General News

August 19, 2013 @ 3:45 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

We recently brought you the story of Balanced, a payment processor and escrow service specializing in P2P marketplaces and crowdfunding platforms. Part of the story around Balanced is their open approach to building a business. A big part of that approach is deep integration with… Read More

August 19, 2013 @ 9:35 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A small, albeit interesting, Monday morning blurb: Neil Singh is now an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Arizona, defending the state against civil lawsuits in state and federal courts. Who is Neil Singh? He took the crowdfunding world by storm after pursuing legal… Read More

August 19, 2013 @ 9:20 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Spike Lee recently posted the following video thanking Jesus and thanking the supporters of his now fully-funded Kickstarter campaign. A word of advice from Spike: Bet on the mule. It’s an obvious reference to some of his campaign’s detractors. He goes on to say that any… Read More

August 19, 2013 @ 8:30 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Front Page PR has announced the launch of a new “turnkey general solicitation marketing program” aimed at helping crowdfunding portals, broker-dealers and issuers market 506(c) offerings. Robert Hoskins, Front Page PR’s Director of Media Relations, is hopeful that general solicitation will help increase accredited investor… Read More

August 18, 2013 @ 7:28 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Cincinnati, Ohio ABC affiliate WCPO recently did a report on Candace Klein and SoMoLend. Included in the report was an interview with Ian Edwards, who identified himself as an investor in SoMoLend and a former VP at Proctor & Gamble. He says that Klein may… Read More

August 18, 2013 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Venice, California based Crowdfunder, a crowdfunding platform for businesses and Social Media Week LA (SMWLA) have partnered to create CROWDFUNDxLA an online competition for LA based start-ups.  Top local investors and accelerators are participating in this event. Some of the supporters include:  Dave Travers of… Read More

August 16, 2013 @ 12:16 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Earlier in 2013 we reported on San Francisco-based payment startup Celery, who had launched an initiative targeting successful Kickstarter projects. Celery’s Peter Shih recently took to Medium to share 10 things he hates about the city he works in. Kevin Montgomery followed up by completely… Read More

August 16, 2013 @ 9:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Longtime advocate of the JOBS Act and crowdfunding in general, Congressman Patrick McHenry will be sharing his perspective a TechVoice Roundtable.  TechVoice is a partnership of the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA), the Technology Councils of North America (TECNA). The event is being held to learn about the… Read More

August 16, 2013 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Next Generation Trust Services is gearing up for growing interest from investors to purchase equity in private companies.  On July 10, 2013, the SEC lifted its decades-long ban on “general solicitation”—the public advertising by startup companies that are seeking seed money. Jaime Raskulinecz, CEO of Next… Read More

August 14, 2013 @ 12:53 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

I’m an unabashed fan of some of the satirical crowdfunding content that floats around the Internet. It provides a healthy opportunity to laugh at ourselves from time to time. Let’s face it, the crowdfunding space does occasionally get a little ridiculous! The Above Average YouTube… Read More

August 14, 2013 @ 9:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Non Profit Helps Female Entrepreneurs Education an micro-lending organization Bad Girl Ventures (BGV) is now accepting applications through Sept. 1 for the BGV Cleveland Fall 2013 class. In addition to being considered for a $25,000 low-interest business loan, selected applicants will gain invaluable business knowledge… Read More

August 13, 2013 @ 9:35 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Ronald Kleverlaan is the CEO of WEBclusive, a crowdfunding solutions provider based in Amsterdam. He is also the co-founder of the European Crowdfunding Network, which has been a great resource both for us here at Crowdfund Insider and for the industry as a whole. He was… Read More

August 9, 2013 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

In his second research report on crowdfunding, Ian Youngman has published a new document pertaining to “Equity and Revenue Crowdfunding in the UK 2013”.  Youngman’s first research report covered the Future of Crowdfunding in the UK. The report is available for purchase on Research and Markets…. Read More

August 8, 2013 @ 11:30 am By JD Alois  |  

Held earlier this year in Singapore, Crowdsourcing Week  had their inaugural conference covering the realm of crowdsourcing and crowdfunding.  The conference gathered a diverse and varied group of industry participants from around the world sharing their experiences and talking about the future. They hope to… Read More

August 8, 2013 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Wealth Forge Holdings provides crowdfunding infrastructure, compliance for emerging crowdfunding Industry. The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) – a non profit corporation which makes seed stage equity investments –  has announced  that its CIT GAP Funds has closed an investment in WealthForge Holdings, a Richmond,… Read More

August 7, 2013 @ 5:42 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

As we previously reported, the CfPA’s annual Crowd Investing Forum will take place starting tomorrow, August 8th in Orlando. David Weild will be keynoting the first day of the event, and in advance of the event Devin Thorpe of Forbes sat down to interview Weild…. Read More

August 7, 2013 @ 10:07 am By Charles Luzar  |  

SEC Formally Allows General Solicitation, or Advertising, for Certain Equity Offerings But Process to Accommodate is Still a Moving Target In the wake of Title II hitting the federal register, those active in the world of private placement securities are busy digesting the net effect… Read More

August 6, 2013 @ 4:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Crowdfunding Professional Association’s (CfPA) 2nd Annual Crowd Investing Innovation Forum will convene top crowdfunding pioneers, policymakers, entrepreneurs and investors in Orlando on August 8th through 9th to address the most urgent issues in capital formation and job creation, corporate and entrepreneurial crowdfunding initiatives. Following… Read More

August 6, 2013 @ 11:40 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Spike Lee is making headlines again regarding his currently-running campaign on Kickstarter. Yesterday he was interviewed by BET and one of the subjects at hand was his recent tiff with CNBC pundit Trish Regan, who led an interview with Lee by alluding to criticisms he… Read More

August 5, 2013 @ 9:19 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Spike Lee is quickly becoming one of the most outspoken advocates of crowdfunding in recent memory, lambasting any reporter or pundit that dares to heap criticism on the director for using Kickstarter to fund his next feature film. The latest to draw Lee’s ire? Trish… Read More