General News

December 1, 2014 @ 12:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

As the city of Ferguson continues to experience riots and devastation following the jury’s decision to not indict police officer Darren Wilson for the killing of teenager, Michael Brown, more and more business owners are launching crowdfunding campaigns on GoFundMe for receive more help in… Read More

December 1, 2014 @ 12:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

The “worlds largest crowdfunding festival” states there will be bigger awards for creator projects, exhibit in more venues and accept rewards-based crowdfunding contributions from anywhere in the world”. One Spark will offer official creators 13 different $15,000 awards, over 80 venues to showcase their projects in and… Read More

December 1, 2014 @ 9:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, University of Tennessee in Knoxville launched a crowdfunding platform called the VOLstarter to offer an alternative way for students, faculty and staff to raise funds for on campus projects. According to Tennessee Today, VOLstarter links donors with opportunities to support specific projects and initiatives…. Read More

December 1, 2014 @ 7:31 am By Erin Hobey  |  

As reported last week in Crowdfund Insider,  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… Read More

November 30, 2014 @ 5:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bank of England has published its periodic report on lending and, once again lending to SME’s has declined.  Even as the Funding for Lending Scheme (FLS) added participants, net lending was slightly negative. The FLS is a stimulus program that was launched by the… Read More

November 29, 2014 @ 1:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Founded by one of the PayPal creators, Max Levchin, Affirm is another company that sees opportunity in confronting the monolithic banking industry. Affirm wants to hook up with consumers at the point of purchase. Instead of purchasers buying products using a credit, a process that… Read More

November 29, 2014 @ 1:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Chamber of Labour in Austria (AK) strives to represent the interests of 3.4 million employees and consumers in the country.  Basically the organization focuses on social and economic policy and engages in political discourse to advocate on behalf of their constituents. The below document… Read More

November 28, 2014 @ 2:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The below document is a presentation by a French crowdfunding advocacy group: Financement Participatif France (FPF).  This document was delivered to the EU’s European Crowdfunding Stakeholders forum this past September.  The FPF adopted these parameters in April of 2014.  France released final investment crowdfunding regulations… Read More

November 28, 2014 @ 10:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Since launching its peer to peer platform for consumer secured loans, there has been press and in-depth regulatory dialogue, leading to re-confirmation, to all borrowers and lenders that eMoneyUnion do not carry out FCA regulated mortgage activities. The loans originated and transacted on the platform… Read More

November 28, 2014 @ 9:05 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Women are the demographic that makes 80% of global purchase decisions, according to a Nielsen study.  EDITION F, the leading business and lifestyle platform for women, targets and taps into the career-oriented women and modern men demographic providing incisive articles in online magazines, career-enhancing contacts in the… Read More

November 27, 2014 @ 9:44 am By JD Alois  |  

  Stanford educated engineer and successful entrepreneur Debbie Sterling is the epitome of crowdfunding success.  Her crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter was launched in 2013 seeking a raise of $150,000 to take her toy GoldieBlox into production.  The campaign closed 30 days later at over a… Read More

November 27, 2014 @ 8:33 am By JD Alois  |  

The events surrounding the shooting death in the small town of  Ferguson, Missouri have certainly been tragic and unfortunate.  But occasionally some events that inspire rise to the surface contrasting despair with hope.  Natalie’s Cakes and More, operated by Natalie Dubose from Ferguson, saw here… Read More

November 27, 2014 @ 7:40 am By JD Alois  |  

In a public release Formax has announced a new “trading community” that seeks to become a “one stop shop” individual trading platform.  Formax states it has collaborated with 6 securities firms in China that aggregates various asset classes including peer to peer lending.  China is… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 12:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

PwC Rings Warning Bell as Banks Face Possible Demise. “We are surely looking at the end of the market and banks as we currently know them”.  As part of a report from a recent Peregrine Perspectives panel, an event that was organized in advance of… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, an alleged Iraq war veteran known as Kevin Fish debuted his crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise $4,000 for what he noted to be his final trip to his family in Louisiana before he died from bone cancer. Fish shared on the… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 10:07 am By JD Alois  |  

The Peer to Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) has created a new type of membership targeting the wider audience of Europe. The “Associate European Member” is available for P2P lending applicants  within the European Economic Area. Accepted members will receive certain benefits, specifically; A bi-monthly e-newsletter… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 9:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, co-founders of Canadian-based company Blood Sport launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $250,000 for its new self-titled gaming system known. The description of the system is pretty much self-explanatory, with Blood Sport, the programmers take the consequences of the gaming world… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Anthony Zeoli  |  

  Last week I had the opportunity to attend the 2014 Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation in Washington D.C. where Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher gave his opening remarks after the first panel. In what I can only refer to as a “mic drop”… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 6:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Panono has successfully made the leap from Indiegogo hit to equity crowdfunding success on Campanisto, securing over € 626,280 with the confidence of over 870 investors. The Berlin, Germany-based Panono raised $1.25 million in a rewards based campaign this past January and remains one of Indiegogo’s top funded campaigns… Read More

November 26, 2014 @ 6:13 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Fidel, the UK-based platform that allows customer-facing businesses primarily within Retail and Food & Beverage to set-up and run a sophisticated Customer Loyalty System,  has been in overfunding mode after easily surpassing its equity crowdfunding campaign goal of £230,000 goal for the 10.31% equity offering on Crowdcube.  The startup… Read More