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Oculus’s $300 VR-Enhanced Ski Goggles Coming Soon To A Living Room Near You

Using affordable hardware derived from cell phones, the Oculus Rift headset may finally deliver a rich virtual reality experience to gamers–and far beyond. Here, CEO Brendan Iribe talks us through the tech. See more news on the Oculus Rift Keanu Reeves went virtual in Johnny Mnemonic and The… Read More

Consumer Fintech Chime Appoints Madhu Muthukumar as Chief Product Officer

Chime is pleased to announce that Madhu Muthukumar has joined the company as our first Chief Product Officer (CPO). This appointment furthers Chime’s commitment “to creating the next wave of innovative products and services critical to their members’ needs and their long-term success as we… Read More

Web 3.0, NFTs: Self-Custody Crypto Wallet MetaMask Announces Web3 Educational Programming with Superchief Gallery NFT

MetaMask, the self-custody Web3 wallet developed by ConsenSys is pleased to announce Web3 educational programming at The Oculus at the Westfield World Trade Center in partnership with Superchief Gallery NFT, the IRL NFT gallery. As part of the partnership, approximately 300 students from marginalized &… Read More

Flybits Launches OpenDome, Enabling Banks to Create Engaging Metaverse Experiences

Flybits, an international player focused on Enterprise-grade Experience Design solutions for the financial industry, recently announced the launch of its new Metaverse authoring platform called OpenDome. Built as an algorithmic, template-driven render engine, OpenDome claims to be “the first-ever platform enabling banks to create multi-dimensional… Read More

Gaming and Media Industry are Leading the Metaverse Movement: Report

The Metaverse, a relatively new concept and a term used to describe a shared, immersive digital ecosystem supported by the use of VR and augmented reality (AR) technologies, has quickly become one of the fastest-growing trends in the digital economy. It’s notably a nascent industry… Read More

Waiting for Crowdfunding Boom 3.0

It seems hard to believe, especially after a decade where it dominated new finance, but equity crowdfunding is still just in its infancy. Originally coined by entrepreneur Michael Sullivan in 2006, the true modern crowdfunding boom kicked off at the start of the previous decade… Read More

Fintech Clim8 Quickly Tops Crowdfunding Goal on Crowdcube

Clim8, an App-based startup for sustainable investing, has quickly topped its £400,000 crowdfunding goal on Crowdcube. As it stands today, Clim8 has raised £474,479 from 249 investors. The company is issuing equity at a pre-money valuation of £3.384 million or a per-share price of £24.97…. Read More

Update: 7percent Ventures Named Lead Investor After Investing £200,000 into Small Robot Company’s Crowdcube Campaign; Funding Round Has Now Secured More Than £1.5 Million

Small Robot, a UK-based ag-tech that is building sustainable farming robots, announced on Monday that venture capitalists 7percent Ventures has been confirmed as its lead investor after investing £200,000 into its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. This brought the funding round’s investment amount to more… Read More

Crowdfunding: How a Rock Band’s Reunion Tour Sparked the Crowdfunding Trend

From funding the rock band Marillion’s reunion tour in ‘97 to enabling Oculus to revolutionise the tech world and allowing over $200 million to be invested in the most funded independent video game ever (Star Citizen), crowdfunding has come a very long way in a… Read More

Is the No Action Letter for TurnKey Jet a No-Action Non Event? Doug Ellenoff Comments on SEC Digital Asset Statement and STO Framework

Last week, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) moved forward on clarifying their position regarding digital assets. First, a No-Action Letter (NAL) was released pertaining to the issuance of a token by TurnKey Jet. In a tightly defined issuance, Turnkey was deemed not to be… Read More

Farewell Venture Capital: The Shift to Crowdfunding and Other Sources for Scaling Startups

A successful startup needs successful venture capital (VC) backing, right? Well, not always. The status quo of startup funding is beginning to shift as smaller, more nimble outfits backed by crowdfunding campaigns have proven that they, too, can reach stratospheric heights. Moreover, the founders of… Read More

The STATE of Investment Crowdfunding: How Intrastate Crowdfunding is Beating REG-CF on the Cost of Capital (and how to fix it)

There’s a Fintech revolution happening in Minnesota. Since passing its own version of intrastate crowdfunding legislation in 2015 and quietly opening its doors in 2016 the state has taken the regional lead in raising more money for more businesses under its “MNvest” exemption as well… Read More

Doug Ellenoff Discusses the Emerging Security Token Market, Contrasts STOs to the ICO World: In the US, a Utility Token is a Myth

Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) hit the popular media screen during 2017 with stories of outrageous sums of money being raised online – sometimes under questionable circumstances. In total, according to EY, $4.1 billion was raised for the top ICOs during 2017. In 2018, that number… Read More

Flyover Country No More: Silicon Prairie Portal & Exchange Combines Intrastate with JOBS Act Crowdfunding Exemptions, Preps Blockchain based Secondary Market

The JOBS Act of 2012 was create with the recognition of the importance of providing funding to early stage ventures and entrepreneurs. Access to capital can be really hard. This is even more true if you happen to live outside of prominent hotbeds of innovation… Read More

Regtech Ocrolus Receives $4 Million Series A Funding, Bullpen Capital Leads Round

Ocrolus, a Fintech firm that automates the analyzing financial documents, has announced a $4 million Series A investment led by Bullpen Capital. Additional investors include QED Investors, Laconia Capital Group, ValueStream Ventures, and RiverPark Ventures. Also participating in the round were multiple well known names… Read More

Where is the Crowd?

  At a lightly attended alternative finance conference last month, Dr. Richard Swart spoke about the anaemic growth of the US crowdfunding industry. He made the point that we (industry participants including portals, broker-dealers, escrow banks & trusts, transfer agents, investor accreditation services, accountants, lawyers,… Read More

PledgeMusic Founder Benji Rogers Joins Advisory Board For Virtual Reality Music Platform Endless Riff

Music virtual reality platform Endless Riff announced on Wednesday  PledgeMusic founder, Benji Roger, along with former AOL and RCA exec Mike Rich, have joined its advisory platform. Founded in 2014, Endless Riff describes itself as a networked virtual reality platform where music fans can escape… Read More

The Invest in America Act: Supporting Entrepreneurs & Innovation While Empowering Everyday Americans

  First off, we all owe Tony a debt of gratitude for actually drafting this set of regulations. Legislative drafting is yeoman’s work especially when it comes to tax law. This new legislation solves for two extremely important problems in the U.S. economy and society…. Read More

Agency 2.0 Has Helped Raised Millions of Dollars in Rewards Campaigns. Now they are Moving Into Investment Crowdfunding

Agency 2.0 was one of the very first marketing agencies in the rewards-based crowdfunding sector to get it right. Their participation in a campaign on either Indiegogo or Kickstarter almost guarantees success.  The years of honing their technique and perfecting their strategic approach to raising… Read More

Brief: Kickstarter Shows Off Pictures From 2016 Summer Festival in Brooklyn

Over the weekend, Kickstarter hosted its 2016 Summer Festival in Brooklyn’s Greene Park. The free event celebrated creativity and featured art, food, games and more from the Kickstarter community, including: A life-sized game of Exploding Kittens  Guided virtual reality meditation on Oculus Rift Royal Palms Shuffleboard fun… Read More

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