Tagged: education

November 13, 2013 @ 9:17 am By JD Alois  |  

The IKT in partnership with CGPL Consulting are pleased to present Innovation in Enterprise Funding: University Crowdfunding as a one day event in Central London Crowdfunding gives Technology & Knowledge Transfer Professionals a means of raising investment to innovate, students the opportunity to launch their… Read More

November 2, 2013 @ 1:35 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Real Business | Crowdfunding know-how is key to growth This article in Real Business reiterates a handful of points on the subject of crowdfunding: businesses by and large don’t know what it is, they can use it to successfully access capital and their understanding of the subject… Read More

November 1, 2013 @ 10:37 am By Charles Luzar  |  

VentureBeat | The JOBS Act leaves crowdfunding investors unprotected — the SEC is working with a flawed law According to the article, Jenny Kassan of Cutting Edge Capital filed the original petition to the SEC to create a crowdfunding exemption. In this article, she argues that… Read More

October 31, 2013 @ 8:45 am By JD Alois  |  

In what might be a first for a British university, a new researcher will have the chance to practice what they preach by crowdfunding their own salary.   The researcher will effectively be among the first to understand how the research landscape might change in the… Read More

October 29, 2013 @ 9:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Baltimore-based startup GiveCorps has announced Vince Talbert as their new CEO. Talbert was instrumental in its $1Bsale to PayPal in 2008. Talbert will bring exceptional e-commerce experience to the higher education-focused crowdfunding platform. Higher education institutions nationwide have struggled to maintain alumni giving. Participation has fallen from… Read More

October 25, 2013 @ 12:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

BigLeap, the world’s first crowdfunding prize and reward network for social good, is excited to announce that its first Challenge has passed its funding milestone and is moving into its competition phase. BigLeap’s first challenge is championed by Professor Silvia Bunge, a neuroscience and childhood… Read More

September 20, 2013 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

The University of California today launched Promise for Education, a six-week crowdfunding campaign that will bring together students, faculty, alumni, celebrities, influencers and supporters to raise money for UC student scholarships.  Promise for Education allows individuals to make a personal promise – run a marathon, adopt a pet,… Read More

September 12, 2013 @ 4:40 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Today business insurance provider Hiscox released their fifth annual DNA Of An Entrepreneur report. The eDNA report is a global annual study of 3,000 owners or partners in small and medium-sized businesses in the United States, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Spain,… Read More

September 10, 2013 @ 10:28 am By JD Alois  |  

NetworkFunder.com launched their crowdfunding site which hopes to connect entrepreneurs to set up fundraising campaigns to accept pledges for their projects and draw upon the support of their academic network. Campaign Teams can choose to be identified by their Academic Institution or by their Sorority… Read More

September 2, 2013 @ 9:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Milaap.org launches pilot project to fund training for deserving students; raises INR 1 million by crowdfunding. Milaap.org, an online micro-lending platform, celebrates India’s Independence Day by raising funds for deserving students. Milaap’s lenders came together to raise funds from their friends and family in a… Read More

September 1, 2013 @ 1:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yonder Biology launched their glowing Dino Pet on Kickstarter a little over two weeks ago hoping to raise $50,000 for their novel bio-luminescent pet.  Now the crowdfunding campaign stands at over $120,000 raised with two weeks remaining in their project. The project organizers have leveraged… Read More

August 28, 2013 @ 8:30 am By JD Alois  |  

PledgeDollars, a new crowdfunding site for teachers and schools has announced the launch of their new platform to help raise funds for education.  The platform is powered by white label crowdfunding platform Launcht. As America’s schools welcome students for another school year many schools continue to… Read More

August 23, 2013 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

The cost of higher education is skyrocketing while student loan debt has risen above $1 Trillion.  The economic dynamics of higher education today is blocking people from progressing socially and economically in one of the most developed countries in the world.  To resolve this economic… Read More

August 21, 2013 @ 11:06 am By Charles Luzar  |  

BigLeap has just launched a new crowdfunding platform for social good campaigns. These campaigns are referred to as “challenges.” Historically, incentive challenges and competitions with significant prizes or rewards have resulted in quantum-leap progress and innovation. Traditionally only a select few large organizations have used… Read More

August 21, 2013 @ 9:08 am By JD Alois  |  

DonorsChoose Brings The Largest Selection Of Supplies And Resources To America’s Teachers DonorsChoose has announced a collaboration with Amazon to help America’s teachers access the supplies and resources they need most for their classrooms.  U.S. public school teachers use the DonorsChoose crowdfunding platform to request… Read More

August 7, 2013 @ 6:27 am By JD Alois  |  

Stemming from the JOBS Act and the recent regulations released by the SEC to support it, crowdfunding is intended to make it easier for entrepreneurs to raise capital for their new businesses and create jobs in the process. There are approximately 8.6 million accredited investors… Read More

July 31, 2013 @ 9:57 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Two friends, Emerson Walker and Will Muller, have used Kickstarter to raise more than $5,000. Their aim? To launch a company and a product, mPlanner, that interfaces with learning management systems like Schoology and Blackboard to streamline student schedules into one easy-to-use calendar. One young… Read More

July 15, 2013 @ 10:56 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Pozible and Pebble were highlighted in World News Australia’s recent coverage of the global phenomenon that is crowdfunding. Watch below…

July 15, 2013 @ 10:42 am By Charles Luzar  |  

479 backers can and should be proud. They had a major hand in achieving a goal that stood unmet for 30 years. That goal is called the Sikorsky Prize, and it is centered around a seemingly simply goal: make a human-powered helicopter fly for 60… Read More

July 1, 2013 @ 1:36 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

A group of Chicago 8th graders have successfully funded a collaboratively-designed project on Kickstarter. The campaign is a product of the Science and Entrepreneurship Exchange (SEE), a program launched by Chicago’s Nettelhorst School aimed at teaching young people some of the ins and outs of… Read More