General News

May 25, 2014 @ 2:10 pm By NIKOLAUS CORRELL  |  

Its no secret: the University of Colorado receives hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funds that sponsor our research. My lab alone racks up expenditures of $800,000 a year to pay for post-doc and graduate student salary, tuition, materials and travel. Isn’t it preposterous… Read More

May 24, 2014 @ 3:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

A-Film Benelux and Symbid have formed an agreement for cooperation for crowdfunding various movie titles. Dutch investment crowdfunding platform Symbid has already had several films such TRIPPEL trample funded, thus demonstrating that crowdfunding is a valuable addition in the film financing. Symbid will be exclusive… Read More

May 23, 2014 @ 5:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Google spawn YouTube made a major announcement today about their future product roadmap.  As part of the announcement where they discussed forthcoming new tools, apps and more, they recognized the importance of advertising revenue generated by the global video megalith (of which they make tons… Read More

May 23, 2014 @ 11:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CfIRA) will be holding their monthly educational series webinar June 1st at 1:00 p.m. EST. This month’s topic “Angel Investing 101,” will cover opportunities in the space, how to find good deal flow and the trends and forecasts affecting angel… Read More

May 23, 2014 @ 10:52 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

Greg Anderson posted an interesting question in the beginning of 2013: “Should we celebrate equity crowdfunding at the first investment or first exit?”. More and more savvy (crowdfunding) investors like Nelson Gray and Daniel Isenberg are leaning towards the latter, pointing out the problems of… Read More

May 23, 2014 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding Continues Dramatic Growth. Knowledge Peers, a UK based research and networking firm that covers the investment crowdfunding space,  has released another sector forecast on UK crowdfunding. Their process includes sourcing data directly from equity crowdfunding platforms, peer to peer lending sites and other associated… Read More

May 22, 2014 @ 11:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Craig Newmark’s craigconnects and Crowdrise launched the second annual Veterans Charity Challenge on Thursday morning, expanded to benefit police and fire fighter nonprofit, in addition to veterans and military charities. This year’s “Veterans Charity Challenge 2” is a follow-up campaign, which raised more than $445,000… Read More

May 22, 2014 @ 9:05 am By Stefano D'Aniello  |  

Last month, I attended the Second Real Estate Crowdfunding Conference, hosted by the Soho Loft, in New York. The first iteration of this event was only this past fall. After just a few months, the increase in attendance, and the difference in the type of… Read More

May 21, 2014 @ 10:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Revolights, makers of revolutionary bike lights announced it has received $1 million of Series A funding in a round co-led by Sierra Angels and Sacramento Angels along with other funds. The company has been working to create a new standard in bicycle safety since 2011…. Read More

May 21, 2014 @ 8:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Nesta Estimates 87 Crowdfunding Platforms Live in the United Kingdom today. According to London based charity / research entity Nesta, the number of crowdfunding platforms operating in the UK rose by over 50% in 2013 according to their research.  Nesta releases these figures as its… Read More

May 20, 2014 @ 8:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Joining the elite crowd of terms like “Hashtag”, “Selfie” and “Tweep” – the term “crowdfunding” has finally found the recognition it deserves in the august  publication known as the Merriam Webster’s Dictionary.  Hopefully this is final acceptance that crowdfunding no longer is two words or… Read More

May 20, 2014 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has announced a new round of investors, coming just a few short months after their $40 million Series B round.  Many of the new investors include well known, high profile names including iconic billionaire Sir Richard Branson.  Specific details of the… Read More

May 20, 2014 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

The European crowdfunding industry is growing dramatically – just as it is in many parts of the world. National regulators have passed investment crowdfunding regulations or they are working on doing so. The European Commission is officially supporting the phenomenon as more and more entities… Read More

May 19, 2014 @ 2:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

As reported last month, Texas is another state that is marching towards having their very own intrastate equity crowdfunding exemption.  As the final rules for Title III retail crowdfunding continue to be delayed, Texas has moved a step closer by publishing their  proposed rules in… Read More

May 19, 2014 @ 11:21 am By JD Alois  |  

In conduction with their Q1 Crowdfunding Data report, the Crowdfunding Centre has created an infographic highlighting some of the numbers generated by their research.  Not only is crowdfunding  an established form of capital formation it is growing at a phenomenal pace.  While still in the… Read More

May 19, 2014 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Global crowdfunding is growing at a dramatic pace.  The Crowd Data Center has just released their first report, targeting Q1 2014 numbers and their data indicates exponential growth.  According to the report all aspects of crowdfunding is doubling every two months as the global disruptive… Read More

May 19, 2014 @ 9:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding is set to boom across the country and around the world.  As established industry practices are replaced by the more efficient methods of both debt and equity crowdfunding, investing in real estate will be completely reformed.  In recognition of this seismic shift… Read More

May 18, 2014 @ 7:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

The San Francisco Maker Startup Weekend is not your typical hackathon.  This one is not all about cool software but cool hardware – developed during a 54 hour event.  Sure it’s easy enough to cast a few spells and craft some really cool code but… Read More

May 17, 2014 @ 9:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

Adult entertainer Eden Alexander was crowdfunding on Giveforward to raise funds for a “Medical Care Fund” as she apparently had a near fatal reaction to a common prescription medicine.  The reaction, as described on her campaign page, triggered a rare skin infection called Steven Johnson’s… Read More

May 16, 2014 @ 5:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On March 20th, a total of six provincial regulators announced two main proposals for new crowdfunding prospectus exemptions that would allow early stages companies such as startups and SMEs to raise up to $1.5 million of capital online through the issuance of securities. This kind… Read More