General News

December 11, 2014 @ 3:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

A 60-day Kickstarter campaign from October 15th to December 7th resulted in 10,293 backers pledging more than $1.5 million dollars so GrowlerWerks could bring the uKeg to life. The little growler that could, made by four Portland, Ore., engineers, became the second most-funded project in Kickstarter’s food category and… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 3:05 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

ReQuip, aiming to create a trusted, P2P mobile and web marketplace for buying and selling new and used sports gear, is focused on cycling, triathlon and outdoor adventure sports gear based in Austin, TX. Urged to think of reQwip as a “P2P marketplace for pre-owned REI… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Aqualibrium Garden is poised to enter the marketplace after raising over $153,000 in one of Kickstarter’s top 10 most successful food projects to date. This one-of-a-kind aquaponics system is bringing fresh, organic gardening into homes and promotes sustainable food production even in the smallest… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 1:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this morning, Crowdfund Insider reported that Lending Club, the largest peer to peer lender in the world, announced it will finally be listing shares today as its public offer trades on the New York Stock Exchange. The platform’s IPO will be  trading under the symbol… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 12:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

WealthEngine, a provider of wealth intelligence, prospect research and marketing services for nonprofits, healthcare, education, luxury goods and financial services, and DonorCommunity, an online fundraising software company, are pleased to announce a new partnership to enable mutual clients to improve their crowdfunding results. The partnership… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Virtuix, the developer of the popular and highly anticipated Omni virtual reality treadmill, announced on Thursday (December 11th) that it has completed a $2.7 million investment round designed to support operations, fund working capital and accelerate research and development around the full virtual reality experience…. Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Four winners were announced today in the inaugural Crowd2Shelf Contest. Created by Fundable and sponsored by Staples, the Crowd2Shelf Contest drew thousands of startups across the country to compete for a chance to crowdfund their way to Staples’ shelves. Contestants demonstrated demand for their innovative products… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 9:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SparkLabs is graduating its fourth batch of companies with a frenzied interest in its demo day. Over 900 people have registered to attend their demo day event. Senior associate at SparkLabs, Sophia Choi stated,”Even with over 30,000 startups in Korea and SparkLabs’ growing reputation in Asia, our… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 9:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Symbid Corp., an investment crowdfunding platform, and Credion, a financial advisory firm in the Dutch SME market, announced on Thursday (December 11th) a contract to digitalize SME financing in the Netherlands through a new, online funding platform. Credion will process the funding for its 1,200 clients… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 5:15 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In 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. This is the largest study to date on crowdfunding, peer-to-peer lending and other forms of alternative finance in Europe.  This benchmarking… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 4:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Lending Club, the largest peer to peer lender in the world, will finally list shares today as their public offer trades on the New York Stock Exchange.  Trading under the symbol “LC”, this IPO is described as a bellwether for the entire P2P lending industry…. Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 2:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

CFIRA Co-Chair and Propelr Co-Founder DJ Paul was interviewed yesterday on Benziga as part of their pre-market prep show. The early discussion covers the basics, IE Title II, III and IV of the JOBS Act that deals with investment crowdfunding and the associated regulatory reform… Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 2:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alphaworks is part of the Betaworks family that is building really cool companies. Betaworks is a New York based entrepreneur factory that  claims Ken Lerer as Chairman and John Borthwick as Founder and CEO.  Lerner was one of the founders of HuffPo and lists a… Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

A new crowdfunding cooperative has donated 1 million equity shares and full marketing support to help people fund their own projects. Anyone with a sustainable project can participate as a sustainability partner or by funding their own projects. Sustainability Partnerships, located in Los Angeles California,… Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 9:07 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The startup POD Point, the UK’s leading network of electric vehicle charge points has raised over £1,227,000 for 7.04% equity on its current crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, the third largest to date on Seedrs. With a valuation of £16,217,236, the London-based startup produces electric vehicle (EV) charge points for home… Read More

December 9, 2014 @ 12:23 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

 Money360, Inc.,  the online P2P / marketplace lending platform, will participate in Opal Financial Group’s Alternative Investing Summit as an Executive Sponsor  in Dana Point, California. The Alternative Investing Summit will feature prominent investment professionals who are gathering to discuss innovative investment and asset management strategies. Evan Gentry,… Read More

December 9, 2014 @ 11:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fitmark, a leading bag company for fitness and sports enthusiasts, expands their e-commerce website and digital bag creation capabilities by creating new crowdfunding platform, The Playing Field. This new and creative way of utilizing the power of crowd funding takes the power of creating custom,… Read More

December 9, 2014 @ 10:48 am By JD Alois  |  

  Groundfloor, a real estate investment crowdfunding platform based in Atlanta that offers “micro-loans”, posted a comment letter on the SEC site in mid November sharing their opinion on the hot topic of State Blue Sky Pre-emption:  something viewed by many as a compelling aspect… Read More

December 9, 2014 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise announced on Tuesday (December 9th) it has launched a new single-family home funding arm.  The company plans to allocate approximately $10 million per month to qualified real estate investors with a proven record of successful purchases and rehabs in top markets… Read More

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

California-based real estate crowdfunding platform, DiversyFund announced on Tuesday (December 9th) that its website is going to be getting a new makeover. While discussing more details about the platform, founder and CEO of DiversyFund, Craig Ceceilio stated, “Thanks to our current users’ feedback, we have launched a… Read More