General News

September 17, 2014 @ 5:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier today (September 17th), during a presentation delivered at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, SEC Commissioner Daniel Gallagher gave a thoughtful, concise and concerned speech regarding the incredibly important needs of small business in the United States.  Recognizing that “small business is the lifeblood… Read More

September 17, 2014 @ 1:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

While making preparations for the upcoming PotatoStock event in Columbus, creator of Potato Salad crowdfunding campaign shared he has traveled to Idaho to participate in VIP cooking lessons. According to a local report, Zach Brown had a chance to see the biggest potato in the “Gem” state, carried… Read More

September 17, 2014 @ 12:29 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The peer-to-peer lending platform rebuildingsociety has joined the rapidly-expanding Alternative Business Funding (ABF) portal – to support SMEs requiring non-bank finance solutions. “Accounting for over 85% of the UK’s alternative business funding market, ABF continues to receive widespread backing from industry bodies including the British… Read More

September 17, 2014 @ 12:06 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Intending to be the flag bearer for change across the European estate agent and property market, Billionaire founder of Easy-Jet, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou,  has lead online real estate startup easyProperty quickly to overfunding on Crowdcube, raising over £1.027M for the 1.54% equity offered with over 227 investors to date.   Making successful… Read More

September 17, 2014 @ 11:19 am By Erin Hobey  |  

 UBiome is again trending as AngelList’s number one startup.  Founded by UCSF scientists and Stanford and Cambridge technologists including Jessica Richman, Zacher Apte, Siavosh Behbahani, Hans Gangeskar and Brooke Anderson, uBiome is using data to understand the human microbiome. Incubated by Y Combinator, 500 Startups… Read More

September 17, 2014 @ 10:32 am By Erin Hobey  |  

San Francisco-based Tilt has announced its new 2.0 version of its mobile application specifically designed for Apple’s iOS8 mobile operating system which aims to make collecting, fundraising or pooling money for groups and communities easier.  The new Tilt app includes a host of new functionality including campaign creation, social sharing and… Read More

September 17, 2014 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

The Lone Star state is nearing the date when equity crowdfunding will be legalized.  The proposed rules, which hit the state register site this past May, were announced earlier this Spring. Initially the expectations were for the intrastate exemption to go live in August but now… Read More

September 17, 2014 @ 8:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WePay, a provider of payments for platform businesses, announced on Wednesday a three-fold, year-over-year increase in payment volume from crowdfunding sites. WePay powers five out of the top ten crowdfunding sites including GoFundMe, YouCaring.com, GiveForward, CrowdRise, and Fundly and saw an average of 276 percent… Read More

September 17, 2014 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Malaysia is preparing to launch investment crowdfunding and the Securities regulators are leading the way.  Securities Commission Malaysia (Suruhanjaya Sekuriti) has scheduled a two day conference held at the commission to raise awareness of the future potential of equity crowdfunding as an alternative method to… Read More

September 17, 2014 @ 8:10 am By Erin Hobey  |  

DreamFunded: A Crowdfunding Platform “Built by Angels for Angels” Manny Fernandez, co-founder and CEO of equity crowdfunding platform DreamFunded and SF Angels Group founder, has enjoyed quite a summer:  Fernandez recently was awarded “SF Angel Investor of the Year” by Startups Showcase and his recently… Read More

September 16, 2014 @ 5:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding compliance provider Crowdentials had the opportunity to meet with several business and government officials from Belarus this past week.  It was an opportunity to present the basics of crowdfunding and capital formation in the United States. Organized by the Cleveland Council on World Affairs,… Read More

September 16, 2014 @ 2:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have decided to work together to spread the word on the JOBS Act and new options to raise capital for small businesses.  The JOBS Act legalized various forms of investment crowdfunding including:… Read More

September 16, 2014 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

So the team over at Crowd for Angels has cooked up an infographic explaining the intriguing realm of Crypto Currencies.  Unless you have been on the Moon for the past few years (and without the internet) you are well aware of Bitcoin and other competing… Read More

September 16, 2014 @ 9:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdBouncer announced on Tuesday (September 16th) that two new customers have signed up to use its InvestorID platform,  Merriman Capital, Inc. (Member, FINRA / SIPC), a broker-dealer based in San Francisco that operates the Digital Capital Network, and Spencer Trask Ventures, Inc. (Member, FINRA / SIPC),… Read More

September 16, 2014 @ 9:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Google strikes again! Mayor Ed Murray announced on Monday (September 15th) that the Internet giant has fully funded the classroom requests of every teacher in King, Pierce, and Snohomish Counties on the education crowdfunding platform DonorsChoose.org. As a result of Google’s $338,542 donation, 295 teachers will receive materials for their 36,000 students –… Read More

September 16, 2014 @ 7:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to expand its international presence, crowdfunding giant Indiegogo is preparing for the opening of a new office in Tel Aviv, Israel. According to Jewish Business News, last year rumors began to surface that the famous funding platform was flirting with the idea of moving… Read More

September 16, 2014 @ 6:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cloud-based enterprise innovation management platform Brightidea announced on Wednesday (September 10th) the availability of the Fall 2014 version of its corporate collaborative platform. The company reported that the upgrade was developed over the past year and incorporates numerous updates in configurability, pipeline management tools and application… Read More

September 15, 2014 @ 5:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

OTC Markets Group, a publicly listed exchange and technology platform, has announced they are in the process of launching a public venture market for small companies.  This new exchange will also target companies that go public under the different JOBS Act exemptions.  Signed into law… Read More

September 15, 2014 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Google is at it again now by funding Los Angeles schools.  Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today that Internet search giant Google has fully funded the classroom requests of every Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) teacher on the education crowdfunding platform DonorsChoose.org. As a result of Google’s… Read More

September 15, 2014 @ 12:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday (September 15th), Kickstarter’s CEO Yancey Strickler announced that the crowdfunding giant has opened its platform to Scandinavia and Ireland. The platform’s team wrote, “We’re so excited to announce that Kickstarter is now available to creators in Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Ireland — four countries with amazing cultural histories and creative… Read More