Tagged: cnbc

February 26, 2015 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

truBrain, creator of the world’s first nootropic drink, was featured in this week’s Power Pitch segment of CNBC’s Power Lunch to discuss the company’s traction and growth strategy, as well as their recent equity offering through the crowdfunding platform CircleUp. The segment highlights truBrain’s success in developing novel products… Read More

February 19, 2015 @ 10:00 am By Samuel Guzik  |  

  In July 2013 the SEC implemented Title II of the JOBS Act of 2012 through Rule 506(c) of Regulation D, which for the first time in over 80 years allowed companies to engage in general solicitation of investors in an unregistered private placement so… Read More

February 4, 2015 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wired recently reported that CNBC and Crowdnetic are teaming up to release a new crowdfinance index that aims to give the investing public an insight of how the market is evolving. Vice president and senior executive product at CNBC, Steve Lewis stated, “This is a seas… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 5:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

iFunding, the real estate crowdfunding platform that makes investing simple, has appeared on the financial television segment “Power Pitch” on CNBC. The Power Pitch series features growing companies with unique concepts, being critiqued by experts and investors specific to their industry. CEO of iFunding, William… Read More

November 29, 2014 @ 1:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

Founded by one of the PayPal creators, Max Levchin, Affirm is another company that sees opportunity in confronting the monolithic banking industry. Affirm wants to hook up with consumers at the point of purchase. Instead of purchasers buying products using a credit, a process that… Read More

October 23, 2014 @ 10:16 am By JD Alois  |  

Financial news network is launching “Cash Crowd” a new series that is combination shark tank / crowdfunding where entrepreneurs get 30 seconds to pitch a product to the “ultimate” panel of investors while simultaneously connecting with “thousands” of accredited investors registered on equity crowdfunding platforms…. Read More

September 4, 2014 @ 8:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Each year before the new school starts, teachers everywhere make final preparations by adding items they believe are perfect for their students on their “to do” list. Unfortunately, while some administrations may only allow certain amounts to each teacher, others might not have the same… Read More

August 2, 2014 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

As part of the CNBC Tech Crowd series (and accompanying votes by the viewers), Don Shulsinger one of the creators of the Blink was interviewed regarding his device.  Blink is a product crowdfunding on Kickstarter and standing about $400,000 already raised.  The device is described… Read More

July 30, 2014 @ 10:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kayla Tausche decided to do a brief report on crowdfunding and she pulled in the hot home robot Jibo and HD home monitoring system Blink.  Kayla notes that more and more makers are going for funding “$25 at a time” instead of straight to VC… Read More

July 23, 2014 @ 2:12 pm By JD Alois  |  

Jilliene Hellman, CEO of real estate crowdfunding platform Realty Mogul, hit the screens of CNBC this week as part of the press rounds sharing the success on closing the Hard Rock Hotel crowdfunding offer.  Jilliene shares details of the project that raised $1.5 million (as… Read More

February 7, 2014 @ 11:31 am By JD Alois  |  

Edward Tang, CEO of Avegant the creator’s of the next hot device in technology – the mobile display Glyph, recently joined a segment of CNBC’s Squawk box where he demonstrated his product.  Crowdfunding on Kickstarter today, the beta version is scheduled to ship to backers… Read More

November 20, 2013 @ 11:48 am By JD Alois  |  

COIN CEO and founder Kanishk Parashar continues to make the media rounds with an interview on CNBC hosted by Carl Quintanilla and Kelly Evans.  COIN is clearly a crowdfunding success as it hit its relatively low goal of raising $50,000 in just 4o minutes.  With… Read More

October 31, 2013 @ 9:59 am By JD Alois  |  

Alan Patricof, a legend in the VC world, spoke yesterday on CNBC about the benefits and potential of popular crowdfunding.  Patricof who founded Apex Partners in 1977 which grew to become one of the larges private equity groups in the world has been involved in… Read More

September 23, 2013 @ 9:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Financial news network CNBC puts their own spin on the change in regulations which allows general solicitation for private placements.  This segment, which aired earlier today,  also includes a quote from former NASDAQ Vice Chairman David Weild indicating there is potential for “billions” in new… Read More

July 11, 2013 @ 3:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a Delivering Alpha segment on CNBC this morning, Second Market CEO Barry Silbert commented on the SEC’s revocation of the ban on General Solicitation, or advertising, for certain equity offerings.  Silbert notes that $1 Trillion a year is raised via private offerings and this… Read More

June 19, 2013 @ 12:48 pm By JD Alois  |  

As part of the ongoing disruptor seriers, Ouya founder and CEO Julie Urhman was featured on CNBC this morning to talk about the Ouya gaming console. Ouya is a Kickstarter superstar – having funded $8,596,474.00 and ranks as one the most successful crowdfunding campaigns ever.  The… Read More

June 18, 2013 @ 8:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a segment on CNBC entitled Fear and Loathing in IPO land, Kate Kelly shares her experiences from her participation in the Venture Forward conference where top angels /venture capitalist investors met.  Some of the facts shared by Kelly include: Some Tech investors feel the… Read More

May 16, 2013 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

All this week CNBC will be sharing their list of 50 disruptors.  Crowdfunding platforms CircleUp, LendingClub and Kickstarter have made the list of a new companies which are shaking up their sector – financial services.  LendingClub has recently hit front page headlines with the $125… Read More

April 22, 2013 @ 5:25 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a sure sign that crowdfunding is finally starting to connect with the masses, financial news leader CNBC is jumping into the crowdfunding rage with  “Crowd Rules”. The new “reality” show will be debuting on CNBC on Tuesday, May 14th. The show is planning on… Read More