General News

December 15, 2015 @ 12:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the new year just a little over two weeks away, global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo shared revealed 2015 as the “year of crowdfunding.” The website unveiled an infographic that shows off the funds raised per its categories, European and global funds raised, VC funding secured by… Read More

December 15, 2015 @ 12:42 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Biz2Credit, a small business financial technology platform, today launched the BizAnalyzer Score Simulator Tool. The tool, patented in June, allows small business owners to capture a personalized snapshot of their business health. The Score Simulator acts as a virtual CFO, evaluating how cyclical changes to revenue, cash flow,… Read More

December 15, 2015 @ 12:22 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

“After much anticipation, the exciting news is finally out,” shared DealIndex Founder and CEO Neha Manaktala on LinkedIn. In partnership with CNBC, DealIndex announced the launch of four crowdfunding indices: International 50 Index, UK 50 Index, Technology Index, and the International Aggregate Index. The indices take transparency in… Read More

December 15, 2015 @ 11:50 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Bizfi, a fintech company whose online small business finance platform combines aggregation, funding and a participation marketplace, announced that Metropolitan Equity Partners has provided a structured financing facility of $65 million to the company to drive growth. Since 2005, Bizfi and its proprietary marketplace and funding… Read More

December 15, 2015 @ 11:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This past summer, Double Fine’s Tim Schafer, inXile’s Brian Fargo, and Obsidian’s Feargus Urquhart, launched Fig, which focuses exclusively on games. The platform allows the reward-based component as a way of “proving out a market, de-risking investment, getting investors more excited.” If investors see fans supporting a… Read More

December 15, 2015 @ 10:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Sponsorise.me, a rewards-based crowdfunding platform dedicated to sports, announced the launch of its U.S. website, us.sponsorise.me. Founded in 2013, Sponsorise.me has already received more than 4,000 projects with athletes, teams, organizations and leagues from around the world and helped them raise more than US$2 million… Read More

December 15, 2015 @ 9:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, crowdfunding platform Indiegogo shared details about its booth at the CES 2016, which will be held January 6-9, 2016 in Las Vegas. The website shared: “Last year more than 75 Indiegogo campaigners showcased their products at CES, representing over $20 million raised on Indiegogo, and we… Read More

December 15, 2015 @ 7:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

GIROPTIC, the company behind 360Cam’s immersive virtual 360° sensor technology, announces that it has now raised $4.5M in seed round funding from investors. Led by Partech Ventures, along with contributions from 360 Capital, Pascal Cagni Founder & CEO of C4 Ventures, SOSV, Finorpa, Oleg Tscheltzoff, and even… Read More

December 15, 2015 @ 7:27 am By JD Alois  |  

London-based Fintech startup GoCardless and innovative payment solution provider Mangopay have formed a partnership that is said to improve the collection of payments from global crowdfunding platforms. GoCardless launched in 2012 and presently serves more than 13,000 companies collecting over a billion pounds per year. It has… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 3:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, actor and director of the cult classic Super Troopers, Jay Chandrasekhar, announced that he is currently working on his memoir. Entertainment Weekly reports that Chandrasekhar’s memoir will look back at his childhood growing up in “the lily-white suburbs of Chicago,” his years at… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 2:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, fellow of the Royal Society and brand communications manager of Crowdfunder UK, Jess Ratty, took to the stage of TedxBristol to share her insights on crowdfunding. The sold-out event was set to be one of the largest in the UK this year, with over 1,800 people… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 1:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fintech Innovators, a collaboration between fintech investment firm, H2 Ventures and KPMG Fintech, today announced the world’s leading fintech innovators, publishing its Fintech 100 list. The Fintech 100 includes the leading 50 established fintech companies across the globe, and the most intriguing 50 ‘Emerging Stars’– exciting new… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 12:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, RealtyMogul, the online marketplace for real estate investing,  announced  the completion of its first full cycle equity transaction with the purchase and sale of American Mini, a self-storage property in Tucson, Arizona. In just 18 months, investors earned an annual total return of 16.8… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 12:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pavegen has partnered with Shell and Akon in its biggest project yet: Africa’s first people & solar powered football pitch (soccer field for the yanks). The field incorporated 96 energy tiles beneath the turf. The switch was flipped this past Friday representing another successful implementation of… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 11:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Founded by Nest veterans, b8ta has opened its first physical location to retail Internet of Things (IoT) products. Located on Bryant Street in downtown Palo Alto, b8ta has recognized a unique challenge for new IoT devices: consumers want to a better experience in purchasing IoT… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 10:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing its new 7-week How to Crowdfund series, crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder UK revealed the second step to using the funding method on Monday. The Crowdfunder UK team declared: “The most important part of the crowdfunding process, is that people need to understand your idea, why it means… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 9:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, CEO of Singapore-based real estate crowdfunding platform CoAssets, Getty Goh, sat down with CNBC to discuss how the website’s growth. Goh revealed that the CoAssets offers projects in the regional markets and serves the funding gap of between $1 million to $5 million…. Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 9:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Singapore-based real estate crowdfunding platform, CoAssets Pte Ltd, hosted its first EPIC (Expo for Property, Investing and Crowdfunding) event in Surabaya, Indonesia. The event was organized in conjunction with its Indonesian joint venture PT Java Land Promosia Indonesia. This was an expo over two days… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

UK based Xcordis has launched its Auto-Tax technology today to remove inefficiencies and reduce opportunities for graft and dodging. Their application is said to offer a full audit trail from collection to distribution and is designed to tackle a pressing problem in the developing world:… Read More

December 14, 2015 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The OTC Markets Group has strengthened its market standards for companies listed on the OTCQX market. OTCQX is their best market for established US and international companies. Listing firms must now adhere to high-quality financial standards and must be sponsored by a third party advisor… Read More