General News

August 27, 2015 @ 11:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Always willing to give crowdfunding advice, Indiegogo‘s Slava Rubin sat down with CNN Money to offer up his very own tips and tricks for those looking to use the funding method successfully. During the interview, Rubin noted how important pitch videos are to campaigns: “Campaigns that… Read More

August 27, 2015 @ 11:18 am By Erin Hobey  |  

EarlyShares, a real estate crowdfunding platform that gives accredited investors direct access to commercial real estate opportunities, has announced a new venture with Accordia Realty Ventures. Their second offering on EarlyShares, Accordia debuted the Shoppes at Godwin, an equity investment opportunity in the redevelopment of a… Read More

August 27, 2015 @ 10:47 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Y Combinator has named partner Qasar Younis, who has a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University and an MBA from Harvard, as its inaugural chief operating officer. As Y Combinator grows into more than just a traditional incubator, the company sought more structure and leadership around operations, creating the COO opportunity for… Read More

August 27, 2015 @ 10:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wealth Migrate, the tenth-largest global real estate crowdfunding platform as reported by Massolution, today announced the opening of their newest office in Shanghai, China. The decision to open a second office in Asia is based on the exponential growth of crowdfunding in that region, their… Read More

August 26, 2015 @ 4:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

American Homeowner Preservation (“AHP”) secured its first institutional investment. Scarab Funds, a socially responsible investment fund, recently invested in AHP’s Series 2014B, providing capital to purchase nonperforming mortgages from banks and then offer viable solutions to struggling homeowners. AHP has purchased close to 500 mortgages… Read More

August 26, 2015 @ 3:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdStreet, a crowdfunding platform enabling commercial real estate developers and operators to efficiently and effectively acquire, convert and manage investors for their projects, today announced the sale of Stonecroft Health Campus, a senior health care property crowdfunded through CrowdStreet’s marketplace and developed by Mainstreet, a developer of… Read More

August 26, 2015 @ 2:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

National law firm Ballard Spahr has announced the creation of a “Marketplace Lending Task Force” to assist the growing number of direct lending platforms manage the challenges of getting big – fast.  Recently there has been additional regulatory interest by the federal government. The US… Read More

August 26, 2015 @ 1:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding, and using the internet to raise money for an increasing number of industry sectors, is still in its infancy. It is really the internet that is the disruptive innovation. It is this technology that is altering the funding process and crowdfunding has become the term… Read More

August 25, 2015 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

It’s that time of the year again! On Tuesday, Kickstarter announced details for its fifth annual film festival that is set to kick off on October 15th. The crowdfunding platform shared: “Not just Brooklyn. Not just L.A. For the first time ever, we’re bringing the… Read More

August 25, 2015 @ 3:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Zendure, a Silicon Valley consumer electronics company, announced that its flagship product, the Zendure A5 external battery with 16,000mAh capacity, was selected by Titan Airways, a UK charter airline that specializes in VIP and corporate travel, to power the iPads in their EFBs (electronic flight bags)…. Read More

August 25, 2015 @ 2:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to change crowdfunding as we know it, game developer Pixeljam has launched a new platform dedicated to developers and other creative types. According to Cult of Mac, Pixeljam’s co-founder, Miles Tilmann, stated that the new “crowdfunding project’ is an experiment that’s an alternative to other… Read More

August 25, 2015 @ 12:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last year, LOVESPACE, a distinctive storage company founded by Streetcar co-founder and entrepreneur Brett Akker, won the Startup Awards’ Crowdfunded Business of the Year in 2014 after capturing over £1.2 million in early-stage funding and £1.6 million during its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Since… Read More

August 25, 2015 @ 12:36 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Sweet returns: Sawade investors who have their interest paid out in chocolate will receive annual interest of 12 % instead of 8 %. Last week the Berlin chocolatier Sawade embraced a new approach to growth financing, offering venture loans on Companisto. Venture loans are a new asset class for the… Read More

August 25, 2015 @ 11:32 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Of course readers want to know what’s in your portfolio! Fundrise’s CEO Ben Miller just posted that he indeed invests in Fundrise’s offerings, 28 deals to date. “As a developer myself, I understand that there are risks in any real estate project and not everything… Read More

August 25, 2015 @ 10:49 am By Erin Hobey  |  

As a result of the partnership with the financial and economic date platform Quandl, FinTech Sandbox residents have access up to six months for development, testing, and customer demonstrations purposes. “We are excited to provide FinTech startups with reliable and easy access to quality financial data such… Read More

August 25, 2015 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

EarlyShares, a crowdfunding platform that gives accredited investors direct access to commercial real estate opportunities, has launched an equity investment offering for East 3rd Street, a Manhattan investment opportunity from Magnus Capital Partners. The deal, featuring 14.46% estimated investor IRR and 7.0% preferred return, gives EarlyShares… Read More

August 24, 2015 @ 5:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, President of  C.Y.C.I  (The Liberation of Christian and Yazidi Children of Iraq) and Québec resident, Steve Maman, took to crowdfunding platform GoFundMe with a mission to raise $2 million to free the Christian and Yazidi children in Iraq from the horrifying conditions they are… Read More

August 24, 2015 @ 3:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few weeks after delivering Exploding Kittens to Kickstarter backers, creators Elan Lee, Matthew Inman, and Shane Small have unleashed the highly anticipated Russian Roulette game on Amazon. Exploding Kittens is described as a highly strategic kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette. Players take turns drawing cards until someone… Read More

August 24, 2015 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of the annual Burning Man Festival, crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has unveiled the top 5 most creative Burning Man campaigns of this year. Originally based out of San Francisco’s Baker Beach, Burning Man is a week-long annual event that is held in the Black Rock… Read More

August 24, 2015 @ 11:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK reward-based crowdfunding platform, Crowdfunder UK, announced on Monday has formed a partnership with online printing website, instantprint, to help projects create posters, flyers and marketing materials to promote campaigns – and the ability to offer postcards and posters as rewards. Project owners will be offered an exclusive Crowdfunder deal to… Read More