General News

September 14, 2014 @ 5:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

The issue of capital formation for small businesses is an extremely important topic.  All too frequently the subject gets pushed aside by more superficial issues or the hot political topic of the moment.  But the fact of the matter is that small business creates the… Read More

September 14, 2014 @ 12:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leading global equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd enjoyed some very public success this past week as Rewalk, one of the portal’s early portfolio holdings, has begun trading on the NASDAQ.  The initial public offering (IPO) was listed at $12 per share with a 3 million share… Read More

September 14, 2014 @ 10:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Kickstarter film success Wish I Was Here received mixed reviews over the past couple months, and now Zach Braff has started to discuss the film’s popularity along with his project on the crowdfunding platform.  During an interview with the New Zealand Herald and on Reddit, the former Scrubs star has spoken… Read More

September 13, 2014 @ 9:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Today (September 13th)  One Spark held their first international crowdfunding festival in Berlin, Germany and handed out six cash awards to participating creator projects. The 50 participating creators came from around the region including Germany, Poland, Sweden, Chile, Italy, Israel and the United States to present their ideas and projects toa diverse audience of interested people and investors. The… Read More

September 13, 2014 @ 4:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

One Spark Start – Berlin, took place all day today in Germany. This is the first international location for the One Spark crowdfunding festival that takes place each Spring in Jacksonville, Florida.  The closing presentation was given by FundedByMe founder and CEO Daniel Doboczy.  For… Read More

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