General News

August 3, 2013 @ 9:05 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A few weeks back we reported on a big PR fail on the part of OUYA, the gaming console manufacturer that raised over $8 million on Kickstarter. As OUYAs made their way to the shelves of Best Buy, some backers hadn’t received their units yet…. Read More

August 2, 2013 @ 3:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Scheduled in New York City, September 18th – 19th. Massolution, a research firm specializing in the crowdsourcing and crowdfunding industries, has announced its inaugural conference – Massolution NYC 2013: Crowd Powered Business. The one-day main event and half-day workshop, exclusive to large enterprises, governments and institutions,… Read More

August 2, 2013 @ 12:11 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

In May we first told you about the International Crowdfunding Film Festival, an event slated for October 2-6, 2013 in San Francisco. It is being organized by Sydney Armani, who also organized this year’s SV Crowdfund Conference. RELATED: Click here for our Crowdfunding Events Calendar,… Read More

August 2, 2013 @ 12:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Grace Century, a private equity company based in the United Arab Emirates expresses “Concern” over US Crowdfunding Proposals. The team of Grace Century FZ LLC, an international research and private equity company based north of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, has taken a stand… Read More

August 2, 2013 @ 7:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Conzortia CEO Robert Dobyns and TradeKing’s Senior Vice President Kevin Delo added to roster of crowdfunding speakers.   Robert Dobyns, Founder & CEO of Conzortia Business Funding will be speaking at the Crowdfunding Professionals Assocation (CfPA) 2nd Annual Crowdfund Investing Innovation Forum on August 8-9, 2013… Read More

August 1, 2013 @ 9:39 am By Charles Luzar  |  

EquityNet has announced that they have secured a patent for technology that monitors the performance of private businesses. Titled “Electronic Enterprise Monitoring Apparatus,” it is the third crowdfunding-related patent held by EquityNet. Other patents in EquityNet’s portfolio are titled “Electronic Enterprise Capital Marketplace” and “Electronic Enterprise Analysis Apparatus”…. Read More

July 31, 2013 @ 10:51 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Maker House, a new makerspace opening in Tucson in the fall of 2013, has reached it’s first crowdfunding milestone, raising over $15,000 in just 6 days. The project is being hosted on RocketHub, a crowdfunding platform that has recently partnered with A&E Television to launch… Read More

July 31, 2013 @ 10:48 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Real estate news provider Inman News posted video of a recent panel where four real estate crowdfunding industry stakeholders discussed their platforms, the real estate niche and the power crowdfunding has to drive capital toward real estate investments. The four participants are: Jilliene Helman, founder… Read More

July 30, 2013 @ 10:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdnetic, a leading provider of funding portal platform technology and market data solutions, announced today that it has agreed to acquire NowStreet Journal, an educational platform for the burgeoning industry of crowdfinance. Financial terms of the agreement have not been disclosed regarding the transaction.  Upon completion… Read More

July 30, 2013 @ 11:08 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Screenrant recently followed up on an appearance by Keving Heffernan and Steve Lemme on the Bertcast podcast. On it they discussed a current deal on the table with Fox to produce a sequel to the campy cult classic Super Troopers. From the article… The deal basically puts… Read More

July 29, 2013 @ 10:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Partnership between Kiva and city of Richmond lauded by Virginia Senator Mark Warner and Richmond Mayor  Dwight C. Jones.  Capital One to match Loans for Entrepreneurs from Kiva Platform. An impressive group of politicians and business leaders announced the launch of Kiva City Richmond.  Capital… Read More

July 28, 2013 @ 3:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

EarlyIQ, a San Diego based company, has launched a suite of services to improve transparency and mitigate the risk of fraud in private capital markets. EarlyIQ’s services may be used by private investment crowdfunding portals for regulatory compliance specified in the final SEC rules for Title… Read More

July 28, 2013 @ 12:05 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Devin Thorpe of Forbes recently interviewed the following crowdfunding experts: Michael Nall, Founder of the Alliance of Merger and Acquisition Advisors Robert Carbone, Co-founder CEO of CrowdBouncer Scott Jordan of HealthiosXchange The video contains some really interesting discourse about Title III in particular. Carbone reiterates… Read More

July 28, 2013 @ 11:12 am By Charles Luzar  |  

It has become a rite of passage: celebrities that use Kickstarter  and crowdfunding in general will eventually be the subject of some number of articles asking if they’re ruining the platform, and then those same celebrities will be asked to offer their opinion on the matter…. Read More

July 28, 2013 @ 10:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Rock The Post, an online investment platform that connects entrepreneurs with accredited investors who are interested in investing in innovative start-up companies is scheduled to hold their first Digital Demo Day this coming Tuesday, July 30th.  The objective is to host live webinars each month featuring… Read More

July 25, 2013 @ 9:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Allegedly Renata Shamrakova stole nearly $1 Million from Nicky Hilton’s ex-husband Todd Meister (they were married for only 6 weeks).  She has been ordered to pay restitution in the amount of $821,000 to keep herself out of prison. With funds a bit low Ms. Shamrakova… Read More

July 25, 2013 @ 9:17 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Balanced was created to increase the global economy through payments. As we built Balanced, it troubled me that we had adopted the closed-off culture common to the financial services industry, where everything was locked up for the sake of “competitive advantage.” That wasn’t the kind of… Read More

July 24, 2013 @ 2:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Earlier this month the SEC formally adopted rules which removed the ban on advertising – or general solicitation – on private placements.  With the publishing of the final rules in the Federal Register the regulations take effect 60 days from the date of publishing, being… Read More

July 21, 2013 @ 12:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Brings Crowdsourcing and Crowdfunding to Organizations with State of the Art Tools Software company Brightidea has announced that Forrester Research has recognized them as a leader in Innovation Management Tools, according to the, “The Forrester Wave: Innovation Management Tools: Q2 2013.” The report describes the… Read More

July 20, 2013 @ 10:45 am By JD Alois  |  

The Veronica Mars Movie Project which raised over $5.7 Million on Kickstarter from over 91 thousand supporters has taken another step in project completion in releasing the movie trailer in conjunction with an appearance at Comic Con. The entire Veronica Mars crew made an appearance… Read More