General News

December 5, 2014 @ 1:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Orchard Platform has been on the move recently.  The catalyst for the peer to peer lending industry is flexing its tech muscle once again by announcing the release of a new application giving investors more analytical power in their decision making process.  The “Orchard Originator… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 11:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfundraiser, a crowdfunding platform that is focused on both debt and equity crowdfund investing now offers investment options for both accredited and non-accredited investors alike. The company provides both private and public equity investments for crowdfunding deals across all platforms in the crowdfunding ecosystem. This means all… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 11:14 am By JD Alois  |  

RCS Capital Corporation (NYSE: RCAP) has announced it has agreed with American Realty Capital Properties, Inc. (NASDAQ: ARCP) to settle litigation commenced in the Delaware Court of Chancery by ARCP in connection with RCS Capital’s termination of the definitive agreement to acquire Cole Capital Partners… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

iCapRate Investment Corporation, a pioneer in Net Leased commercial real estate crowdfund investing, emerged from stealth mode today announcing plans to unveil an innovative online platform allowing accredited investors to participate side-by-side with iCapRate in the direct ownership of vetted Investment-Grade Single Tenant Net Leased… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SKULLY, makers of the world’s first augmented reality motorcycle helmet, today announced that the AR-1 helmet will be made available for pre-order as an exclusive holiday offering. This is the public’s first opportunity to order the AR-1, the first head-up display (HUD) helmet for motorcyclists,… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network will be holding its annual convention in Paris next week and they recently shared an updated agenda with their members.  ECN expects over 300 participants for this pan-European event with representatives from across Europe gathering to discuss the current crowdfunding environment… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 8:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, on the third annual #GivingTuesday, the new “opening day” of the holiday giving season, more than 20,000 partner organizations in the United States and more than 6,700 partners in dozens of additional countries across the globe came together to give back. Partners –… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 2:00 am By Erin Hobey  |  

As readers know,  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 Europe…. Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 10:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in 2012, a Portland, Oregon resident and game developer, known then as Devi-Ever, launched a Kickstarter campaign to help raise funds for her new project, CONSOLE: FX Platform. The open source platform allows guitar pedals to interact with a cartridge standard to create nearly limitless… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 5:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Chicago based global law firm Seyfarth Shaw received a shout out in the Financial Times annual review of “Most Innovative” law firms this week. The legal firm was acknowledged under the corporate category for  North America. In checking the list from 2013 Seyfarth failed to… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 5:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help its students, faculty and staff members raise funds for their projects, the University of Texas in Austin announced the launch of its very own crowfunding platform called HornRaiser. According to the university, students taking full advantage of HornRaiser, which will help garner… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 12:47 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Vignet’D, a company revolutionizing product packaging through the use of interactive smartphone-ready codes, is attempting to break records on Symbid by seeking $2.9 million (EUR 2.3m) in investment from Symbid’s investment community.   Mark your calendar: Vignet’D’s crowdfunding campaign will start on 10 December 2014. If successful this will be… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 12:04 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Technology that listens!  Life with ivee agrees with enthusiastic Crowdfunder investors and kickstarter backers: the AI, IoT, Speech Recognition Home Automation Control Platform campaign has raised over $165K since opening on 1 December. After viewing the campaign video and hearing ivee pleasantly rattle off the temp, traffic,… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kimbia, the single-day crowdfunding event platform for nonprofit organizations, has released their Who Gives to Crowdfunding Events? infographic. The infographic includes donor demographics from Give Local America, which has been dubbed the largest crowdfunding event to date, during which over 300,000 donors gave $53.7 million to more… Read More

December 3, 2014 @ 4:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, San Carlos, California based Logbar launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise only $250,000 for its product, Ring Wearable Tech. During its time on the global platform, the accessory quickly surpassed its initial goal and scored $880,998 from 5,161 backers. As previously reported, Ring allows the… Read More

December 3, 2014 @ 2:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

After reading Orchard Platform’s Bill Ullman elegantly deliberated “Is Fin-Tech History Rhyming Again?” on the platform’s blog last week and prepared for Thanksgiving, I wondered how the early days of online trading revisit fintech and crowdfunding disruption innovation.  While prepping for last week’s feast, I… Read More

December 3, 2014 @ 9:32 am By Samuel Guzik  |  

It could have been the kickoff of a grand political campaign – a slogan that would be proud to adorn a bumper sticker for the most ambitious of politicians – and a sound byte that would be sure to grab the next day’s headlines in… Read More

December 3, 2014 @ 9:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Although some medical therapies show promise as treatments for Ebola, scientists are still looking urgently for a definitive cure. For the first time, anyone with access to a computer or Android-based mobile device can help scientists perform this critical research — no financial contribution, passport,… Read More

December 2, 2014 @ 4:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform, Fundrise, has teamed up with GlobeSt.com to release a document that highlights the ins and outs of commercial real estate crowdfunding. The presentation, which is titled, Why the Future of Real Estate Fundraising is Online: How Crowdfunding is Changing Capital Sourcing, gives readers a… Read More

December 2, 2014 @ 12:53 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Philips North America today announced VoiceItt, developer of the voice recognition software TalkItt, as the grand prize winner of the second annual Philips Innovation Fellows competition, in partnership with global web-based crowd funding site Indiegogo, recognizing the company and technology as the next meaningful innovation in health and… Read More