General News

November 3, 2014 @ 2:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

The National Association of Realtors has also noticed the power and potential of real estate crowdfunding.  Author Meriywn Evans recently reached out to industry participants, including this publication, for perspective and feedback in the fast growing space. The article stats that the “practice of using… Read More

November 3, 2014 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Index is called the Liberum AltFi Financial Disruptors Index (LAFDI). According to a public statement, UK based investment bank Liberum and research firm AltFi Data have launched the first equity index tracking the world’s leading financial services’ disruptors.  The new index launches just as industry… Read More

November 3, 2014 @ 10:57 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WeCareCard, a crowdfunding platform that empowers fundraising for a variety of life-changing causes, introduces the first-ever prepaid debit card tied to a fundraising website this week at Money 20/20. The first-of-its-kind patent pending technology will fulfill a campaign’s financial component by loading funds onto a WeCareCard… Read More

November 3, 2014 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdBnk and Restoration Partners have formed a partnership to co-promote deals amongst their respective investor bases. The first co-promotion between Restoration Partners and CrowdBnk will be for Osirium, an emerging and disruptive cyber-security technology firm, which has developed software that actively counters the most dangerous cyber threats in… Read More

November 3, 2014 @ 10:03 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

Recently I participated in the Third Annual Global Crowdfunding Convention and Bootcamp in Las Vegas and Ron Suber, President of Prosper Marketplace, a peer to peer or “marketplace lending” platform, spoke about the nine actions or initiatives that the marketplace lending industry in general and… Read More

November 2, 2014 @ 6:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Gabrielle Wathen got more than she bargained for when she got nailed for an Uber charge of $362 dollars.  After realizing she was on the hook to pay Uber’s somewhat usurious peak charges she took a practical approach and hit GoFundMe to crowdfund the bill…. Read More

November 2, 2014 @ 2:19 pm By JD Alois  |  

By now we all know banks are not necessarily the most expedient location to find capital to help fund your business.  While small business is the engine of the economy they struggle to raise needed funds for growth when necessary.  The painful process of driving… Read More

November 2, 2014 @ 8:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Wamda, a platform to empower entrepreneurs in the Middle East / North Africa (MENA), has published an excellent study on the funding / entrepreneur eco-system in the region.  The very good news is that startup funding is growing in the MENA countries with growth expected to… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 5:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yancey Strickler, CEO and co-founder of global crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, has been a consistent and vocal advocate for equality in internet service.  He has joined a broad coalition of voices confronting internet service providers who are determined to denigrate service for some.  Broadband providers want… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 1:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking time away from his usual busy schedule, CEO of Indiegogo, Slava Rubin, sat down with Kinja’s Lifehacker to share details about keeping up his duties at the global crowdfunding platform along with his everyday schedule. During his interview, Rubin revealed his “life hacks” and how… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 1:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of its first year in Australia and New Zealand, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter shared its favorite video game campaigns from the land down under. On Thursday (October 30th), Kickstarter’s Luke Crane took to the platform’s blog and wrote, “It’s been nearly a year since… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 11:34 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Money360, Inc, the peer-to-peer (P2P) real estate lending platform, announced that the platform has accomplished another “industry first” by closing the first tranche loan to be originated by a U.S. P2P platform. Proplend staked its claim in the UK market in May, reported Crowdfund Insider’s Samantha Hurst.  Money360’s… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 9:59 am By Erin Hobey  |  

In less than a day, Wayv Technologies raised £150,000 and hit its goal on its Crowdcube equity crowdfunding campaign.  29 investors quickly grubstaked the company for the 10% equity offered.  According to the campaign, Wayv Technologies developed a small, lightweight and highly portable handheld microwave…. Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 9:29 am By Erin Hobey  |  

World Class Driving has been on my mind again this week: I met someone who was taking his clients out to Las Vegas solely for the unique experience of driving World Class Driving’s Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Porsches. World Class Driving listed its equity crowdfunding campaign on… Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

American Homeowner Preservation (AHP) announced today the company was able to help a Milwaukee, WI family catch up on nearly three years of delinquent mortgage payments to avoid foreclosure with a loan modification this week. AHP purchases distressed mortgages using real estate crowdfunding with a mission… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 4:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday (October 30th), Betaworks’ equity crowdfunding platform, Alphaworks, announced that Erin Glenn is set to take the role as its brand new CEO, while co-founder and former CEO, Nick Chirls, pursues another project. According to TechCrunch, Glenn comes from four years in a CFO… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 2:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The national unemployment rate fell to 5.9 percent in September, down from 7.2 percent in September 2013, according to a USA Today article released on October 30th. Doug Carroll of USA Today wrote that, “The downward trend means fewer workers getting laid off, adding to other… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 1:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, non-profit organization Code.org launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $5,000,000 for its new program called, An Hour of Code for Every Student. This will give 100 million students throughout the world an opportunity to have one hour per day of… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

David Weild, former Vice Chairman of NASDAQ and current CEO of IssuWorks, made an appearance at the offices of Pepper Hamilton last week to discuss capital formation for small businesses. The event was organized by Dara Albright, a vocal advocate of crowdfunding and a leading… Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Accelerize and its digital marketing software division CAKE, along with Tipalti, a global pay-outs management automation platform, announced on Thursday (October 30th) their latest innovation, a seamless mass pay-out solution that integrates with real-time digital marketing campaign tracking and attribution analytics. This new capability is designed to help… Read More