General News

October 19, 2013 @ 3:28 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Only 11% of small business owners are familiar with crowdfunding as a means of capital formation for their businesses. That revelation comes via SBE Council President and CEO Karen Kerrigan, who shared the information via  a survey entitled “Entrepreneurs & the Economy Survey.” The survey… Read More

October 19, 2013 @ 3:05 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

MarketersMedia is a press release distribution platform and service provider, and the company recently announced their intention to reach out to crowdfunding project creators in order to “help connect Kickstarters with more backers: by sending relevant news to relevant media and help Kickstarter campaigns reach… Read More

October 19, 2013 @ 2:57 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

VentureBeat: WePay’s API pays off, handles 648% more crowdfunding volume than last year The headline says it all… WePay is seeing some pretty impressive traction providing payment services to crowdfunding campaigns, but they’re quickly moving toward robust solutions for platforms as well. A provided API has… Read More

October 18, 2013 @ 6:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

With the debate on regulations swirling around the JOBS Act legislation and at the many intricacies of securities law, Crowdfund Insider is very pleased to announce a regular column, The Crowfunding Counselor, by noted Securities Attorney Samuel S. Guzik. Guzik, a graduate of Cornell University… Read More

October 18, 2013 @ 10:54 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss, Richard Swart, Doug Ellenoff and many other crowdfunding industry thought leaders have been busy in Berkeley this week participating in the Fung Institute’s Academic Symposium on Crowdfunding at UC Berkeley. Here we provide a selection of tweets from the event, which encapsulate… Read More

October 18, 2013 @ 9:36 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding leader Kickstarter continues on their successful trajectory with an announcement they have now funded over 50,000 projects since launching their now ubiquitous platform.  These projects represent $834 Million in pledges by over 5 Million backers.  An incredible feat. To add some perspective to their… Read More

October 17, 2013 @ 6:55 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Updated 10/18/13 @ 11:00 AM EDT Bloomberg is reporting that the SEC is preparing to vote on a rule that would allow crowdfunding investors to self-certify their own yearly crowdfund investing limits. The JOBS Act specifies yearly limits for investors participating in crowdfunded securities. According… Read More

October 17, 2013 @ 4:01 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Under the direction of Ohio Division of Securities Commissioner Andrea Seidt, the NASAA has recently released an updated list of their top investor threats for 2013. Among them: “unregulated third party service providers,” a category that would include crowdfunding portals. Seidt explained the reason for… Read More

October 16, 2013 @ 10:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Median pre-money valuations have risen dramatically over the past few years.  In 2009 seed stage companies were being valued at $2.6 Million.  In 2013 seed stage company valuations have jumped to $5.2 Million. In a report from Pitchbook, the increase in valuations is being presented… Read More

October 16, 2013 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Mosaic, a solar project crowdfunding platform, has had a pretty amazing year.  Having only been launched to the world in early 2013 the site has captured the attention of the crowdfunding community and green energy enthusiasts everywhere. Founded in 2010 by three entrepreneurs, Bill Parish,… Read More

October 16, 2013 @ 8:28 am By JD Alois  |  

The Ignition Project joins promising entrepreneurs and accomplished angel investors for the long term.  From start up to growth and exit, the initiative wants to ignite extraordinary startup growth. Last week angel firms came together with top Atlanta entrepreneurs for the first-ever meeting of The Ignition… Read More

October 16, 2013 @ 6:25 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdnetic, a provider of market data solutions for the global crowdfinance industry, announced today that its private offerings content suite of companies publicly raising capital online will now be featured on Dow Jones’  finance portal, MarketWatch. MarketWatch is a leading provider in business news, personal… Read More

October 15, 2013 @ 9:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

CASE or “Crowdfunding and Securities Exemptions” for Jobs Act/Crowdfunding Finds Support. Today the Wisconsin State Senate concurred with the State Assembly and sent Rep. David Craig’s CASE (crowdfunding and securities exemptions) for Jobs Act (AB 350) to Governor Scott Walker. In response to the Senate’s… Read More

October 15, 2013 @ 1:00 pm By AngelsDen  |  

Often overlooked by entrepreneurs, the Enterprise Investment (EIS) and Seed Enterprise Investment (SEIS) schemes can be a big draw for potential investors. If you’re not familiar with the schemes, EIS aims to encourage investment in small trading companies in the hope that they will grow… Read More

October 15, 2013 @ 12:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

Recently on CNBC, Venture Capitalist John Frankel commented on how the Jobs  Act allowed General Solicitation, or advertising, for accredited investors.  Frankel did not go into detail as to how his firm would determine if applicants were accredited but acknowledged they would incorporate a process… Read More

October 14, 2013 @ 2:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mowjow, a London based social gaming company that is creating innovative money games for mobiles and tablets, is pleased to announce that over the past weeks it has secured €600,000 in financing from its initial investor base. In order to initially fund the company, Mowjow developed its own… Read More

October 14, 2013 @ 10:20 am By JD Alois  |  

The first ever fund of crowdfunds offering in Seedrs is very close to closing on their goal.  The trailblazing concept was organized by WebStart Bristol – offering investment in ten startup companies with a single investment. The target is to raise £150,000 representing 10% equity… Read More

October 14, 2013 @ 1:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Slush is the two-day startup conference where the best tech talent from Northern Europe and Russia gets together to meet the leading investors and media from around the world.  The event is promoted as Europe’s largest startup and venture capital event. Slush will take place… Read More

October 13, 2013 @ 3:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

This coming week UC Berkeley’s Feng Institute will be holding an academic symposium on crowdfunding.  Supported by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation the forum will discuss innovations in social finance models in regards to crowdfunding. Researchers, policy experts and government officials from around the globe… Read More

October 13, 2013 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

GroundBreaker is one of the first ever white label crowdfunding applications  which is specifically for the Real Estate industry.  The platform was developed by graduates of the Cornell University accelerator program. Incredibly they closed eight projects during their beta period (valued at about $14 Million)…. Read More