General News

March 24, 2015 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

iAngels, an angel investing equity crowdfunding  platform that enables private investors to co-invest with Startup Nation’s leading angels and gain access to exclusive early-stage opportunities, announced today that it has raised a solid $2.25 million seed round led by Roman Abramovich’s fund, Millhouse LLC.   #Roman Abramovich… Read More

March 24, 2015 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Symbid, one of the first investment crowdfunding platforms worldwide and now The Funding Network, announced a strategic partnership with Economic Board Utrecht (EBU), a Dutch regional economic development group, to support small businesses with over $1 million of funding. The partnership will provide local, sustainable initiatives… Read More

March 24, 2015 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

While much of the media and industry insiders continue to pound the table on new forms of finance such as crowdfunding the vast majority of small businesses remain unaware of new options. Most likely these smalls are way too busy running their firms and paying… Read More

March 24, 2015 @ 8:03 am By JD Alois  |  

The Massachusetts Securities Division will be holding a public hearing today at 10AM to review the incorporated “emergency regulation” for intrastate investment crowdfunding. While the meeting will occur this morning, written comments will be accepted until 5PM today. This is part of the process prior… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 3:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of JustPark’s successful and record breaking equity crowdfunding campaign, which captured over £3.7 million from 2,900 investors, Crowdcube has unveiled a new infographic that shows off the parking innovator’s exciting funding progress. As previously reported, JustPark, formerly Parkatmyhouse.com, is a website and app that allows… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 10:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off her highly anticipated Kickstarter film, A Brave Heart, 26-year-old activist Lizzie Velasquez sat down with People magazine to share details about her past struggles and the effects of the YouTube video The Ugliest Woman Alive. As previously reported, first-time director Sara Bordo launched a campaign… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 9:56 am By JD Alois  |  

There is always another fraudster hunting for a new method to separate investors from their hard earned money by offering bogus investment opportunities. With updates forthcoming for UK pension options, the FCA has called on individuals to be aware of opportunities that are probably too… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following new highs reached on Friday by the FTSE, investors should remain cautious in their investment approach, warns a leading at analyst at one of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organizations. The FTSE 100, a share index of the 100 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 8:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lending Works, a peer-to-peer lender for insurance against borrower default risk, is pleased to announce the launch of several new features aimed at the UK pensions market, as new pension rule changes come into effect in April 2015. More than 52% of Lending Works’ lenders… Read More

March 23, 2015 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Residential property crowdfunding platform, Property Partner, today announces a £5.2 million funding round to transform the way people invest in the residential property market. By bringing innovation and simplicity to a previously hard-to-access marketplace, Property Partner enables people to invest as much or as little as… Read More

March 21, 2015 @ 10:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in December 2013, Amersfoort, Netherlands company Mars One hit popular crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to raise $400,000 for a Mission Concept Studies by Lockheed Martin and SSTL for the 2018 mission. As previously reported, the concept and structure has been a long time in process.  Co-f0unded by Bas Lansdorp… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 1:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last July, California-based Airdog launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $200,000 for its new, self-titled auto-follow drone for GoPro camera. The device is designed for sports enthusiasts, outdoor fans and indie moviemakers. AirDog’s accompanied device, AirLeash not only sends control and commands to AirDog, it also… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “US Alternative Lending Market Report: Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and Online Platform-based Business (OPB) Lending” report to their offering. The future of alternative lending is looking bright in the US. Non-traditional alternative lending has grown rapidly in the last few… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 4:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With just a few hours until its crowdfunding campaign comes to an end, up and coming restaurant Loco’l has not only successfully funded, it has also become the most funded food project on global crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo. As previously reported, filmmaker and actor Jon Favreau has announced… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 3:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to started on the film Gosnell, the production team of the highly anticipated Indiegogo-funded project has announced that Justified star, Nick Seary, has taken the role as its director. Last year, producer Phelim McAleer, and his wife, Ann McElhinney launched the campaign on the global crowdfunding platform,… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 2:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

2Steel Girls, country/rock/pop music artists, which is comprised of mother Allison and daughter Krystal announced today a partnership with camouflage designer, Realtree. The duo are natives of Jackson County, Ohio and are lifelong hunting, fishing and general outdoor enthusiasts, and are the perfect fit for… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 2:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Her boyfriend, Azel Prather Jr., launched a GoFundMe campaign to save their relationship from spring break Miami temptations, and now, 22-year-old college student Marissa is ready to share her thoughts about the project. During her and Prather’s interview with MTV, Marissa spoke about other people’s reactions to… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Funding Network (“TFN”), an international, London-based organization that will created a unique “crowdfunding” event model, announced that it conducted its fourth New York City event earlier this month, which three pre-qualified and selected non-profit organizations will make six-minute pitches to potential donors at TFN’s live-ly crowdfunding events. This is… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 12:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

RCS Capital Corporation (“RCS Capital”), announced today that on March 18, 2015, it closed its previously announced acquisition of independent broker-dealer Girard Securities, Inc. (“Girard”).  Girard has over $10 billion of assets under administration and 250 financial advisors, bringing Cetera Financial Group’s total assets under administration to $236 billion and nearly… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 11:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Sustainability Partnership announced the launch of its social media crowdfunding cooperative for live radio, chat, jobs, events and road shows that have a green earth and green space focus. Sustainability Partnership and CrowdfundingCooperative are free and consist of green projects and visionaries dedicated to help each other… Read More