General News

May 11, 2013 @ 11:21 am By Charles Luzar  |  

This week YouveGotFunds.com announced via a press release that they had launched a crowdfunding campaign seeking donations for Amanda Berry, Michelle Knight and Gina DeJesus. Berry, Knight and DeJesus were victims of Ariel Castro, a Cleveland man that kidnapped the three girls and imprisoned them… Read More

May 10, 2013 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding campaign will support a professional stenographer to produce transcripts and provide them to the public and press Freedom of the Press Foundation has announced a crowdfunding campaign to hire a professional court stenographer to produce transcripts of the trial of whistleblower Bradley Manning, scheduled… Read More

May 9, 2013 @ 8:10 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Baratunde Thurston is a comedian, writer and entrepreneur based in New York City and he wants to hear about your crowdfunding project. Thurston is currently teaming with AOL Studios on a web series called Funded and its intent is to cover crowdfunding as a new process… Read More

May 9, 2013 @ 8:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Completely politically incorrect, this video shows what actually goes into raising the ‘easy money’ known as ‘kickstarting’ or ‘crowdfunding’. Crowdfunding is a ton of work.  Taking on a crowdfunding project is no Field of Dreams because you have to fight you way to the top…. Read More

May 8, 2013 @ 10:56 pm By Knowledge@Wharton  |  

The campaign to front a movie based on the cult television show “Veronica Mars” through crowdfunding broke records for the fastest project ever to raise $1 million on Kickstarter. It was the website’s biggest film project so far, and it has the most backers of… Read More

May 8, 2013 @ 9:52 am By The Business Journal  |  

In some ways, America’s pending shift to allow equity crowdfunding starts with beer. Two advertising executives in 2009 created a website to raise money from individuals to buy Pabst Brewing Co., which makes the hipster favorite Pabst Blue Ribbon. They raised more than $200 million,… Read More

May 8, 2013 @ 8:44 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Yesterday Dominic Green and William Wei of Business Insider posted a video of the BI team meandering around New York City asking people whether they knew what Kickstarter was. The responses are really interesting and present an ironic microcosm of the entire narrative surrounding the… Read More

May 8, 2013 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

On Wednesday, May 8th, SVCrowdFund will launch a new public service, LiveCrowdFund.TV, which provides Startups with a unique opportunity to participate and showcase their pitch skills and present their products. “People and investors are more receptive to non-scripted pitches. They want to see and hear… Read More

May 7, 2013 @ 3:44 pm By Mashable  |  

The Pebble smart watch, which was made hugely popular when it raised more than $10 million on Kickstarter last year, can finally display real-time fitness information related to workouts. RunKeeper announced Tuesday an app update for iOS and Android that fully integrates with the Pebble watch, allowing runners… Read More

May 7, 2013 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

In two recent no-action letters the SEC granted exemptive relief from broker dealer registration to crowdfunding sites accepting only pre-screened accredited investors on the basis that the platforms received carried interest rather than transaction based compensation. According to securities attorney Simon Riveles of Riveles Law Group,… Read More

May 6, 2013 @ 5:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Event on Future of Venture Capital at ieCrowd’s Innovation Economy Expo at Ontario Convention Center in California on May 9th. A panel of top crowdfunding experts from around the country will lead a large forum on how innovation-focused companies can leverage new technology and upcoming… Read More

May 5, 2013 @ 9:00 am By This Is Money  |  

Demand for alternative sources of finance is rocketing, with figures this weekend showing that lending to small firms through peer-to-peer lending site Funding Circle has passed £100 million. The site, set up less than three years ago, has grown so fast that experts estimate in… Read More

May 5, 2013 @ 1:30 am By Examiner  |  

Actress Karen Black has now raised more than $60,000 from fans who pitched in to help her finance experimental cancer treatment in Europe, with the latest donor reporting on May 3 that he would send up prayers for her to “beat this thing.” But instead… Read More

May 4, 2013 @ 2:17 am By The Guardian  |  

Perhaps you’re looking for something that will give you a better return than a savings account. Maybe you fancy emulating the likes of Peter Jones and Duncan Bannatyne by becoming “an armchair Dragon” and investing in a fledgling business that you think has the potential… Read More

May 3, 2013 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding portal Seedrs has been selected to be the investment partner for the Million Pound Startup Contest.  The UK based platform will facilitate the contest by having the £1 million will be invested through the Seedrs site. The Million Pound Startup contest will seeks to… Read More

May 3, 2013 @ 8:04 am By Plastics News  |  

Crowd funding, idea development and product marketing were on the minds of attendees at an Industrial Designers Society of America regional event. “Designer as Entrepreneur” was the theme for the April 12-13 design conference of the IDSA western district in Long Beach. Jason Morris served… Read More

May 3, 2013 @ 7:38 am By VentureBeat  |  

When he was 15, Shaun King was brutally assaulted during a hate crime. Three surgeries and a year-and-a-half later, he recovered from his injuries with a commitment to help those in need. King is the founder of HopeMob, a nonprofit crowdfunding site dedicated to supporting charitable… Read More

May 3, 2013 @ 7:35 am By Upstart Business Journal  |  

Some have said equity crowdfunding could put pressure on the venture capital industry. But data compiled by crowdfunderEquityNet suggests it will open whole different categories of upstarts for funding instead. “Crowdfunding is serving the area of capitalism that was previously underserved,”Judd Hollas, chief executive of the… Read More

May 2, 2013 @ 11:37 am By Forbes  |  

Add North Carolina to the growing list of states working on intrastate investment crowdfunding legislation, especially as the equity crowdfunding proposal of the Jumpstart Our Business Startup Act (JOBS Act) won’t be brought up by the SEC for a three-month public commenting until the end… Read More

May 2, 2013 @ 8:32 am By MainStreet  |  

Judging the JOBS Act before it has a chance to get off the ground.