66-month lease with the District of Columbia’s Office of the Deputy Mayor for Planning and Economic Development (DMPED) for an abandoned 75,000-s.f. former trolley station below the streets of… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 11:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Developer Morf Media, Inc., announced on Wednesday (December 17th) FirstFunding has selected its e-Learning cloud system to help them train their correspondent lenders to perform at their best in 2015. FirstFunding is adopting Morf Media GILS on mobile devices to train their lenders to meet key regulatory requirements… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Invest4Justice, a new online financial platform that upends this historical inequity by creating what’s considered the first online market for justice, leveling the playing field between litigants, globally, regardless of their financial resources. The platform attacks this historical unfairness by combining two tools that have… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 4:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lending Club (NYSE: LC) an online marketplace the connects borrowers and investors, announced on Tuesday (December 16th) the closing of its initial public offering and the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 8,700,000 shares from Lending Club. After the underwriters’… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 3:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, producer of the Indiegogo film Gosnell Movie, Phelim McAleer announced that co-writer and co-director of the documentaries 2016: Obama’s America and America: Imagine the World Without Her, John Sullivan, has signed on as executive producer. The film is the story of Philadelphia’s abortion… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 2:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, 20-year-old San Diego resident, Taylor Beck, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise a mere $2,000 for his new tutorial called Le arn iPhone App Development. Not only did the project surpassed its initial goal super quickly, it reached well over… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 1:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only nine more shopping days until Christmas, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter has announced its 2014 holiday gift guide. Kickstarter’s Julie Wood took to the platform’s blog and wrote, “When you put a gift under the tree, it’s fun to know where it came from. Who made it?… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 11:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

First Crowdfunded Real Estate Project in Detroit  Fundrise, a leading real estate crowdfunding platform, today announced it is partnering with Larson Realty Group to develop the former Tiger Stadium in Corktown, Detroit’s oldest neighborhood.  It will be Fundrise’s first project in Detroit. The Economic Development Corporation… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Initial USD $5.2 Million Seed Round Secured From Prominent Investors  InvestX Capital announced on Tuesday (December 16th) the beta launch of its cross-border private equity crowdfunding marketplace for U.S. and Canadian investors, opening up an asset class previously only accessible through larger (USD $1 million or… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RateSetter has moved from 3rd to 1st to be at the forefront of the fintech revolution as it breaks into 2015  RateSetter will be ending 2014 on a high, confirming its position as the UK’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) lender, turning a profit and having been… Read More

December 15, 2014 @ 5:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to introduce a new type of cup container to the market, Slovenia-based entrepreneur by the name Ane Miklavec has launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $25,000 for the Goat mug. Within a few days, the project surpassed its initial goal and has reached $194,000… Read More

December 15, 2014 @ 4:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to expand its already successful business, London-based startup We Are Tea launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £250,000. According to its campaign website, We Are Tea is a fast-growing company with a mission to make the world  of speciality tea more open… Read More

December 15, 2014 @ 3:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to reveal the ins and outs of being a successful business leader, founder and chief development officer Danae Ringelmann sat down with Fortune’s 40 Under 40 network last week. When asked the big question: As a leader, is it better to be feared or… Read More

December 15, 2014 @ 2:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tipalti, provider of the leading global payments management automation platform, has relocated its headquarters to the Bay Area with the opening of its new Palo Alto, CA office, more than quadrupling its previous office size to accommodate expected company growth.  Prior to this move, Tipalti’s headquarters… Read More

December 15, 2014 @ 12:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to share his advice on business success, founder of Virgin Group Richard Branson sat down with Entrepreneur to discuss key ways for readers to raise funds for their businesses. While sharing details about Virgin Group, Branson recalled, “My friends and I came up with… Read More