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December 19, 2014 @ 11:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter staff pick and space fan favorite Lunar Mission One successfully hit its crowdfunding goal raising over $1 million with the support of over 7200 backers.  Called the “most inspirational mission to the moon since the Apollo landings” the crowdfunded project hopes to send a… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 1:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

The next peer to peer lending platform to publicly trade, OnDeck, hit the screens of the NYSE today trading under the symbol ONDK.  The company filed its S-1 with the SEC this past November catching the wave of Lending Club’s IPO success earlier this month…. Read More

December 12, 2014 @ 2:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing her insight about crowdfunding and its effects on the marketplace, Indiegogo’s hardware category lead Kate Drane spoke at the PSFK & PCH’s Makers Movement event in San Francisco earlier this week. According to PSFK, Drane, who is currently responsible for the platform’s design and technology categories,… Read More

December 9, 2014 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

North Capital Investment Technology has closed its seed funding round of $1 million, attracting support from major institutional investors including JFO, Karlani Capital and Green Visor Capital.  The funding enables the San Francisco-based private placement technology company to continue technology innovation, roll out proprietary funding platforms… Read More

November 29, 2014 @ 1:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

The week of November 17th should be officially designated “SME Regulatory Week” due to the number of events that occurred in our nation’s Capitol over several days.  The primary draw was the SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation. In contrast to past years,… Read More

November 19, 2014 @ 9:16 am By Anthony Zeoli  |  

While just recently uploaded, sometime in October David Tatman, the administrator of the Division of Finance and Corporate Securities, filed a “Statement Of Need And Fiscal Impact” with the Oregon Secretary of State proposing , what he refers to as, “Community Public Offerings” (CPOs) …… Read More

November 18, 2014 @ 8:09 am By JD Alois  |  

According to a release from CrowdBnk, MedTech company Sutrue has leveraged the platform to fund its global patent registration filing deadline – “with only hours to spare”.  The small equity crowdfunding campaign raised £30,020 from 12 investors at £20 / share for 2.175% equity in the small company…. Read More

October 31, 2014 @ 11:07 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Adding to $1.5M in previously secured funding, GoCoin has publicly secured more than $1.2M in crowdfunding in its Crowdfunder campaign. The campaign goal is set at $2M, with a minimum investment of $20,000.  Capitalizing on its belief that the future of currency is digital and… Read More

October 25, 2014 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Danae Ringelmann, co-founder of crowdfunding giant, Indiegogo, shared her thoughts about importance of diversity at Y Combinator’s Startup Day. Forbes reported that Although she addressed 90% of males, Ringelmann stressed how diversity will help startups achieve ultimate success. The media outlet caught up… Read More

October 25, 2014 @ 10:37 am By JD Alois  |  

CircleUp co-founder and CEO Ryan Caldbeck crashed the CNBC Cash Crowd party to fund Nomad, a hardware company that is equity crowdfunding on the CircleUp platform.  He made his appearance after the “super panel” of investors had already gone through their brief funding routine deciding… Read More

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

Super umbrella company Blunt has partnered up with Tile, “worlds largest lost and found”, to deliver the worlds first umbrella that you will never lose.  Blunt makes really tough and cool umbrellas that can stand up to most punishing storms using their “Radial Tensioning System”…. Read More

October 8, 2014 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Comedian/actress Sarah Silverman and creative agency Droga5, co-creators of “The Great Schlep,” have reunited to create a new campaign called The Equal Payback Project, which launched on Wednesday (October 8th), to help close the wage gap between men and women. The National Women’s Law Center… Read More

October 7, 2014 @ 10:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (October 7th), Chandler, AZ-based Eggcyte has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to help fund its new personal web server and storage device, The Egg. Offering 64/128/256GB of storage and Wi-Fi connectivity, The Egg permits consumers to share their photos, videos and other personal content… Read More

October 3, 2014 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Taking a page out of the Google handbook, AT&T Aspire announced they had funded 130 education projects in Charleston, Berkley and Dorchester counties on DonorsChoose.  The total amount donated was just over $70,000.  The funding was designated for 64 different schools for projects involving 111… Read More

September 29, 2014 @ 7:15 am By JD Alois  |  

In a letter from the New Mexico Regulation and Licensing Department, Securities Division, Director Alan Wilson has summarized the objectives of proposed regulations to remove restrictions an allow equity crowdfunding in the state. Wilson’s missive notes the problem of raising adequate capital for startup businesses…. Read More

September 21, 2014 @ 8:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Apparently traditional banks are moving into higher rate and thus higher risk personal loans.  This strategic shift is driven, at least in part, by growing competition from peer to peer (P2P) lending platforms. The banking industry, while incredibly important in the US, is one of… Read More

September 19, 2014 @ 9:44 pm By JD Alois  |  

As part of the Single Market Forum 2014, the EU Expert Group on crowdfunding is scheduled to meet in Brussels next week on Thursday, September 25th. The Single Market Forum is designed to assess how well the European Union’s single market works in practice. The… Read More

September 12, 2014 @ 2:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunder UK  hosted an online event at the Eden Project on Friday (September 12th) for three foodie start-ups, that battled it out to gain support and funding from the crowd, both in the live audience and all those watching online, for their businesses. The project that receives the… Read More

September 2, 2014 @ 10:22 am By JD Alois  |  

As we struggle to fire up all cylinders back at the office after a long weekend of transition from late Summer to early Fall, we thought we would share an entertaining video showing “elders” experiencing the Oculus Rift for the very first time.  This video… Read More

September 1, 2014 @ 9:49 am By JD Alois  |  

As we reported last week, Growth Capital Ventures was planning to raise capital via an equity crowdfunding campaign on their own platform “GrowthFunder”.  Well the pitch went live and pretty much immediately funded transitioning into over-funding mode.  The initial target was to raise £150,000 but… Read More