General News

September 22, 2013 @ 11:37 am By JD Alois  |  

RockThePost believes that openly fundraising can significantly help startups gain access to capital in an economic environment in which investors are looking for higher return investments.  They also believe it is their responsibility, as an equity crowdfunding platform to educate their startups on the requirements… Read More

September 21, 2013 @ 1:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a message to AngelList members, the accredited investor platform announced that “Public Fundraising” starts on Monday, September 23, 2013.  This date coincides with the SEC designated date when the ban on “General Solicitation” or advertising has been lifted on certain private placement offerings. Companies… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 7:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Annual international conference The Place Marketing Forum has recognized Rally Saint Louis, the first-of-its-kind crowdsourced and crowdfunded regional marketing platform, for best practices in regional marketing and citizen engagement. Rally Saint Louis was cited as “Best Case” in the category of “New Place Marketing & Citizenship.” Co-founders… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 5:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Forum is to provide a platform to highlight perceived unnecessary impediments to small business capital formation and address whether they can be eliminated or reduced. Mandated by the Small Business Investment Incentive Act of 1980, the SEC has scheduled their annual forum that focuses on… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 10:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Imagine a world in which the great inventors of our day were forced to seek funding from venture capitalists and angel groups. Would Edison, Tesla, Ford and others have been successful in just such a climate? Northern Imagination would likely answer no. The YouTube user… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

 San Francisco based startup Crave has announced a successful Series A Round  raising $2.4 Million from over 60 Angel investors.  Many of the investors were sourced online via the AngelList – Invest Online platform.  Crave specializes in the design and manufacture of discreet and elegant luxury… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 10:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Ouya FreeTheGames fund has been a debacle of sorts. First Gridiron Thunder came under fire for a set of large donations early in the campaign. Then Elementary, My Dear Holmes was suspended by Kickstarter for another collection of seemingly dubious contributors. Finally, a campaign for Dungeons the… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdsourcing Week has scheduled a one day gathering to be held in London on October 3, 2013.  The event targets management executives and business owners to introduce crowdsourcing practices which will help grow the long term viability of their organizations. The agenda currently includes a… Read More

September 19, 2013 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

The book ” Equity Crowdfunding: Transforming Customers into Loyal Owners by author Jonathan Frutkin, has been released as an audio book. Frutkin, a principle in the Phoenix, Arizona based Frutkin Law Firm, provides insight into how business owners can turn their customers into loyal customers… Read More

September 18, 2013 @ 12:20 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Matter co-founder Bobbie Johnson took to Medium yesterday to share some thoughts on crowdfunding’s direction. This followed an appearance by Johnson at an event held by the Royal Society of Arts in London in which he participated on a panel discussing crowdfunding’s future with a specific… Read More

September 18, 2013 @ 11:12 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowd It Forward is a “non-profit foundation that brings people together to respond to the needs of individuals in difficult circumstances and to reward those whose acts deserve recognition through random acts of crowdfunding.” Crowd It Forward is a sister project to crowdfunding platform ClickStartMe…. Read More

September 18, 2013 @ 7:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Regulatory compliant marketplace company GATE Global Impact, which provides market infrastructure for the impact investing industry, formally announced the hiring of Leverage PR  to serve as its national agency of record. The New York City-based company provides investors information and metrics to transact, settle and clear… Read More

September 17, 2013 @ 9:58 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Cookie Bar is a bakery that is known for alcohol-infused cookies and snacks. The company has just won a contest held in a partnership between the National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE), the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) and Columbus, Ohio-based crowdfunding… Read More

September 17, 2013 @ 8:04 am By Samuel Guzik  |  

September 23, 2013, represents an historic milestone for the U.S. securities industry. For the first time since the enactment of federal legislation in 1933, companies will be allowed to publicly solicit investors and advertise the sale of securities without registering the offering with either the… Read More

September 16, 2013 @ 9:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Company Aims to Be Leader in Crowdfunding Receivables Financing. Led by entrepreneur John Spiers, Rockies Venture Club investors and others, Denver based P2Binvestor, a crowdfunded receivables financing platform, has announced it has raised a Series A investment round of $1.2 million in a combination of equity and warrants…. Read More

September 16, 2013 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

The Tower Records store on Sunset Strip in Southern California is under the threat of the wrecking ball.  While records seem novel when everyone downloads their music directly to their smartphone these days, this iconic Tower Records Store continues to have many fans and is… Read More

September 14, 2013 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

Oculus Rift crowdfunded over $2.4 Million on Kickstarter just over a year ago and remains one of the super-stars of crowdfunding.  Oculus went on to raise $16 Million in an A round of financing with some pretty big name supporters attached. While this soon to… Read More

September 13, 2013 @ 4:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dragon’s Den is a British television show on BBC which allows a group of entrepreneurs to pitch their concept to wealthy investors.  These 5 wealthy “Dragons” then decide whether to invest in any of these companies and the negotiations commence.  Of course drama may ensue… Read More

September 12, 2013 @ 7:27 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

This statement from Tomer Barel, PayPal VP of Risk Management, was posted yesterday and just shared with Crowdfund Insider. We’re posting this in it’s entirety and letting it speak for itself. TL;DR: it seems PayPal is about to get serious on fixing systemic issues regarding… Read More

September 11, 2013 @ 2:30 am By Dominique Litmaath River  |  

Symbid is one of the first investment crowdfunding platforms to launch live in Europe. The Rotterdam based company was co- founded in the Netherlands by Korstiaan Zandvliet in 2011.  The idea was born of a concept while Korstiaan was attending business school at ERASMUS.  The… Read More