Tagged: equity

May 22, 2013 @ 10:14 pm By Techonomy  |  

When the JOBS Act was signed into law, its knotty crowdfunding provisions quickly became a source of consternation for the SEC. More than one year later, the law continues to languish, as the SEC moves slowly to implement its two most important provisions. One would enable general advertising for… Read More

May 22, 2013 @ 10:26 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Dealstruck is a debt-based crowdfunding platform based in La Jolla, California. It was launched by co-founders Ethan Senturia and Russel McLoughlin. In a recent interview with Xconomy, Senturia describes the process of launching the company. The throught process he alluded to should raise a red… Read More

May 21, 2013 @ 7:51 am By EntreRev  |  

Crowdfunding is coming. In fact, for many businesses crowdfunding is already here. There are many equity and revenue share crowdfunding platforms that are already funding small businesses around the country, but what we have seen so far is just the tip of the iceberg. According… Read More

May 16, 2013 @ 7:48 am By Sang Lee  |  

Sang Lee of Return On Change outlines four simple reasons why crowdfunding works in today’s economic climate.

May 11, 2013 @ 8:59 am By Korstiaan Zandvliet  |  

Crowdfunding is not only a solution for entrepreneurs who are looking for seed capital, but also for investors who want to control their portfolio and get some Return on Investment. With the prospect of equity-crowdfunding in the U.S. and the blooming equity crowdfunding market in… Read More

May 10, 2013 @ 9:00 am By GigaOM  |  

Health entrepreneurs looking for relatively small amounts of seed funding can turn to crowdfunding sites like Medstartr or Health Tech Hatch. But if they need funding in the $2.5 to $5 million range, they’re largely left to venture capitalists, strategic funders or other traditional investors. Healthfundr, a startup… Read More

May 8, 2013 @ 9:52 am By The Business Journal  |  

In some ways, America’s pending shift to allow equity crowdfunding starts with beer. Two advertising executives in 2009 created a website to raise money from individuals to buy Pabst Brewing Co., which makes the hipster favorite Pabst Blue Ribbon. They raised more than $200 million,… Read More

April 29, 2013 @ 7:38 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Zach Braff has raised more than $2 million on Kickstarter. Veronica Mars netted over $5.7 million. These two campaigns have gone a long way in sparking a debate on whether campaigns such as these align with the core mission of rewards-based crowdfunding, and in particular… Read More

April 26, 2013 @ 7:39 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Street recently interviewed Chris Camillo and he was able to share some of his thoughts about how to pragmatically approach investment crowdfunding as an everyday investor. Mr. Camillo is an angel investor and author of the book Laughing at Wall Street. Watch the interview… Read More

April 24, 2013 @ 8:19 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that AngelList will roll out it’s investment crowdfunding service to all its accredited users this week. The system has been available in beta form for months now and has reportedly raised over $6 million for 18 companies from 620… Read More

April 16, 2013 @ 9:45 pm By Upstart Business Journal  |  

Some have said that crowdfunding will somehow replace angel investors or venture capitalists. Ryan Feit doesn’t see it that way, and it’s not how SeedInvest, the New York City crowdfunding site he co-founded, is operating in its first few weeks. Instead, he told me, SeedInvest is partnering with… Read More

April 15, 2013 @ 7:35 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The Senator spoke about the potential of securities crowdfunding, which would allow startup companies to make equity offerings to investors through websites and raise up to $1 million per year from investors online. The JOBS Act, which was passed in April 2012, established a legal… Read More

April 11, 2013 @ 11:57 pm By Ryan Caldbeck  |  

At CircleUp, an equity crowdfunding site, we accept fewer than 2% of the companies who apply to raise capital on our platform. While there are a myriad of reasons why we pass on companies, one that always pokes its head up is valuation—that is, we are pessimistic that… Read More

April 10, 2013 @ 7:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Monday’s conference on crowdfunding fraud and regulation in Washington, DC was an event I had been looking forward to for some time. It didn’t disappoint. Organized by Virginia-based CrowdCheck, the speaking roster of this conference was distinctly and obviously set up to put all sides… Read More

April 7, 2013 @ 12:21 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

On the anniversary of the JOBS Act, Woodie Neiss of Crowdfund Capital Advisors and University of Mississippi Law Professor Mercer Bullard discuss investment crowdfunding, investor protection and fraud. It is an interesting microcosm of the arguments being made from both sides of the crowdfunding debate…. Read More

April 7, 2013 @ 12:10 pm By Telegraph.co.uk  |  

A selection of start-up business entrepreneurs describe their positive funding experiences with the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme. A group of enthusiastic graduates led by Anthony Ng Monica had an idea for an online service to help shoppers buy the right laptop – without all the… Read More

April 6, 2013 @ 11:38 am By Invest Crowdfunding Québec  |  

Last March, the Quebec Securities Commission (AMF)  held a public consultation to discuss Equity Crowdfunding and its applicability. Our team has been working tirelessly since July for this moment. With  “success stories” multiplying across the globe, we, too, want our SMEs and start-ups to benefit from this model…. Read More

April 1, 2013 @ 10:22 am By Forbes  |  

The following guest post is by David Drake, founder and chairman of LDJ Capital, a New York City private-equity firm, and of The Soho Loft Capital Creation Events series, a global events and media company. Last March 29, Italy’s Commissione Nazionale per le Società e… Read More

April 1, 2013 @ 10:03 am By Indianapolis Business Journal  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission is still drafting its rules for crowdfunding—a provision in last year’s Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act that allows private companies to raise capital by lining up large numbers of small investors. That delay is good news for the founders of… Read More

March 27, 2013 @ 9:31 am By Cathy Horyn  |  

The other day you may have read about Patrick Robinson, the former Gap creative director, who is producing a new line, Paskho, with money he hopes to raise on Kickstarter. Among crowd-funding sites, Kickstarter is the largest, with more 30,000 projects financed and $300 million… Read More