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October 30, 2013 @ 7:11 am By JD Alois  |  

Invesdor is a successful crowdfunding platform founded by the necessity of budding entrepreneurs and their search for startup capital.  The story is unfortunately a rather common one.  Great idea hits the wall of no funds.  At the time in 2011 six friends, Lasse, Miikka, Petteri,… Read More

October 29, 2013 @ 7:35 am By Charles Luzar  |  

…there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to introduce a new order of things.Political observer, ca. 1500 A.D. The crowdfunding narrative has been dominated by tech startups, manufacturing projects, philanthropic projects, music, film,… Read More

October 28, 2013 @ 9:16 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Adrian, Michigan is a town of approximately 22,000 people and lies on the Michigan border between Ann Arbor and Toledo, Ohio, in the heart of the rust belt. It’s a far cry from San Francisco, New York or Austin. Amy Cortese (pictured, right) visited the town… Read More

October 27, 2013 @ 10:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter Campaign Had Just Announced Breaking $100,000.  Parke Stands at Over $140,000 Today. This very professional, fashion pretail crowdfunding campaign continues to grow as backers continue to purchase rewards for Parke’s fashionable denim line.  Parke, a new online-only denim brand, with a few days still… Read More

October 25, 2013 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Following a enormously successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter last year where Formlabs raised almost $3 Million for their 3D printer, the company has received significant financing from investors. Formlabs, the designers and manufacturers of the Form 1 3D printer, announced $19M in Series A financing.  DFJ Growth… Read More

October 24, 2013 @ 10:39 am By Samuel Guzik  |  

(This is First in a Series of Articles Focusing on the Road Ahead to Final Rules and Beyond) Like many others around the country and around the world, I was excited to hear that nearly 19 months after the JOBS Act was signed into law,… Read More

October 24, 2013 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), the United Kingdom regulatory agency which has oversight on crowdfunding, has released their comments on regulating the crowdfunding industry.  This includes both debt based and equity based crowdfunding. On 1 April 2014, the FCA is taking over the regulation of… Read More

October 23, 2013 @ 4:09 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

In what is becoming the busiest day in crowdfunding news since the JOBS Act has passed, FINRA has released proposed rules governing funding portal registration. Public comments will be accepted until February 3, 2014. More on this to come… FINRA Release on Proposed Rules Finra… Read More

October 23, 2013 @ 1:12 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The SEC has released proposed rules for Title III retail equity crowdfunding. The 582 page document is going to take a while to digest, but we wanted to share immediately. In related news, publication of these rules to the Federal Register will mark the official… Read More

October 23, 2013 @ 10:06 am By Charles Luzar  |  

For once, we’ll happily speak for the entire crowdfunding industry: finally. The SEC has unanimously approved proposed rules for Title III equity crowdfunding. Now begins what should be a very interesting comment period with some strong opinions on all sides of this important regulatory change. We’re… Read More

October 22, 2013 @ 7:49 am By Samuel Guzik  |  

The SEC Finally Convenes on Crowdfunding Rules – Let the Sun Shine! It had been more than 18 months since President Obama signed into law the multi-faceted potpourri entitled the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act).   One of the more controversial provisions… Read More

October 21, 2013 @ 5:50 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The SEC has just posted notice of a meeting under the Sunshine Act to weigh proposed rules for equity crowdfunding under Section 4(a)(6) of The Securities Act of 1933. This confirms the scoop earlier this week in Bloomberg, and also confirms the fact that the… Read More

October 20, 2013 @ 12:23 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

For the better part of a year we’ve been anticipating a report that was to be the product of a joint venture by thought leaders and researchers in the crowdfunding space, distributed and supported by The World Bank. That report, entitled “Crowdfunding’s Potential for the… Read More

October 17, 2013 @ 6:55 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Updated 10/18/13 @ 11:00 AM EDT Bloomberg is reporting that the SEC is preparing to vote on a rule that would allow crowdfunding investors to self-certify their own yearly crowdfund investing limits. The JOBS Act specifies yearly limits for investors participating in crowdfunded securities. According… Read More

October 16, 2013 @ 7:25 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Offer Ongoing As Minimum is Reached. Georgia-based SparkMarket has announced the success of the first crowdfunding campaign on their equity platform. Bohemian Guitars has hit their goal of crowdfunding $100,000, raising money to grow their budding guitar-making business. SparkMarket is calling it a first in… Read More

October 16, 2013 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Mosaic, a solar project crowdfunding platform, has had a pretty amazing year.  Having only been launched to the world in early 2013 the site has captured the attention of the crowdfunding community and green energy enthusiasts everywhere. Founded in 2010 by three entrepreneurs, Bill Parish,… Read More

October 15, 2013 @ 9:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

CASE or “Crowdfunding and Securities Exemptions” for Jobs Act/Crowdfunding Finds Support. Today the Wisconsin State Senate concurred with the State Assembly and sent Rep. David Craig’s CASE (crowdfunding and securities exemptions) for Jobs Act (AB 350) to Governor Scott Walker. In response to the Senate’s… Read More

October 15, 2013 @ 8:00 am By Kristin Voinovich  |  

P2P has the potential to be THE alternative to the high street banks. How do business enterprises find capital to fund expansion and growth, manage or accelerate the timing of a business plan?  How do the capital markets allocate financial capital locally, nationally and globally?  … Read More

October 14, 2013 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Fairly recently I encountered a Japanese crowdfunding portal which I discovered due to the unique nature of a crowdfunding campaign they were operating.  Intrigued about the site, I reached out to the operators for some more insight and background on their platform. Countdown is owned… Read More

October 13, 2013 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

GroundBreaker is one of the first ever white label crowdfunding applications  which is specifically for the Real Estate industry.  The platform was developed by graduates of the Cornell University accelerator program. Incredibly they closed eight projects during their beta period (valued at about $14 Million)…. Read More