Investment Platforms and Marketplaces

March 9, 2014 @ 3:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Three projects on journalism crowdfunding platform IndieVoices saw their campaigns fully funded this past week on IndieVoices.  Each of the three were sponsored by the Photo Society which is a group of contributing photographers to the National Geographic Magazine. The three fully funded campaigns included:… Read More

March 8, 2014 @ 5:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has been highlighting incredible crowdfunding campaigns that empower women all week long in recognition of International Women’s Day today (March 8, 2014).  So now is your chance to contribute and add a bit more to your campaign of choice. Indiegogo has… Read More

March 7, 2014 @ 5:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has achieved another milestone in their journey.  Beauhurst, a company that provides data on growing companies, has stated that Crowdcube is the most active seed stage funder for 2013.  This means that Crowdcube, which was launched only in 2011, has quickly… Read More

March 7, 2014 @ 4:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

India-based Milaap today announced its 2014 goal to raise $100,000 in loans for these women – Devadasis – via “The Hope Project,” a crowdfunding initiative that will help women to become self-reliant entrepreneurs. Rural India is home to a little-known community of women piecing their lives… Read More

March 7, 2014 @ 3:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Interview with iCrowd Co-Founder and CEO Brad McGee. iCrowd, an equity crowdfunding platform, wants to create a platform that provides “capitalism for the rest of us”.  The portal is preparing for the advent of Title III of the JOBS Act to kick in – otherwise known as… Read More

March 7, 2014 @ 2:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

UK Equity Crowdfunding Site CrowdBnk Welcomes FCA’s Response. Commenting on the response to the consultation on the regulatory approach to crowdfunding published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) , Ayan Mitra, CEO of CrowdBnk, an equity crowdfunding platform, stated; “We are pleased to see that… Read More

March 7, 2014 @ 8:01 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Interview with Arno Smit, Co-Founder & CTO of FundedByMe. Launched by Arno Smit and Daniel Daboczy in 2011, FundedByMe quickly found an international niche as both an equity and rewards-based crowdfunding platform.  According to Smit, this “unified experience on our platform allows entrepreneurs to feel secure in… Read More

March 6, 2014 @ 1:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pozible Calls Out Other Crowdfunding Platforms to Share Numbers. According to publicly available information put together by Pozible, the Australian platform has the highest crowdfunding success rate in the USA at 45%.  Globally, Pozible’s campaign success rate is 56%.  With pledges of over $1million a… Read More

March 6, 2014 @ 12:20 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

This morning Yancey Strickler appeared on CBS to talk about Kickstarter’s billion-dollar milestone. He provides a pretty cool retrospective at some of the great campaigns that have come from Kickstarter over the years and Kickstarter’s goals and methods as a company. Watch below…     ___________________________… Read More

March 6, 2014 @ 11:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Beginning of New Era for Alternative Financing in UK. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published regulations on crowdfunding to come into force on April 1, 2014.  The FCA   has confirmed new rules for P2P lending platforms due to come into force on 1 April 2014.  Stuart… Read More

March 6, 2014 @ 11:21 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Here’s an eye opener… This is a ranking of portfolio momentum among major VC firms. Second on the list: online venture capital firm FundersClub. That’s some impressive growth. Here’s an explanation of the meaning of this extrapolation from Mattermark’s blog… Firms receive points based on an average… Read More

March 6, 2014 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in the United Kingdom has released their much anticipated review of regulating the nascent crowdfunding industry.  This includes both the debt and equity categories of crowdfunding. Seedrs, one of the leading equity crowdfunding platforms in the UK, has released their response… Read More

March 6, 2014 @ 9:07 am By JD Alois  |  

CCFG Investments today announced the launch of a new real estate crowdfunding website; DiversyFund offers real estate investments to accredited investors through its digital platform. “A website that offers our clients the opportunity to browse and select specific projects they wish to invest in is very timely,”… Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 8:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

New Product Allows Crowd to Help Fund Solar for Homeowners. RGS Energy, a nationwide leader of turnkey solar energy solutions for residential, commercial, and utility customers, and Mosaic, the first company to offer crowdfunding investments online in solar projects, have partnered to launch the Mosaic… Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 1:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Everybody loves a party and equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube celebrated their 3rd birthday last week with a festive gathering at The Light Restaurant & Bar in Shoreditch.  Unfortunately Crowdfund Insider was not able to make it there in person to enjoy the company – but… Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 12:09 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

PledgeMusic has released a major redesign of their crowdfunding platform for musicians, but there is more to the redesign than just a facelift. This represents a big strategic shift for the platform, and one that says quite a bit about crowdfunding strategy for musicians and… Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 11:30 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Fundrise has slowly but surely been expanding their ability to offer shares of real estate-backed securities to non-accredited investors. The equity crowdfunding platform has just crossed a major hurdle in that fight, and it could spell a big opportunity for Maryland’s Main Street investor class…. Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

HWTrek, a crowdfunding site and digital community for digital electronics, is now accepting applications for its HWTrek Asia Innovation Tour, taking place April 8-9, 2014 in Taipei and April 11-12, 2014 in Beijing, China. The tour will offer hardware creators and startup organizations across the… Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 8:49 am By JD Alois  |  

100th medical startup company to go live on angelMD is: Constellation from Cambridge. angelMD, a crowdfunding platform that connects physicians and leading medical startups, has stated the number of medical startups with live profiles on the site  now exceeds 100. Startups listed on the site… Read More

March 4, 2014 @ 1:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jon Medved, CEO of equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd, spent some time on Bloomberg this morning addressing multiple topics – and not just the world of crowdfunding. Medved was a guest on the morning feature “In The Loop” along with host Betty Liu and Corey Johnson,… Read More