General News

October 17, 2015 @ 9:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Kickstarter hosted its fifth annual film festival in 35 theaters nationwide. The event showed off some of the best features, documentaries, and shorts funded through the crowdfunding platform. The Kickstarter team previously declared: “For one night only, 32 theaters across the country will… Read More

October 16, 2015 @ 2:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to continue the expansion of its company, Dutch crowdfunding platform, Lendahand, recently launched a second campaign on Symbid. Lendahand, which was founded by Peter Heijen, Koen The, and Peter Stolze, provides funds to small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in emerging economies. These include countries such… Read More

October 16, 2015 @ 1:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday crowdfunding platform,  RocketHub, announced that one of its projects, Lunar Lion Moon Mission, has successfully hit a funding milestone. Penn State’s Lunar Lion is led by director of Space Systems Initiatives at Penn State’s Applied Research Laboratory, Michael Paul. The project’s team is the… Read More

October 16, 2015 @ 10:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WePay, a provider of payments as a service for online platforms including GoFundMe, Care.com and FreshBooks, today announced it has been named by Silicon Valley Business Journal as the 5th fastest-growing private company in the region. In making the list, WePay joins an impressive cadre… Read More

October 16, 2015 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) published its proposed portal rules for crowdfunding platforms under Title III of the JOBS Act of 2012.  The guidelines from FINRA have been expected for some time and with the SEC ready to announce final rules for retail crowdfunding… Read More

October 16, 2015 @ 2:00 am By JD Alois  |  

AlliedCrowds has published two new reports quantifying the growth of crowdfunding in the developing world. In Q3, AlliedCrowds saw $110 million raised on crowdfunding platforms across multiple countries. One of the challenges for crowdfunding platforms are payments. In countries with better established mobile payment services… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 4:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to offer up crowdfunding advice, eMOOV’s founder and CEO Russell Quirk penned a guest piece for Tech City News about how to successfully use the funding method. Named a ‘Disruptor of the Year’ by the FT, eMoov is an online estate agent platform backed by James… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 2:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Giving backers a closer look at Indiegogo Alum Flow Hive’s honey progress, creator Cedar Anderson offered up a virtual tour. Flow Hive was created by father-son duo Australian natives, Cedar and Stuart Anderson, and is considered a “revolutionary” beehive invention that allows its users to harvest… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 2:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Offering up an update to its backers, creators of the Kickstarter nano drone Zano, Torquing Group, announced details about shipping and schedules. While explaining how the process is going, Torquing Group’s Director Marketing and Business Development, Reece Crowther, stated: “Our EMS (Electronic Manufacturing Service) has… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 11:51 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Crowdfunder recently celebrated Bitvore’s million dollar raise secured from 10 investors with an interview with CEO Jeff Curie.  The platform will use the new funding to focus on “scaling up sales and marketing to help expand the market footprint and grow the revenue stream.” Bitvore collects vast amounts of Internet data,… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 11:19 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Money may not grow on trees, but seems to grow well on a certain Atlanta Kabbage patch.  The trailblazing tech and data platform announced a $135 million equity raise led by Reverence Capital Partners as well as ING, Santander InnoVentures, and Scotiabank. Additional new investors include China’s… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 10:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Revealing a few tips and tricks for crowdfunding campaign organizers, global event marketplace EventBrite shared details about how events can bring funding initiative to life. The company penned on Indiegogo’s Blog: “Live events allow you to make this type of priceless, personal connection with new… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This evening, this year’s Kickstarter Film Festival is set to premiere in 32 theaters nationwide. The crowdfunding platform declared: “For one night only, 32 theaters across the country will be screening our biggest festival yet. We combed through thousands of the features, documentaries, and shorts… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance at Cambridge Judge Business School and the Polsky Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Chicago Booth School of Business are jointly launching the 2015 Americas Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey. This survey will be the first comprehensive and empirical assessment… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 9:13 am By JD Alois  |  

London & Partners, a non-profit entity funded by the Mayor of London, is pounding the table on the growth of Fintech in London. The promotional company states that the capital’s booming Fintech sector is being driven by “record levels of investment and the rapid adoption of… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

XOR Data Exchange, has announced online accessibility for its Small Business Data Exchange. The XOR Small Business Data Exchange allows the sharing of proprietary data about “even the smallest” of small businesses to help financial services institutions, telecommunications providers, marketplace lenders, and others reduce fraud… Read More

October 14, 2015 @ 1:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Attention Mighty No. 9 backers: The wait is almost over! Just two years after being first announced, Keiji Inafune and Concept USA’s highly anticipated game has received an official release date. As previously reported, the game first appeared on Kickstarter back in 2013 and takes place in the… Read More

October 14, 2015 @ 11:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bluesmart, the company behind the world’s first smart, connected luggage, announces  it has raised a round of funding of $11.5 million. The funding comes from a group of institutional investors – from Amadeus IT Group and Cota Capital to Western Technology Investments (WTI) and Y… Read More

October 14, 2015 @ 11:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Honoring those who struggle with mental disorders, crowdfunding platform Crowdrise celebrated World Mental Day 2015 this week. The Crowdrise team shared: “Thousands of people with mental health conditions around the world are deprived of their human rights. They are not only discriminated against, stigmatized and… Read More

October 14, 2015 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, crowdfunding platform RocketHub announced that it is set to present two showcases at this year’s CMJ Music Marathon in New York City. The platform’s team shared: “RocketHub is proud to present two official showcases for New York City’s biggest music festival, The CMJ… Read More