General News

March 24, 2013 @ 5:07 am By TechCrunch  |  

Is angel capital an attractive asset class? Is the crowd capable of being good investors, willing to spend 20-40 hours doing due diligence per investment? These are critical questions to help determine just how big equity crowdfunding will become, right? I say no. Successful startup investing… Read More

March 23, 2013 @ 7:10 am By TheEnergyCollective  |  

Here’s a small story to warm the heart, via Clean Technica: At the start of March, a group of fourth graders from Central Park School in Durham, North Carolina — along with their teacher, Aaron Sebens — set up a Kickstarter campaign to raise $800… Read More

March 23, 2013 @ 4:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Millions of people in Africa suffer in pain from terminal illnesses such as HIV/AIDS and cancer with too few medical workers trained in palliative care and pain management to care for them. FHSSA has launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds for up to five… Read More

March 22, 2013 @ 12:52 pm By Jonathan Sandlund  |  

In the last month a number of new accredited crowdfunding platforms have come online. They join FundersClub, CircleUp, and Angellist in facilitating private equity transactions entirely online. Here’s a list of crowdfunding platforms that have recently opened their accredited doors: 99Funding (Startups/Existing SMBs) Collaperty (Real Estate) EarlyShares (Startups/Existing SMBs) RealtyMogul (Real… Read More

March 22, 2013 @ 12:33 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

In this video former AOL CEO Steve Case discusses the future of crowdfunding and its effect on venture capital with JJ Colao of Forbes. He also expresses some optimism regarding the SEC’s timeline. Watch below…

March 22, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Investment crowdfunding isn’t an idea born on Capitol Hill. It is an idea forged in the minds of entrepreneurs, a child of their own difficulties accessing capital. As Howard J. Leonhardt sat in the White House Rose Garden watching President Obama sign the JOBS Act… Read More

March 21, 2013 @ 10:26 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Sharewave is a company aimed at helping businesses coordinate and communicate with numerous disparate shareholders. (They’re looking at you, equity crowdfunders.) From their site… Why do we have so many protections against small investors participating in private equity? Even with the recent JOBS act, which… Read More

March 21, 2013 @ 8:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

As time goes on, a picture of what crowdfunding’s secondary market will look like becomes clearer. Recently we’ve learned of two major happenings in regards to small business liquidity that may prove pivotal going forward. The California Stock Exchange Headed by Howard J. Leonhardt, The… Read More

March 21, 2013 @ 5:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Millennium Trust Company, a firm specializing in the custody of alternative investments and private fund assets, announces it has reached $1 billion in fund assets under custody in less than two years of launching the firm’s Private Fund Custody service. Millennium Trust’s qualified custodian service has also attracted firms… Read More

March 21, 2013 @ 2:06 am By The Kansas City Star  |  

Three local community organizations discovered friends they never knew when they began asking strangers for money — online. “I’m still almost at a loss for words, I’m so grateful” said Ester L. Holzendorf, president of a group working to improve the 3800 block of Chestnut… Read More

March 20, 2013 @ 4:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC released today a presentation regarding financial reporting issues for smaller issuers.  A portion of this document reflected upon the changes regarding the Jobs Act and crowdfunding.  This is reflective of the challenges the SEC is facing in their regulatory struggle regarding this disruptive… Read More

March 20, 2013 @ 2:23 pm By Forbes  |  

There’s an essential question I’ve been thinking about recently that I believe underlies one of the most powerful and transformative possibilities of crowdfunding… The question is… how important is “local” to the crowdfunding movement? I wanted to share my vision for local communities and entrepreneurial… Read More

March 20, 2013 @ 5:13 am By JD Alois  |  

The Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA) will host its 2nd Annual Crowdfund Investing Innovation Forum on August 8-9, 2013 in Orlando, FL. The forum has established itself as the must-attend conference for leaders, entrepreneurs, investors and policy makers who are committed to fostering capital formation and… Read More

March 20, 2013 @ 2:08 am By CFO  |  

When President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act on April 5, 2012, he called it a “game-changing” bill. The game needed changing. After the Great Recession, access to capital became a huge problem for small business, as the percentage of loans under $1… Read More

March 19, 2013 @ 10:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Gate Technologies announced CEO, Vincent Molinari, has been selected as a keynote speaker at The Soho Loft Innovative Investing Symposium or IIS 2013. The event will debut at the Thomson Reuters PartnerConnect East Conference on April 3-5, Seaport Hotel and World Trade Center in Boston,… Read More

March 19, 2013 @ 4:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jason Graf, founder and CEO of crowdfunding site Crowdit will be spreading the crowdfunding gospel at an event in Springfield, Illinois titled;   The JOBS Act and Crowdfunding:  What is it and How Can I Use it to Acquire Capital Today?   In this presentation, Graf will explain… Read More

March 18, 2013 @ 5:45 pm By VentureBeat  |  

Crowdfunding platform Flattr will now allow people to donate money for content they find on the web using the favorite or like buttons that already exist on many social networks, the company announced today. Basically, that means if your favorite author tweets out a link… Read More

March 18, 2013 @ 12:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Startup California, a Startup America Partnership region, and Cal-X, The California Stock Xchange, the new conscious capitalism stock exchange in early registration process, are organizing a number of exciting events for startup businesses. The activities will also be supported by Cal-X Stars and Cal-Xelerator business accelerators with Cal-X… Read More

March 18, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Sherwood Neiss is one of a handful of people credited with the drafting and passage of the JOBS Act, legislation that will soon legalize investment crowdfunding in the United States. He is also one of the principals of crowdfunding consulting and advisory firm Crowdfund Capital… Read More

March 18, 2013 @ 1:00 am By Forbes  |  

It’s insane that the world is buying into the joke known as “Crowdfunding.”  Everyone and their mother is predicting that it’s the next miracle in the making.  But, let’s be honest with ourselves.  Crowdfunding is neither new, nor innovative.  Most importantly, it doesn’t make sense. There are two… Read More