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July 3, 2014 @ 8:13 am By Barry James  |  

Your Leadership, Freedom & Independence this 4th July. Dear Mr President, Your leadership is needed in a matter which affects America and us all. A matter of removing an ongoing source of inequality which continues to disfigure both democracy and capitalism in America and worldwide…. Read More

July 2, 2014 @ 11:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the past few weeks, Indiegogo UK has been on-the-go thanks to its Go Crowdfund Britain campaign. As previously reported, this new initiative was launched on June 23rd and is seeking to raise a million pounds to get Britain’s best ideas, coolest inventions, brightest young businesses and… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than 24 hours until its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter comes to a close, “Reading Rainbow” has broken the all-time record of backers on the crowdfunding giant’s platform.  On Tuesday, the campaign reached over $4.8 million and has a total of 98,298 backers, which beats… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 8:32 am By Samuel Guzik  |  

Has Intrastate Crowdfunding in Washington State Been Washed Out by NASAA and the SEC? On May 5, 2014, I published an article in Crowdfund Insider highlighting recent informal “rulemaking” at the SEC Division of Corporation Finance, which in my opinion quietly dampened the efforts of… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

While attending the CFGE Conference in New York City last week I was able to sit in on a presentation by Anthony Zeoli regarding the “vanishing middle market IPO”.  Anthony is a securities attorney who is championing the cause of intrastate crowdfunding in Illinois –… Read More

June 29, 2014 @ 9:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

As we recently reported in Crowdfund Insider, Odyssey Airlines is the first company ever to offer equity crowdfunding in two different countries simultaneously.  This is the second part in a series about this “first” for the crowdfunding world.  In the United Kingdom, Odyssey is currently… Read More

June 29, 2014 @ 9:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Chilango “Burrito Bond” has trotted past their £1 million funding goal in “mini-bonds” and is now over-funding.  As of this writing the debt based crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube stood at £1,073,500 funded by 318 investors.  This is the second successful mini-bond offering from the UK… Read More

June 27, 2014 @ 9:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last fall – way back in November 2013 – the SEC held their annual gathering of minds to discuss the challenges of small business capital formation.  The meeting was mandated by law under the “Small Business Incentive Act of 1980”.  This was their 32nd forum… Read More

June 27, 2014 @ 8:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Odyssey Airlines is a UK-based company that wants to offer business class travel, at a decent price, on transatlantic routes. When so many airlines are cutting back on already dismal service – Odyssey is innovating by seeking to provide better service – at a fair… Read More

June 26, 2014 @ 7:10 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

In the wake of Dodd-Frank and the financial crisis, peer-to-business lending or “P2B” is stepping up to fill the funding gap for small and startup businesses. What is P2B  you may ask and how does it differ from P2P lending? Well, pretty simply, P2B is… Read More

June 25, 2014 @ 8:30 am By Simone Casavecchia  |  

From niche phenomenon to a driving force of the economy: how crowdfunding changes things and what are the future prospects for the startup and businesses. Claudio Bedino joined the world of entrepreneurship back in 2002, at only 19 years old.  He created a web agency… Read More

June 24, 2014 @ 4:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Here is a pretty cool infographic from the team at BusinessProfiles (a global corporate registration database).  They have compiled a solid number of data points pertaining to the global crowdfunding industry – both for rewards/donation and investment based campaigns. A few key points from their research:… Read More

June 24, 2014 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Gust, a global platform for the “sourcing and management of early stage investments – boasting 45,000 investors with relationships to over 200,000 startups, has filed a patent application on crowdfunding. To be specific Gust (previously known as Angelsoft) filed for: “System and Method for Crowdfunded Investment… Read More

June 23, 2014 @ 9:06 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

As a proposition manager for Symbid, we’ve recently ran an amazingly successful campaign called “Kidswatcher”. After his little niece went missing in a ski resort, Eric Recter had an idea: develop an App for parents in combination with a digital watch for their children so… Read More

June 22, 2014 @ 6:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a tale of a partnership gone bad, Crowdnetic, a New York City based crowdfunding data firm founded by Luan Cox, recently filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging a breach of a prior agreement… Read More

June 20, 2014 @ 2:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Esteemed global banking group, Deutsche Bank, recently posed this very question:  Does crowd euphoria impair risk consciousness? The question comes as many countries legalize investment crowdfunding and the US plods towards allowing greater access to capital via participation of the crowd.  This is an important… Read More

June 19, 2014 @ 11:02 am By Anthony Zeoli  |  

Few words or phrases have the ability to affect the U.S. economy like the term “accredited investor.” Whether you know it or not, these two little words control $800 billion of private investment in the United Stated today. The standards for qualifying as an accredited… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 11:08 am By JD Alois  |  

  I recently attended the Glazed conference on wearable technology in San Francisco – a relatively new event – but even though it is only a couple of years old over 1300 people signed up to attend. This plays to the excitement and dramatic growth… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 8:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rewards based crowdfunding giant Kickstarter crossed the one billion mark today for “successful” funds raised. These are pledges for campaigns that have hit their goals and the funds have been collected by the project creators.  Kickstarter announced earlier this year having surpassed $1 billion in… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 9:03 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

After being freed from the vestibule and entering CircleUp’s airy San Francisco office space with CEO Ryan Caldbeck, I settled in for an open and informative discussion on consumer products, leveraging networks and the future of capital formation. The Vision Ryan and several CircleUp team… Read More