Tagged: event

November 24, 2014 @ 8:43 am By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network is ramping up for what strives to be the “reference event” for the fast growing crowdfunding industry across the EU.  Organizers have published a detailed program for the convention that will take place in Paris on December 11th and 12th.  Noted… Read More

November 18, 2014 @ 9:51 am By JD Alois  |  

The “Worlds Largest Crowdfunding Festival” One Spark has shared the lineup for their 2015 Speaker Summit scheduled for April 7, 2015 at the Florida Theatre in Jacksonville. Headliners for this year’s One Spark Speaker Summit presented by Community First Credit Union include; Jeff Hoffman, founder… Read More

November 14, 2014 @ 12:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission has published the agenda, along with the names of the associated panelists, for the 2014 SEC Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation.  Each of the five sitting Commissioners are expected to be in attendance including Chair Mary Jo White…. Read More

November 14, 2014 @ 12:16 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC Government Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation has gained in popularity in recent years.  In light of the JOBS Act and growing recognition of the profound importance of small business to economic growth – what was once a bit of a quiet affair… Read More

November 11, 2014 @ 9:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network, or ECN, is preparing for its annual conference in what is probably the premier European gathering to discuss the new frontier of early stage capital formation.  Noting that crowdfunding is the “fasting growing financing source for SME’s”, the convention is poised… Read More

November 8, 2014 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA) has scheduled a public event in Washington, DC, on November 21st, to update and review the community on various aspects of the JOBS Act including Title II, Title III and Title IV.  The 2nd Annual Regulatory Summit has been… Read More

November 3, 2014 @ 3:28 pm By JD Alois  |  

November is a big month in Washingtong, DC.  Not only is it the mid-term election season that happens to have a bit of excitement in the air with the Senate being up for grabs, but also there are several events targeting the small business community…. Read More

October 30, 2014 @ 10:30 am By JD Alois  |  

David Weild, former Vice Chairman of NASDAQ and current CEO of IssuWorks, made an appearance at the offices of Pepper Hamilton last week to discuss capital formation for small businesses. The event was organized by Dara Albright, a vocal advocate of crowdfunding and a leading… Read More

October 27, 2014 @ 9:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

The 3rd annual Global Crowdfunding Convention took place in Las Vegas last week.  The three day event spanned the spectrum from investment to donations based crowdfunding.  Participants came from around the world to talk crowdfunding and the future of this new approach to capital formation…. Read More

October 27, 2014 @ 3:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd has scheduled an investor summit for this December to be held in Jerusalem, Israel.  The OurCrowd team will convene with angel and venture capitalists from around the world.  The event will also bring together over 40 startups from the OurCrowd… Read More

October 15, 2014 @ 2:03 pm By JD Alois  |  

Gathering Features JOBS Act Advocates Including; Congressman Patrick McHenry, David Weild , Sam Guzik, Doug Ellenoff, Sara Hanks, Brian Korn and more. Next week in New York City a group of crowdfunding industry advocates, legal though leaders and securities analysts will gather to discuss the… Read More

October 13, 2014 @ 1:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network (ECN) announced they were holding their annual convention in Paris earlier this year but the crowdfunding advocate group has recently shared additional details on the forthcoming event. The ECN is a professional network promoting adequate transparency, (self) regulation and governance while… Read More

October 9, 2014 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Event organizer Coastal Shows is readying for their first Banking and Lending Summit set to take place next week in San Francisco. A growing surge of peer to peer lending and crowdfunding platforms are filling a void left by traditional banks.  Some banks are partnering… Read More

October 5, 2014 @ 5:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

One Spark, “the Worlds Crowdfunding Festival”, has quickly become a defining event for Jacksonville, Florida (where it all started) and the crowdfunding world. The city wide event has grown each year – something organizers expect to occur again in 2015.  As part of the festival… Read More

October 5, 2014 @ 3:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdsourcing week is gearing up for their European event scheduled to take place in Copenhagen later this month.  Following successful events in both  Singapore, and a recent gathering in Warsaw, Crowdsourcing Week is taking their message of collaboration and the crowd economy to Denmark with… Read More

September 30, 2014 @ 6:43 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has scheduled the date for their annual Government- Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation. The event will take place on Thursday, November 20, 2014 at the SEC headquarters.  Proceedings will commence at 9AM  and continue through the day…. Read More

September 28, 2014 @ 10:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

The Crowdfunding Professional Association (CfPA) is holding their annual educational summit in Washington, DC this week.   Registration is still open for the two day event that is described as  the “Premier  Annual Education Event” for the crowdfunding industry’s non-profit trade association. Topics scheduled for… Read More

September 19, 2014 @ 8:30 am By Holly Hubbard Preston  |  

For a second year in a row, government policy makers, finance experts and online entrepreneurs gathered at UC Berkeley for the Fung Institute’s academic symposium on crowdfunding.  The event was organized by Dr. Richard Swart – a well known authority and frequent commenter on crowdfunding… Read More

September 17, 2014 @ 8:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Malaysia is preparing to launch investment crowdfunding and the Securities regulators are leading the way.  Securities Commission Malaysia (Suruhanjaya Sekuriti) has scheduled a two day conference held at the commission to raise awareness of the future potential of equity crowdfunding as an alternative method to… Read More

September 16, 2014 @ 2:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

The US Small Business Administration (SBA) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) have decided to work together to spread the word on the JOBS Act and new options to raise capital for small businesses.  The JOBS Act legalized various forms of investment crowdfunding including:… Read More