General News

June 23, 2014 @ 9:06 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

As a proposition manager for Symbid, we’ve recently ran an amazingly successful campaign called “Kidswatcher”. After his little niece went missing in a ski resort, Eric Recter had an idea: develop an App for parents in combination with a digital watch for their children so… Read More

June 23, 2014 @ 8:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Coastal Shows has chosen New York City as the location for its next crowdfunding event, bringing industry experts and leaders together June 26 and 27 for the Crowdfund Global Expo (CFGE) Crowdfund Investment and Alternative Finance Summit. Many leading capital markets experts will focus on… Read More

June 22, 2014 @ 11:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

A recent report from global consulting firm Deloitte declares the European banking model is under assault as technological advances are attacking the fortress of retail banking giants. The report – ‘Banking disrupted: How technology is threatening the traditional European retail banking model’ – highlights how… Read More

June 22, 2014 @ 6:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a tale of a partnership gone bad, Crowdnetic, a New York City based crowdfunding data firm founded by Luan Cox, recently filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, alleging a breach of a prior agreement… Read More

June 22, 2014 @ 2:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

The UK Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) has embraced a new measure to improve standards in the peer to peer lending market.  Going forward, all P2PFA members will calculate defaults on their loans using a defined standard calculation thus helping consumers effectively compare between platforms.  This… Read More

June 21, 2014 @ 6:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

There are plenty of high profile names on the CNBC list of entrepreneurial organizations – more than a few are associated with crowdfunding and alternative forms of finance. Kickstarter, the global rewards based crowdfunding platform was in the 49th spot.  Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler stated;… Read More

June 20, 2014 @ 4:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The second annual Do More 24 crowdfunding campaign powered by United Way of the National Capital Area (United Way NCA) raised more than $1.1 million in online donations, cash prizes, bonus funds and in-kind support for more than 560 nonprofits serving the District of Columbia,… Read More

June 20, 2014 @ 9:41 am By JD Alois  |  

The bill that legalizes equity crowdfunding in the state of California continues to push forward.  On May 19th the proposed legislation passed the California Assembly unanimously and moved to the Senate.  This past Wednesday the bill was approved by the Senate Business Professional and Economic… Read More

June 20, 2014 @ 8:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Canada based organic manufacturing company Eggshell Resources, has chosen Optimize Capital Markets to list its equity crowdfunding offering for a total of $3 million in growth capital and product development. Eggshell Resources,  has developed a technology that extracts the protein and calcium from eggshells to… Read More

June 20, 2014 @ 7:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

It is an accepted norm that one has to be in Silicon Valley to make it big in an internet startup or New York City to get to the top of the finance industry or Los Angeles for the movie business. One of the reasons… Read More

June 19, 2014 @ 4:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CEO of EarlyShares Joanna Schwartz spoke to CNBC’s Realty Check to discuss real estate crowdfunding. Ms. Schwartz states that the real estate funding option is “really taking off” in the U.S. and that is outpacing other sectors in equity crowdfunding. EarlyShares is a equity-based crowdfunding… Read More

June 19, 2014 @ 3:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With his new film “Wish I Was Here” set to hit theaters July 25th, actor-turned-filmmaker Zach Braff along with his co-star Donald Fasion sat down with Time Warner Cable News’ Victor Diaz to discussing the highly anticipated comedy/drama. Last year, Braff launched a crowdfunding campaign… Read More

June 19, 2014 @ 1:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdnetic released its PIPR (Private Issuers Publicly Raising) report with a focus on data analysis on equities-based crowdfunding. Based on data that has been aggregated and normalized since September 23, 2013 up to May 31, 2014 from thousands of PIPRs, the new report shows that… Read More

June 19, 2014 @ 11:02 am By Anthony Zeoli  |  

Few words or phrases have the ability to affect the U.S. economy like the term “accredited investor.” Whether you know it or not, these two little words control $800 billion of private investment in the United Stated today. The standards for qualifying as an accredited… Read More

June 19, 2014 @ 9:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Issues Call for Research Papers. The 2nd Annual Symposium on Crowdfunding sponsored by the Coleman Fung Insitute for Engineering Leadership, UC Berkeley College of Engineering, is scheduled to take place on September 11th and 12th, 2014.  This symposium will take a global look at the… Read More

June 19, 2014 @ 9:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ballast IP Capital Group, LLC (BIPC) will announce its launch at the Power of Crowdfunding Conference at the House of Sweden. Attorney Scott Popma, who is leaving the partnership at Finnegan, Henderson to start BIPC, is an intellectual property and crowdfunding JOBS Act expert. He… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 6:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) today announced that Cicely LaMothe has been named as an associate director in the agency’s Division of Corporation Finance. In her new position, Ms. LaMothe will join associate directors Paul Belvin, James Daly, Karen Garnett, and Barry Summer in… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 5:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

There is a lot going on in the Maker space these days and crowdfunding has a lot to do with it.  Accelerated market validation and a growing number of services to aid creators in the production process has fueled a creative burst perhaps never seen… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 4:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Celebrating the work he has done for both of the UK’s video game and computer industries,  founder of developer Frontier David Braben has been appointed OBE in the Queen’s Birth Honors List. OBE stands for honor officer for the Order of the British Empire. It… Read More

June 18, 2014 @ 12:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdtilt, a crowdfunding platform that helps users fund experiences, purchases, and causes with help from their friends, family, and extended network, announced today that the San Francisco company is now available to the people of Canada. In just a few weeks, the local Crowdtilt team… Read More