General News

April 2, 2015 @ 9:17 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Seeking to go to the source, UBS will open a fintech innovation lab at the Level39 accelerator space in London’s Canary Wharf, according to TechWorld’s Sam Shead.  The global wealth manager hopes that the lab, set up by a UBS team of fintech specialists, will aid its understanding… Read More

April 2, 2015 @ 8:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

GenYrator, a millennial focused and founded equity crowdfunding platform, has launched its private beta concentrating initially on startups from USC, the alma mater of co-founder Sean Nasiri. GenYrator looks for emerging generation-y founded businesses with revenue that are not quite ready for institutional investors, and… Read More

April 1, 2015 @ 1:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celebrating the first of April with some unusual news (or prank), global crowdfunding giant, Indiegogo unveiled a new service called Indiegogo Heat, which is dedicated to all “hot sauce” campaigns. The platform stated: “Building off the success of Indiegogo Life, we’ve decided to expand into the… Read More

April 1, 2015 @ 11:22 am By Erin Hobey  |  

FinTech Sandbox announced today that risk management startup Prophis Technology has been admitted to its program. Prophis is the first startup to join the Sandbox since the program’s official launch earlier in March. FinTech Sandbox is a Boston-based nonprofit that helps global FinTech startups build innovative products… Read More

April 1, 2015 @ 11:06 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The 1970 NYC Transit Authority Graphics Standards Manual, by Unimark’s Massimo Vignelli and Bob Noorda, was kickstarted by Pentagram designers Jesse Reed and Hamish Smyth and dedicated to Massimo Vignelli, Bob Noorda, and the Unimark staff, reissued in the early months of 2015 as a full-size book. Licensed exclusively from the MTA and… Read More

April 1, 2015 @ 10:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WAIT FOR IT … April Fools DAY! – It’s really a whopping 7%! Even on this day of practical jokes, it’s no laughing matter how few women can attract funding for their tech startups. Advocacy organization Women Who Tech revealed women-led tech startups attract only 7%… Read More

April 1, 2015 @ 10:25 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Sindeo, a modern mortgage marketplace, announced its newest executive hire Tony Sachs, formerly of First Republic Bank, who will assume the role of Chief Lending Officer. With over 15 years of experience at First Republic, most recently as SVP of Lending Strategy, Products & Sales,… Read More

April 1, 2015 @ 10:12 am By Erin Hobey  |  

JD.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:JD), China’s leading online direct sales company, today announced its launch of a series of initiatives to help finance, develop and promote the creation of start-ups in China. The new JD Equity Crowdfunding platform, which builds upon JD.com’s success in the area of Internet finance, is expected to… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 4:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Since its inception in 2013, Reality Crowd TV’s (RCTV) goal has been to teach and help people learn about the many nuances involved with crowdfunding. In 2014, The Company engaged in a nationwide multi-state tour in an effort to promote the nascent crowdfunding industry and has posted… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 2:24 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

In a release, InvestUp MD and Co-Founder James Tuckett opined on Massolution’s Crowdfunding Report.  An excerpt follows: It’s not often that we get to write about the only global report on crowdfunding worth talking about. And this one’s doubly special, as we’ve waited for over two… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 2:05 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

CAN Capital, a leading player in alternative small business finance, has named David Dart to the position of Chief Technology Officer. Dart will oversee the company’s continued development of technology focused on providing small businesses with fast, efficient access to capital.  He will be based in Kennesaw, Georgia and… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 1:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CTRL+Console is an innovative application that turns the iPad into an intuitive, touchscreen remote for many programs, including Adobe Premiere Pro and Final Cut Pro. Today, the company announced it has raised $261,000, led by Foundry Group and the FG Angel AngelList Syndicate. The funds allows… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 1:07 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Report Forecasts Total Global Crowdfunding to Reach $34.4 Billion in 2015 North America Remaining the Largest Market and Asia, Outpacing Europe in 2014, in Second Place As crowdfunding accelerates at an unprecedented rate, its impacting government policy, informing enterprise innovation and changing the role of… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 10:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CommunityLeader, a technology and service leader in the emerging crowdfunding industry, announced that its integrated private-labeled software and service package is ready and compliant with the new Reg A+ rules published last week by the SEC. Joseph Barisonzi, CommunityLeader co-founder and CEO, stated: “The power and… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 9:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Today, GrapeSeed Wine Fund launched as the first company to marry consumers’ desire for choice and exclusivity with winemakers’ passion for creating distinctive, small production wines. Leveraging a crowdfunding model, GrapeSeed enables members, or “Partners,” to pay a subscription fee to fund one-of-a-kind wine projects… Read More

March 31, 2015 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Symbid, an online funding platform for start-ups and small businesses, today announced its transaction volume since launching The Funding Network on March 4th. Over 50 companies were funded via The Funding Network™ for a total of $40.1 million in 22 days, creating the potential for future Symbid… Read More

March 30, 2015 @ 4:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PledgeMusic is thrilled to announce a new campaign with photography duo and publishers of the fashion magazine, Herring & Herring, for the June release of the 2015 issue. Herring & Herring are about to start shooting their 2015 issue featuring Hilary Swank, Lilly Allen, Adrian Grenier, Emmy… Read More

March 30, 2015 @ 12:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Rivetz, today announced the expansion of its community of software partners: Omni Foundation and HOPE Gold Coin will offer their customers state-of-the-art mobile security for e-commerce and ticketing. Rivetz has also integrated the Omni-Layer protocol into its software development kit, RivetzSDK. The toolkit now offers… Read More

March 30, 2015 @ 11:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With more and more filmmakers looking to the crowd to fund their up and coming projects, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter gathered a few moviemakers to share their funding success tips. Kickstarter’s Niina Pollari wrote: “It can seem incredibly difficult to determine a realistic and attainable goal for… Read More

March 30, 2015 @ 11:22 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Having acquired customers across the continent including Ireland, Spain, Belgium, Sweden, Denmark and the UK, the Nordic fintech startup Holvi seeks to make its name better known in the European banking landscape and reshape financial services across Europe by targeting Germany and Austria. “Germany along the… Read More