Tagged: equity

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

March 22, 2013 @ 12:52 pm By Jonathan Sandlund  |  

In the last month a number of new accredited crowdfunding platforms have come online. They join FundersClub, CircleUp, and Angellist in facilitating private equity transactions entirely online. Here’s a list of crowdfunding platforms that have recently opened their accredited doors: 99Funding (Startups/Existing SMBs) Collaperty (Real Estate) EarlyShares (Startups/Existing SMBs) RealtyMogul (Real… Read More

March 15, 2013 @ 9:31 am By Charles Luzar  |  

This week Inc ran a story on Kickstarter’s slowing growth. In it Michael Wolf of NextMarket divulges some data from NextMarket’s recent analysis of Kickstarter campaigns and activity. From the article… “Because Kickstarter and crowdfunding experienced a huge rush of new projects in 2012, there… Read More

March 13, 2013 @ 5:01 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity Crowdfunding site Crowdcube has announced they have been selected as a regional finalists for the Federation of Small Businesses and Streamline awards in the Online Business category. According to the Federation of Small Businesses, “the prize will be awarded to the business that can show… Read More

March 13, 2013 @ 11:05 am By Mark Mohler, Crowdfunding Law  |  

In May of last year, the month following passage of the JOBS Act, I warned startups to watch the hypsters who were urging startups to sign up on portals and get ready for investment crowdfunding.  I pointed out that these would-be investment portals were far more interested… Read More

March 13, 2013 @ 8:51 am By Charles Luzar  |  

I recently had a chance to sit down with Derek Uittenbroek, CEO of UK equity crowdfunding platform FundTheGap. I was able to get some great insight into the UK crowdfunding landscape as well as how FundTheGap differentiates itself from other platforms in its approach to… Read More

March 12, 2013 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

 Equity Crowdfunding site CrowdCube powered the funding effort for inSpiral to achieve their goal of £250,000 in just 16 days.  The effort was supported by 120 investors with the last £100,000 raised in just 24 hours.  This latest round of Crowdfunding pushes CrowdCube to over £5.5 Million… Read More

March 8, 2013 @ 8:58 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In a post in Tech City News this week, FundTheGap CEO Derek Uittenbroek offers up an excellent explanation of the four types of crowdfunding and how to choose the right one for your raise. He also reminds readers to do their due diligence before launching their… Read More

March 5, 2013 @ 9:34 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

This infographic explains the process of an equity crowdfunding raise from start to finish on Growthfunders. Hat tip to Growthfunders.

January 31, 2013 @ 2:13 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Earlier this week FINRA invited prospective Crowdfunding portals to voluntarily file an interim funding portal form. The Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA) and sister organization the Crowdfunding Professional Association(CfPA) have conducted a thorough review of the FINRA Registration Process Inquiry form for Crowdfunding Portals, and are optimistic about the progress that is being… Read More

January 14, 2013 @ 1:13 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Sang Lee is CEO and Founder of Return on Change, an equity crowdfunding portal based in New York City. Recently he spoke at the Columbia University Business School about crowdfunding and shared some tips for entrepreneurs thinking about leveraging equity crowdfunding to access capital. His… Read More

January 11, 2013 @ 1:23 am By Charles Luzar  |  

This article is part one in a series on entrepreneurship and access to capital with a focus on the state of Texas. I recently talked to Richard Seline, Principal of Global NextGen Advisors, who just spoke at the Crowdfund Texas conference. He also offers support… Read More