General News

March 17, 2013 @ 10:51 am By Business Standard  |  

Fund management company Starting Blocks Media Ventures will launch a new crowd funding model, Catapooolt, dedicated to creative projects including movies, music and other performing arts. Catapooolt will be launched during the Hong Kong Asia Film Festival later this month. The company has join hands… Read More

March 16, 2013 @ 6:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

Top tech site Engadget is holding their Expand event in San Francisco March 16th and 17th.  This is their first go at doing this sort of thing but is definitely a must watch for all lovers of tech. Engadget will offer live panel and one-on-one… Read More

March 16, 2013 @ 3:55 pm By PCMag  |  

The stampede to fund aVeronica Mars movie is “sort of like a perfect storm,” according to Kickstarter co-founder and head of communications Yancey Strickler. Kicking off Engadget Expand here on Saturday, Strickler acknowledged that the Veronica Mars movie is the latest sensation to take Kickstarter by storm, following on the heels of… Read More

March 16, 2013 @ 2:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

President Bill Clinton helped announce the launch of Kiva City Little Rock, an initiative that expands the availability of crowdfunded microloans for small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs in the Little Rock area. The program reaches underserved borrowers by crowdfunding loans, connecting current and future… Read More

March 16, 2013 @ 3:51 am By Slate  |  

It took three days for Veronica Mars to change the way movies are made. Or maybe it didn’t. As the Kickstarter for the Veronica Mars Movie Project sailed past its $2 million goal in a scant 10 hours—as I write, the budget is at $3.3 million and counting—bereft fans of Terriers, Chuck,Pushing Daisies,… Read More

March 15, 2013 @ 5:16 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The California Department of Corporations recently released this crowdfunding update to help educate the public regarding crowdfunding’s progress and current legality. Document is below…

March 15, 2013 @ 1:50 am By TechCrunch  |  

A new gifting startup called Aggregift is launching an entirely new way to purchase goods on Amazon. The company, which has been quietly running its beta tests with a few thousand users over the past several months, allows users to initiate crowdfunding campaigns for gifts, which involve… Read More

March 14, 2013 @ 10:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

We reported yesterday on the incredible success of the Veronica Mills film on Kickstarter.  As of today the crowdfunding project has raised over $3,000,000 from well over 48,000 supporters.  Wow. In a comment on their project page they note: We were the fastest Kickstarter project… Read More

March 14, 2013 @ 10:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Interactive Ontario (IO) is urging the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) to approve proposed exemptions for raising capital in the province via crowdfunding. IO says it supports the exemptions as a means to increasing the available pool of capital for Canadian digital media companies. Crowdfunding empowers… Read More

March 14, 2013 @ 4:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

The crowdfunding industry’s first national study on likely US equity crowdfunding investors, CrowdfundIQ Benchmark Study, was released today.  Sponsored by the Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA), Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) and EarlyIQ, the research displays unique and quantifiable information into the demographics and investment intent of… Read More

March 13, 2013 @ 8:26 pm By Forbes  |  

Minnesota’s GiveMNraised $16.3 million in one day using crowdfunding site Razoo in November of 2012. In what has become a major annual event in the nonprofit community in Minnesota, 4,381 nonprofits participated, raising money from 53,339 people on “Give to the Max Day.” The Community Foundation of Utah (with… Read More

March 13, 2013 @ 11:05 am By Mark Mohler, Crowdfunding Law  |  

In May of last year, the month following passage of the JOBS Act, I warned startups to watch the hypsters who were urging startups to sign up on portals and get ready for investment crowdfunding.  I pointed out that these would-be investment portals were far more interested… Read More

March 13, 2013 @ 10:55 am By Charles Luzar  |  

This is an excellent 6-7 minute primer on crowdfunding. Watch below… hat tip to Greater Louisville Inc. Bill Dawson – EnterpriseCorp Crowdfunding from Greater Louisville Inc. on Vimeo.

March 13, 2013 @ 7:43 am By JD Alois  |  

The first ever Crowdfunding Expo held in Silicon Valley will commence this April 4th and 5th.   Silicon Valley Conference and Expo, scheduled on the first anniversary of the JOBS Act signed by President Obama, will bring together traditional private investors and those who employ the… Read More

March 13, 2013 @ 2:29 am By BoiseWeekly  |  

For some time now, Boise Weekly has been following the story of The JOBS Act, a bill Congress passed to overhaul Securities and Exchange Commission regulations put in place after the Great Depression to help curb corruption in the investment industry. A key component of… Read More

March 12, 2013 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

 Equity Crowdfunding site CrowdCube powered the funding effort for inSpiral to achieve their goal of £250,000 in just 16 days.  The effort was supported by 120 investors with the last £100,000 raised in just 24 hours.  This latest round of Crowdfunding pushes CrowdCube to over £5.5 Million… Read More

March 12, 2013 @ 7:07 am By ToyNews  |  

How crowdfunding lets inventors launch toys that otherwise wouldn’t hit shelves. More and more small toy businesses are using sites like Kickstarter to acquire funding and bring their products to market. The crowdfunding website has seen a number of fresh toys manufactured and shipped, including… Read More

March 12, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Sang Lee, Return on Change CEO  |  

This article is contributed by Sang Lee (@rocsang), CEO and founder of Return on Change, the next generation’s investment crowdfunding portal (www.returnonchange.com). Follow Return on Change @rocspeaks for investment crowdfunding advice and updates. If there’s anything good that came out of 2012 for the finance… Read More

March 11, 2013 @ 8:00 am By RetailDigital  |  

Looks like crowdfunding now is as popular as crowdsourcing, especially when talking about the food and drinks sector. inSpiral, creators of Raw Kale Chips has become the latest food company to successfully raise finance through equity crowdfunding website, Crowdcube.  The company secured £250,000 in 16… Read More

March 10, 2013 @ 7:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online equity crowdfunding site for real estate Realty Mogul,  has been awarded First Place  at the  HATCH start up pitch competition.  HATCH is the official pitch competition at South By South West (SXSW) which took place earlier today in Austin.  Only 12 companies from around the world… Read More