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January 20, 2014 @ 10:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Well that did not take long. The crowdfunding campaign on Crowdtilt now stands over $105,000 on the goal of raising $80,000.  Dogecoin, a peer-to-peer digital currency, and their 1600 members put together a $30,000 donation which boosted the amount over the $100,000 level. “It is… Read More

January 20, 2014 @ 5:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Filed on the exact same day that the request for comments were open on the Securities and Exchange Commission platform, the state of Massachusetts posted a comment letter regarding proposed regulations for the new Regulation A under Title IV of the JOBS Act of 2012…. Read More

January 20, 2014 @ 12:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Sometimes reality is better than fiction.  In an interesting twist of events the Jamaican Bobsled team has just qualified for the Sochi Winter Olympics. Yes – that was a movie.  Cool Runnings hit cinemas in 1993 in a film about the first Jamaican Bobsled team… Read More

January 19, 2014 @ 2:21 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

I’ve started businesses in Washington. I’ve raised money here and hired folks here. My testimony focused on my entrepreneurial story. I talked about the various businesses I have started, ran, and sold. I talked about my experience raising angel and institutional capital in Seattle very… Read More

January 17, 2014 @ 3:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunded on Kickstarter where the film raised $126,020 on a $100,000 goal this past March, The Square has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. This is the first Academy Award Nomination for creators Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer. The documentary film follows the events… Read More

January 17, 2014 @ 10:06 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

Office of Advocacy Invokes Act That Requires SEC to Consider Impact on Small Business. If first you don’t succeed… In a brief but much needed comment letter, dated January 16, 2014, the Office of Advocacy (Advocacy) of the Small Business Administration (SBA) asked the Securities… Read More

January 16, 2014 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter Project Creator Marc Barros Shares his Feedback at Campaigns Incredible Success. Moment, “Amazing Lenses for Mobile Photography” was a crowdfunding campaign we covered yesterday on their first day on Kickstarter.  The campaign set a targeted raise of $50,000.  As of today the campaign has… Read More

January 16, 2014 @ 9:45 am By Charles Luzar  |  

For every Pebble or Ouya there are hundreds of smaller Kickstarter projects that fight to be recognized and garner funding. One such campaign launched this week for Yes Man Watches, watches that aim to provide a reminder to relax. Yes Man isn’t used in the… Read More

January 15, 2014 @ 9:53 am By John Biggs  |  

I didn’t want to be a self-published author. Self published authors are nebbishy zeroes, secure in their own self-regard, quixotic in their efforts, shameless in their self-promotion. They are shambling ghosts of anger and resentment, ignored by the establishment and unappreciated by their peers. One… Read More

January 14, 2014 @ 7:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Not very long ago there were no real estate crowdfunding platforms.  Today there are at least a dozen and that number will grow rapidly.  The efficiencies generated by crowdfunding to an industry which has traditionally been driven by large institutional investors and commercial developers will… Read More

January 13, 2014 @ 2:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Food replacement drink Soylent which was originally rejected by Kickstarter and went on to become Crowdhoster’s very first crowdfunding offering raising over $1.7 million from more than 10,000 supporters, has delayed shipping by several weeks due to the need to alter some ingredients.  First shipments… Read More

January 13, 2014 @ 9:46 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Tomorrow is a big day in the world of Kickstarter and video games. Double Fine Productions will release part one of Broken Age, the video game previously dubbed Double Fine Adventure. Haven’t shipped a game of my own in 4.5 years, an adventure game in 16, a… Read More

January 12, 2014 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

5th Most Funded Successful Campaign Ever on Indiegogo. Berlin, Germany based Panono has won many accolades during their crowdfunding campaign including a coolest gadget shout out and tons of press especially with their trip to CES 2014 this past week.  The hot tech device that… Read More

January 11, 2014 @ 4:01 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The State of Maine is the latest state to net a proposal to legalize intrastate crowdfunding. SP 568 and an amendment, LD 1512 (embedded), was proposed by Senator and Maine Senate President Justin Alfond (D-Portland) in the hopes of increasing access to capital for Maine… Read More

January 10, 2014 @ 9:56 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The implementation of an exemption under Rule 506(c) of Regulation D in September of 2013 creates a new set of opportunities for private issuers looking to raise capital. It also creates a new set of challenges, specifically a need for issuers (and, by proxy, the… Read More

January 9, 2014 @ 4:00 pm By Samuel Guzik  |  

HOW TO MAKE THE SEC REPENT BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE. In a previous article in Crowdfund Insider on November 4, 2013, I identified a number of serious problems with the SEC’s proposed crowdfunding regulations. I also promised readers to share my opinions on what… Read More

January 9, 2014 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

CofoundersLab (a match.com type platform for entrepreneurs) has successfully crowdfunded $680,000 in equity on portal RockThePost. According to the platform this is the first offering to openly crowdfund in 80 years and is the first public offer on RockThePost.  Shahab Kaviani, CEO of CoFoundersLab, was… Read More

January 8, 2014 @ 8:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

$1 Million Powerful Answers Award from Verizon Will Be Used to Develop Mobile App & Expand Internationally for the Solar Energy Crowdfunding Platform.  Solar crowdfunding trail-blazer Mosaic had a big day today as they were anointed with the top prize for sustainability at the 2014 International Consumer… Read More

January 8, 2014 @ 9:38 am By Kendall Almerico  |  

The SEC’s 90-day comment period for the proposed JOBS Act equity crowdfunding rules ends in late January 2014. There is a chance that we could see the first JOBS Act crowdfunding campaigns as early as April, although I am not holding my breath on that… Read More

January 7, 2014 @ 10:37 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Lumo BodyTech is a Silicon Valley-based company that specializes in giving people actionable feedback on body position in order to help them improve their lives. They’ve already crowdfunded one product successfully, and today sees the launch of a second  – the Lumo Lift – that… Read More