General News

January 24, 2014 @ 9:38 am By Charles Luzar  |  

@hugotheonly1 I’m a big fan if oculus, and will buy one 🙂 but the valve demo really blew me away. VR is going to be amazing — David Hensley (@TheDavidHensley) January 16, 2014 Valve is a name that has become synonymous with disruption in the… Read More

January 23, 2014 @ 11:07 am By JD Alois  |  

Representative Patrick McHenry, a Republican from North Carolina, is set to deliver the Crowdfund Global Expo Keynote at next week’s event in San Diego. The legislator who has been a persistent champion of crowdfunding will be addressing the proposed rules regarding aspects of the JOBS… Read More

January 23, 2014 @ 9:08 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Bob Rice is Managing Partner at Tangent Capital Partners and Bloomberg TV’s Alternative Investment Editor. He sat down with Steven Dresner of Dealflow.com to discuss crowdfunding, the JOBS Act and some perhaps unforeseen hangups for equity crowdfunding in the US. Interestingly, Rice and Dresner discuss something… Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 8:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Forever Yogurt, a franchise company, may be able to claim first to advertise an offering by using outdoor advertising.  The company is advertising a convertible debt offering in downtown Chicago.  The “very pink” billboard off of Ohio Street announced that Forever Yogurt is raising capital. The… Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 3:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

New York based equity crowdfunding site RockThePost has published an investor trends report looking back over the past few years in the Angel / VC scene.  The data was correlated via an online survey of 780 random investors between September and November of 2013.  There… Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

In an attempt to aid the Jamaican Bobsled Olympic team get to the Winter Olympics in Sochi, sports fan Lincoln Wheeler innocently set up a CrowdTilt crowdfunding campaign to assist in raising the necessary $80,000.  The campaign was set to “Tilt” at $10,000 (the amount… Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 9:34 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Wells Fargo has told its employees to scale back and eventually cease their participation on for-profit peer-to-peer lending platforms like Lending Club and Prosper. The banking behemoth’s “ethics administrators” cite a conflict of interest, pointing out that peer-to-peer lending is a competitive practice. The San… Read More

January 22, 2014 @ 1:08 am By Samuel S. Guzik, The Crowdfunding Counselor  |  

December 18, 2013 may well mark an historic turning point in the ability of small business to effectively access capital in the private and public markets under the federal securities regulatory framework.

January 21, 2014 @ 12:02 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

In an op-ed published to The Digital Journal today, Maryland State Senate candidate Don Quinn presents his case for an intrastate crowdfunding exemption in his home state. It goes without saying that each small business is more than just a single unit employer. Every small… Read More

January 21, 2014 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding sites AlumVest and GroundBreaker Partner to Use Crowdentials Technology. Crowdentials, a provider of investor accreditation and equity crowdfunding compliance software, has announced the official launch of its API solution for crowdfunding platforms to help companies, investment firms and other issuers seamlessly verify investor accreditation status…. Read More

January 20, 2014 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding Leaders Gather in San Diego at The Crowdfund Global Expo January 30-31. The securities crowdfunding industry is leading the charge for huge changes to capital formation, wealth building and investing. In September 2013, the SEC implemented rules governing Title II of the Jumpstart Our… Read More

January 19, 2014 @ 4:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

CrowdBox TV is a multi-platform service, the concept gives entrepreneurs a chance to promote themselves and their crowdfunding projects across web, mobile and television. There will be a weekly campaign video pitch on Sky Broadcast. Today’s 30-minute show is the first in a monthly series… Read More

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

Sponsored by bancbox and Orrick, BayPay Forum is organizing an evening event in Silicon Valley to discuss crowdfunding and the various aspects of the JOBS Act.  T The gathering will host a group of panelists to discuss the  disruption of the investment market and how… Read More

January 18, 2014 @ 6:11 pm By Paul Spinrad  |  

  Dear Governor Brown, Long time listener, first time caller. You’re a busy man, but I want to bring your attention to something that I suspect is right up your alley: investment crowdfunding. California should be leading the way on this promising new economic mechanism,… Read More

January 18, 2014 @ 4:52 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Greenlight is essentially a crowdsourcing platform where any of Steam’s 75,000,000 active users can help to determine what games get launched on Steam, the Valve-owned video game marketplace. It’s step one in a game development funnel Valve has used to empower smaller developers and studios…. Read More

January 18, 2014 @ 1:39 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Veronica Mars is on the comeback trail, and not just because of the forthcoming Kickstarter-funded feature-length film. Producer Rob Thomas has just struck an agreement that will result in a Veronica Mars-themed web spinoff… The CW web series: a comedy featuring @HiRyanHansen attempting to put together… Read More

January 17, 2014 @ 3:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunded on Kickstarter where the film raised $126,020 on a $100,000 goal this past March, The Square has been nominated for the Oscar for Best Documentary Feature. This is the first Academy Award Nomination for creators Jehane Noujaim and Karim Amer. The documentary film follows the events… Read More

January 17, 2014 @ 11:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA), a consulting and advisory firm in the investment crowdfunding space,  has published a report that illustrates how companies that use crowdfunding to raise capital are creating jobs, building stronger businesses, and attracting follow on capital. Sherwood Neiss, principal at Crowdfund Capital… Read More

January 17, 2014 @ 10:33 am By Charles Luzar  |  

  Fundable is a crowdfunding platform based in Columbus, Ohio. The company released the following infographic, and it makes some pretty interesting claims regarding the economic impact crowdfunding is expected to have in 2014. It borrows data from the recent Fung Institute report, Massolution’s 2013… Read More

January 17, 2014 @ 9:24 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Vimeo is putting movie creators on notice. The online streaming video service is looking for films that have raised at least $10,000 in crowdfunding efforts. The goal? To get those movies to grant Vimeo exclusive rights for a set window of time. Vimeo wants to… Read More