General News

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

March 14, 2015 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Sunday, March 29th, Fairfield, Connecticut’s The Fairfield Theatre Company (FTC) will welcome the new project from songwriters Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Shindell to StageOne at 7:30 p.m. with very special guests, Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams. As solo artists, Lucy Kaplansky and Richard Shindell have been making… Read More

March 14, 2015 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The National Crowdfunding Association of Canada (NCFA) held a highly successful, sold out event last week in Toronto.  According to event organizers, over 300 attendees gathered for the inaugural event as industry participants and advocates joined to discuss the future of crowdfunding and new forms of finance…. Read More

March 13, 2015 @ 3:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pebble gave Twitter followers a good laugh during Apple’s media event on this past Monday as Apple revealed additional details on their forthcoming smartwatch. The Kickstarter-success (and continues to be) took a humorous approach regarding Apple’s typically big media circus as they schmoozed the media and Apple fans…. Read More

March 13, 2015 @ 1:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Miami, Florida startup Kabaccha Shoes took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter with a goal of $25,000. Within only 24 hours, the project raised the initial goal and since then it has hit over $380,000 thanks to nearly 1,500 backers. Kabaccha Shoes are described as ultralight, comfortable… Read More

March 13, 2015 @ 11:23 am By Erin Hobey  |  

FinTech Sandbox, created to foster innovation in financial services by streamlining access to data for financial technology startups around the globe, plans to launch from beta on March 26th at the District Hall in Boston’s Innovation District.  Headlined by Jeff Maggioncalda, the Founder of Financial Engines, who… Read More

March 13, 2015 @ 10:58 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Cloud banking platform provider Mambu, has signed up to the SaaS Assured service from global information assurance specialist NCC Group, providing an additional layer of confidence for its customers. SaaS Assured provides an interim cloud continuity service which acts as a safety net, giving SaaS customers… Read More

March 13, 2015 @ 10:01 am By Erin Hobey  |  

2005: A Zopa Odyssey In these weeks, Zopa has celebrated a decade as a innovative and disruptive alternative financial leader.  Led by CEO Giles Andrews,  Zopa has lent over £750 million and predicts it will top £1 billion within the next couple of months.  To recap, in… Read More

March 13, 2015 @ 9:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday (March 11th), Seattle mothers Jennifer Muhm and Malorie Catchpole took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise $50,000 for their new all-girl clothing line, buddingSTEM. buddingSTEM is notably unique because it is a complete line of girls’ clothes celebrating science, space, dinosaurs, and basically helps to drop the… Read More

March 13, 2015 @ 9:24 am By Erin Hobey  |  

BitGiving, a social crowdfunding platform for individuals and organisations in India, has promoted Ishita Anand as its new CEO. Ishita, who co-founded the company, was serving as its chief operating officer (COO) since its inception in 2013. An erstwhile freelance film-maker, Ishita holds a BA (Hons) degree… Read More

March 13, 2015 @ 8:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, former SEC lawyer and now Forbes columnist, Edward Siedle, launched a crowdfunding platform, Investigate My Retirement Plan, which is dedicated to helping participants to investigate retirement pensions. According to Pensions & Investments, Siedle noted that through the new platform participants in defined… Read More

March 12, 2015 @ 3:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

RCS Capital Corporation (“RCS Capital”) (NYSE:  RCAP), announced today that on March 11th, 2015, it closed its previously announced acquisition of VSR Group, Inc. and its wholly-owned subsidiary, VSR Financial Services, Inc. (collectively, “VSR”). VSR, a family owned broker-dealer for 30 years based in Overland Park, Kansas, is a respected regional… Read More

March 12, 2015 @ 12:42 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

EVEN Financial today announced it has raised $2.8M in seed funding. The round was led by Canaan Partners, who also led the first venture-backed investment rounds for Lending Club and Orchard Platform in the P2P lending market. Other investors include Lerer Hippeau Ventures, Ron Suber of Prosper, Brooklyn Bridge Ventures, Conversion Capital, Social Leverage, 555… Read More

March 12, 2015 @ 12:14 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Luxury wine brand Yao Family Wines, founded and owned (25%)  by  retired Houston Rockets basketball star and  humanitarian Yao Ming, has raised over $2,020,000  toward its  $3 million crowdfunding goal on Crowdfunder.  Pre-money valued at $15M, Yao Family Wines develops, produces, markets and sells Napa Valley wine brands in… Read More

March 12, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Not just child’s play…Tangible Kids and Osmo, the breakout kids hardware tech device that was named one of the best inventions of 2014 by Time Magazine, announced its next experience, Masterpiece. With this launch, the company again seeks to revolutionize the way we learn and think about… Read More