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November 28, 2013 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Commission has published a brief communication on crowdfunding describing the roadmap for managing this new financial innovation. The document, which is subject to change, recognizes that crowdfunding is rapidly growing into a new form of financing.  This recognition is balanced with the challenges… Read More

November 28, 2013 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Commission Internal and Services Directorate General (DG) organized a Tweetchat on crowdfunding which took place earlier today.  The tweetchat is part of an ongoing discussion regarding crowdfunding and the EU policies surrounding regulation and advocacy.  Crowdfund Insider has created a Storify of all… Read More

November 27, 2013 @ 6:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Lima, marketed as the “Brain of Your Devices” has announced a shipping delay which has pushed back delivery for all supporters until sometime next Spring.  Lima, which was originally called “Plug” but was forced to change their name, is the 7th most crowdfunded campaign ever… Read More

November 27, 2013 @ 5:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

Oliver Gajda, a Co-Founder and President of the European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) was interviewed earlier this month by Good Morning Crowdfunding.  Gajda has been a tireless champion of crowdfunding in Europe.  He believes that crowdfunding is an innovative form of capital formation, job creation and… Read More

November 23, 2013 @ 9:21 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Narrative (formerly Memoto) crowdfunded over $500,000 on Kickstarter for their small form factor life-logging camera last year. The campaign ended in November of 2012. The team is having production issues largely related to quality control in manufacturing. Narrative has been forced to benchmark each unit… Read More

November 9, 2013 @ 1:09 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Captive Media is a startup aimed at bringing the “world’s first contact-free, networked, interactive washroom media system” to market. In a nutshell, they make an interactive urinal system. The group raised over £250,000 in an equity play on UK-based Syndicate Room. Their pre-money valuation was… Read More

October 23, 2013 @ 12:38 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Here are Commissioner Kara M. Stein’s comments on proposed rules for equity crowdfunding. I’d like to echo my fellow Commissioners in thanking the staff. The proposing release before us today reflects excellent and clearly cross-divisional work on an important and challenging topic, and I commend… Read More

October 22, 2013 @ 1:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

CureCancerStarter, a 501c3 nonprofit, launched today.  The site will connect cancer patients, their friends and family to cancer researchers.  The site features cancer research from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center (Chapel Hill, NC), The Duke Cancer Institute (Durham, NC), Roswell Park Cancer Institute (Buffalo, NY) and… Read More

September 7, 2013 @ 12:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Ruth Hedges, Founder and CEO of Funding Roadmap and one of the early investment crowdfunding advocates, is interviewed by Devin Thorpe – a frequent Forbes contributor who covers “impact investing”. Ruth is currently gearing up for her fall Convention and Bootcamp which had it’s inaugural launch in… Read More

August 16, 2013 @ 10:32 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Do you think the definition of “accredited investor” is flawed? Do you fail to see how net worth and yearly salary has a direct tie to the sophistication of an investor? Are you of the opinion that too few (or too many) of your fellow… Read More

August 16, 2013 @ 10:12 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Two Colorado State University grads are seeking $15,000 in funding via Rockethub. The goal: finalize the details of and launch Benevidz.com, a live cam porn web site with a very interesting aim. Benevidz wants to capture a slice of an estimated $5 billion in yearly… Read More

July 15, 2013 @ 8:15 am By JD Alois  |  

Newark Mayor Cory Booker Hopes to Bolster Small Business Growth for Newark, Kiva Partnership to Crowdfund Loans for Small Business, Entrepreneurs. An initiative that brings crowdfunded loans to entrepreneurs struggling to find capital they need to start or expand their small businesses was announced by… Read More

June 11, 2013 @ 3:58 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

FundersClub has closed the first fund in their “Accelerate Series.” The fund offered early-stage investment opportunities in companies participating in the Winter 2013 class of Y Combinator. This new fund gave accredited investors the sought-after opportunity to invest in startups that have benefited from selection… Read More

May 20, 2013 @ 9:05 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Finders Keepers is a documentary by Ed Cunningham, producer of the Oscar winning documentary Undefeated. The film follows the strange tale of Shannon Whisnant, a man who bought a smoker in a storage auction in 2007 and found a severed, mummified human leg in it…. Read More

May 17, 2013 @ 8:24 am By The Economist  |  

NAMES, wedding dates and declarations of love cover the Luchtsingel, a new pedestrian walkway straddling a busy main road in central Rotterdam, a Dutch city. Asked by a website to help fund the project, locals paid €25 ($32) each for the right to etch a… Read More

May 15, 2013 @ 9:03 am By Advisor.ca  |  

The OSC will hold a roundtable on June 11, 2013 to discuss ways investors can help start-ups and small businesses raise money in Canada. It wants to consider how companies can do this by issuing securities without first having to prepare and file a prospectus…. Read More

May 9, 2013 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Kickstarter darling raised over $8 Million crowdfunding, now they are raising more funds in a new funding round lead by Venture Capital legend Kleiner Perkins including the Mayfield Fund, NVIDIA, Shasta Ventures and Occam Partners Video game startup OUYA today announced $15 million in new… Read More

April 25, 2013 @ 7:32 am By JD Alois  |  

LA based crowdfunding platform Crowdfunder,  and WestPark Capital, Inc. have announced a strategic alliance to help mobilize capital for small and medium businesses.  Crowdfunder is an online business social network with approximately 19,000 users and a crowdfunding platform for raising capital.  WestPark Capital is a… Read More

April 23, 2013 @ 3:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

CrowdIt today announced nine more project submissions to its crowdfunding site, set to fully launch on June 4. Project submissions on CrowdIt range from entrepreneurial ventures to non-profit ambitions. These “Dreamers” will be eligible to participate in CrowdIt’s launch competition, where the project that raises the… Read More

April 20, 2013 @ 1:32 am By Forbes  |  

Crowdfunding is rapidly changing the real-estate investment market, offering developers new ways to finance projects, small investors a way in, and the socially conscious an avenue to support their local communities—and their local farms. Here is a rundown of the real-estate crowdfunding firms I think… Read More