General News

February 4, 2015 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wired recently reported that CNBC and Crowdnetic are teaming up to release a new crowdfinance index that aims to give the investing public an insight of how the market is evolving. Vice president and senior executive product at CNBC, Steve Lewis stated, “This is a seas… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 10:33 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Wil Schroter,  Startups.co Founder and CEO, today announced what’s in store for Fundable in 2015: the acquiring of Clarity.fm and launching of Startups.co. Clarity was founded by well-known serial entrepreneur Dan Martell to help Founders get personal advice from startup experts in every field, from marketing to fundraising to… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 10:08 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Leah Stern has joined OurCrowd’s team as CST: Chief Story Teller for the global hybrid VC / crowdfunding platform. The University of Miami grad also currently serves as producer and anchor for the Israeli Government Press Office News in Jerusalem, as well as acting as a multi… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 10:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WeCareCard, an online fundraising platform that empowers individuals to raise money for a variety of life-changing causes, and I’m Sorry to Hear, a marketplace that connects funeral professionals and consumers in an online destination, have partnered to promote awareness and offer online tools to pay for… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

A new report from Juniper Research has found that the value of all cryptocurrency transactions will fall sharply this year to just over $30 billion, compared with over $71 billion in 2014. The report, ‘The Future of Cryptocurrency: Bitcoin & Altcoin Impact & Opportunities 2015-2019‘ claimed that… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PALMco, a family owned and operated energy supply company, announced today that it has successfully raised an additional $25,000 for environmental science classroom projects through DonorsChoose, a non-profit crowdfunding platform where teachers can request classroom resources ranging from printer paper to educational magazine subscriptions. The combined… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 3:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Venture funding for energy-efficient building technologies swelled to $944 million in 2014, with total funding during 2012 to 2014 higher than any three-year period over the last 15 years, according to Lux Research. From 2012 to 2014, venture capitalists poured a record $2.64 billion into this… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 12:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP, announced today that Brian S. Korn has joined the firm’s Corporate and Finance practice as a partner in its New York office. He joins the firm from Pepper Hamilton LLP, where he founded and co-led the firm’s crowdfunding and peer-to-peer lending practice. Korn focuses… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 11:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

New crowdfunding platform, Save Our Legacy, hopes to give everyday people the opportunity to empower others and make the world a better place. Created to help individuals and organizations raise funds to produce videos, mini-documentaries and ads, Save Our Legacy launched today, providing an online space… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate PeerRealty announced that its online investment platform is now open to the general public. The platform had previously been in private, invitation-only mode. CEO of PeerRealty, Jordan Fishfield  stated, “At PeerRealty, we believe that no investment portfolio can be truly diversified without a real estate… Read More

February 3, 2015 @ 9:45 am By JD Alois  |  

As anticipated, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has published a regulatory review of the crowdfunding environment – including investment crowdfunding and peer to peer lending. Rules were initially released in March of 2014 with the government entity taking a “light touch approach” that was broadly embraced… Read More

February 2, 2015 @ 12:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Wall Street Journal has announced that miniature Android gaming console, Ouya, was given a much needed funding boost from Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba. Sources revealed that Alibaba invested $10 million in Ouya last month and the two companies have discussed a plan to incorporate the… Read More

February 2, 2015 @ 12:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

One Spark, a crowdfunding festival that takes place in Jacksonville, Florida each year, has announced the headlining bands Ha Ha Tonka, SUNBEARS!, Somebody Else and the Kopecky Family Band for One Spark 2015 After Dark presented by Brumos Automotive, a returning sponsor.  DJ Lil’ Boy has also… Read More

February 1, 2015 @ 12:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Equity Crowdfunding Association (EECA) held a Board of Directors meeting on January 30th in Dublin, Ireland, hosted by SeedUps and CoFunder. Participants included 20 Directors from 14 countries within the European Economic Space sit (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland,… Read More

February 1, 2015 @ 11:21 am By Catherine Pargeter  |  

With the big game this weekend, all eyes are on New England and Washington. Sure, most people are focused on the players, the coaches, and the inflation of the balls, but we thought we would look at the 12th man in terms of their performance… Read More

January 30, 2015 @ 5:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to share the ins and outs of crowdfunding with the younger generation, Chicago designer Craighton Berman, introduced a new year-long professional development course to University of Illinois at Chicago students. According to the Chicago Reader, Berman, who successfully launched a series of products on Kickstarter, created… Read More

January 30, 2015 @ 3:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Myeloma Crowd Research Initiative (MCRI) is calling for research proposals for high-risk multiple myeloma, a rare blood cancer on the Myeloma Crowd. The MCRI is a new way of fundraising for myeloma research, combining the skill and knowledge of leading myeloma specialists with educated “epatients”… Read More

January 30, 2015 @ 1:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

OTC Markets Group (OTC: OTCM), the US based marketplace that provides liquidity for over 10,000 over the counter securities, has published a round up of 2014 accomplishments. Cromwell Coulson, CEO of the company lauded the final results; “2014 has been a year of accomplishment with the… Read More

January 30, 2015 @ 10:40 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“PEER-to-peer lender P2P Global Investments yesterday saw its C-shares rise from 1,000p to 1,057.50p, an increase of 5.75 per cent on their first day of trading. The investment trust raised £250m in a heavily over-subscribed C-share issue, giving the rapidly expanding peer-to-peer lending sector a further… Read More

January 30, 2015 @ 10:09 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“USAA’s recent entrance into the bitcoin space may have been driven, in part, by interest in the technology among its own membership,” reported Stan Higgens from CoinDesk.  “The Fortune 500 financial services company, based in Texas, was among a diverse group of investors that took part in… Read More