Strategy

August 24, 2013 @ 11:56 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdvance has announced a new feature on their crowdfunding platform that allows teams to raise funds in unison. Crowdvance will support parent and child fundraisers. Child fundraisers can launch standalone crowdfunding campaign pages that borrow some features from the parent page while still allowing the child fundraiser to… Read More

August 22, 2013 @ 12:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jeff Lynn, co-founder and CEO of equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs was recently interviewed by Silicon Real in a wide ranging discussion regarding his company, start-ups and the business climate in the UK and the United States.  This video is definitely worth watching for any crowdfunding… Read More

August 20, 2013 @ 7:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Titled “Navigating Your Portal Launch” the document has been published with both securities professionals and entrepreneurs in mind.  The book is available for download for free – providing you offer up your contact information ($4.99 for the anonymous types). Authored by CommunityLeader CEO Joseph Barisonzi,… Read More

August 18, 2013 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding as a Service Technology or CFaaST, Allows Crowdfunding Integrated Directly on Company Website Fundrazr claims 2013 as an excellent year and rightly so.  In 2013 they won the “Most Promising Startup” from the Technology Impact Awards.  They were also a winner in the Global… Read More

August 17, 2013 @ 5:33 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

We previously reported on Citizen Koch, a documentary aiming to explore the interplay between money and politics in the United States. In order to stake a claim to a digital copy of the upcoming film, backers had to pony up $75. Backer Nick Guillaume expressed his… Read More

August 16, 2013 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Brian Meece, CEO and CoFounder of RocketHub, will be visiting Tucsons Maker House to share his thoughts on launching a successful crowdfunding campaign.  RocketHub has partnered with Maker House to crowdfund the “Worlds First Artisan Driven Makerspace”. Maker House is committed to being a community… Read More

August 16, 2013 @ 7:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Next Generation Trust Services is gearing up for growing interest from investors to purchase equity in private companies.  On July 10, 2013, the SEC lifted its decades-long ban on “general solicitation”—the public advertising by startup companies that are seeking seed money. Jaime Raskulinecz, CEO of Next… Read More

August 15, 2013 @ 12:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

Successful equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has shared a guide on Angel investing in partnership with What Investment magazine.  The document features an introduction from Doug Richard who was one of the original “Dragons” on the BBC show “Dragons Den”.  Richard now works with entrepreneurs by… Read More

August 14, 2013 @ 10:26 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Kickstarter cofounder Yancey Strickler recently took to the Kickstarter blog to express his concern over the ever-increasing use of stretch goals in rewards-based crowdfunding. Stretch goals are funding goals set outside the scope of the primary funding goal. For example, a video game might have… Read More

August 13, 2013 @ 9:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mimoona, a crowdfunding platform created in Israel in 2011 that previously was targeting the white label / self crowdfunding sector of the industry, has now adjusted their strategy and has decided to focus on the Fashion Industry. In an interview on Bloomberg, Nadav Trenter Moser… Read More

August 8, 2013 @ 4:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

“Free Your Body” is the mantra for the “meal replacement” mix Soylent which has caught the attention and imagination of thousands of supporters fascinated about the thought of being able to not worry about food.  Soylent may now free themselves from financing their product as… Read More

August 8, 2013 @ 8:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Wealth Forge Holdings provides crowdfunding infrastructure, compliance for emerging crowdfunding Industry. The Center for Innovative Technology (CIT) – a non profit corporation which makes seed stage equity investments –  has announced  that its CIT GAP Funds has closed an investment in WealthForge Holdings, a Richmond,… Read More

August 7, 2013 @ 6:12 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Precinct was a video game crowdfunding on Kickstarter. I say “was” because the campaign has since been shut down after the project creators realized that there was little hope of the campaign meeting its funding goal. Now the team has rolled their own crowdfunding solution… Read More

August 4, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Ludwine Dekker  |  

It could fund your project, boost our companies, create jobs and maybe even save our entire economy: crowdfunding. Advertised as the go-to digital cash machine if the bank doesn’t get you the money you need, crowdfunding is well on its way to become a major… Read More

August 2, 2013 @ 6:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

When we last reported on crowdfunding video game Star Citizen it stood at $14 Million.  This was back in early July.  The ongoing crowdfunding voyage now stands at over $15 Million supported by over 221,000 “Star Citizens”. For those who have not been following the… Read More

August 2, 2013 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Released by Bloomberg BNA, Haynes and Boone tackles growing industry of social media and corporate use. Covers Regulation FD and crowdfunding. Multiple Haynes and Boone,  lawyers, led by Dallas Partner David Bell, has prepared a comprehensive guide to the corporate legal issues associated with social media.Corporate Practice… Read More

August 1, 2013 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding portal CrowdIt has announced that the City of Springfield, Missouri has selected their platform to crowdfund major elements of its Route 66 SGF Roadside Park, a key new landmark of historic Route 66 through the city, “Bringing New Life to an Old Street“. As the birthplace… Read More

August 1, 2013 @ 1:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Mission Markets Community Portals Will Enable the Small Business Networks of ASBC and SCSBCC to Have Access to Equity and Donation-Based Crowd Financing and Support Sustainable Entrepreneurship  Mission Markets, which operates a portal network for impact and sustainability investments, has announced the launch of an… Read More

August 1, 2013 @ 9:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Our neighbors to the North while much smaller in population have already established a vibrant crowdfunding scene.  With over 45% of the entire Canadian workforce employed in small business driving 28% of Canada’s GDP, it is clear that the importance of fostering a positive environment… Read More

July 31, 2013 @ 8:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Accomplished Film Director Spike Lee was interviewed on CNBC today regarding his current Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for a future film about human beings addicted to blood.  He is looking to raise $1.25 Million and he is almost half way their with just under $500,000.  Steven… Read More