General News

August 18, 2016 @ 2:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help more campaign reach their funding goals, equity crowdfunding platform StartEngine recently announced the launch of its new Marketing Fund, which advances qualified companies up to $50,000 to put towards the marketing and promotion of their campaigns. The funding portal revealed: “We understand that… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 11:27 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Oakland, CA-based Red Bay Coffee returned to the crowd and has secured a fresh $100K from over 116 investors on its Wefunder equity crowdfunding campaign, aiming to bring its beautiful coffee to more people. The revenue share:  Red Bay Coffee will pay investors 5% of net… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 11:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to kick off the 2016-2017 school year, GoFundMe announced it was giving a $50 donations to education campaigns on its crowdfunding platform and announced it is offering a $10,000 grand prize the category’s initiatives. From now until September 16th, campaigns on GoFundMe that are… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 10:58 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Feeling uninspired?  Ready for another vacation, even though summer hasn’t quite come to a close?  Need a tech boost? Just plain afraid of tech? While other banks have set up incubators and sandboxes, German cooperative bank Volksbank eG Schwarzwald Baar Hegau has opted for a road… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 10:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

CAN Capital, a market share leader in alternative small business finance, has named Chris Moloney as its new Chief Marketing Officer. Moloney will lead the company’s marketing initiatives, product management and continue to build the CAN Capital brand as an innovator and supporter of small businesses. He will… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 10:13 am By Erin Hobey  |  

After more than 10 years at UBS, CIO Alex Batlin will depart in October to “pursue an opportunity outside of UBS”, according to an internal memo from the bank’s Head of Innovation Veronica Lange on 17 August, reported Financial News.  “There is no change to… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Kickstarter announced a new feature that allows backers to follow their favorite project creators directly and be the first to know when upcoming projects launch. The crowdfunding platform stated that starting this week, backers will be notified when they’ve backed a project that’s just getting… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 8:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Squirrel Group, a mortgage broker and peer to peer lender, announced on Thursday the launch of its Secondary Market, which now allows loans to be on-sold to other investors. The lender revealed since its launch in November, the Secondary Market has been notably the most requested… Read More

August 17, 2016 @ 4:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

And we officially have lift off! Hybrid Air Vehicles’ highly-anticipated aircraft, Airlander 10 has officially made its first maiden voyage from Cardington Sheds in Bedfordshire. This news comes just a few days after the company had to reschedule the launch due to technical difficulties.  Hybrid Air… Read More

August 17, 2016 @ 3:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With their Kickstarter album,  And The Anonymous Nobody…, set to be released on August 26th, hip-hop trio De La Soul unveiled their new Usher collaborated single, Greyhounds.  The group, which consists of Vincent Mason, David Jude Jolicoeur, and Kelvin “Posdnous” Mercer, took to the crowdfunding giant with a mission to raise… Read More

August 17, 2016 @ 3:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Crowdcube success, The New Craftsmen, announced it has teamed up with famous fashion brand, Burberry, on Makers House, which is described as a temporary space in central London during London’s Fashion Week. Back in spring 2014, The New Craftsmen successfully raised £171,580 from… Read More

August 17, 2016 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the closing of its latest equity crowdfunding round, the team at Crowdcube announced they have successfully secured over £8 million from more than 3,700 crowd investors. Last month, Crowdcube launched the campaign and due to the size of the funding round, the equity crowdfunding platform had to… Read More

August 17, 2016 @ 9:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Kickstarter-supported The Creative Independent officially announced itself as it preps for its September launch. The company is described as a “growing” archive of the creative processes and is on a mission to help bring creative projects to life. The Creative Independent team revealed… Read More

August 16, 2016 @ 3:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lenny announced on Tuesday the launch of its millennial credit education game, Lenny Points (LPs). The fintech startup revealed the in-app credit education game offers incentives for users to learn responsible financial behaviors. Users can now accrue LPs to increase their credit line balances and unlock custom… Read More

August 16, 2016 @ 3:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Indiegogo alum TrackR announced on Tuesday the launch of its integration with Alexa, the cloud-based voice service behind the Amazon Echo speaker, called “Find My Phone,” which allows customers to locate a misplaced phone. TrackR stated not only can Alexa perform tasks such as read the news, report the… Read More

August 16, 2016 @ 1:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter announced on Tuesday $100 million had been pledged to publishing projects since its debut in 2009. The  website confirmed: “Since we launched seven years ago, authors, publishers, book shops, poets, podcasters, and more have brought their creative projects to life with the… Read More

August 16, 2016 @ 1:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lendified Holdings, Inc. (Lendified), a Canadian-based lending technology company, announced on Tuesday it received a $20 million credit facility from Liquid Capital Corporation to support the growth of its Canadian small business lending activities.  The online lender, which launched in early 2015, currently provides small businesses… Read More

August 16, 2016 @ 12:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyShares announced on Tuesday its crowd of investors have funded another Columbus, Ohio property. According to the funding platform, $1.5 million went towards Cardinal Creek Townhomes, a 192-unit multifamily complex in Bexley, which is a suburb of the state’s capital. The deal… Read More

August 16, 2016 @ 11:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, crowdfunding platform Pozible announced it formed a partnership with GVEP and with its initiative, Crowd Power, which is described as a three-year program to stimulate, develop and learn from crowdfunding of renewable enterprises in sub-Saharan Africa and Africa. The funding portal noted: “GVEP… Read More

August 16, 2016 @ 11:17 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The Superbook is having a super Kickstarter campaign!  Over 4502% funded, Andromium has secured over $2,252,500 from over 13,539 backers.  Founded by Google and Y Combinator alumni and helmed by CEO Gordon Zheng, Andromium’s flagship hardware, the Superbook, is a plug-and-play shell that turns an Android smartphone into a complete laptop…. Read More