General News

November 11, 2013 @ 10:32 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Game developers crowdfunding their latest title should take note of an effort on the part of Reddit user Revisor007, who has been creating a weekly crowdfunding roundup every week for a few months now in /r/Games and /r/CrowdfundedGames. It could provide a nice opportunity for… Read More

November 10, 2013 @ 1:10 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The New York Times | Robert Rhinehart: Dreaming of the Skies and Traveling Light Rob Rhinehart is the Y Combinator-backed founder behind Soylent, a meal replacement drink that famously crowdfunded on Crowdhoster. This piece in The New York Times frames Rhinehart as an ardent minimalist, which forms… Read More

November 9, 2013 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo recently hosted a Hardware Bootcamp for crowdfunders looking to raise funds for their manufactured product.  Production and operations management is really, really hard.  Even if you have a solid background in operations and tons of experience organizing a supply chain it is a lot… Read More

November 8, 2013 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Organized by  Loft Solutions, European Business Angel Network (EBAN) and the European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) , La finance participative or “crowdfunding” will be discussed by industry authorities at an event to be held at the Intercontinental, Paris on November 19th.  The gathering is specifically to… Read More

November 7, 2013 @ 7:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a speech given to the FIA Futures and Options Expo in Chicago, SEC Commissioner Daniel M. Gallagher made some interesting comments regarding a “the need for a fundamental, holistic review of equity market structure. And I’d like to focus on the specific issue of… Read More

November 7, 2013 @ 6:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Prodigy Network, Korman Communities and Shorewood Real Estate Group in $40 Million Redevelopment of 84 William Street in Lower Manhattan. A joint venture between Korman Communities, Shorewood Real Estate Group LLC and Prodigy Network has announced the acquisition of 84 William Street. “AKA Wall Street” will… Read More

November 6, 2013 @ 3:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Law firm Dorsey & Whitney is sponsoring an event in Palo Alto titled Ether Dollars: A Tale of Four Sites.  The gathering is organized by the VC Taskforce, a group that seeks to address issues and concerns of the Venture Capitalist community.  The event is… Read More

November 6, 2013 @ 11:01 am By JD Alois  |  

$8.4 billion in total assets under custody, assets under custody for private funds topped $2 billion, an increase of approximately $1 billion within the last 12 months. Since launching the Private Fund Custody service in 2010, Millennium Trust has leveraged its 10+ years of expertise in alternative asset custody… Read More

November 5, 2013 @ 9:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic Project  acquired by Digital Generation for $14.5 million, becoming the first equity crowdfunded company to exit in the US Equity crowdfunding platform MicroVentures  announced the successful acquisition of a crowdfunded company with the news that Digital Generation (DG), a publicly traded company, purchased Republic Project, a… Read More

November 5, 2013 @ 9:15 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Forbes | Sony And Intel, Shaping The Next Generation Of Hardware “Something is happening in hardware.” This article explores the revolution happening in the hardware space among big players like Intel and Motorola. These companies are becoming more open and allowing more collaboration into their… Read More

November 4, 2013 @ 9:20 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The links in today’s roundup are kind of gloomy, but they do include some interesting and arguably valid concerns about crowdfunding moving forward. Do you think any or all of these concerns are valid? Let us know in the comments. PostCrescent.com | Crowdfunding trend gets… Read More

November 4, 2013 @ 7:45 am By David Drake  |  

Douglas Ellenoff of EGS, LLP, on the Making of the New Crowdfunding Law By David Drake The JOBS (Jumpstart Our Business Startups) Act signed by President Obama on April 5, 2012, had six underlying bills and Title III is about crowdfunding. The Crowdfunding Bill was… Read More

November 3, 2013 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Corporate Attorney T. Hale Boggs, a partner at well respected law firm Manatt, founded their Palo Alto office in 1998.  He also helped establish the San Francisco office.  He has had the unique opportunity to work with a very diverse clientele in the Silicon Valley… Read More

November 3, 2013 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Representative David Schweikert,  a Republican from Arizona, has issued the following statement on the House floor today expressing disappointment with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission’s (SEC) proposed rules to implement the bi-partisan Crowdfunding provisions of the Jump Start Our Business Startups or JOBS Act which… Read More

November 3, 2013 @ 10:59 am By Klaus-Martin Meyer  |  

BankToTheFuture, an equity crowdfunding platform based in the United Kingdom, recently announced they intend on becoming an Investment Bank – and they are crowdfunding themselves to achieve this goal.  Presently they are attempting to raise £2 Million on their platform.  As of today they have… Read More

November 2, 2013 @ 2:06 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Pirate3D made waves in the crowdfunding space after raising $100,000 in ten minutes for their cost-effective 3D printing solution. The campaign went on to raise over $1.4 million from 3,250 backers. Recently the company announced a detailed technical specification for the Buccaneer on their website pirate3d.com. Preorders… Read More

November 2, 2013 @ 1:35 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Real Business | Crowdfunding know-how is key to growth This article in Real Business reiterates a handful of points on the subject of crowdfunding: businesses by and large don’t know what it is, they can use it to successfully access capital and their understanding of the subject… Read More

November 2, 2013 @ 11:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Campaign on Kickstarter Raises 10X Original $20,000 Goal. Parke Premium Active Denim crowdfunding campaign closed yesterday on Kickstarter shattering their $20,000 goal.  The final tally stood at $221,509 raised from 1784 backers.  The fashion crowdfunding campaign exemplified a professionally operated and structured approach to crowdfunding… Read More

November 1, 2013 @ 5:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pitchbook offered up a sneak peek into their VC Valuations and Trends report earlier this week and it was interesting to see that pre-money valuations for seed round investing is at a high.  Seed rounds have increased 100% since 2009 to Q3 of 2013.  Series… Read More

November 1, 2013 @ 10:37 am By Charles Luzar  |  

VentureBeat | The JOBS Act leaves crowdfunding investors unprotected — the SEC is working with a flawed law According to the article, Jenny Kassan of Cutting Edge Capital filed the original petition to the SEC to create a crowdfunding exemption. In this article, she argues that… Read More