General News

April 2, 2013 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

As reported earlier today,  the Fung Institute at UC Berkeley has released a conservative estimate for debt and equity crowdfunding for the US Market.  Estimated to be just under $4 Billion, the technical report is posted in its entirety below. Abstract: The 2012 JOBS Act… Read More

April 2, 2013 @ 10:50 am By Wired.co.uk  |  

Can the current Kickstarter boom continue and will the presence of established businesses affect our willingness to offer up our cash? As Kickstarter‘s reputation for swiftly bankrolling projects grows, it’s no surprise that established games companies and industry veterans have been sitting up and taking note…. Read More

April 2, 2013 @ 10:46 am By Shaun Abrahamson  |  

Crowds have already demonstrated their value as a source of capital for start-ups. Support via donations or pre-purchasing on sites like Kickstarter has set high expectations for equity-based crowd funding in the United States. Discussions often focus on how crowds can and will compare to… Read More

April 2, 2013 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Fung Institute Estimate includes both Debt and Equity Crowdfunding for the US Market Crowdfund investing will go live later in 2013. With the release of the proposed crowdfunding rules, a wave of small business and startup financing is expected to sweep the nation. In a… Read More

April 2, 2013 @ 6:23 am By JD Alois  |  

BlueRun Crowdfund, a division of BlueRun Media (BlueRun), announced the recent launch of their crowdfunding services firm for the film industry, including announcing some of BlueRun’s current clients and eight ongoing or soon-to-start crowdfund campaigns. “The success of Veronica Mars with crowdfunding has certainly placed… Read More

April 2, 2013 @ 4:41 am By JD Alois  |  

John Hancock Financial Leverages Crowdrise crowdfunding platform to increase donations for Boston Marathon fundraising for charity. John Hancock Financial is rallying the runners in its 2013 Boston Marathon Non-Profit Program in their attempt to break last year’s record of raising $6.8 million in charitable donations… Read More

April 1, 2013 @ 8:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a gracious and wide ranging speech given to students at George Washington University, current SEC Chairman Elisse Walter spoke about the mission of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the importance of the public sector in regulating markets and the overall health of the… Read More

April 1, 2013 @ 10:32 am By Washington Post  |  

When lawmakers unveiled the carefully named Jobs Act a year ago, backers expected it to get caught up in the typical grind of Capitol Hill: vigorous debate followed by a long wait for a vote that might never happen. Instead, the legislation sailed through —… Read More

April 1, 2013 @ 10:28 am By The Herald Tribune  |  

The implementation of equity crowdfunding, a way for small businesses to raise capital, has been delayed again. In my column last week, I said that the rules for launching the JOBS Act, which legalizes equity crowdfunding, would probably be finalized by this spring. That is… Read More

March 29, 2013 @ 9:44 am By Salim Mhunzi  |  

  Almost five years past the Wall Street melee and the banks have largely positioned back into a steady recovery. Within the last two years, banks have had consistent profitable net returns with a market that is outperforming expectations. Though Wall Street has positioned back… Read More

March 29, 2013 @ 9:36 am By Washington Post  |  

  While start-up owners eagerly await the Securities and Exchange Commission’s regulations for crowdfunding, a handful of broker/dealers are racing to be the first to capi­tal­ize on the phenomenon.   An exemption in the Securities Act allows start-ups to conduct a version of crowdfunding today — as long… Read More

March 29, 2013 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunded game console Ouya has revealed their pricing and ship date on their site.  The price is set at $99.99 with an additional controller priced at $49.99.  Along with selling their product directly, several national retailers have signed up to push the product.  Ouya raised… Read More

March 28, 2013 @ 8:56 am By Jessica Holzer  |  

WASHINGTON—The so-called JOBS Act is yet to deliver a big boost to initial public offerings. The one-year-old law, officially the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act, was aimed at helping companies with less than $1 billion in sales go public. But IPOs of such companies in… Read More

March 28, 2013 @ 8:54 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Another great CrowdFundCast came out this week. This time around the folks at CrowdCheck talk SXSW, their upcoming Washington, DC event and more. [audio http://www.crowdcheck.com/sites/default/files/CFC2013-2.mp3] Follow @CrowdFundCast

March 27, 2013 @ 8:07 pm By AllThingsD  |  

Just over a year after the videogame Double Fine Adventure set records on Kickstarter, talk about the crowdfunding leader is in the air at GDC, the Game Developers Conference being held this week in San Francisco. On the conference’s first day, ICO Partners CEO Thomas… Read More

March 27, 2013 @ 7:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

SeedInvest CEO and Co-Founder, Ryan Feit, will deliver a presentation and moderate a panel at The Soho Loft Innovative Investing Symposium on April 3, 2013 in Boston, MA. Mr. Feit will be presenting a case study highlighting the successful equity-crowdfunding initiative by StearClear in which… Read More

March 27, 2013 @ 4:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

The 2nd Annual Crowdfunding Conference and Bootcamp has announced that this year’s Crowdfunding Visionary Award will be presented to Congressman Patrick McHenry (R -NC). McHenry originally sponsored the equity startup exemption provisions of the JOBS Act and navigated it through the House to an almost… Read More

March 27, 2013 @ 9:35 am By Ryan Caldbeck  |  

  Steve Rattner, former Obama “Car Czar” and prominent financier, recently wrote an article in the New York Times denouncing the JOBS Act as, “a hodgepodge of provisions that together constitute the greatest loosening of securities regulation in modern history,” saving his most scathing criticism for the legalization of equity… Read More

March 27, 2013 @ 7:00 am By CNet  |  

If you cringe when you hear a company described as “Kickstarter for” this industry or that genre, yesterday’s Y Combinator Demo Day was probably not for you. As happens twice a year, a Who’s Who of A-list (and B- and C-list) venture capitalists and angel… Read More

March 26, 2013 @ 6:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Season 2 of “The Pitch” has just started and four crowdfunding sites are in the mix.  Seed&Spark which has been making waves in the Independent Film scene; Funderverse – which is getting ready to launch their first niche crowdfunding vertical site ExplorationFunder;  FundingCommunity connects small businesses with… Read More