General News

January 11, 2016 @ 9:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off its appearance at the 2016 Consumer Electronic Show (CES), Kickstarter unveiled seven tech predictions for the next twelve months. The crowdfunding giant declared: “We’ve spent the week at CES in Las Vegas, talking with lots of folks about technology and where it’s all headed…. Read More

January 11, 2016 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

SaaS banking provider Mambu has raised €8 Million in a funding round led by CommerzVentures and Acton Capital Partners. CommerzVentures was established in October 2014 by Commerzbank AG as its corporate venture capital fund. Existing investors also participated in the most recent funding round. According to… Read More

January 10, 2016 @ 10:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fintech is a broad term that covers a growing portfolio of services and applications that facilitate financial transactions. While the epicenter may be capital formation, it is really all about finance moving inevitably online, and big banking is waking up to the opportunity and the challenge…. Read More

January 10, 2016 @ 11:24 am By JD Alois  |  

In a subtle allusion to sci-fi favorite Star Trek, Freddie Mac has posed the question if marketplace lending is the “final frontier”. The December report from the quasi-public / private mortgage entity, states that in Sci-Fi dramas back in the day, “humankind accepted technological help… Read More

January 9, 2016 @ 8:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking time away from his duties at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), CEO of Indiegogo, Slava Rubin, chatted with Fox Business about the importance of the exhibit and how popular the global crowdfunding platform has become. Noting how big CES is to Indiegogo, Slava… Read More

January 9, 2016 @ 8:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the announcement that Kickstarter backers were officially getting the Oculus Rift headset, founder of the highly anticipated system, Palmer Luckey admitted that he knew that electronic giant Sony was preparing to enter the virtual reality world. During his recent interview with International Business Times, Luckey… Read More

January 8, 2016 @ 4:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Kickstarter employees Fred Benenson and Ben Linsay published a new article about the crowdfunding giant’s online data history called This is the story of analytics at Kickstarter. The duo shared: “If you’ve built a product of any size, chances are you’ve evaluated and deployed… Read More

January 8, 2016 @ 3:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, CEO of Indiegogo, Slava Rubin, sat down to with Forbes to discuss the global crowdfunding platform’s growth while revealing his predictions for the funding method. While revealing the differences between Indiegogo and other crowdfunding platforms, Slava explained: “There’s three things that separates us… Read More

January 8, 2016 @ 2:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Luke Jecks, CEO of crowdfunding platform NakedWines, recently shared with Business Insider that while the company has been successful, it appear that its become too popular for its own good. Previously, NakedWines aimed to give regular people access to top quality wines without the huge retail markup. The… Read More

January 8, 2016 @ 2:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to expand its already successful business, Crowdcube success Camden Town Brewery announced this week that it has appointed Ian Jones as Director of Brewing and hiring two new sales reps. The brewing company shared: “Overseeing all this will be our new Director of Brewing, Ian Jones,… Read More

January 8, 2016 @ 1:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, UK’s equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube, announced the winners of the 2015 Crowdcube Awards. The Crowdcube team declared: “It’s that time of year again when we celebrate the many businesses that have funded on the site by holding our own awards.   “The categories range from… Read More

January 8, 2016 @ 1:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdcube has completed a record-breaking 2015, which saw the first two successful crowdfunding exits, a total of £83 million invested in over 166 pitches via the equity  platform and a £6 million investment in the company itself.  Crowdcube was also crowned the UK’s top crowdfunding company… Read More

January 8, 2016 @ 11:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Investment crowdfunding platform StartEngine has announced a significant investment from SE Agoura Investment LLC, a company associated with Aubrey Chernick who is also the founder of NextGen Crowdfunding. According to the announcement, the new capital will be used to boost awareness and grow the equity crowdfunding… Read More

January 8, 2016 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

If you are looking for a power point presentation on the equity crowdfunding rules under Title III of the JOBS Act here it is. The actual document is hundreds of pages long but this deck does a great job of distilling what you can, and… Read More

January 8, 2016 @ 9:04 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged two Bitcoin mining companies for a Ponzi Scheme last month as part of an ongoing investigation into the activities of Homero Joshua Garza. Yesterday the SEC filed for an entry of default as  Garza apparently has not responded to… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 5:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC dedicates much of its time and resources hunting down crooks and white collar thugs. In fact, the agency spent almost a billion dollars in the last fiscal year fostering and enforcing compliance with Federal securities laws. And why is that? Because there will… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 4:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Revealing somewhat bad news to its Kickstarter backers, Nextbit announced to both early adopters and GSM models will be shipped next month. The Nextbit team stated in an update: “We’ve got some news Rebels. Unfortunately, it’s bad news but not as bad as you might think…. Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 3:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Crowdfunder UK offered up two types of advice for the How to Crowdfund series. Recently, the reward-based crowdfunding platform revealed how important communication really is for campaigns. The Crowdfunder UK team declared in a blog post: “When you have done a good job on something,… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 1:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Crowdcube alum Camden Town Brewery announced it has been acquired by mega brewer AB InBev. This made the small business the equity crowdfunding platform’s second exit. Now, Crowdcube is ready to share details about the future of the food and beverage industry: “As you may have… Read More

January 7, 2016 @ 12:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Indiegogo success Bluesmart, announced that it will be debuting its the larger version of its luggage at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The company shared that the Bluesmart Check-in uses smart technology that provides people with the ultimate in hassle-free traveling, including real-time… Read More