Strategy

May 14, 2014 @ 8:30 am By Faith Wallace-Gadsden  |  

Social enterprise is an entrepreneurial movement focused on combining good intentions with the business approach. On a warm evening in November, I sat at a outdoor bar near St. Marc sipping a beer, waiting for my dinner and looking out on the ocean. I had… Read More

May 10, 2014 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Perhaps boosted by the arrival of the weekend, funding for Blue Mountain State the Movie has picked up speed during the final days of the campaign.  With four days remaining in the fixed funding campaign on Kickstarter the $1.5 million target is now within reach having… Read More

May 9, 2014 @ 12:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

BNN Funding has announced the launch of a new movement called #CrowdfundLocal, to make crowdfunding more accessible to community civic groups, social enterprises, nonprofits and brands by providing localized marketing and advocate support.  #CrowdfundLocal will be available for users of Crowdtilt Open – the free to… Read More

May 1, 2014 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

PCH Incubator, Highway1, Boosts Seed Investment to $50,000. Highway1, the San Francisco based incubator for hardware startups, has revealed their Fall 2014 program is now open for applications, which will be accepted until June 20, 2014. Highway1 companies will receive $50,000 in seed money, an increase from $20,000, reflecting… Read More

April 29, 2014 @ 11:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Excited to share the latest news to its fans, a leading rewards-based crowdfunding platform KarmaKrowd.com announced it will be providing consulting services for its fundraising managers that are seeking professional help for campaigns. The campaign managers will work their way through a four-phase process to… Read More

April 29, 2014 @ 9:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently I was speaking to a prominent venture capitalist and we were talking about valuations.  As most people in the startup space know there is a lot of mystique and a touch of voodoo in how you value an early stage company.  Some people call… Read More

April 29, 2014 @ 9:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has posted a brief video about promoting your crowdfunding campaign.  As they say (and we concur) crowdfunding is not a field of dreams… if we build it they will come simply is not reality.  As one would expect the advice centers… Read More

April 28, 2014 @ 2:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo has published another crowdfunding guide, this time they are tackling the film and video category.  While Indiegogo does not share their results – crowdfunding films has become one of the hottest and most visible segments of the rewards based crowdfunding industry. The document is… Read More

April 27, 2014 @ 3:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

It gained $1.44 million during its crowdfunding campaign last fall, and now Play-i’s co-founder Vikas Gupta is giving the world an inside look at the company’s success as he shared with Techcrunch.  Following the initial self-crowdfunding round, Play-i went on to raise $8 million in a… Read More

April 17, 2014 @ 8:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

One tap, one dollar. That’s the core premise of a radically simple new donation/small payment system being opened to the public today by Brooklyn-based startup TapRaise. TapRaise was founded by three tech veterans; Abel Lenz, who was creative director and product leader at AOL’s Patch,… Read More

April 16, 2014 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

PCH International’s e-commerce platform, ShopLocket, launches Blueprint today, a new media resource and email digest targeting hardware entrepreneurs.  ShopLocket has been working with many of the most successful hardware crowdfunding campaigns ever.  Their new site will feature news, daily interviews, resources and guidance from leading industry experts. Compelling information on how to succeed… Read More

April 15, 2014 @ 10:43 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Intrastate crowdfunding exemptions are on the rise as legislators continue to exhibit interest in allowing small businesses to raise money online. However, several questions remain regarding how to effectively advertise these offerings without running afoul of securities regulations. According to an article in the National… Read More

April 12, 2014 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding on Kickstarter, MyDream an RPG that has set out to challenge industry leader MineCraft closed their crowdfunding round on Kickstarter today having raised over $117,000 on a goal of $100,000.  While 370 supported this project, the vast majority of support rolled in from high… Read More

April 11, 2014 @ 12:10 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

UK-based equity crowdfunding stalwart Seedrs has released a blog post on how to create a great crowdfunding pitch video. The post is a must-read for anyone looking to raise money via crowdfunding no matter what the model – equity, rewards or via donations. At Seedrs,… Read More

April 7, 2014 @ 6:05 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lima, an integrated piece of hardware and software that was briefly called “Plug”, raised over $1.2 million on Kickstarter last fall.  Almost 13,000 backers came together to support a product that really is what iCloud aspires to be – but isn’t. Lima creates an environment… Read More

April 5, 2014 @ 2:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

BNN Funding has announced the beta launch of their crowdfunding platform for social good. The key feature of the platform is their ability to market crowdfunding campaigns nationally across 350 cities.  They are currently accepting applications for projects now. Patrick Kitano, CEO of BNN Funding… Read More

April 4, 2014 @ 11:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding Research. At the SVCrowdfund conference on April 3, 2014, Richard Swart, PhD., gave a fascinating presentation on the growing ecosystem of crowdfunding and alternative finance. Dr. Swart is a well known authority in the crowdfunding world.  He runs the UC Berkeley’s crowdfunding research initiative… Read More

April 4, 2014 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Last October Pressy  “the Almighty Android Button” – crushed their crowdfunding goal on Kickstarter raising just under $700,000 on a $40,000 goal.  The Pressy team had designed an elegant android button to facilitate manual actions on Android phones.  With a simple approach and an integrated… Read More

March 31, 2014 @ 8:46 am By JD Alois  |  

Recently TED corralled a group of crowdfunding cognoscenti including Yancey Strickler, Amanda Palmer, Tim Schafer (Double Fine), Ivan Askwith (Veronica Mars), Neil Gaiman, Max Temkin and several others to talk about crowdfunding their creative projects. This is an interesting discussion as each participant shares their… Read More

March 29, 2014 @ 1:24 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

In the past few months, we’ve seen a steady increase in crowdfunding emails. It seems like the hip thing to do now: 5 out of 10 emails now start with “Can you help us promote our Kickstarter campaign, so we can build this cool product!” There… Read More