General News

December 17, 2014 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Zacks Investment Research has announced it is launching microcap research and has selected its first company for “detailed investigation”.  Simultaneously Zacks has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $7000 in capital for the new research product. “Independent research is the platinum standard. Zacks… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 11:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Developer Morf Media, Inc., announced on Wednesday (December 17th) FirstFunding has selected its e-Learning cloud system to help them train their correspondent lenders to perform at their best in 2015. FirstFunding is adopting Morf Media GILS on mobile devices to train their lenders to meet key regulatory requirements… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Invest4Justice, a new online financial platform that upends this historical inequity by creating what’s considered the first online market for justice, leveling the playing field between litigants, globally, regardless of their financial resources. The platform attacks this historical unfairness by combining two tools that have… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 9:34 am By JD Alois  |  

At the recent Small Business Forum at the SEC held this past November one of the hot topics of discussion was the definition of an “Accredited Investor”.  As it stands today, an accredited investor is a wealthy sort that earns over $200,000 per year or… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

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 study to date on crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other forms… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 4:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lending Club (NYSE: LC) an online marketplace the connects borrowers and investors, announced on Tuesday (December 16th) the closing of its initial public offering and the exercise in full of the underwriters’ option to purchase an additional 8,700,000 shares from Lending Club. After the underwriters’… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 3:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, producer of the Indiegogo film Gosnell Movie, Phelim McAleer announced that co-writer and co-director of the documentaries 2016: Obama’s America and America: Imagine the World Without Her, John Sullivan, has signed on as executive producer. The film is the story of Philadelphia’s abortion… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 2:50 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Crowdcube Co-Founder Luke Lang shared his goal 2015 goal with Insider’s Storm Rannard:  the platform is aiming to fund more than 200 businesses in 2015 after revealing that 100 companies are set to raise capital before the year is out. In his Insider interview, Lang promised to “continue to… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 2:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, 20-year-old San Diego resident, Taylor Beck, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise a mere $2,000 for his new tutorial called Le arn iPhone App Development. Not only did the project surpassed its initial goal super quickly, it reached well over… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 1:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only nine more shopping days until Christmas, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter has announced its 2014 holiday gift guide. Kickstarter’s Julie Wood took to the platform’s blog and wrote, “When you put a gift under the tree, it’s fun to know where it came from. Who made it?… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 1:22 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Communications Service Providers and Enterprises Can Now Offer WebRTC-Based Capabilities in Native iOS or Android Client Applications  In response to the growing demand for real-time communications (RTC) anytime, anywhere, and from virtually any device, many communications service providers (CSPs) and enterprises are now offering browser-based… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 12:55 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The natural popsicle Camden-based startup LICKALIX has raised over 97% toward its Crowdcube crowdfunding £225,000 goal with the confidence of over 165 investors for 15% equity offered.  Secured funding will allow LICKALIX to scale up its existing successful efforts, to purchase higher volume production equipment, and to achieve… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 12:33 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Among the many crowdfunding platforms, holiday gift ideas abound.  Take for example Seedrs’ Holiday Survival Guide just posted on its blog.  Not only are gift ideas shared, but also discount codes: the more, the merrier.  For the oenophile stop by Humble Grape’s website  and enter discount code… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Initial USD $5.2 Million Seed Round Secured From Prominent Investors  InvestX Capital announced on Tuesday (December 16th) the beta launch of its cross-border private equity crowdfunding marketplace for U.S. and Canadian investors, opening up an asset class previously only accessible through larger (USD $1 million or… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RateSetter has moved from 3rd to 1st to be at the forefront of the fintech revolution as it breaks into 2015  RateSetter will be ending 2014 on a high, confirming its position as the UK’s largest peer-to-peer (P2P) lender, turning a profit and having been… Read More

December 16, 2014 @ 7:16 am By JD Alois  |  

At the European Crowdfunding Convention last week in Paris, Dr. Christian Katz, CEO of Six Swiss Exchange, gave a presentation on the profound funding needs for the European economy.  The Six Swiss Exchange is the primary exchange in Switzerland.  It was the very first stock exchange… Read More

December 15, 2014 @ 3:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to reveal the ins and outs of being a successful business leader, founder and chief development officer Danae Ringelmann sat down with Fortune’s 40 Under 40 network last week. When asked the big question: As a leader, is it better to be feared or… Read More

December 15, 2014 @ 3:03 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Hoping to be the next Alibaba of Middle East, the B2B marketplace Search in MENA helps SMEs create both new channels to attract clients online and build a vast network of product and service providers for Arab Enterprises in the MENA (Middle East and North Africa)… Read More

December 15, 2014 @ 2:33 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Ari Fine has been named chief operating officer of Yield Crowd, a marketplace lending platform for alternative, asset-based investments. Fine, a recent Cornell University graduate, joined Yield Crowd from Venture for America’s first class of Miami fellows. VFA is a two-year fellowship that matches recent graduates with… Read More

December 15, 2014 @ 2:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tipalti, provider of the leading global payments management automation platform, has relocated its headquarters to the Bay Area with the opening of its new Palo Alto, CA office, more than quadrupling its previous office size to accommodate expected company growth.  Prior to this move, Tipalti’s headquarters… Read More