General News

March 18, 2015 @ 8:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

For donors and consumer givers who want to know that the money they donate to charity is making a tangible impact and serving real needs, Austin-based startup 121Giving today launched a new product marketplace and crowdfunding platform that enables donors to know where their giving… Read More

March 17, 2015 @ 4:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last fall, Bluesmart Technologies launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise  $50,000 for its self-titled connected carry-on suitcase. Within the first week, the project secured its initial goal, it captured $561,000 thanks to over 2,000 backers. By its closing date, the campaign raised well over 2 million. The Bluesmart suitcase… Read More

March 17, 2015 @ 1:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Petcube, the company that keeps people connected with their pets, announced today that it has closed $1.1M seed funding co-led by AVentures Capital and Almaz Capital with participation from SOSVentures, Mint.com co-founder and CTO David Michaels and a security expert, former Chief Malware Researcher at Facebook,… Read More

March 17, 2015 @ 11:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its Indiegogo-success Lazer Team set to hit theaters this summer, YouTube channel Rooster Teeth has debut the highly anticipated film’s first trailer. Per its synopsis, Lazer Team begins decades ago when the Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence project received a onetime signal from outer space, which was never decoded…. Read More

March 17, 2015 @ 10:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Legal firm, Stephens Scown, has partnered with Crowdfunder UK to become a sponsor of Crowdfunder Local in the South West covering the Crowdfund Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset regions. The rewards-based crowdfunding platform works with businesses, charities and community groups to help them raise funds from the… Read More

March 17, 2015 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Research firm has published a research report on Bitcoin utilization.  The research (you have to pay for it) predicts Bitcoin users will grow t0 4.7 million by 2019.  The firm sees “adoption limited to niche demographics”.  Juniper estimated the number of users at just 1.3… Read More

March 17, 2015 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

investUP (known as UP), the crowdfunding supermarket, today announces partnerships with five new equity and Peer-to-Business (P2B) crowdfunding sites, joining the eight crowdfunding sites already on the investUP platform. These partnerships will allow investors to search for the most suitable investments from a greater choice of… Read More

March 17, 2015 @ 8:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerRealty,  a real estate crowdfunding platform, is proud to announce that it is now accepting investments from accredited investors interested in investing in the Riverside Plaza shopping center in Belvidere, Illinois. The $1 million offering is one of the largest real estate crowdfunding offerings in Illinois… Read More

March 17, 2015 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

VPC Specialty  Lending Investments PLC has successfully listed shares on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) on the “premium listing segment of the Official List.  VPC will trade on the LSE under ticker symbol VSL.  VPC was created by asset manager Victory Park Capital, a firm… Read More

March 17, 2015 @ 7:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Balanced, a payments and escrow platform, has announced they are shutting down operations and have given a 90 day notice to clients of the closure. The announcement was made by Balanced co-founder & CEO, Matin Tamizi. Balanced has formed an agreement with Stripe to migrate customers if… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 5:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Insider Senior Contributor, Sam Guzik, joined David Weild, former Vice Chair of Nasdaq, in a presentation last week on current issues regarding capital formation for SME’s. The discussion reviewed Title IV of the JOBS  Act (Regulation A+), the need for venture exchanges for secondary transactions… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 3:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday crowdfunding platform, Patreon, announced the news that it has acquired Subbable, which was founded by YouTube sensation Hank Green and his brother John Green, who wrote The Fault in Our Stars. According to Forbes, the big merger consolidates two funding platform. With their artists… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 1:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Project Hustle, the crowdfunding-inspired program by Vitaminwater, is calling all aspiring entrepreneurs, artists-in-training, dreamers and future film directors to prepare their elevator pitch for the opportunity to see that their dreams can become reality and the chance to win up to a total of $500,000 (across… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 12:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With SXSW fest 2015 in full swing, The Hollywood Reporter revealed that 1 in 3 films at the big event were funded by crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter. According to the media outlet, 28 films that are playing at SXSW were funded by successful Kickstarter campaigns. Each film… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 10:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The UK’s first crowdfunding-powered accelerator program for social enterprises is going public with The People’s Panel, a live crowdfunding festival supporting six start-up social justice organizations. On March 30th The Young Foundation and partners, are taking the funding to the people, to raise the support… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking time away from her always on-the-go schedule, co-founder of Indiegogo, Danae Ringelmann shared details about her career and life before the crowdfunding platform with Huffington Post. According to the media outlet, prior to Indiegogo, Ringelmann was a Securities Analyst at Cowen & Co. She is also a… Read More

March 16, 2015 @ 9:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lending Works, a peer-to-peer lender that provides insurance against borrower default risk, is launching an Auto Income tool that allows lenders to draw down a regular income over the course of their lending term. Starting April 6th, Lending Works customers will be able to elect to… Read More

March 15, 2015 @ 7:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

One Spark crowdfunding festival has signed up a big name speaker for their forthcoming event next in April. Jack Welch, former CEO of GE, management guru and author will be headlining the the speaker summit.  Welch will be joined by his wife Suzy Welch, Editor… Read More

March 15, 2015 @ 11:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Lawrence Lessig’s movement to crowdfund political change via his Mayday PAC has been quiet since the last political cycle revealed minimal success in his organization’s attempt to support candidates that back his vision of fundamental political change.  The first attempt is being described as “experimental”. Now Lessig… Read More

March 14, 2015 @ 12:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Inmoji, Inc., a company that connects consumers with their favorite brands through peer-to-peer, in-message, “powered” Inmoji, announced it has partnered with Wi-Fi first mobile telecom leader textPlus to provide branded, clickable emoji icons for their 70 million active users. The new functionality will debut later this month… Read More