Tagged: craftfund

September 30, 2015 @ 1:10 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Those near Milwaukee, Wisc., tonight will have something new to drink to: Philly’s Premium Beverages LLC, a Grafton firm that sells readymade mixed drinks in bottles and cans is the first Milwaukee-area company to seek money from investors under Wisconsin’s year-old equity “crowdfunding” law, according to Milwaukee’s Journal… Read More

March 24, 2015 @ 2:56 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

You can still vote for new flavors of beer–cinnamon, vanilla cranberry and cocoa, or sour blood orange–with the confidence that it’s coming in fairly small, unique batches. MobCraft Beer, the first crowdfunding campaign to try Wisconsin’s new crowdfunding law, recently fell short of its 3.5 month… Read More

November 12, 2014 @ 10:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Minnesota has joined the growing list of states that may want legalized investment crowdfunding now -and not just for accredited investors.  Recognizing that Title III is encumbered with excessive costs and a too low cap on amounts an issuer may raise,  a group called “MNvest”… Read More

November 11, 2014 @ 12:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

During her visit to the small village of Ellsworth on Friday (November 7th), Wisconsin’s newly re-elected Lt. Governor, Rebecca Kleefisch, discussed ways for small start-ups to receive funding, one of which was crowdfunding. According to Pierce County Herald, Russ Korpela used crowdfunding to raise capital… Read More

September 26, 2014 @ 7:23 am By JD Alois  |  

CraftFund is now offering investment opportunities in Wisconsin.  CraftFund has been a trailblazer in the crowdfunding space.  Management set up shop early positioning the platform to offer rewards based campaigns but anticipating the opportunity to offer investment crowdfunding once laws were rationalized.  Now with Wisconsin… Read More

September 25, 2014 @ 12:27 am By JD Alois  |  

MobCraft beer launched their equity crowdfunding campaign on CraftFund today (Wednesday, September 25) becoming the first company to take advantage of Wisconsin’s equity crowdfunding exemption. As was reported this past summer, Wisconsin’s intrastate crowdfunding exemption encountered a bit of a hurdle when local banks were… Read More

August 26, 2014 @ 2:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Winsconin’s crowdfunding law went into effect this past June, signed into law by Governor Scott Walker. The state crowdfunding exemption allows entrepreneurs to raise up to $2 million via an online investment platform ($1 million without an audit).  The law was unique in their approach… Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 5:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Great news for entrepreneurs in Wisconsin, starting June 1st anyone in America’s Dairyland will be able to buy small amounts of stock in businesses through online portals that register through the state. This will allow business owners to easily turn to their community to raise… Read More

April 8, 2013 @ 8:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

CraftFund Launches New Website  to invest in Breweries with Crowdfunding CraftFund, announced the launch of a new website that seeks to form a disruptive community of craft beer investors. The craft beer industry has experienced double digit growth the past several years during a time… Read More