General News

September 13, 2014 @ 9:39 am By JD Alois  |  

For followers of the peer to peer lending industry this should come as no surprise.  P2P lending in the UK has no passed the £2 billion mark as it continues to surge forward as more consumers, and more investors, take advantage of the more effective… Read More

September 12, 2014 @ 6:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

After 6 months of development, Zurich based Mike Hearn has open sourced their bitcoin crowdfunding application.  The alpha version is said to be pretty close to the expected final version with most of the desired functionality already incorporated. The files are downloadable now for people… Read More

September 12, 2014 @ 2:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

San Diego-based crowdfunding platform, GoFundMe, known for allowing campaigns that range from paying medical bills to school funding, is currently under fire following the refusal to allow certain projects on its website. On Tuesday (September 9th), GoFundMe’s team took to the platform’s blog to announce… Read More

September 12, 2014 @ 9:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AssetAvenue, an online peer-to-peer lending platform to invest and borrow money in commercial real estate, announced on Friday (September 12th) it has raised $3 million in funding. Matrix Partners and NetEase led the round with additional investors from the technology, venture capital and real estate industries… Read More

September 12, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Naiwen Zhang & Yangjie She  |  

China, like much of the world, has uncovered the power of the crowd to finance many different things. Peer to peer (P2P) lending may have started, in its current online form in the UK, but is now firmly established in China and is the largest… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 11:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Fitch Ratings director Brendan Sheehy addresses the emerging peer to peer (P2P) lending industry in a brief video presentation.  Sheehy, believes that P2P lending could be a disruptive force within the banking industry – just like so many others. He notes that since 2009, P2P… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 10:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a report from UK’s “the Crowdfunding Centre“, the group notes that crowdfunding and alternative-finance have hit the radar of governments and policy-makers, as well as financial institutions, across the globe.   The Second Annual Academic Symposium on crowdfunding is taking place this week at UC… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 9:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has created a new office within the Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA) that will coordinate efforts to provide data-driven risk assessment tools and models to support a wide range of SEC activities. DERA has collaborated with market… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 5:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK’s reward-based crowdfunding platform, Crowdfunder UK, is hosting an online event at the Eden Project on Friday (September 12th) between 7 – 8pm. Three crowdfunding projects, all foodie start-ups, will battle it out to gain support and funding from the crowd, both in the live audience and… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 4:00 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

In a recent post, TechCrunch’s Jonathan Shieber shared the latest from AngelList co-founder Naval Ravikant, angel investor Gil Penchina and CrunchFund Investor and TechCruch Founder Michael Arrington from the stage of Disrupt SF 2014, ” AngelList is expanding globally and launching new vehicles for accredited investors to back what amounts to indexed AngelList… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 1:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

North Capital Investment Technology announced on Wednesday (September 10th) the launch of its accredited investor verification platform, Accredited.AM. The new website is ran by a veteran investment team with more than 25 years of experience. This free online service offers investors a simple, confidential way to verify… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 12:18 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

TITIN successfully closed its $1MM funding round on Fundable. Creating a brand focused on cutting-edge sports technology captured the attention of a wide range of investors and the consumer demand has continued to grow for TITIN’s line. According to Fundable, “TITIN has experienced exponential sales… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 9:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Barnraiser, a crowdfunding platform that is dedicated to powering the good food movement, is inviting sustainable food artisans, farmers, educators, community leaders and others to launch projects that reshape our food systems. “We are thrilled to offer Barnraiser to anyone serious about making a positive impact on… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 7:39 am By JD Alois  |  

Lift Labs, the creator of Liftware; a device that actively stabilizes hand tremor, ran a small crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo this past March to help fund a purchase of the technology for people in economic hardship.  People who have Parkinson’s Disease struggle daily with effects… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 7:12 am By JD Alois  |  

NakedWines, the wine crowdfunding platform, recently had a rough go of things with the earthquake in Northern California.  Their Napa tasting lounge got hammered by the quake breaking bottles and making wine lovers rather sad. On a Facebook posting things appeared to be taking a… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 5:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mayday PAC, the crowdfunded Super PAC created by Lawrence Lessig, lost a battle for the New Hampshire primary yesterday following significant spending that Mayday staff described as tight race just a few days prior.  The former Senator from Massachusetts Scott Brown, who became a New… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Popular Internet search engine, Google, announced on Wednesday (September 10th) it has fully funding the classroom requests of every Greater Kansas City area teacher on the education crowdfunding site DonorsChoose.org. As a result of Google’s $194,370.90 donation, 152 Kansas City area teachers will receive materials for their 13,842 students — ranging from paper,… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 11:04 am By JD Alois  |  

The One Spark crowdfunding festival takes its first trip abroad this week by taking their successful model and crowdfunding focused event to Germany.  One Spark Start – Berlin kicks off Friday evening and is open to the public all day Saturday.  According to organizers, 50… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

For the second time in a week, search giant Google has swept into crowdfunding site DonorsChoose and fully funded requests for every teacher – this time in Austin.  Last week, Google did the same for teachers in Washington, DC funding over $230,000.  Google has done… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 12:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Volpit, a startup investment crowdfunding platform that makes investing in startups simple, is launching a new tool that completely transforms the way startups pitch to investors, by turbo-charging the process. The fully-FCA authorized platform has debuting its  PitchBuilder this week, which enables startups to invite… Read More