General News

July 10, 2013 @ 4:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC has issued a formal release regarding the approval of the removal of the ban on general solicitation, or advertisting, for private securities offerings.  Simulataneously the SEC commented on the rules regarding “Bad Actors”.  Rules become effective 60 days following publication in the Federal… Read More

July 8, 2013 @ 10:49 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Soho Loft has teamed with FundingPost.com for an event in New York City this August. The NYC VC, Angel and Crowd Investing Conference will bring together representatives from venture capital, angel groups and the crowdfunding space to discuss how to access capital in the 21st… Read More

July 6, 2013 @ 3:31 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

HarperCollins, who publishes Maurice Sendak’s Where The Wild Things Are, has filed a notice under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act. That has forced Kickstarter to pull a project that aimed to bring an unlicensed sequel of the book to backers. Geoffery O. Todd and Rich Berner had… Read More

July 5, 2013 @ 10:54 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We recently reported on troubles within Double Fine Productions regarding the development of Broken Age, the subject of their first Kickstarter campaign. That campaign was backed to the tune of $3.3 million on a goal of just $400,000. RELATED: Double Fine Out Of Money For ‘Broken… Read More

July 5, 2013 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

The FINRA Board of Governors has scheduled a meeting on July 11th – one day after the SEC meeting to review portions of the jobs act, specifically regulation pertaining to Regulation D or private placements. The FINRA board will review a proposal to solicit comment… Read More

July 5, 2013 @ 9:15 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Alliance of Merger & Acquisition Advisors is holding their annual conference in Chicago next week, and for the first time ever the conference will include a large panel on crowdfunding. The AM&AA is comprised of 900 independent professionals – CPAs, attorneys, investors, M&A advisors,… Read More

July 3, 2013 @ 8:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Exclusive Arrangement with Best Buy Finally Brings to Retail the Most Successful Crowdfunding Campaign on Kickstarter to Date. The Pebble watch which has been lauded by many as a profound validation for crowdfunding has announced an exclusive arrangement with tech retailer Best Buy beginning this… Read More

July 3, 2013 @ 12:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Online Marketplace Zaarly and Kiva Zip Partner to Boost Small Business Growth Through Online Sales Channel and Crowdfunded Loans for Budding Entrepreneurs Zaarly and Kiva are launching a partnership to provide small business owners online storefronts and access to crowdfunded business loans.  The initial launch… Read More

July 2, 2013 @ 7:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

David Weild, Former Vice Chairman of NASDAQ, Announced as Keynote Speaker for Crowdfunding Professional Association Industry Event The Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA), a trade organization for the crowdfunding industry, is pleased to announce that David Weild IV, renowned capital markets expert and former Vice Chairman… Read More

July 2, 2013 @ 5:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

TV Show “Shark Tank” will Hold Casting Calls for Minority Owned Businesses During the Kingonomics Conference for 50th Anniversary of the Historic Civil Rights March on Washington.  “Kingonomics” Author, Dr. Rodney Sampson will Join Shark Tank as Head of Diversity and Inclusion Kingonomics author Dr…. Read More

July 1, 2013 @ 1:20 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Zach Braff has made TheWrap.com’s list of 12 people who are changing Hollywood for his noted “Wish I Was Here” Kickstarter campaign. That guy started an internet feeding frenzy earlier this year when he decided to crowdfund a follow-up called “Wish I Was Here” at… Read More

June 30, 2013 @ 1:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Founded by Digital Shoreditch, the Million Pound Startup contest they announced earlier this year, now stands at 225 submitted companies to date from 37 different countries.  The concept is the winner will receive a £1 Million investment with the hope the company will become a… Read More

June 29, 2013 @ 1:30 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Wordpress developers Studio 164a have released their fourth Wordpress theme on Themeforest, and this one is geared specifically for bootstrapped crowdfunding platforms running Wordpress and the increasingly popular (and free) Astoundify crowdfunding plugin. The Franklin theme professes to be fully responsive, so it should display nicely… Read More

June 28, 2013 @ 10:06 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Rewards-based crowdfunding and the celebrity-driven campaigns that go with it are providing plenty of cannon fodder for US comedians. Cracked recently posted this video of a would-be actor creating a pitch video to fund a pitch video for his Kickstarter campaign. Sure, we all love… Read More

June 28, 2013 @ 8:04 am By JD Alois  |  

Will Demo More Than 100 Startups at Fifth Annual Media Showcase Event, Second Year for the Crowdfunding Pavillion. Startup Debut, the events division of social media marketing firm SocialRadius, will hold its largest-ever media showcase, Startup Debut at the forthcoming Consumer Electronics Show ( CES ) in… Read More

June 27, 2013 @ 2:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dubbed Crowdfunding’s Final Frontier – Crowdfund Anything Anywhere Site FundRazr Powers PayPal Galactic Site. The crowdfunding innovators at FundRazr are are powering PayPal Galactic’s partnership with SETI Institute to crowdfund life on earth, and search for ET (extraterrestrial) life beyond it. SETI’s Curiosity Movement crowdfunding… Read More

June 26, 2013 @ 10:09 am By Charles Luzar  |  

It’s a bad PR day for Kickstarter darling OUYA. Yesterday the Android-powered gaming console hit store shelves and quickly sold out on Amazon and at GameStop locations. It was a clear signs that OUYA fans were hungry for the console. However, some backers still haven’t… Read More

June 25, 2013 @ 9:44 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Richard Bliss is a well-known figure in the crowdfunding world and hosts the “Funding The Dream” podcast on iTunes. Devin Thorpe of Forbes interviewed Bliss about crowdfunding strategy, his podcast and more. It’s a very interesting interview that manages to hit on pretty much every… Read More

June 24, 2013 @ 5:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

 Earlier this month a workshop on crowdfunding was held at the European Commission.  Many different crowdfunding leaders participated in this event including executives from Seedrs, Babyloan, Ulule and others.  President of the European Crowdfunding Network, Oliver Gajda, was also present participating in a panel on… Read More

June 24, 2013 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a rare occurrence of public culpability, Kickstarter posted a letter to everyone regarding the Kickstarter campaign for a Seduction Guide – which was fully funded but has since been pulled from the site.  The Kicktarter “mea culpa” is reproduced in it’s entirety below.  They… Read More