General News

May 12, 2015 @ 2:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

German inventors, today’s the big day! Kickstarter has unveiled the first Germany-based projects to hit its crowdfunding platform. The funding giant revealed: “A few weeks ago we announced that German creators could start building projects, and today they launched them to the world. We’re so… Read More

May 12, 2015 @ 11:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Orchard has just published a new analysis of consumer credit trends and repayment performance for the marketplace lending (P2P) industry. Orchard is a service provider that connects investors to direct lending assets so they have great access to data on the nascent industry. Orchard notes that… Read More

May 12, 2015 @ 9:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdedReality.com, a crowdfunding platform for reality television and talk show concepts, has premiered the first show off its platform, Wake Up, on national broadcast television. Wake Up was created by Adryenn Ashley and Lisa Marie to be a new talk show for the new mainstream. Touted as… Read More

May 12, 2015 @ 9:11 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) has scheduled a new event title “CrowdCamp” which will take place in Lisbon, Portugal, this June. Formed in 20122, the ECN is a pan-European, non-profit, representative organization that has led the charge to change finance across the continent. The new conference… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 4:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrediFi, a big-data company providing critical data and analytics for the commercial real estate (CRE) finance sector, has raised $8 million in funding led by Battery Ventures with additional funding from Carmel Ventures and OurCrowd, a crowdfunding platform. The company launches with institutional-grade data and… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 12:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Acquire Real Estate has created unique technology to significantly reduce the time and effort Registered Investment Advisors need to bring institutional-quality commercial real estate investments to their clients. Acquire is a platform that offers accredited investors unprecedented access to exclusive real estate opportunities through crowd… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 12:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Creative England has selected 19 new producer/director teams as part of the iShorts nationwide search to find the country’s best new filmmakers.  iShorts is a short film initiative delivered as part of the BFI NET.WORK. Following hundreds of applications from aspiring filmmakers, the winning teams will… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 11:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Kickstarter announced that it is ready to open its doors for inspired French inventors. The crowdfunding company stated: “We’re so excited to announce that Kickstarter is now open to French makers, innovators, filmmakers, chefs and creators of all types! French creators can start building… Read More

May 11, 2015 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, President Barack Obama named Julie Hanna, Kiva Executive Chair of the Board and Silicon Valley entrepreneur, a Presidential Ambassador for Global Entrepreneurship (PAGE). The goal of PAGE is to help develop the next generation of entrepreneurs both at home and abroad. Continuing her work… Read More

May 10, 2015 @ 1:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer credit analytics startup PeerIQ has hired Deepak Agnani to its management team as Head of Financial Products. In this role Deepak will lead the development, marketing and launch of new product offerings. PeerIQ, is notable backed by multiple big names in the finance… Read More

May 9, 2015 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of Mother’s Day (this Sunday), Indiegogo Life has teamed up with BigTent by Care.com, an online destination for local parenting groups, for a special tribute to all the mothers throughout the world. The global crowdfunding platform shared: “We all remember how parents used to communicate… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 1:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

RealCrowd, the online commercial real estate investment platform that last year funded properties with an aggregate value of nearly $1 billion, has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnFinance “Companies to Watch” for 2015. Firms on the OnFinance list are positioned at the… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 9:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Almost a year old, gaming digital currency HYPER continues to grow in the number of ways people can win HYPER playing games like Counter-Strike, and in the strength of the overall ecosystem. The HYPER head developer is excited to be involved in a community takeover of gaming… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 8:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The results are in: “Give Local America 2015,” which ran non-stop around the country on May 5th, is officially dubbed as the “largest, single-day, charitable crowdfunding event to date.” Through the course of the day, hundreds of thousands of donors were activated in 180 communities… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 4:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help those affected by last month’s earthquake in Nepal, crowdfunding platform GoFundMe has announced it will donate $150,000 towards the relief efforts. The GoFundMe team stated: “In a continuing effort to aid those affected by the terrible earthquake in Nepal, GoFundMe has made… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 1:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Comedian, television host, actor, and author, Stephen Colbert, announced that he has partnered with Share Fair Nation and ScanSource to fund every classroom project in South Carolina on DonorsChoose. Together, the three contributions will fund nearly 1,000 projects for more than 800 teachers at over 375 schools, totaling $800,000. Colbert, a South Carolina native, announced the… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 1:17 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Cloud Lending Solutions, an end-to-end lending solution built natively on salesforce.com, today announced that Humphrey Polanen has been named president. He will be responsible for expanding Cloud Lending’s strategic partnership ecosystem and driving new cloud-based technology solutions that power the alternative lending community. “Humphrey’s expertise and… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 11:45 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Over 241K€ has been raised for the German urban comedy Wie Männer Über Frau Reden (How Men Talk About Women), quickly surpassing the campaign’s 100,000€ goal with the support of over 360 Companists.   Producer Douglas Welbat will now advise matters related to the marketing and release… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 10:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Central Standard Timing announced that after two years and over a million dollars, which was given by Kickstarter backers, it will be unable to provide its famous watch, CST-01. The timepiece, which was dubbed the “thinnest watch in the world” was said to be 0.8 mm… Read More

May 6, 2015 @ 4:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

NetSuite Inc. (NYSE:  N), a cloud-based financials / ERP and omnichannel commerce software suites company, announced Pebble, smartwatch and wearables market disruptor, has deployed it to put in place a single unified cloud-based system which has the necessary sophisticated functionality, flexibility and scalability to support the company’s rapid growth. Pebble runs its… Read More