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June 30, 2014 @ 7:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Office of Investor Advocate (IA), a new role mandated by Dodd-Frank, has submitted its inaugural report to Congress.  In February of this year, SEC Chair Mary Jo White appointed Rick A. Fleming as the first Investor Advocate for the SEC. Fleming, a well known… Read More

June 23, 2014 @ 10:38 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has issued a consultation paper  on crowdfunding.  The release was widely expected as India moves forward to regulate investment crowdfunding – similar to a growing number of countries around the world.  Comments on the paper are being… Read More

June 11, 2014 @ 8:02 am By JD Alois  |  

Peer to peer lender Funding Circle has fired up their new risk tiers that were previously announced this past May.   Funding Circle connects accredited investors with small business owners in need of funding.  Traditionally these borrowers have had greater difficulties in finding loans.  The new… Read More

June 2, 2014 @ 3:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Leading provider of credit building and credibility solutions for businesses, Dun & Bradstreet Credibility Corp., announced last week its second event of the 2014 Access to Capital: Money to Mainstreet tour, which will be held in San Diego, California at the Marriott Marquis & Marina… Read More

June 1, 2014 @ 10:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

As part of the Marshall Wace acquisition of Eaglewood Capital Management, a “specialist in peer to peer” lending, the previously reported fund commenced trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) this past Friday.  The ticker symbol is “P2P.  This represents the very first entry of… Read More

May 28, 2014 @ 5:07 pm By JD Alois  |  

IgnitionDeck,  a WordPress crowdfunding plugin that helps you raise money on your own site has announced a new relationship with Fundify. IgnitionDeck was launched in 201o with the single goal of assisting entrepreneurs like themselves raise money without having to ask permission from various gatekeepers… Read More

May 28, 2014 @ 9:33 am By JD Alois  |  

indieFilmFunding (iFF), a crowdfunding platform targeting the indie film sector is broadening their reach to include the indie music world. Indie bands may now crowdfund everything from music videos, movie scores, studio time, demos and even the logistics behind touring. iFF has already signed up… Read More

May 24, 2014 @ 12:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Boston-based Wizeo, the first video-chat-for-a-cause platform, officially launched on Thursday morning. The website is designed to raise funds and awareness for nonprofits by connecting the world’s most inspiring people, also known as “Wizzes,” with their community of fans through live video chats. Wizeo’s unique model marries… Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 10:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cutting edge vitamin and supplement company Gevitta announced it has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for its Canna Vitamin Spray. The product is known as the first of its kind and contains legal CBDs (cannabinoid). According to its campaign site, Gevitta’s Canna Vitamin spray… Read More

May 11, 2014 @ 5:21 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hoping to take the crowdfunding revolution by storm, Property Moose recently launched their site and listed their first properties available to investors. The company wants to allow individuals to invest in real estate for as little as £500. Earlier this year founders Andrew Gardiner, Paul… Read More

May 5, 2014 @ 7:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Contradicting famous investor David Einhorn, three well known faces in the investment world gathered to explain why we are currently not in a tech bubble.  Jeff Lynn, CEO of equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs, Eze Vidra of Google Campus and VC Eileen Burbidge of Passion Capital… Read More

May 2, 2014 @ 10:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Clarion Events and gambling industry crowdfunding platform GamCrowd have signed a cooperation agreement. Under the agreement GamCrowd has become a supporting partner for Clarion’s Start-Up LaunchPad and Start-Up Village at EiG and ICE Totally Gaming. GamCrowd will also use these Clarion events to host the major physical meetings… Read More

April 20, 2014 @ 1:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Gosnell Movie crowdfunding on Indiegogo, that caused some controversy as allegations of censorship arose as the film moved from Kickstarter to Indiegogo, has now passed the $1 million mark charting a course to their $2.1 million goal.  Over 11,000 backers have contributed to the… Read More

April 19, 2014 @ 2:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to change crowdfunding as we know it, a new Vancouver-based platform Dana.io is ready to take on the industry leaders Kickstarter and Indiegogo.  Dana.io is a crowdfunding website that charges entirely by donations and consider its practice to be “gifting forward” or “unconditional gifting.”… Read More

April 18, 2014 @ 10:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing some news about its progress, New York based equity crowfunding platform SeedInvest announced it has already raised $2,850,000 out of its campaign goal, which recently kicked off.  Of that amount $850,000 was raised online. SeedInvest launched the campaign on its own platform to raise… Read More

April 18, 2014 @ 10:06 am By JD Alois  |  

  It was only this past March that Florida announced investment crowdfunding legislation to help foster economic growth in the state.  The bi-partisan bill, sponsored by State Representative Bryan Nelson (R-31) and State Senator Jeff Clemens (D-27), appeared set to join the growing wave of… Read More

April 18, 2014 @ 8:57 am By JD Alois  |  

The Healbe GoBe closed this week on Indiegogo raising $1,084,556 from supporters.  The crowdfunding campaign or “scampaign” as it had been referred to became a hot topic of conversation as question quickly arose as to the reality of the technology the GoBe claimed to possess…. Read More

April 15, 2014 @ 8:18 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

For their next round of funding, Zuli has shifted from rewards-based crowdfunding to equity-based crowdfunding on Fundable in order to grow its micro-location based automation. With the help of 925 backers,  Zuli’s Smartplug raised just over $175,000 on its electric Kickstarter campaign which ended this… Read More

March 24, 2014 @ 6:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Comments on proposed rules regarding Title IV of the JOBS Act are due today pursuant to the deadline set by the SEC.  Traditionally public comments continue to be posted on proposed rule amendments after the deadline, it is understood the door for comments will be… Read More

March 23, 2014 @ 9:30 am By JD Alois  |  

The Dash, a wireless – two piece headphone – crowdfunding on Kickstarter has broken the $3 million dollar mark as over 14,000 backers have signed up to support the project.  Their crowdfunding goal was initially just $260,000.  Created by Munich, Germany based BRAGI, the unique… Read More