General News

December 23, 2014 @ 4:17 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

VibeWrite, the digital pen that independently recognizes handwriting and in conjunction with a vast number of  applications and Seedmatch over  €560K during the course of its campaign announced the opening of insolvency proceedings for the VibeWrite UG  experience (limited). “As with past bankruptcies, we will post here on the… Read More

December 23, 2014 @ 2:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Individuals who have exhausted all their options of financing their needs have been thrown a lifeline of hope, following the launch of a new crowdfunding platform called Share and Raise. Share and Raise allows individuals to create crowdfunding campaigns for whatever need they may have. Individuals can… Read More

December 23, 2014 @ 2:34 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With the support of over 103 investors, Bitreserve, the money service that makes using digital money easy, fast and free,  reached its £6M goal and is currently overfunding for the 10.70% equity offered through Venovate Marketplace, a U.S.-based brokerage platform for alternative investing, and London-based crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube.  Earlier… Read More

December 23, 2014 @ 1:27 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

KBBEX, a Hong Kong-based Bitcoin Exchange Platform, has formed a strategic partnership with the Taiwanese Bitcoin Platform BitoEX, to supply bitcoins in more than 5000 convenience stores located in Taiwan. Consumers may now buy bitcoins at all FamilyMart convenience stores in Taiwan. The alliance enables the development… Read More

December 23, 2014 @ 9:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Caterham F1 racing team launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £2.3 million to get to the season finale in Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The project became super popular and even raised 1.1 million during its first three days on the platform…. Read More

December 23, 2014 @ 8:08 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Seven crowdfunding projects were launched by Gujarat Technological University (GTU) Innovation Council and Indian online platform, Start51. The projects selected for crowdfunding are for an online portal for collection of leftover food,  Gujarat’s first Parkour academy, an electric circuit with a paint brush,  an open virtual classroom… Read More

December 23, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey deadline has been extended until 6 January 2015. In late November  The University of Cambridge teamed up with EY, the global professional services organization, and launched the European Alternative Finance Benchmarking Survey with the support of major European industry associations. As readers may know, this is the largest… Read More

December 23, 2014 @ 7:45 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The London Stock Exchange has today seen its first “combined IPO”, after a company successfully floated with investment from both crowdfunding and institutional investors. The Mill Residential REIT invests in buy-to-let property and has listed on AIM with a market capitalization of £3.5million.  According to… Read More

December 22, 2014 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blurb, the independent book and magazine publishing platform, today announced that wine blogger and Blurb author Alder Yarrow’s first book, The Essence of Wine: Celebrating the Delights of the Palate, made the New York Times’ Best Wine Books of 2014 list which is compiled by wine writer, Eric… Read More

December 22, 2014 @ 12:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg has announced that up to £50 million will be made available for regionally-focused business lenders through the British Business Bank. Deputy PM Clegg commented on the announcement; “Britain’s economy isn’t built solely around big business. In fact, smaller businesses represent 99% of… Read More

December 22, 2014 @ 11:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Docupace Technologies, a Straight-Through Paperless Processing (STP) digital company, announced today it has appointed John DeVincent as Executive Vice President of Marketing. DeVincent brings thirteen years of marketing leadership, previously serving at a wealth management software company, eMoneyAdvisor, LLC, where he was Executive Vice President of Marketing…. Read More

December 22, 2014 @ 10:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing his thoughts about crowdfunding and its benefits, Adam Blaskey, founder of a chain of private member businesses clubs in London known as The Clubhouse, sat down with the Telegraph and revealed that the funding method offers room for growth for startups as well as established… Read More

December 22, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Based in NYC,  Ingress Capital believes “you shouldn’t have to be a Silicon Valley insider to invest in the growth companies of tomorrow.” With its team’s combination of diverse operating experience including  startup founder, executives, and securities professionals, Ingress networks within the Consumer Technology, Media &… Read More

December 21, 2014 @ 11:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) hosted its annual convention on December 11th and 12th at the BpiFrance Headquarters in central Paris. The highly successful gathering captured a broad audience of platforms, regulators, politicians and industry advocates to review and share diverse global perspectives.  The single most… Read More

December 21, 2014 @ 4:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

The debate surrounding the definition of an Accredited Investor always includes a discussion regarding the number of individuals in the United States who actually qualify.  Recently Rachita Gullapalli, a financial analyst at the Division of Economic & Risk Analysis (DERA) at the SEC, put together… Read More

December 21, 2014 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Pensco, one of the largest self-directed IRA Custodians with over $10 billion in assets under custody (AUC), recently shared a statement from CEO Kelly Rodriques.  He states that only history will be the judge if 2014 will be “The” year of alternative assets but regardless,… Read More

December 21, 2014 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

The embedded audio below is from a periodic segment produced by the Economist as part of their “Money Talks” series.  This specific session recorded earlier this month touches on China and the booming stock market,  Peer to Peer Lending Market and the rise in dollar denominated debt. The… Read More

December 20, 2014 @ 3:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

The presentation below was created by SEC Senior Financial Economist Vladimir Ivanov and incorporates data on the private placement securities market through 2013.  While there are other available reports the research provided by Ivanov is probably the best.  Prior to his first review in 2012… Read More

December 20, 2014 @ 2:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

It is that time of year for predictions.  Usually they are good read and of course no one remembers them 12 months later unless you happen to get one right and then you remind everyone. Regardless, we love them as do the readers.  So this… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking time away from her successful crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, co-creators of StyleLikeU and the web series I Am What’s Underneath, Lily Mandelbaum sat down with BUST to share details about the project and today’s body image issues. As previously reported by CrowdfundInsider, I Am What’s… Read More