October 31, 2014 @ 1:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking time away from his usual busy schedule, CEO of Indiegogo, Slava Rubin, sat down with Kinja’s Lifehacker to share details about keeping up his duties at the global crowdfunding platform along with his everyday schedule. During his interview, Rubin revealed his “life hacks” and how… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 1:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of its first year in Australia and New Zealand, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter shared its favorite video game campaigns from the land down under. On Thursday (October 30th), Kickstarter’s Luke Crane took to the platform’s blog and wrote, “It’s been nearly a year since… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 11:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help the mastermind behind the famous Milton Bradley’s Operation, John Spinello, fellow game makers Tim Walsh and Peggy Brown have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdrise to raise $25,000 for his upcoming oral surgery. Since its launch earlier this month, the project has surpassed its… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

American Homeowner Preservation (AHP) announced today the company was able to help a Milwaukee, WI family catch up on nearly three years of delinquent mortgage payments to avoid foreclosure with a loan modification this week. AHP purchases distressed mortgages using real estate crowdfunding with a mission… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 4:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Looks like New York City fans of Top Chef sensation, Carla Hall, are going to be able to enjoy her delicious southern cuisines! The American chef and television personality hit crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter, earlier this month to raised $250,000 so that she may open her Southern Kitchen restaurant… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 4:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday (October 30th), Betaworks’ equity crowdfunding platform, Alphaworks, announced that Erin Glenn is set to take the role as its brand new CEO, while co-founder and former CEO, Nick Chirls, pursues another project. According to TechCrunch, Glenn comes from four years in a CFO… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The national unemployment rate fell to 5.9 percent in September, down from 7.2 percent in September 2013, according to a USA Today article released on October 30th. Doug Carroll of USA Today wrote that, “The downward trend means fewer workers getting laid off, adding to other… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 1:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, non-profit organization Code.org launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $5,000,000 for its new program called, An Hour of Code for Every Student. This will give 100 million students throughout the world an opportunity to have one hour per day of… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 11:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

As its crowdfunding campaign nears $450,000 on Kickstarter, which has been attracting more than 230 backers a day, GrowlerWerks‘ uKeg enjoyed a bit of Bavaria this month, showing off at Leavenworth’s famous Oktoberfest. Now the game-changing growler that keeps oxygen away from beer, maintaining perfect carbonation… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Accelerize and its digital marketing software division CAKE, along with Tipalti, a global pay-outs management automation platform, announced on Thursday (October 30th) their latest innovation, a seamless mass pay-out solution that integrates with real-time digital marketing campaign tracking and attribution analytics. This new capability is designed to help… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 8:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Legend Group, a member of Cetera Financial Group, RCS Capital Corporation’s (NYSE: RCAP) retail investment advice platform, is proud to announce their national corporate partnership with The Association of Christian Schools International, also known as ACSI. Legend is now offering retirement planning services and professionally managed… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 8:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Next Generation Trust Services, a professional third-party administrator of self-directed retirement plans, is alerting its clients about possible SEC changes regarding who qualifies as an accredited investor. The administrator of self-directed retirement plans has among its clients, investors who use the funds in their self-directed IRAs to… Read More

October 29, 2014 @ 4:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to gain some more funding for their already successful crowdfunding project, Light Harmonic, the creators of Geek Pulse, announced on Tuesday (October 28th) that their team has decided to participate in Indiegogo’s perpetual crowdfunding program. According to its campaign, Geek Pulse is an audio digital-to-analog… Read More

October 29, 2014 @ 2:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Who stole the soap? The robber ducky! Well, that ducky has a new name, and it’s Edwin. pi lab, a company consisted of inventors who specialize in intelligent product and application creation, announced on Wednesday (October 29th) the launch of its Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for Edwin… Read More

October 29, 2014 @ 1:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Reddit, the online community and self-dubbed “front of page the Internet,” announced a new crowdfunding platform, known as Redditmade, on Wednesday morning (October 29th). According its recent post, Redditmade is described as a new place to turn the best designs and products by the community into reality…. Read More

October 29, 2014 @ 11:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA) will hold its Second Annual Regulatory and Advocacy Summit in Washington, D.C., on Friday, November 21 from 8:00 AM – 1:00 PM at the Hart Building on Capital Hill. Attendees will network with fellow crowdfunding advocates, members of Congress,… Read More

October 29, 2014 @ 11:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Keen Home, the new startup bringing to life an automated, intelligent and digitally connected home, announced on Wednesday (October 29th) $1.52M in seed funding. Led by RMR Capital, with participation from R/GA Ventures, Bullet Time Ventures, NYU Innovation Venture Fund, Rugged Ventures, Galvanize Ventures, and… Read More

October 29, 2014 @ 10:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of the month of giving, Giveffect, the crowdfunding platform dedicated to nonprofits, announces its promotion in junction with #GivingTuesday. From now through December 2, nonprofits that sign up for Giveffect’s Professional or Premium solution will receive a rebate on all processing fees for the month… Read More

October 29, 2014 @ 10:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CCFG Investments, a San Diego-based, private real estate investment firm celebrated a Q3 milestone this past September. The release of the Q3 earnings of the firm’s mortgage pool fund, CCFG Investment Fund, LLC—also known and referred to as The Privilege Plan—reported a 12.96% return. “We’ve satisfied our… Read More

October 29, 2014 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Fresh8 Gaming, the next generation ad-serving platform, triumphed at the Start-Up Launchpad competition held at the 2014 European iGaming Congress and Expo (EiG) in Berlin, Germany. Now in its seventh year, the Dragons’ Den-style contest was hosted by equity crowdfunding platform, GamCrowd, alongside Clarion… Read More