General News

June 2, 2013 @ 11:17 am By The Economist  |  

FINANCE is seldom romantic. But the idea of peer-to-peer lending comes close. This is an industry that brings together individual savers and lenders on online platforms. Those that want to borrow are matched with those that want to lend. Banks and credit-card firms are kept… Read More

June 1, 2013 @ 11:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Joy Schoffler of Leverage PR will be heading to the White House to attend the Champions of Change event this week. From the press release… The Champions of Change program shares the stories of people across the country who have strengthened their communities. This week, innovative entrepreneurs… Read More

June 1, 2013 @ 9:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdfunding pioneer and gaming legend Andrew Reisse was killed in his hometown of Irvine, California last night. Reisse was crossing the street when he was struck by a car that was involved in a police pursuit. Reisse was 33 years old. Mashable reported the following statement… Read More

May 31, 2013 @ 3:41 pm By JD Alois  |  

Below is an infographic depicting some very cool energy tech – each of which was crowdfunded.  This is a great display of how crowdfunding is not only disrupting traditional funding channels but it is bringing to market some truly incredible products.  Many of these may… Read More

May 31, 2013 @ 10:09 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Back in April we reported on a partnership between RocketHub and Pouplar Science that encouraged readers of PopSci to submit their projects and ideas to RocketHub for consideration and crowdfunding… Crowdfunding site RocketHub has started a project with Popular Science to crowdfund their readers best ideas…. Read More

May 31, 2013 @ 9:44 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Jon Lajoie is probably best known for his role on TV’s The League. He has now launched a fake crowdfunding page soliciting fake donations in order to “acquire massive wealth.” It’s a (pretty hilarious) tongue-in-cheek parody of celebrity-powered crowdfunding campaigns. He specifically takes shots at… Read More

May 31, 2013 @ 8:45 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A good, quick visual of how crowdfunding works…

May 31, 2013 @ 8:38 am By T Magazine  |  

The Kickstarter co-founder Perry Chen understands how communities can fuel creativity. The artist Theaster Gates knows how creativity can invigorate a community. What happens when they put their heads together? At first glance, an Internet entrepreneur and an artist seem to operate in different creative… Read More

May 30, 2013 @ 8:44 am By WMUR  |  

MANCHESTER, N.H. —Self-funding, also known as crowd sourcing, is a new way to raise money or fund projects through online campaigns, but how do you know your money is going where it should be? Websites like gofundme.com are soaring in popular and millions of people… Read More

May 29, 2013 @ 11:36 pm By JD Alois  |  

Razoo.com, a crowdfunding site for causes, has launched the Smithsonian’s first major crowdfunding campaign. The online fundraiser will support the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery’s “Yoga: The Art of Transformation,” the world’s first exhibition on the visual history of yoga. The fundraiser begins today, May 29,… Read More

May 29, 2013 @ 9:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Justin Baggot of Jockbrokers is the winner of  the $10,000 at the Access to Capital: Money to Mainstreet Event, sponsored by Dun & Bradstreet Credibility. Dun & Bradstreet Credibility  announced the winner of its Growing Chicago: $10K Business Plan Pitch Contest created for Illinois entrepreneurs… Read More

May 29, 2013 @ 7:24 am By Emily Kuo  |  

Recently, the use of crowdfunding has skyrocketed, increasing 81% in funds raised between 2011 and 2012 across the 308 platforms according to the Crowdfunding Industry Report by Massolution. Crowdfunding is an alternative financing method where collective effort of individuals supports and funds the initiatives of… Read More

May 28, 2013 @ 9:08 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Over the weekend, Silicon Era published a piece covering an earnings call by big time video game publisher Square Enix. Three recent titles put out by the publisher failed to meet sales targets, including Tomb Raider and Hitman: Absolution. Yosuke Matsuda, who is apparently next in… Read More

May 28, 2013 @ 4:04 am By JD Alois  |  

The First annual International CrowdFunding Film Festival will be held October 2-6, 2013 in San Francisco. The film festival will bring together artists, filmmakers, and video game creators to showcase their craft, network and get crowdfunded. The film festival also has plans to collaborate with… Read More

May 27, 2013 @ 11:10 am By The Boston Globe  |  

As a young industrial designer fresh out of school, David Laituri worked at General Motors. “There were American cars and there were foreign cars, and if you had a Honda, you had to park it in the far parking lot,” he says. That was the… Read More

May 25, 2013 @ 9:00 am By USAToday  |  

Universities across the USA are stepping beyond traditional fundraising methods. Crowdfunding websites are an emerging business strategy that allow people to donate money directly toward university projects. Alumni, as well as non-university affiliated donors, can make philanthropic contributions, some of which are tax-deductible, to specific… Read More

May 25, 2013 @ 6:30 am By JD Alois  |  

The Pebble smart watch was born of Kickstarter to raise the most funds to date on the rewards based crowdfunding platform. It has been only one year since headlines were made about this crowdfunding project – but what a year. Recently the team behind the Pebble… Read More

May 24, 2013 @ 3:59 am By Forbes  |  

Equity crowdfunding has a large and growing base of global supporters and advocates. Every few months we see new developments in securities-related legislation, and activity kicking off in countries around the world that are advancing crowdfunding for businesses. On the flip side, equity crowdfunding has… Read More

May 23, 2013 @ 10:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

A global competition to bring a high-growth technology company to London with £1 million of investment has been launched today at London’s Digital Shoreditch 2013 festival. The Million Pound Startup aims to showcase London as a prime location for building global digital and technology businesses…. Read More

May 22, 2013 @ 10:06 pm By LA Times  |  

‘Blue Ruin’ and ‘The Opportunist’ were admitted to the festival, bringing their respective teams of young American filmmakers to the Riviera (on the cheap-ish). A few months ago, Jeremy Saulnier had risen early for a flight to Cleveland when he saw a message in his… Read More