General News

December 12, 2014 @ 2:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Vlogbrothers hosts Hank and John Green launched Project for Awesome’s annual crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. For those who don’t know about this funding event, Project for Awesome was started in 2007 when a group of video creators decided it would be good, for… Read More

December 12, 2014 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RCS Capital Corporation (NYSE:  RCAP) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to exchange RCS Capital’s existing Series A convertible preferred stock owned by Luxor Capital Group LP and its affiliates (“Luxor”) for a new series of perpetual preferred and a new series of… Read More

December 12, 2014 @ 2:36 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In recent weeks  The University of Cambridge has 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… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 5:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

iFunding, the real estate crowdfunding platform that makes investing simple, has appeared on the financial television segment “Power Pitch” on CNBC. The Power Pitch series features growing companies with unique concepts, being critiqued by experts and investors specific to their industry. CEO of iFunding, William… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 5:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, Indiegogo announced the release of its free App for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch finally providing a mobile experience for Indiegogo users. During the unveiling, the global platform shared it would also have an App for Android users. Now, the crowdfunding giant announced it has… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 3:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Millennium Trust Company announced on Thursday (December 11th) it will close out 2014 on a high note, posting its seventh consecutive year of record growth. Assets under custody grew by nearly $3 billion to an estimated $12 billion, held in approximately 320,000 accounts. Revenues increased… Read More

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