General News

July 10, 2015 @ 1:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Crowdfunding Professional Association (CFPA) and the Crowdfunding Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA), the two leading crowdfunding advocacy associations in the US, have partnered up to offer a free webinar on the JOBS Act.  The duo are presenting “The JOBS Act: Funds as Alternative Investment Structures”… Read More

July 10, 2015 @ 11:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “European Peer-to-Peer Lending: Market Insight 2015 “ report to their offering. Peer-to-peer (P2P)lending has continued to grow rapidly across Europe as lenders seek higher returns than are available from banks and borrowers embrace willingness to lend to sectors the… Read More

July 10, 2015 @ 10:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SeedInvest, an equity crowdfunding platform, announced on Friday that WayBetter, which runs the social dieting website, DietBet, successfully conducted one of the first “testing the waters” fund-raising campaigns under the new mini-IPO rules, which went into effect on June 19th. The company received $9.3 million of investment interest… Read More

July 9, 2015 @ 11:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

While making the final preparations for its launch, upcoming UK real estate investment platform, BrickVest, announced it has received backing from Rocket Internet’s Global Founders Capital (GFC). According to TechCrunch, GFC has invested in a startup before the platform open its investment doors. Although BrickVest nor GFC are disclosing… Read More

July 9, 2015 @ 11:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With female entrepreneurs becoming a big topic in the crowdfunding world, equity platform Crowdcube weighed in on its experience with working with projects that involve women leaders. The UK platform shared: “Crowdcube is changing the status quo. We’re making investing and raising finance more accessible, affordable and rewarding… Read More

July 9, 2015 @ 11:01 am By JD Alois  |  

The Roosevelt Institute is publishing a series of policy papers tackling the trends and challenges that will sculpt our economy over the coming decades. Roosevelt notes that too frequently reactionary politicians take short term policy approaches to issues that require a more thoughtful, long term… Read More

July 9, 2015 @ 10:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Great news, UK! This week, crowdfunding platform Tilt announced that it has opened its doors of the countries inventors. Tilt revealed: “The easiest way to collect money from your group is now available in the UK! Say goodbye to bank transfers, collecting cash from a… Read More

July 8, 2015 @ 3:40 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  A co-creator of the legislation that eventually became the JOBS Act of 2012, Candace Klein, Chief Strategy Officer for marketplace lender Dealstruck, joined the crowdfunding movement unintentionally. Candace was drawn in through her nonprofit, Bad Girl Ventures, and in the process founded her second company, began working with the… Read More

July 8, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this spring, owners of the Oregon-based baking company, Sweet Cakes By Melissa took to crowdfunding platform GoFundMe after a lesbian couple filed a lawsuit against them for discrimination. Back in January 2013, Laurel Bowman and Rachel Cryer were planning their wedding when they approached the bakery about having a cake… Read More

July 8, 2015 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “Peer-to-Peer Lending Platforms Revolutionizing Traditional Practices” report to its offering. Since the 2008 global economic and financial crisis, individuals and businesses around the world have struggled to obtain financing from traditional lenders. In Europe the difficulty in obtaining new financing… Read More

July 7, 2015 @ 2:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Looks like Shenmue III received a huge funding boost! The project, which one has only a few days left on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, was given $20,000 from Chinese non-profit school for underprivileged kids, Volunteer English Teacher Program (V.E.T.). According to Videogamer, V.E.T., which helps teach children from small villages and… Read More

July 7, 2015 @ 11:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK’s peer-to-peer lending platform, RateSetter, announced it has implemented AU10TIX BOS to improve fraud protection and KYC compliance while streamlining customer experience and increasing effective volume handling capacity. AU10TIX BOS enables 100% automated, Click&Go multi-factor authentication of online submitted ID images. BOS carries out a… Read More

July 7, 2015 @ 10:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Specialty social media and gaming network CrowdGather, Inc. (OTCQB:CRWG) today announced financial results for the fiscal year ended on April 30th. CrowdGather reported revenues of $2,399,842, compared to revenues of $1,537,051 reported for fiscal 2014. Gross profit for the fiscal year ended April 30, 2015,… Read More

July 7, 2015 @ 9:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Great Lakes Fund Solutions (GLFSI), has released a new SaaS platform to power online private placements. The white label crowdfunding platform is called CrowdKey.  The new software is designed to speed time to market for new portals seeking to take advantage of the JOBS Act… Read More

July 7, 2015 @ 7:41 am By JD Alois  |  

investUP has hired Paul Staples as Senior Business Advisor. Paul joins investUP after seven years as head of global custody commercial product EMEA at J.P. Morgan, alongside his mentor and advisory role for FinTech startups. Paul began his career as an analyst at Goldman Sachs, working in… Read More

July 6, 2015 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Quickly following the closing of its successful equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, London start-up Pavegen announced that it has appointed former Apple Executive Jeff Martin to its advisory board. Pavegen’s technology converts footsteps into electricity, making it possible to power services in high-footfall locations, as well as provide… Read More

July 6, 2015 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Millennium Trust is a large IRA custodian you probably have never heard of unless you are in a similar business or a client of the firm. Headquartered in Chicago, Millennium Trust operates nationally but has set it sights on getting far bigger. The privately held… Read More

July 5, 2015 @ 10:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

EuroNext subsidiary EnterNext will launch TechShare, a new project designed to aid fast growing tech companies in Europe. TechShare is a pan-European course created by EnterNext to familiarize SMEs with capital markets and prep them to take their companies to market. EnterNext is a stepping… Read More

July 4, 2015 @ 10:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Offering up his insights about crowdfunding, Crowdcube co-founder Luke Lang sat down with International Business Times to share details about the funding method and why so many are turning to it for their businesses/projects. While discussing the difficulties entrepreneurs have to finding angel investors to give to their… Read More

July 3, 2015 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN), recently met in Lisbon, Portugal, where they announced their new Board of Directors.  In conjunction with this meeting, the new board has published an updated Code of Conduct for platforms, alongside a Charter of Crowdfunding Rights users. The two documents… Read More