General News

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

November 1, 2013 @ 10:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Houston, Texas Investor Meeting Features Trailblazing Real Estate Crowdunding Site.  Realty Mogul  founder and CEO, Jilliene Helman, will speak in Houston on November 12 at an investor meeting sponsored by PartnersInWealth, the prominent Texan financial advisory firm.  The theme of the meeting is “Expand Your Investment Opportunities,” and Ms…. Read More

October 31, 2013 @ 11:20 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Barry James is founding editor at The Crowdfunding Centre and the founder and director of The Social Foundation, an organization that aims toward “providing leadership towards the new open social economy via research, education and policy development.” We recently caught up with James to discuss… Read More

October 31, 2013 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

In its tenth year, the PIPEs Conference provides a forum for both educating and networking for the securities industry.  This year’s event will feature numerous topics of importance to professionals in the small-cap equity market.  Along with PIPEs and direct investment discussions, the conference will… Read More

October 31, 2013 @ 9:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Alan Patricof, a legend in the VC world, spoke yesterday on CNBC about the benefits and potential of popular crowdfunding.  Patricof who founded Apex Partners in 1977 which grew to become one of the larges private equity groups in the world has been involved in… Read More

October 31, 2013 @ 9:57 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Happy halloween to all of our stateside readers! USA Today | Delamaide: Crowdfunding rules help investors Do we have a “stock market rigged in favor of high-frequency traders?” According to this article yes, and it is turning investors away from the stock market. Where will… Read More

October 30, 2013 @ 4:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Rick Fleming, Deputy General Counsel for the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) – a group which represents state and provincial securities regulators, presented at the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing & Urban Affairs today.  The NASAA views their members as the first line… Read More

October 30, 2013 @ 3:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sherwood Neiss, one of the leading figures in the crowdfunding industry, testified before the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs today in which the merits and challenges of crowdfunding were reviewed.  Neiss, who is a founder of Crowdfund Capital Advisors as well… Read More

October 30, 2013 @ 11:35 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Rob Thomas and the team behind the new Veronica Mars film have released four minutes of interviews and footage on the new movie. The movie made headlines after raising over $5 million on Kickstarter. The campaign closed in April of this year.

October 30, 2013 @ 10:25 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowd Valley has posted a report based on data collected from their operation as a crowdfunding technology provider. It provides insight into crowdfunding models, asset types, demographics and more. Crowd Valley COO Paul Higgins had the following to say about the report: “Having been operating… Read More

October 29, 2013 @ 5:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding due diligence service provider Crowdcheck has published a 25 page document addressing the SEC proposed regulations regarding Title III of the JOBS Act – otherwise known as crowdfunding. Crowdcheck describes the SEC approach as “Merrill Minus” as opposed to “Kickstarter Plus” and states that… Read More

October 29, 2013 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Now in its tenth year, the StartUps Awards recognizes some of the United Kingdom’s most innovative and ambitious enterprises.  Operated by Startups – the UK’s “number 1 service for starting a business”, the awards has become a rather prestigious event.  Many recognized businesses have gone… Read More

October 29, 2013 @ 11:54 am By Charles Luzar  |  

FundRazr has provided the following infographic on “US medical crowdfunding at a glance.” The statistics within provide a great overview of the crowdfunding landscape for medical causes in the last could of years, and provides some sense of what to expect from this sector in… Read More

October 29, 2013 @ 11:29 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Southern California equity crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder has teamed with tech accelerator Singularity University to launch CROWDFUNDxWomen, a “competition to increase visibility and investment capital for women-led tech ventures.” In recent years, women led ventures have received only four to nine percent of professional investment capital. Crowdfunder and… Read More

October 29, 2013 @ 10:05 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Lane Report | OP-ED: Kent Oyler – Let the 2014 crowdfunding rule games begin Kent Oyler says that initially the cynics are outnumbering the fans when it comes to the SEC’s proposed rules for equity crowdfunding. He postulates that equity crowdfunding will provide a… Read More

October 29, 2013 @ 7:35 am By Charles Luzar  |  

…there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to introduce a new order of things.Political observer, ca. 1500 A.D. The crowdfunding narrative has been dominated by tech startups, manufacturing projects, philanthropic projects, music, film,… Read More