General News

July 26, 2014 @ 9:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Readers may recognize hearo.fm’s name from its two showcases and 40+ bands who played at this year’s SXSW.  Breaking into the music 5.9 Billion in annual revenue, hearo.fm has grown into a global music marketplace aiming to claim the indie artist segment of a realm dominated… Read More

July 26, 2014 @ 7:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Two equity crowdfunding platforms will be making their way to the Land of Enchantment. This announcement comes just after new rules were established by the state to allow the funding method. According to Albuquerque Business First, Kenneth Seguar Knoll is working to bring his InvestNewMexico.us… Read More

July 25, 2014 @ 2:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Philips North America has launched their second annual Philips Innovation Fellows competition, in conjunction with the release of its 2014 North America Innovation Report. According to the report, nearly two-thirds of North Americans consider themselves innovators, of which a majority (72 percent) believe they are… Read More

July 25, 2014 @ 12:04 pm By Georgia Quinn & Anthony Zeoli  |  

As promised, and I know you have all been waiting, is our comparative chart of crowdfunding regulations proposed by certain states. These regulations are not in effect yet and thus subject to changes and further amendments, but at this time this is how the states… Read More

July 24, 2014 @ 11:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Nicola Horlick is a well known name in the halls of finance in the United Kingdom.  Nicola captured the title of City “Superwoman” as she balanced on the high wire act of an elite career in finance while simultaneously raising six children. After starting at… Read More

July 23, 2014 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

INVST Partners With Carillon & Bendigo. Invested.in, a crowdfunding technology company, has announced the launch of INVST, an  online private network offering institutional-quality alternative investment funds.  The company also stated they had formed two significant INVST partnerships with Carillon Capital, LLC, and Bendigo Securities, LLC. Both… Read More

July 22, 2014 @ 11:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Joanna Schwartz, CEO of the Miami-based equity crowdfunding platform EarlyShares, recently sat down with the Miami Herald Newspaper to discussing the crowdfunding industry and which direction she believe its heading. Founded in 2011, EarlyShares is an equity crowdfunding platform that is ready to transform how… Read More

July 22, 2014 @ 9:41 am By JD Alois  |  

The below infographic is courtesy of the team at Crowdentials – a crowdfunding compliance company. As many know by now, real estate crowdfunding is super hot.  Be it debt or equity applying technology to gather hundreds or thousands of investors for an offer can make… Read More

July 22, 2014 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding platform CoAssets, has shared some details on their recently held crowdfunding event, Expo for Property Investing and Crowdfunding (EPIC) 2014.  This marks the first successful large scale crowdfunding conference in Asia – a gathering that targeted the booming real estate industry. According to a… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 11:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Actor Zach Braff’s new film and successful Kickstarter campaign “Wish I Was Here” hit theaters last week, but now backers of the famous project reveal they are still waiting for supposed perks ranging form a free t-shirt to a live online screening hosted. The “Wish… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 7:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Flannery Replaces Outgoing Director Craig Lewis. The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced it has named Mark J. Flannery as its chief economist and director of its Division of Economic and Risk Analysis (DERA), which provides analysis to help inform the Commission’s policymaking, rulemaking, enforcement,… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 3:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seed&Spark Partners with Tugg Join Forces to Educate Independent Filmmakers on Leveraging the Crowd to Build Independence. Brooklyn based Seed&Spark, a crowdfunding and transactional VOD platform for independent film, has shared they have formed a partnership with Tugg – a platform that empowers individuals to… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Kapipal, an international donation and rewards based crowdfunding platform, has announced its acquisition of WeLoveYourSongs, an online music community for unsigned musicians and their fans. Founded in 2010, WeLoveYourSongs has built an online community centered around unsigned musicians and fans of underground music. The site… Read More

July 21, 2014 @ 7:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Simultaneously Announces Acquisition of Trupoly. RCS Capital Corporation (NYSE: RCAP), has announced that it is establishing an investment crowdfunding platform which it will operate under the name, “We R Crowdfunding.”  Concurrent with this announcement, RCAP revealed they had acquired Trupoly, a New York based white… Read More

July 20, 2014 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

At a recent meeting of the Securities Reform Project, organized by David Burton of the Heritage Foundation, attendees had the unique opportunity to hear from SEC Commissioner Daniel Gallagher. Gallagher was appointed as Commissioner in 2011 but he is a longtime veteran of the SEC… Read More

July 19, 2014 @ 2:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Montana-based website Launch & Release is setting out to help train musicians on how to raise more funds during their crowdfunding campaigns. The website is on a mission to lower the failure rate of music crowdfunding from 45% to 35% by January 2015 through published… Read More

July 19, 2014 @ 11:19 am By JD Alois  |  

With sites like Abundance and Mosaic (among others) pushing the envelope on financing renewable energy, it was inevitable that someone would come along and realize there is a growing movement of innovation coupling crowdfunding and renewables. Solarplaza has recently announced they are organizing a conference in… Read More

July 19, 2014 @ 9:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Possible Scam Crowdfunding Site Created to Dupe Unwitting Donors. SilverAlms a donation crowdfunding site claims to be the “Worlds First Charity Crowdfunding Portal”.  But is it really?  The site appears to be a clone of crowdfunding campaigns from other platforms such as Indiegogo and GoFundMe… Read More

July 18, 2014 @ 10:41 am By JD Alois  |  

So the emblematic film by Zach Braff, “Wish I Was Here” hits cinema screens across the nation today.  The film raised around $3 million on Kickstarter in 2013 setting  the pace for crowdfunding films.  While not quite achieving the success of  Veronica Mars, a film… Read More

July 18, 2014 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing his thoughts about crowdfunding and venture capital, CEO of Indiegogo, Slava Rubin, sat down with Fox Business’ Jo Ling Kent during the Fortune’s BrainstormTech 2014 conference in Aspen, Colorado. During the interview, Rubin stated, “We launched the industry in 2008, and we’ve seen considerable… Read More