General News

April 26, 2013 @ 6:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Joseph Barisonzi, CEO of CommunityLeader, Inc. announced today that the company has secured the capital resources to provide financing for the development and launch of qualified crowdfunding portals. “Our complete portal solution provides a community-focused business professional or organization everything they need to launch a… Read More

April 25, 2013 @ 9:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Bay Lights belongs to everyone, but now each evening, patrons of the arts will be recognized for lighting the night. A new way to help raise the $1.7 million dollars required to fund the balance due for installation plus maintenance and removal of artist… Read More

April 25, 2013 @ 6:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

BancBox, a leading payment services provider, announces today the public launch of BancBox Crowd, the first independent escrow service for equity, debt and revenue share crowdfunding portals. Additionally, the company is announcing partnerships with leading crowdfund investing services 99Funding, SoMoLend, and Localstake. “The services provided by… Read More

April 25, 2013 @ 3:44 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Alleged promises of huge returns plus access to boats, private jets and more…

April 24, 2013 @ 5:30 pm By CFO.com  |  

The one-year anniversary of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act just passed, but the Securities and Exchange Commission has yet to write rules governing equity-based crowdfunding. In the meantime, some venture capital (VC) firms worry that crowdfunding, a means of collective financing by selling equity in a company,… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 5:18 pm By CrowdCheck  |  

The New Year has come and gone and we are done with the first quarter of 2013, and yet we are still without SEC rules to implement crowdfunding as authorized by the JOBS Act.  While some commenters on the SEC JOBS Act comment section have… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 5:16 pm By Fast Company  |  

Florida has the U.S.’s second-highest rate of new business production, it ranks high on Fundable’s VC rankings, and Startup America says it’s the No. 3 state for annual revenue per startup, with $1.2 million. Here’s what else helped it hit No. 1: 1. Ambition has a… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 5:10 pm By Huffington Post  |  

Crowdfunding thought leader Rose Spinelli and Richard Branson Award Winner Shayan Nahrvar, CEO of Raise5.com, were ready to talk about funding in the new capitalism at the Conscious Business Network last week, formal presentations in hand. Powerpoints were quickly abandoned as they chose instead to offer basic introductions and then quickly… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 10:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Only 4% of bank loans go to SMEs in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), yet the government of the UAE is pushing their citizens to start businesses according to a comment in Gulf News. As with other parts of the world the UAE is recognizing… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 8:24 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Skyrim was not originally designed for the Oculus Rift, but Chris Gallizzi ported the game to work with the virtual reality headset. He then recorded the experience and posted it to YouTube.

April 24, 2013 @ 8:00 am By PandoDaily  |  

Building a hardware company, or even releasing a single product, takes more than a successful Kickstarter project. While the crowdfunding service allows inventors to raise capital and awareness for their product concept, it’s really only the first step on the long path from ideation to completion. And, given Kickstarter’s insistence that… Read More

April 23, 2013 @ 9:55 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

iCrowd has launched a “Validated Experts” program, allowing crowdfunding experts to be a part of the iCrowd social network. From the release… The program will arm entrepreneurs and small business owners with access to consultants and industry-specific information that will support business growth and development…. Read More

April 23, 2013 @ 2:30 pm By Mondaq  |  

It’s about one year since President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act (the JOBS Act), designed to help new companies raise capital and go public. For individual investors the most troublesome provisions of the law relate to crowdfunding–a term not defined in the… Read More

April 23, 2013 @ 9:59 am By Guardian.co.uk  |  

Two Lives Left says it spent $100k developing Crabitron for iPad, but has only made $3.8k back so far. Independent mobile games developer Two Lives Left is sharing sales data from its iPad game Crabitron in a spoof Kickstarter crowdfunding page. The Australian studio’s “Crabstarter” project was started as a tongue-in-cheek marketing… Read More

April 23, 2013 @ 7:30 am By RealBusiness  |  

In turbulent times for business finance, the words “risk” and “funding” are inevitably connected. David Hing looks at what to watch out for in each SME funding option. Funding and investment can be the lifeblood of a start up, or indeed any business that is… Read More

April 22, 2013 @ 5:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a sure sign that crowdfunding is finally starting to connect with the masses, financial news leader CNBC is jumping into the crowdfunding rage with  “Crowd Rules”. The new “reality” show will be debuting on CNBC on Tuesday, May 14th. The show is planning on… Read More

April 22, 2013 @ 8:20 am By The Escapist  |  

The one hundred dollar Android console now has more than 10,000 developers working on games worldwide. It can be easy to be a bit skeptical of Ouya. While it impressed many when its Kickstarter campaign raised nearly 9 million dollars, it hasn’t been all sunshine and flowers… Read More

April 21, 2013 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Video discussing due diligence regarding crowdfunding in the United Kingdom. “There is a shift in Institutions deciding who gets the money to you deciding who gets the money.”

April 21, 2013 @ 7:17 am By The Dispatch  |  

Greenland’s ice sheet is melting fast, and Jason Box can’t wait for a government research grant to get him there. To fund his 24th expedition, Box, a climatologist at the Geologic Survey of Denmark and Greenland in Copenhagen, is trying something new.Crowdfunding. Box, who had… Read More

April 20, 2013 @ 3:01 am By TechVibes  |  

More people than ever are starting their own businesses. And as all these newly minted entrepreneurs enter the world of being their own bosses, they are all starving for much needed startup funding. Investors take two forms – angel or venture capitalists. Angles look more… Read More