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September 8, 2014 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity Crowdfunding Now on Seedrs Company is Seeking to Raise Over £1.67 Million Chapel Down, “the market leader in English wines”, has announced an equity crowdfunding initiative to raise £1 million.  The company stated they had raised £0.67 million and were seeking a minimum of… Read More

September 7, 2014 @ 10:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Washington State passed legislation legalizing equity crowdfunding way back in March of this year and given the title of “the Washington Jobs Act of 2014 (not very original).  Washington is one of a number of states that have moved forward with their own state crowdfunding… Read More

September 7, 2014 @ 6:45 pm By Amy Wan  |  

Recently crowdfunding thought leader Anthony Zeoli published a thought-provoking piece entitled “Why You May Want to Reconsider How “Secure” You Feel About Your Real Estate Crowdfunding Investment.” Patch of Land sincerely appreciates the learned issues that Zeoli points out in his article; this piece intends… Read More

September 6, 2014 @ 5:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global tax and advisory firm KPMG recently commented on the crowdfunding industry and how traditional banks are sizing up the new, innovative form of finance. As we all know the finance industry is absolutely enormous.  Crowdfunding, along with peer to peer lending, is still quite… Read More

September 5, 2014 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

I guess this is a sign of success.  We announced earlier this week that Australian peer to peer lender SocietyOne was going to offer free credit scores on their stand alone site GetCreditScore. The site fired up couple days ago and it has not been… Read More

September 4, 2014 @ 11:39 am By Anthony Zeoli  |  

Do you remember that scene from the movie Tommy Boy where the store manager rants about the importance of having a guarantee on the product box “calling out, I’ll never let you down, but if I do I’m gonna make things ALL better.” I can’t… Read More

September 3, 2014 @ 7:30 am By Kim Wales  |  

Some Issues in Title III Crowdfunding Regulations Require Modification. Recently, there has been a renewed call for action on Title III (Regulation Crowdfunding) to go-live. And there are some proponents in the industry that just want the rules to go live ‘as-is’. However, the Crowdfunding… Read More

September 3, 2014 @ 3:05 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding has revolutionized seed funding for startups and venture creation with an estimated 250,000 new ventures directly funded by the crowd in the first half of 2014 alone. But how can investors find, and get behind, the best of this new wave of innovators?  The… Read More

September 2, 2014 @ 2:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

SyndicateRoom, an equity crowdfunding platform that pairs professional Angel investors with retail investors to raise equity for startups and small companies has announced they have topped £10 million in total funding raised.  The funding via their platform has been for 18 different UK based businesses…. Read More

September 2, 2014 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

Prodigy Network, a real estate crowdfunding platform founded by entrepreneur Rodrigo Niño, has closed on their purchase of 17 John Street in Manhattan for a stated price of $85.3 million including over $25 million in crowdfunded equity.  Additional senior financing came from Deutsche Bank with… Read More

September 2, 2014 @ 12:03 am By JD Alois  |  

  The Australian Small Scale Offerings Board or ASSOB has taken a new strategic shift by announcing the first regional funding hub located in Cairns.  Expectations are for this new initiative to be expanded into other regions across the country over the coming months. ASSOB… Read More

August 31, 2014 @ 6:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Germany based investment crowdfunding platform Companisto has claimed Europe’s most successful crowdfunding offer ever. In a note to site followers, the Companisto site stated that Weissenhaus has set a new European record. The offer to fund a unique German resort in Northern Germany has raised € 3,450,615… Read More

August 29, 2014 @ 2:58 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Ferraris, Lamborghinis, Porsches and more… investors, ready your engines: World Class Driving has listed its 506(c) equity crowdfunding campaign on SeedInvest.   As the premier motorsport attraction located in the Las Vegas market and one of the top, non-gambling tourism attractions, World Class Driving has thrilled over 25,000… Read More

August 28, 2014 @ 2:42 pm By Marco Bicocchi Pichi  |  

Following the white paper “Restart Italia”, at the end of 2012 prepared by a task force of experts for the Minister of Economic Development, the Italian Parliament issued a law on startups including equity crowdfunding that was finally made possible by CONSOB (the Italian Authority… Read More

August 27, 2014 @ 12:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA) has taken a firm and concise stand on the debate enveloping the definition of an “Accredited Investor”.  CFIRA has been at the forefront in advocating for financial innovation and investment crowdfunding.  The group promotes the interests of issuers AND… Read More

August 27, 2014 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Largest Amount Raised for Single Offer Ever on Crowdfunding Platform Crowdcube. London based Mexican restaurant group Chilango has completed its mini-bond campaign that came to be known as the “Burrito Bond”.  Crowdfunding on Crowdcube, the Burrito Bond raised £2,160,000 from 749 investors.  The security will… Read More

August 26, 2014 @ 9:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

With over 2 days remaining in the 57 day crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, Coolest Cooler topped Pebble Watch to become the most funded project on Kickstarter ever.  It has taken over two years for Pebble to be topped but it was inevitable that a project… Read More

August 26, 2014 @ 7:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Commonwealth of Kentucky Jumps from 49th to 4th in Entrepreneur Ranking According to State Entrepreneurship Index (SEI). Kentucky representative, Steve Riggs, announced on Monday (August 25th) that he is filing new crowdfunding legislation to bring the funding option to his growing, entrepreneurial state.  The… Read More

August 25, 2014 @ 4:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding remains small proportionally in one of the worlds largest economies – but it is growing quickly. Recent reports have stated that China generated 188 million yuan (over $30 million USD) from January to June.   This was the result of 1,423 crowdfunding campaigns.  This… Read More

August 25, 2014 @ 11:09 am By JD Alois  |  

Wealthforge, a company that started life in part as a crowdfunding platform and then successfully morphed into a crowdfunding service provider – is powering a new investment crowdfunding niche: Broadway. Earlier this month, Howard and Janet Kagan announced a new investment crowdfunding platform that is… Read More