General News

March 10, 2013 @ 8:43 am By Scottsman.com  |  

A FORMER member of the British sailing team has created his own crowdfunding website to raise £240,000 to build a biomass-powered brewery in Inverkeithing. Website designer Dave Robertson, 35, hopes to attract about 4,000 investors to back his project, which he will call Forth Bridge… Read More

March 9, 2013 @ 3:26 am By JD Alois  |  

The 2nd Annual Global Crowdfunding Convention and Bootcamp will offer a unique opportunity to Crowdfunders & Entrepreneurs this year. The event will host the first ever Crowdfunding Expo Showcase booth where entrepreneurs can show off their crowdfunding pitch videos to everyone in attendance via a… Read More

March 8, 2013 @ 7:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter + Films = SXSW 2013 A film crowdfunded by Kickstarter just won an Oscar.  Over $100 Million has been raised, for over 9000 film projects, on the Kickstarter platform over the past three years alone. So what is next?  SXSW of course.  Kickstarted films… Read More

March 8, 2013 @ 7:38 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdClear, a provider of technology, regulatory and compliance services to crowdfunding portals, today announced the launch of its highly scalable, regulatory-compliant technology platform. A division of Bendigo Securities, LLC, a registered broker-dealer, CrowdClear provides funding portals with all of the technology and services to offer… Read More

March 7, 2013 @ 8:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

International legal power house BakerHostetler released an executive alert today regarding the Jobs Act and the various components of the legislation including crowdfunding.  The release commented on: 1. Rule 506(c) and Broker-Dealer Registration Exemption a. The Old Rule 506 and Intermediaries b. The New Rule… Read More

March 6, 2013 @ 8:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Online equity crowdfunding site for real estate Realty Mogul,  has been named one of the finalists to pitch at HATCH.  HATCH is the official pitch competition at South By South West (SXSW) taking place in Austin, Texas, March 10th, 2013.  After a highly competitive process with… Read More

March 6, 2013 @ 1:50 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Recently Steve Rattner, founder of private equity firm Quadrangle Group, had some pointed criticism regarding investment crowdfunding. In a post on the New York Times, Rattner criticized the term “JOBS Act,” the loosening of restrictions on general solicitation, the definition of an emerging growth company… Read More

March 6, 2013 @ 8:23 am By JD Alois  |  

During a news conference at the National Press Club, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) President and Arkansas Securities Commissioner Heath Abshure and Steve Irwin, NASAA President-elect and Pennsylvania Banking and Securities Commissioner, also outlined five specific areas in which they will seek Congressional… Read More

March 6, 2013 @ 7:58 am By Charles Luzar  |  

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March 6, 2013 @ 2:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Female entrepreneurs are shown to be more active than men and receive more backers per campaign and a higher average donation value, in fact raising 10.75% more money than male run campaigns. The crowd sourcing platform Crowdcube celebrated their 2nd birthday last week and the… Read More

March 5, 2013 @ 11:09 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

ReadWriteWeb recently teamed with TriNet to publish this white paper that examines the current startup climate. Six venture capitalists offered their takes on where things were headed. Crowdfunding received “honorable mention.” From the paper… Conditions are starting to change in ways that promise a major… Read More

March 5, 2013 @ 8:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Soholoft has scheduled two webinars featuring top crowdfunding leaders from the emerging crowdfunding industry.  The focal point of The Soho Loft Webinar Series is to showcase the new industry of crowdfunding which possesses a distinctive set of opportunities as well as challenges. This series will… Read More

March 5, 2013 @ 9:57 am By Jonathan Sandlund  |  

It’s tough to navigate the competitive landscape of U.S. investment crowdfunding as new platforms come online each day. Looking to capitalize on the digitization of our private capital markets, they’re positioning across geographies, industry verticals, investor classes and/or motivations, and security types. Who’s who? What… Read More

March 5, 2013 @ 7:58 am By TriplePundit  |  

Crowdfunding is a new capital formation tool that allows large numbers of ordinary investors to aggregate relatively small investments in exchange for equity positions in companies. It’s redefining what it means to be an investor and disrupting the delicate balance between investor protections and investor… Read More

March 5, 2013 @ 2:58 am By VentureBeat  |  

The Launch festival is a three-ring circus. Fifty startups are here presenting on the main stage, 250 startups are in the demo pit, and it’s got panel discussions with influencers from the tech community, not to mention nearly 6,000 registered attendees. To help sort through the… Read More

March 4, 2013 @ 10:27 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Want an SEO-focused crowdfunding URL? Have $18,000 burning a hole in your pocket? You can throw a bid for crowdfunding-website-reviews.com on Ebay. From the listing… This site is a PR3 with a US Alexa rating of 89,000 The site is currently earning over $400 a… Read More

March 4, 2013 @ 12:40 pm By Ben, StartMe  |  

Its an interesting one, crowdfunding. And over the last few years it has both made a big impact on how entrepreneurs, bands, artists and others are funded. It has also certainly divided opinion on just how viable the model of crowdfunding is. One thing that few… Read More

March 4, 2013 @ 4:23 am By TriplePundit  |  

There was a time not long ago, when large funding organizations like banks pretty much called the shots on whether an entrepreneur’s dream made it to production. Not any more. Crowdfunding sites like Kickstarter have made it possible for small projects to find funding without… Read More

March 3, 2013 @ 7:47 am By JD Alois  |  

The Retirement Industry Trust Association (RITA) will be holding a conference in Washington DC, March 20-21 for industry participants to learn about the lates regulatory and legislative issues affecting self directed IRAs.  Recognized as one of the most important issues facing their industry, the event… Read More

March 2, 2013 @ 2:50 am By Forbes  |  

Online marketplaces have already eliminated so much inefficiency in our world.  Dating (OK Cupid, Match.com), restaurant reservations (OpenTable), buying most physical goods (eBay) and countless other marketplaces serve both sides of the marketplaces (i.e. buyers and sellers) and provide value- typically making it more efficient… Read More