General News

December 19, 2014 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) has launched their online Electronic Filing Depository (EFD) directed towards the regulatory filing process for certain exempt securities offerings. Developed by NASAA, EFD is an online system that allows an issuer to submit a Form D for a Regulation… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 10:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RCS Capital Corporation (“RCS Capital”), in light of recent market developments, issued the following statement: CEO of RCS Capital, Michael Weil stated,”The fundamentals driving the success of our business remain strong and unchanged.  Our confidence in the long-term prospects for the company is resolute. There… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With 3721 backers for a total of $275,420 collected on crowdfunding platform Tilt, the functional and elegant Vesper vibrator necklace becomes the most successful (having shipped to all its backers) sex toy project on a crowdfunded pre-order platform. As CoolHunting raved, “Wearable tech has never been… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 9:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Stephen Amell, star of The CW hit series Arrow, recently partnered with Represent, a rapidly growing platform for creating and selling custom merchandise, to generate $947,380 in sales in support of the F&ck Cancer charity. The campaign initially lasted three weeks and sold 21,351 shirts, but… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 9:41 am By Erin Hobey  |  

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 in November. As readers may know, this is the largest study to date on crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other forms of… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Inc. founded by JumpStarter Inc., announced today the crossing of several milestones, bringing the company closer to the goal of creating a working high-speed mass transit system.  Elon Musk shook the world of mass transportation when he unveiled his concept for a… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

  The highly respected innovation charity Nesta, has published its annual list of predictions for 2015.  We all know that predictions are easily given and quickly forgotten.  More fun than fact that hopefully gives a good read while providing some perspective.  This year the soothsayers… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 6:34 pm By JD Alois  |  

One Spark was named one of the top 300 festivals to attend in the world by Fest300 Magazine this month according to an announcement by event officials. Apparently Fest300 crowdsourced the final 30 festivals on their list, and, thanks to supporter’s votes, was voted 21 out of… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 4:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Retake, the new gay indie film starring Luke Pasqualino (UK’s Skins, The Borgias) as a male prostitute has been given the greenlight.  Nick Corporon, director of the LGBT festival favorite short film Barbie Boy is directing from his own screenplay, with a story by Corporon, Gareth Dutton, Collin Brazie,… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 4:10 pm By Dara Albright  |  

Inspired by Orchard Platform’s recently released “Lendscape” – which brilliantly underscores the expanding peer/marketplace lending ecosystem and its movement of capital – I decided to construct a similar flowchart depicting the progression of the equity side of the crowdfinance industry. The “Equitysphere” below encapsulates the… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 3:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With 2015 just around corner, RateSetter announced on Thursday (December 18th) that it has taken on the loan book of GraduRates, a fellow peer-to-peer (P2P) lender which helps students finance their education, funding loans for postgraduate study. GraduRates, which launched in 2010, has decided to… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 1:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Litigation funder Bentham IMF is ending 2014 on a strong note in the U.S., with robust dispute recoveries, a set of freshly completed cases and the addition of an experienced new member to its U.S. investment management team. The firm’s calendar-year performance for dispute funding in the… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BlockTrust, a trust system that bridges angel investment and development, has launched a new crowdfunding platform that brings blockchain related projects and their investors together in a mutually beneficial manner. Projects are certified by a team of capable individuals who verify developer identity, review the source code,… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN), an advocacy group based in Brussels, has published their annual report reviewing crowdfunding regulations in Europe, the United States, Israel and Canada. “Since we have started our work in 2012 and especially since our first edition of this paper in… Read More

December 18, 2014 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

iFunding, the real estate crowdfunding platform that makes investing simple, announced on Thursday (December 18th) Richard Reynoso has joined the company as Vice President of Underwriting. Reynoso will oversee end-to-end lending operations for iFunding. This is a further step the company is taking to expand… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 5:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, crowdfunding platform CrowdedRocket launched as a new place for reward-based campaigns. Ubergizmo reports that the website only focuses on startups and helps the fulfillment of non product related gifts. This is to avoid any fraud that plagues other platforms like Indiegogo and… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 2:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last spring, Sydney entrepreneur Tommy Maclean hit Australia-based crowdfunding platform Pozible with a new startup called Sofi Spritz. This company produced an all natural, All Australian take on the classic Italian spritz. During its run on the website, the project surpassed its initial goal of $10,000… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 1:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Apps for Europe, a European network of hackathon and competition organizers working with open data, is presently holding their online competition seeking the best in open data applications.  Organizers are looking to give away EUR 5000 to the winner, plus  you win a spot at… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 1:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Making money with podcasting shouldn’t be hard. With Joyride for Podcasts, it won’t be. On Wednesday (December 17th), the monetization and distribution website announced its new platform that makes it dead simple for podcasters to bring creative shows to their listeners, and just as easy for those listeners… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 1:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

GreenRushReview.com, a reputable general medical marijuana news website reports that marijuana crowdfunding is one industry to watch closely in 2015. According to the Cannabusiness Funding & Financing Handbook of Marijuana Business Media, a survey of cannabis business owners revealed that more than 60 percent of entrepreneurs who… Read More