General News

July 1, 2014 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdFundBeat Media has announced its first “Proud of the Crowd” listing of the top one hundred professionals and thought leaders in the burgeoning crowdfunding industry. The current list is comprised of founders and executives of leading crowdfunding platforms, authors, visionaries, general practitioners, and even pundits… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 7:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Office of Investor Advocate (IA), a new role mandated by Dodd-Frank, has submitted its inaugural report to Congress.  In February of this year, SEC Chair Mary Jo White appointed Rick A. Fleming as the first Investor Advocate for the SEC. Fleming, a well known… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 2:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

BancBox, a company that sees investment crowdfunding platforms as a targeted customer for their services that “give non-financial institutions a simple, secure way to collect, store, and send money” has released a statement indicating they are currently reviewing their process of onboarding customers onto their platform…. Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

While attending the CFGE Conference in New York City last week I was able to sit in on a presentation by Anthony Zeoli regarding the “vanishing middle market IPO”.  Anthony is a securities attorney who is championing the cause of intrastate crowdfunding in Illinois –… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding champion Paul Niederer, the founder of ASSOB – one of the earliest equity crowdfunding platforms around, recently shared some insight into his experience with investment crowdfunding.  ASSOB or the Australian Small Scale Offerings Board.  He has incorporated some actual empirical data regarding this new form of… Read More

June 29, 2014 @ 2:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Here is another interesting infographic that touches on the crowdfunding space.  The team at Degree Library have put together their own spin of the youngs and how they are doing by disrupting old businesses and creating new ones. Degree Library is a resource for students… Read More

June 29, 2014 @ 2:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Insider Senior Contributor, Georgia Quinn is set to participate in the American Bankers P2P  Lending Summit set to take place this coming Fall.  As a precursor to this event, Quinn, a Securities Attorney and JOBS Act expert, is scheduled to join several peer-to- peer… Read More

June 28, 2014 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

So rewards based crowdfunding has quickly become fertile ground for proving market viability of the next cool product while raising some cash.  There are more than a few companies that validated their product via Kickstarter or Indiegogo and then quickly were acquired or caught the… Read More

June 27, 2014 @ 9:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last fall – way back in November 2013 – the SEC held their annual gathering of minds to discuss the challenges of small business capital formation.  The meeting was mandated by law under the “Small Business Incentive Act of 1980”.  This was their 32nd forum… Read More

June 27, 2014 @ 8:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Indiegogo has made it no secret they are sizing up the equity crowdfunding market in contrast to their main competitor Kickstarter who has publicly stated they will not go down the equity path.  Indiegogo co-founder Danae Ringelmann recently shared her thoughts about the funding option… Read More

June 27, 2014 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Since being established in 2009, Kickstarter has gained some famous video games on its roster, including FTL: Faster than Light, Wasteland 2, The Banner Saga, Octodad:Dadliest Catch, Castle Story, and, of course, Broken Age. Now, the crowdfunding giant is ready to introduce a new service called Play Now. It will allow… Read More

June 25, 2014 @ 9:40 am By Irina Enache & Marco Smit  |  

  What is certainly true about the relatively new phenomenon of crowdfunding is that theory trails behind the practice. Should you happen to work with the former, it is difficult to be aware of other academic and research projects on the topic of crowdfunding, since… Read More

June 25, 2014 @ 9:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Millennium Trust Company, a provider of alternative custody solutions to institutions, advisors and individuals, recently launched three new white papers aimed at financial advisors and asset managers to help them identify and understand new opportunities in the alternative asset space. The first white paper, “New… Read More

June 25, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Dan Wang  |  

  Noah Dentzel of NOMAD has run two crowdfunding campaigns in two years on two different platforms.  His first campaign, on Kickstarter, reached 322% of his funding goal. His second, on Indiegogo, reached even higher. Noah learned a lot the second time around. “It took one-tenth of the… Read More

June 24, 2014 @ 4:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Here is a pretty cool infographic from the team at BusinessProfiles (a global corporate registration database).  They have compiled a solid number of data points pertaining to the global crowdfunding industry – both for rewards/donation and investment based campaigns. A few key points from their research:… Read More

June 24, 2014 @ 1:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Every day, entrepreneurs have turned to crowdfunding to fund their new business or product and are given two types of options for the campaign, all-or-nothing and flexible funding, also known as keep-it-all. Both possess great perks, but the key question for each campaign would be… Read More

June 23, 2014 @ 9:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Stepping out to introduce his new independent film “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus,” director Spike Lee attended the New York’s SVA Theater in Chelsea to debut the film on Sunday during the final day of the 18th annual American Black Film Festival. Last year, Mr. Lee… Read More

June 23, 2014 @ 4:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Expo for Property Investments & Crowdfunding (EPIC) Asia Conference will be held on the 18th and 19th of July in Singapore at the Marina Bay Financial Centre.  The conference is expected to increase understanding and appreciation for the power of crowdfunding specifically for real… Read More

June 23, 2014 @ 1:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

NIN Ventures is rolling out two new alternatives for investing in their NIN Ventures Technology (QP) Fund. First is investment using a defined benefit plan and second is investment from a self directed IRA. This new initiatives will truly make venture capital available to all… Read More

June 23, 2014 @ 12:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has published an “Investor Alert” on Affinity Fraud.  Basically they are pointing out what should be obvious.  There are always fraudsters out there looking to dupe the unsuspecting.  Confidence schemes (hence the term “con” man) have been around since the… Read More