Tagged: events

June 27, 2017 @ 5:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Global Crowdfunding Convention (GCC), an annual event where people gather to network and learn about #crowdfunding, announced that its sixth annual event, which is being sponsored by Microsoft, will be held October 23-24, 2017  at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.  The event’s description… Read More

May 4, 2017 @ 3:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

SeedInvest, a leading equity crowdfunding platform, announced on Thursday it was hosting its first digital demo day this upcoming Monday from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. PST. According to SeedInvest, those who attend the event will have the opportunity to hear directly from 16 founders… Read More

May 1, 2017 @ 4:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding platform for music, PledgeMusic, recently announced it received a nomination for the 2017 A2IM Libera Awards in the Independent Champion Category. According to the event’s organizers, the A2IM Libera Awards celebrates the successes of the independent music community. The funding portal shared: “As a… Read More

April 27, 2017 @ 1:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Business summit FutureTech Congress is set to be held on May 24th and 25th in the city of Warsaw. According to its organizers, the event is set to address various trends in the insurtech, fintech, and big data industries, along with host experts from all over… Read More

April 24, 2017 @ 1:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Innovate Finance announced on Monday its members will be joining a RegTech delegation to New York City this week, which is being organized by the Department for International Trade (DIT). According to the organization, this is DIT’s first RegTech mission to America and will be part of… Read More

April 7, 2017 @ 2:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Finnovation Africa: Uganda 2017 opened in Kampala and brought together more than 300 fintech leaders that are seeking to drive the constructive transformation of banking and financial services across Africa.  According to the organizers, the conference opened with a keynote session featuring international fintech… Read More

April 6, 2017 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding platform Wefunder announced on Thursday it is set to host a 12-city tour of live, in-person funding events for small businesses. The funding portal noted that the events are much like demo days that are hosted by accelerators. According to Wefunder, the 12-city events’… Read More

March 16, 2017 @ 9:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FinTech Australia announced the upcoming inaugural Finnie Awards, which is set to honor the leading achievements of the Australian fintech sector over the past twelve months. It is supported by Jobs for NSW.  “FinTech Australia plays a very active role in engaging the FinTech Community across… Read More

March 10, 2017 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced on Thursday it is making its way to the 2017 SXSW festival, which kicked off on Friday and will run until March 19th in Austin, Texas. “Every year, some of the coolest people doing the coolest things descend on Austin… Read More

March 7, 2017 @ 8:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Invesdor announced on Tuesday it is teaming up with Mesenaatti and the Nordic Crowdfunding Alliance to bring the biggest crowdfunding event of the year to Finland. According to the crowdfunding platform, the event’s speeches will focus on such topics as the different forms of crowdfunding, its rapid… Read More

March 6, 2017 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lendit announced on Monday that it is launching its new media brand, Lendit News, that is being described as a financial technology ‘fintech’ resource dedicated to providing curated content and analysis of the most up-to-date industry news from around the globe. This announcement comes on the… Read More

March 2, 2017 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marketplace lending platform, China Rapid Finance, announced on Wednesday its CEO, Dr. Zhengyu (Zane) Wang will deliver a keynote speech at LendIt USA 2017. The event will take place on March 6th and 7th at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City. China Rapid Finance noted that… Read More

February 27, 2017 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australian business media company Fintech Business announced the winners of the 2017 Fintech Business Awards, which recognized the outstanding innovation and entrepreneurship in the Australia fintech sector. The inaugural event’s description reads: “The inaugural Fintech Business Awards seeks to identify and acknowledge the leading individuals… Read More

February 16, 2017 @ 2:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The second annual Crowd Invest Summit West is set to be held on September 6th and 7th at the Los Angeles Convention Center. The event was notably developed with the vision that every  American, both accredited or non-accredited investors, may now be a venture capitalist. Returning sponsors include… Read More

October 14, 2016 @ 8:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Kickstarter announced it is set to host its very own “Ghost Arcade” Games Festival at BRIC in Fort Greene Brooklyn on October 29th. The reward-based crowdfunding platform stated that visitors would get to experience both video and table games from New York-based creators…. Read More

September 23, 2016 @ 4:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, crowdfunding platform Tilt announced the launch of its new event hosting feature, Ticketing With Tilt. Co-founder and CEO of Tilt, James Beshara, stated Ticketing With Tilt gives users the ability to automatically issue tickets with a QR code, which will quickly check in… Read More

September 14, 2016 @ 4:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, crowdfunding portal Kickstarter announced it was heading across the Atlantic for this year’s London Design Festival, which will be held on September 17th-25th. The citywide celebration features a range of designers who have brought their projects to Kickstarter. The funding platform declared: “Whether… Read More

August 28, 2016 @ 5:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Steven Dresner of Dealflow.com is one of the regular suspects in the online capital formation sector.  He has been an active voice and participant in the shift to leverage the power of the internet to make capital formation more efficient. Working with broker-dealers and other… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 2:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dara Albright Media announced on Thursday the launch of its new Fintech event series, which will reportedly focus on how investors of all sizes, businesses in all stages of growth, and financial services providers of all echelons stand to benefit from today’s fintech industry. The company… Read More

July 11, 2016 @ 9:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the success of the third Expo for Property, Investing & Crowdfunding (EPIC) event in Singapore, crowdfunding platform CoAssets announced plans to host a stage inaugural EPIC event in Fuzhou, China. EPIC is described as a 1-day event that informs SMEs and startups on financing option and… Read More