Events

Equity crowdfunding has enjoyed almost celebrity status in the finance press over the last few years. Millions has been invested by people who have never done such things before, pumping much needed capital into startups and SMEs large and small, all over the UK. But with the excitement... Read More

TechCrunch presents this year's Disrupt NY 2015. Featuring a pre-weekend Hackathon, industry panelists, keynote speakers, and our annual Startup Battlefield, Disrupt displays the latest and greatest for attendees in today's tech world.

The attractiveness of an investment is heavily influenced by whether the investment can be easily sold at a reasonable price when the investor decides to sell that investment. Venture exchanges have been proposed to create a robust, liquid secondary market for the securities of small... Read More

Women have been benched in the equity funding game. But it’s time they took the field. Equity crowdfunding is a whole new way of building teams to support and invest in women-owned businesses. In this panel discussion, you’ll learn the rules of this new game... Read More

In May 2015, we will be hosting a thoughtful and engaging roundtable discussion in Washington DC to discuss the future of finance, including topics such as non-bank financing, whether in the form of private securities or crowdfunding, alternative investments, crypto-currencles, shadow vs. narrow banking, the... Read More

Barclays has partnered with Techstars to launch a FinTech focused Accelerator in NYC.  The 13 week program kicks off in July 2015 and offers intensive mentoring, investment of up to $120,000 per selected company, unprecedented access to the resources of a leading bank, a premier accelerator,... Read More

Finovate is the only conference series focused exclusively on showcasing the best and most innovative new financial and banking technologies. Finovate conferences consistently attract large, high-impact audiences of senior financial and banking executives, venture capitalists, press, industry analysts, bloggers, regulators, and entrepreneurs. The conference series debuted to rave... Read More

The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced that its Equity Market Structure Advisory Committee will hold its first meeting on May 13.  The meeting will focus on Rule 611 of SEC Regulation NMS, known as the “Order Protection Rule” or “Trade-through Rule.” Rule 611 requires... Read More

Featuring Paul Mahoney, Dean, University of Virginia School of Law; with comments by Heidi Schooner, Professor, Columbus School of Law, The Catholic University of America; moderated by Thaya Knight, Associate Director, Financial Regulation Studies, Cato Institute. The recent financial crisis led to sweeping reforms that... Read More

It’s already an incredible start to 2015. We just moved into our new offices at the Palace of Fine Arts and we’ve also been working with the City of San Francisco to create the world's first connected city. We're building applications and products that are... Read More