Tagged: advertising

January 8, 2023 @ 10:27 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Student Rents,  an SaaS rental platform, allowing agents “to advertise properties, students to find them and both to manage tenancies,” has raised 116% (£464,084.10) of its £400,000 target from 157 investors (at the time of writing) via Crowdcube with 4 days left in the firm’s… Read More

April 27, 2022 @ 1:05 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Permission.io, which claims to be the “leading” provider of permission-based Web3 advertising, announced that it’s migrating away from its own proprietary blockchain to Polygon, the “preeminent” Ethereum scaling solution with over 100 million “unique users.” The migration is the company’s first in “a series of… Read More

October 8, 2021 @ 12:59 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Permission-based advertising provider Permission.io this week announced the development of their demand side platform (DSP), Permission Ads. The patent-pending, ad-buying platform offers advertisers a new way to run consent-based ad campaigns offering consumers cryptocurrency rewards in the form of ASK digital currency, in exchange for their… Read More

November 21, 2020 @ 5:31 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

London-headquartered digital bank Revolut has partnered with global online advertising platform, Adzooma, so that the bank’s business customers can get special advertising cashback incentives. This is notably the first marketing-focused incentive scheme that Revolut Business has introduced while working with a trusted partner. It’s also… Read More

March 14, 2018 @ 1:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

Following in the footsteps of Facebook, the worlds largest search engine and enormous advertising platform has banned all cryptocurrency advertising as of June 2018. Rumblings about a forthcoming ban had been circulating for some time now. Google periodically updates their advertising policies and crypto found… Read More

July 9, 2017 @ 12:37 pm By Jonathan Nieh  |  

Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF), which allows for true equity crowdfunding by small businesses and start-ups, has been in effect for over a year now. The amount of capital raised since Reg CF was launched last year has been steadily increasing as well as the number… Read More

June 29, 2017 @ 4:36 am By Erin Hobey  |  

AdEx, a next-generation online ad exchange, will hold a crowdsale beginning Friday, June 30, 2017 to support the development of the platform and promote its adoption. During the crowdsale, 80% of the ADX token will be offered and the rest will be distributed to the… Read More

November 17, 2016 @ 11:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has launched its first advertising campaign that is aiming towards those in need of getting out of their credit card debt and looking for a fixed-rate, lower-cost personal loan. According to CNBC, The new 15 and 30-second campaign ad will appear on various video… Read More

October 15, 2016 @ 11:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Collider, an accelerator that is dedicated to marketing and advertising technology startups, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £680,000. The company previously secured £700,000 on the funding portal in 2015 and £420,000 in 2014. The accelerator, which was founded in 2013, has reportedly… Read More

August 5, 2016 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

Title II and Title IV of the JOBS Act created two different forms of investment crowdfunding. Title II allows issuers to “generally solicit” or advertise securities  sold under this exemption. The catch is that only  accredited investors may purchase these securities.  Title IV of the… Read More

June 10, 2016 @ 10:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Buzzbike, a London-based bicycle manufacturer, is seeking £350,000 through its Crowdcube campaign has it prepares to launch a sponsorship platform specifically for bike brands. The company, which has formed a partnership with Cooper (the brand behind the Mini Cooper), will offer riders a leased free premium bike… Read More

October 7, 2014 @ 8:10 am By Anthony Zeoli  |  

In a prior post “SEC Releases New Guidance On Intrastate Offerings,” I briefly reviewed Compliance and Disclosure Interpretations (“CDIs”)  numbers 141.03, 141.04 and 141.05 released by the SEC in April relating to securities offerings made pursuant to Rule 147 and Section 3(a)(11) of the Securities… Read More

February 11, 2014 @ 12:20 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

On this week’s episode of Inside Crowdfunding, we interview Tubestart co-founder and CEO Josef Holm to get more information about his crowdfunding platform for YouTube content creators. We also discuss Tubestart’s new charity-related initiative and Holm’s recent ReelSEO article about MCNs participating in the crowdfunding… Read More

February 6, 2014 @ 9:25 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Imagine netting over a million YouTube views in a month and getting paid as little as $50 for that accomplishment. That is the reality Jack Conte, half of the music group Pomplamoose, spelled out in a recent interview with Upstart Business Journal. Pomplamoose has over… Read More

January 30, 2014 @ 8:00 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

Dos and Don’ts of General Solicitation and the Use of Social Media in Debt/Equity-Based Crowdfunding Online crowdfunding used to raise capital through the sale of debt and equity interests in companies has opened a new and much needed financing method for small and startup businesses…. Read More

December 10, 2013 @ 9:41 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Reddit has donated ad space to 250 crowdfunding projects via an initiative that was launched yesterday. Space was taken up within 24 hours. 250 campaigns will be allowed to participate in the initiative with each receiving 100,000 donated ad impressions on the Reddit homepage. This… Read More

November 16, 2013 @ 12:12 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The advertisement at the right was run by a Chicago-based company called American Homeowner Preservation (AHP). The crowdfunding site allows accredited investors to purchase shares of distressed mortgage pools. The irony came when the ad at the right ran on Bankrate.com, a site that specializes… 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

September 21, 2013 @ 1:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a message to AngelList members, the accredited investor platform announced that “Public Fundraising” starts on Monday, September 23, 2013.  This date coincides with the SEC designated date when the ban on “General Solicitation” or advertising has been lifted on certain private placement offerings. Companies… Read More

September 17, 2013 @ 8:04 am By Samuel Guzik  |  

September 23, 2013, represents an historic milestone for the U.S. securities industry. For the first time since the enactment of federal legislation in 1933, companies will be allowed to publicly solicit investors and advertise the sale of securities without registering the offering with either the… Read More