General News

December 4, 2012 @ 1:54 pm By STLBeacon  |  

The founder of a unique debt-based crowdfunding platform will be in town Wednesday to to announce her enterprise’s entry to the St. Louis market. Candace Klein, founder of SoMoLend, an online service that allows investors to lend money to small businesses, will be at the… Read More

December 4, 2012 @ 3:48 am By JD Alois  |  

EarlyShares, America’s premier Equity Based Crowdfunding platform, announced today the formation of a strategic partnership with Five by Five Media, Inc., the West Hollywood production company with five TV series set to air in 2013 and a slate of 12 feature films. EarlyShares will allow… Read More

December 4, 2012 @ 3:06 am By Ecopreneurist  |  

Re-Nuble, a social enterprise is crowdfunding a campaign to develop  local, community basedrecycling facilities. These facilities have a three-fold advantage- they help divert organic waste from landfills, convert it into compost and fertilizer for sustainable farming and generate renewable energy for communities. It is dedicated to redefining how the… Read More

December 3, 2012 @ 8:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

SoMoLend to Host St. Louis Launch Event and Kick off SoMoLaunch Business Competition December 5 Event focused on small businesses and investors will feature a presentation on crowdfunding for small businesses and a Q&A session with SoMoLend founder Candace Klein ST. LOUIS, MO — SoMoLend, a… Read More

December 3, 2012 @ 4:12 pm By Forbes  |  

The CrowdNow that the Presidential election is over, it’s time for the country to get back to work on the economic and job growth plans that both candidates talked to as priorities during the election. This begs a basic, essential question: If a President wants… Read More

December 3, 2012 @ 3:29 pm By Reuters  |  

For entrepreneur Maurice Lopes, the plight of today’s small business owner is epitomized by a cartoon that depicts a bunch of people staring through the window of a bank, while a policeman swings a club to try to get them to disperse. Lopes said the… Read More

December 3, 2012 @ 4:58 am By GigaOm  |  

Everyone has an opinion on the crowdfunding industry these days: it’s the new thing; it’s over; it’s just getting started, it’s overheated; it’s the future of finance, it’s fundamentally flawed. The truth is that when it comes to investing in businesses and startups, the critics… Read More

December 2, 2012 @ 12:48 pm By GulfNews  |  

Using the equity crowdfunding concept, a duo of ex-investment bankers and entrepreneurs, Christopher Thomas and Sam Quawasmi, founded this year an online marketplace called Eureeca.com, where Middle East businesses can source capital from the general public. Eureeca is encouraging everyone to invest as little as… Read More

December 2, 2012 @ 12:46 pm By GulfNews  |  

With returns on retail deposits, stocks and other investments still negligible, small investors who just have a bit of spare cash are finding it difficult to find a decent place to park their money. However, a new investment alternative is slowly catching on. Using the… Read More

December 2, 2012 @ 9:50 am By TampaBayTimes  |  

CARROLLWOOD — Brittany Compton was breastfeeding her son late at night when she smelled smoke. Ashes from the fireplace, though dumped in a container and doused with water, had reignited. Flames quickly filled her family’s house. Compton, her children, husband and brother got out safely… Read More

December 1, 2012 @ 11:59 am By JD Alois  |  

With Crowdfunding still in the throes of regulatory purgatory within the United States it was quite interesting to read this recent interview on the German Crowdfunding blog Crowdstreet.  Klaus Martin Meyer interviewed the CEO of Fidor Bank AG – Matthias Kröner.  Fidor Bank is a licensed,… Read More

December 1, 2012 @ 10:39 am By JD Alois  |  

In conjunction with the launch of its ABC, CommunityLeader will host a new Web Bites series on its Affiliate Program for Crowdfunding Professionals Joseph Barisonzi, CEO of CommunityLeader, Inc., announced today the launch of ABC—its Affiliate Business Center—for its growing network of national marketing and… Read More

December 1, 2012 @ 8:15 am By SFGate  |  

When Medigram, a Palo Alto startup that makes a messaging app for medical professionals, wanted to raise money this year, it enlisted the help of MicroVentures. The online marketplace, also from the Silicon Valley, quickly lined up “hundreds of thousands” of dollars from about 20 individuals,… Read More

December 1, 2012 @ 6:19 am By Crains Detroit  |  

With 18,500 jobs caught up in the liquidation of Irving, Texas-based Hostess Inc., a group of local entrepreneurs’ crowd funding concept could offer help to the employees who may soon find themselves without work. The group also hopes to make a statement about the new… Read More

November 30, 2012 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Ten Frontiers for the Future of Engagement: #1 Crowdfunding from MSLGROUP

November 30, 2012 @ 1:01 am By JD Alois  |  

LOS ANGELES — Adult crowdfunding website Offbeatr.com announced today that it is has raised more than $60,000 for its project creators. The operators said the site’s unique voting phase, whereby only projects that receive a minimum number of votes can go on to raise money,… Read More

November 29, 2012 @ 9:20 pm By Businessweek  |  

When Medigram, a Silicon Valley startup that makes a messaging app for medical professionals, wanted to raise money earlier this year, it enlisted the help of Microventures. The online marketplace, also based in the Valley, quickly lined up “hundreds of thousands” of dollars from about… Read More

November 29, 2012 @ 5:21 pm By WSJ.com  |  

Leila Janah is trying to find a way to connect women and young people living in poverty to dignified work via the Internet. Her company Samasource,which she founded in 2008, provides free, specialized technology training via 16 centers in nine countries, including India, Pakistan, Kenya, Haiti and… Read More

November 29, 2012 @ 3:57 pm By JD Alois  |  

This items was posted in an article on AdvisorOne which reviewed the amendments and proposals FINRA is scheduled to review during their upcoming December meeting; Other items on FINRA’s list includes a proposal to seek “essential information” from crowdfunding portals that want to apply for… Read More

November 29, 2012 @ 7:48 am By The Street  |  

“I don’t think an IPO has happened over the past couple of years below 500 million dollars.” That observation by Robert Kaplan, Jr. — a partner with Kaplan Voekler Cunningham & Frank — about the dearth of small initial public offerings by small and mid-sized… Read More