Tagged: alphaworks

February 16, 2016 @ 2:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

via GIPHY GIPHY, the company that is probably the source of all those cool GIFs you have been posting all over the internet, just closed a Series C funding round in the amount of $55 million.  This places the post-money valuation at a solid $300… Read More

November 1, 2015 @ 7:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Equity Crowdfunding Platform Quire Prepares to Leverage New Title III Crowdfunding Rules Quire, originally operating under the name Alphaworks, is part of the Betaworks ecosystem.  Betaworks is a startup factory and seed stage VC company that is associated with some big VC names. Betaworks, founded… Read More

May 1, 2015 @ 11:18 am By JD Alois  |  

MIT Sloan Assistant Professor Christian Catalini has targeted his research on the economics of innovation, entrepreneurial finance and crowdfunding.  Catalini is part of an elite few academicians who are analyzing the emergent investment crowdfunding space, so when he shares his findings, and associated perspective, it is… Read More

April 21, 2015 @ 11:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Alphaworks, the equity crowdfunding sibling of Betaworks, has rebranded as Quire, launching a redesigned site adding new features for users. Alphaworks has launched several, highly curated, equity offers in past months. The platform allows the crowd to join alongside professional investors / VCs to invest… Read More

April 10, 2015 @ 5:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Alphaworks, the crowdfunding offshoot of innovation factory betaworks, recently published a series of postings on Regulation A+: How it came to be and what they anticipate it to become going forward. Broken up into three different segments, the first part reviewed the origin and history surrounding… Read More

February 5, 2015 @ 4:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Not only do I get the chance to embed some really cool animated Gifs but I get to let you know that Giphy is open for investors right now.  Crowdfunding via Alphaworks, if this offer is like the other ones it will subscribe very quickly… Read More

January 29, 2015 @ 11:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Giphy did a Series A funding round last Spring raising $2.4 million plus a crowdfunded portion via Alphaworks in the amount of $100,000.  The crowdfunding portion was filled immediately.  Well Giphy is at it again and they are closing on a Series B that has… Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 2:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alphaworks is part of the Betaworks family that is building really cool companies. Betaworks is a New York based entrepreneur factory that  claims Ken Lerer as Chairman and John Borthwick as Founder and CEO.  Lerner was one of the founders of HuffPo and lists a… Read More

November 13, 2014 @ 5:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Alphaworks, the sister platform to well known NYC accelerator and “startup studio” Betaworks, recently launched their 4th equity crowdfunding campaign to the world.  Following in the footsteps of Giphy, Quibb and See|Me, Gimlet easily raised the $200,000 that was available for the public (accredited) investors…. Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 4:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday (October 30th), Betaworks’ equity crowdfunding platform, Alphaworks, announced that Erin Glenn is set to take the role as its brand new CEO, while co-founder and former CEO, Nick Chirls, pursues another project. According to TechCrunch, Glenn comes from four years in a CFO… Read More

May 23, 2014 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

You know all those crazy and cool animated GIFs you see just about everywhere.  Posted on discussion boards and blogs spanning the internet – from avatars to witty comments…  A picture is worth a thousand words –  a great animated GIF does it 10 times… Read More

April 24, 2014 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

The Betaworks sponsored investment crowdfunding platform, Alphaworks, has announced their next investment opportunity with Quibb. Quibb is a platform for sharing industry news, insight, and conversation. We’ve gotten to know Sandi MacPherson, Quibb’s fearless founder, for over a year now and have watched her build… Read More

February 14, 2014 @ 6:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

“The Results Have Been Inspiring”. Betaworks,  a startup studio and seed stage funding group based in New York City, launched their own crowdfunding platform earlier this week.  Appropriately called Alphaworks (it’s a progression), this is a their funding platform with a mission to: “To empower… Read More