General News

January 12, 2016 @ 2:17 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Its pizza may be world famous, but Chicago recently added a new attribute to its menu: one of the most active crowdfunding cities in the world, notes ChicagoInno. With 132 live projects as of Jan. 16, 2016, Chicago ranks behind only London, Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco,… Read More

January 11, 2016 @ 4:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Adam Sager, the CEO of home security company and Indiegogo success, Canary, recently revealed to Business Insider that the business has had a great year in terms of sales. While at CES last week, Sager, shared details about the past twelve months: “We’ve had an incredible year…. Read More

January 11, 2016 @ 2:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, the board of directors of One Spark, Inc., announced the creation of a new social purpose corporation designed to evolve the company into a vehicle for long-term success and better connect creators with resources. One Spark Ventures (OSV) is committed to licensing and… Read More

January 11, 2016 @ 1:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, direct lender loanDepot announced that it is heading into 2016 after a record-breaking 2015. This is due to the fact that the company added 125,000 new consumers to its community of borrowers over the past twelve months and has increased year-over-year fundings by… Read More

January 11, 2016 @ 11:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, UK-based equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube caught up with its #FundedClub member, Cornerstore to discuss the company’s and progress since launching its initial campaign last July. The Crowdcube team noted: “Having launched their shaving products and online subscription service in June 2014, Cornerstone raised… Read More

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

Crowdcube announced on Monday that it is seeking to expand operations into Northern England by opening its new Manchester Office next month. The UK-based equity crowdfunding platform revealed that it has already helped nine businesses in the North West to raise more than £1.4 million in… Read More

January 11, 2016 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

John Biggs, East Coast Editor of TechCrunch, says he is leaving the “best job I ever hard” to launch a Fintech startup. While Biggs is still listed as an Editor at TechCrunch and the stories continue to roll in, but the migration to entrepreneur is clearly under… Read More

January 11, 2016 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Eric Falconer, the creator of Kickstarter success Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland, unveiled the film’s first official clip. Blue Mountain State, a popular television series that was apparently cancelled far too soon, launched a crowdfunding campaign in early 2014 to help finance its feature-length… Read More

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