General News

November 10, 2014 @ 6:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

OnDeck, an online platform for small business lending, has  announced that it has filed an S-1 registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission for a proposed initial public offering of its common stock. OnDeck has applied to list its common stock on the New… Read More

November 10, 2014 @ 5:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Miami-based advisory firm, Ethos Private Wealth, announced that it has partnered with online peer lending platforms and industry executives to launch the Treasury Income Strategy. This turnkey marketplace lending platform is built for banks seeking low duration instruments with attractive yields for their excess treasury cash…. Read More

November 10, 2014 @ 3:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In 2012, Dresden Dolls bandmate, Amanda Palmer, took to Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for a new record; her new book, The Art of Asking; and a tour. Not only did she surpass the initial goal, by the end of her crowdfunding campaign’s run on the platform, she… Read More

November 10, 2014 @ 12:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing some details about global crowdfunding giant, Indiegogo, Danae Ringelmann discussed what the platform has done in the past, where its going and the failures she has seen. According to CNET, during an interview at the Web Summit Tech Conference last week, Ringelmann discussed how… Read More

November 10, 2014 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Tintag, the first wireless rechargeable item tracking device, was invited by crowdfunding giant, Indiegogo, to continue its funding campaign on the platform by being a part of the “Forever Funding” program. The startup ran a successful two-month crowdfunding campaign, which surpassed its initial goal of $50,000 in… Read More

November 10, 2014 @ 8:29 am By JD Alois  |  

While it is not quite clear how one qualifies as “cool” these days, leading news publication Business Insider has put together their list of UK coolness in tech.  BI points out that after Silicon Valley and Silicon Alley in NYC – London has become a… Read More

November 9, 2014 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

During her time at September’s Techonomy Detroit Conference at Wayne State University, Indigogo’s co-founder, Danae Ringelmann, discussed the serious diversity divide in the tech industry, which appears to be dominated by white males. According to Techonomy, after Google released the demographic data of its employees in May,… Read More

November 9, 2014 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digital Marketing Manager at Charlotte, North Carolina’s Command Partners, Jessica Chesney, announced this week that she will be speaking at the Geek Girl. The conference, which is held on November 15th, is the largest hands-on technology conference for women in the area and includes activities for all skill levels…. Read More

November 9, 2014 @ 10:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday (November 7th), the Caterham F1 Team announced its crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to help finance its return to Formula 1 for the Abu Dhabi race on November 23rd.  The project has already raised £1,068,461 and is hoping to receive £2.3 million by next Friday. As previously… Read More

November 8, 2014 @ 4:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Arts & Technology Program (ATEC) at the University of Texas in Dallas (UTD) will pilot launch ATEC Crowdfunding Month, a new undertaking to bring awareness to on-campus crowdfunding campaigns being run by and/or assisted by its faculty and students.  The campaigns planned for this year’s… Read More

November 8, 2014 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA) has scheduled a public event in Washington, DC, on November 21st, to update and review the community on various aspects of the JOBS Act including Title II, Title III and Title IV.  The 2nd Annual Regulatory Summit has been… Read More

November 7, 2014 @ 1:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, reports surfaced that the National Collegiate Athletic Association, also known as the NCAA, was attempting to shut down a for-profit company known as FanPay, which announced it was planning to crowdfund pay-for-play for college athletes. According to Sport’s News, on Thursday (November 6th), NCAA… Read More

November 7, 2014 @ 11:32 am By Anthony Zeoli  |  

As noted in my prior post, “Draft Bill: Illinois Intrastate Crowdfunding Exemption,” an official draft of my proposed Illinois Intrastate Crowdfunding Exemption was recently finished. To my surprise, people actually read it and I have been getting a lot of questions as to why I… Read More

November 7, 2014 @ 10:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Around this time last year, filmmaker Natasha Allergri launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $600,000 for her dubbed “surreal” animated web series, Bee and PuppyCat.  Not only did the project reach the initial goal, it reached $872,133 from 18,209 backers. Now, Allergri is ready… Read More

November 7, 2014 @ 9:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

While enterprise start-ups, creative projects and charities have raised millions of pounds using crowdfunding over the last five years or so *(£9 million in the first three months of 2014 alone), councils have so far been very slow to harness its power for the public… Read More

November 7, 2014 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Nesta, a  UK based innovation charity and staunch proponent of entrepreneurship and creativity, has published an update on the alternative finance industry in the United Kingdom.  The report is a joint effort between Nesta and the University of Cambridge.  The report notes this new financial… Read More

November 6, 2014 @ 4:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With global crowdfunding giant, Indiegogo continuing to be a key platform for start-ups, co-founder Danae Ringelmann shares details about the famous platform, along with the funding method. Silicon Republic reports, during an interview at the Web Summit in Dublin this week, Ringelmann stated,”When we launched… Read More

November 6, 2014 @ 12:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With Star Citizen continuing to be the most crowdfunded video game of all time, creator Chris Roberts sat down to discuss his experience with the funding method along with the game and its development. When Star Citizen surfaced in 2012, it immediately hit the spotlight and became one… Read More

November 6, 2014 @ 11:25 am By JD Alois  |  

The internet can be a weird place sometimes.  From expensive Uber rides to Potato Salad crowdfunding campaigns sometimes I just don’t quite understand.  Last weekend we wrote about Gabrielle Wathen who stumbled into the internet vortex as she rather innocently launched a crowdfunding campaign on… Read More

November 6, 2014 @ 9:32 am By JD Alois  |  

The National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) has generated an infographic packed full of information regarding different options for access to capital for businesses.  The NWBC is a non-partisan advisory council that seeks to promote women in business by counseling the SBA, the President, Congress and… Read More