General News

February 15, 2013 @ 8:01 am By PolicyMic  |  

A big story that no one noticed: Last year, the crowd funding company Kickstarter distributed more money for the arts than the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). This isn’t surprising. We’re living in times where every dollar government spends is getting harder to justify and funding a… Read More

February 15, 2013 @ 7:13 am By JD Alois  |  

EquityNet has published a report regarding accredited investors in the United States.  The report is derived from the Equity Net user base of over 1000 businesses. The entire report is embedded below but there are several interesting points which preview the impending commencement of equity… Read More

February 14, 2013 @ 6:34 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Let’s Start Some Good: What’s Next in 2013 by StartSomeGood Have a crowdfunding offering you’d like to share? Submit an offering for consideration using our Submit a Tip form and we may share it on our site!

February 14, 2013 @ 6:29 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

WHAT: The U.S. Small Business Administration will host a series of webinars in recognition of the seventh annual National Entrepreneurship Week.  The emphasis will be on how the next generation of small business owners can leverage crowdfunding as an alternative finance option to start and… Read More

February 14, 2013 @ 6:25 pm By JJ Colao, Forbes  |  

Tom Serres faced a choice. The 30-year-old CEO of Rally.org–a three-year-old fundraising website for nonprofits, political campaigns and other causes–had just raised $3.5 million in Series A financing from some serious Silicon Valley investors: LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman from Greylock Partners, Mike Maples of Floodgate and Lean Startup… Read More

February 14, 2013 @ 6:15 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

February 14, 2013 @ 3:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

There was an interesting submission for comments regarding crowdfunding with the SEC.  This was posted by a Securities Attorney, Paul W. Richter.  He specifically mentions microcap finance and urges the SEC to “stop it’s delaying tactics”.  The entire missive is posted below: Subject: File No…. Read More

February 13, 2013 @ 7:17 pm By InnovationTrail  |  

Startup businesses in upstate New York, a region that sometimes struggles to attract big investors, are anxiously awaiting permission to begin soliciting funding from a new type of investor. The Jumpstart our Business Start-up – or JOBS – Act, passed last year by Congress, allows… Read More

February 13, 2013 @ 7:11 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The International Franchise Association (IFA) lends its support to Title III in the following letter submitted to the SEC:

February 13, 2013 @ 7:09 pm By Gina Gaston  |  

HOUSTON (KTRK) — All of us at one time or another have dreamed of starting our own business or finishing a project that’s been stuck in our head for a long time and the one thing always in the way is funding. But the funding… Read More

February 13, 2013 @ 6:42 pm By Karsten Strauss, Forbes  |  

Several months ago we spotlighted a soon-to-launch crowdfunding company that sought to bring crowdfunding to independent film. That company – Seed & Spark – has launched and now boasts an upcoming film starring Edward Burns among its list of financing projects. Largely financed by Atlantic Pictures, the… Read More

February 13, 2013 @ 8:25 am By JD Alois  |  

  Watch the latest video at video.foxbusiness.com   Daniel Gorfine, Director, Financial Markets Policy and Legal Council at the Milken Institute, was interviewed yesterday on Fox Business regarding the Jobs Act and crowdfunding.  If you have 6 minutes the interview is worth watching.  Gorfine and… Read More

February 12, 2013 @ 8:06 am By HotHardWare  |  

A couple of months ago, we covered a story that appeared straightforward enough at first but took an odd turn just a day or so later. When the story first gained traction in the media, it appeared as though Apple had hamstrung a Kickstarter project for a… Read More

February 12, 2013 @ 6:14 am By Mashable  |  

Ram Malasani, CEO and founder of the 22-person company Securifi, isn’t the typical newbie entrepreneur you’d expect to find on Kickstarter, a wildly popular website where people can pitch projects and receive small pledges of financial support from anyone. But with weeks still left to go… Read More

February 11, 2013 @ 9:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

Governor Rick Perry on a business hunting campaign set his sites on the State of California on Monday.  He was bringing the gospel of lower taxes and fewer regulations to the tax challenged state.  In an interview with the San Jose Mercury News, the Governor… Read More

February 11, 2013 @ 8:05 pm By Forbes  |  

Perhaps it was just a matter of time – but here’s a new development in the funding of academic research and technology commercialization. The University of Utah’s Technology Commercialization Office (TCO)—#1 in the country for startups launched by research organizations for three of the last five years—has… Read More

February 11, 2013 @ 6:35 am By JD Alois  |  

Accredited Investor Markets, a free, educational website, announced its February 5th beta launch today. AIMkts features articles, deal platforms, and other resources related to investing in private equity, venture capital, hedge funds, tangible assets, and pre-IPO shares. Additionally, AIMkts features fundamentals for accredited investors in… Read More

February 11, 2013 @ 4:04 am By ArcticStartUp  |  

It seems like crowdfunding is half of what I’m writing about these days, but it is an industry in its infancy that’s really starting to pop in the Nordics. By now you might think you have every crowdfunding platform figured out, but Lund-based startup,Crowdme, is… Read More

February 11, 2013 @ 1:28 am By ConcordMonitor  |  

An ailing spouse loses his job and struggles to find work. An aging vehicle falls into disrepair. Heating bills pile up. A child with special needs demands constant care. The nation is awash with post-recession tales of personal and financial misfortune. What makes Joanne Murray-Bowne’s… Read More

February 10, 2013 @ 5:38 pm By HITC Tech  |  

Not all games on Kickstarter are what they appear, as a title aimed at US College Football fans was recently pulled from the crowd funding site after potentially fraudulent claims were exposed. Boasting a backing from well-known Atlanta Falcons running back Jamal Anderson, the project claimed that… Read More