Tagged: events

July 6, 2016 @ 1:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter is set to host its 2016 Summer Festival at the Fort Greene Park in Brooklyn later this month. The event’s description reads: Celebrate creativity at the Kickstarter Summer Festival, a free event featuring art, food, games, and more from the Kickstarter community. Join… Read More

June 29, 2016 @ 2:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, organizers of the Global Crowdfunding Convention (GCC) announced the 5th annual event lineup. The event is scheduled to take place in Las Vegas this October.  For two days, the GCC will host crowdfunding experts and focus on teaching attendees how to raise money in equity-, rewards-/donation-based… Read More

June 28, 2016 @ 12:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Israel’s equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd announced the dates for its third annual Global Investor Summit. Sharing details about the event, the OurCrowd team explained: “The OurCrowd Global Investor Summit is one of the leading events in the Israeli high-tech industry. Over the last… Read More

June 16, 2016 @ 10:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Indiegogo announced its very own Pride Celebration, which will be held at its San Francisco headquarters on June 23rd. The free event’s description reads: “In honor of pride month, Indiegogo is hosting a LGBTQIA Pride Celebration at Indiegogo HQ! It’ll be a chance… Read More

May 19, 2016 @ 3:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hire Space, the dubbed “Airbnb for event spaces,” has recent launched a Crowdcube initiative to raise £500,000  as it continues to grow and develop its venue marketplace platform. Founded in 2013 by teacher Will Swannell and speechwriter Edward Poland, Hire Space assists brands, agencies, corporations and the public to… Read More

May 19, 2016 @ 10:19 am By JD Alois  |  

Reflecting the evolving landscape of finance, media and events company Next Bank is rebranding as “Next Money.”  The move is to “better reflect its expanded focus across the entire financial services industry.” The entity also announced it had acquired Bank Innovators Council, an organization that… Read More

May 3, 2016 @ 8:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, CrowdfundBeat announced it will be hosting the annual Crowdfunding USA Conference at Washington D.C.’s National Press Club on May 5th-6th. According to the website, the event will bring together thought-leaders, practitioners, and pundits, discussing some of the new chapters in the Crowdfunding playbook, such as Regulation A+… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 8:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Global Crowdfunding Convention (GCC), an annual event where people gather to network and learn about #crowdfunding, today announced that its fifth annual event will be held October 15-17, 2016 at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.  For two days, the GCC will host crowdfunding… Read More

April 13, 2016 @ 1:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Singapore-based crowdfunding platform, CoAssets, hosted its first annual SME CORE (Capitalising Opportunities & Realising Expectations). This event aims to provide SMEs with perspective, business solutions and information from public and private sectors.   Topics discussed included the following: SME Financing and Support, Leveraging Human Resources and… Read More

April 1, 2016 @ 1:42 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced it will be celebrating the opening of its new Manchester office on April 28th at 6:00 p.m. While sharing details about the event, the Crowdcube team stated: “We’re inviting you to come along and meet some of our… Read More

March 31, 2016 @ 10:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Humble Grape, a UK-based wine and events company, announced this week that it is set to open a second bar on Fleet Street in London. The company secured a grand total of £356,670 during its Seedrs initiative two years ago. As previously reported, Humble Grape was… Read More

March 11, 2016 @ 9:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the 2016 SXSW Film Festival set to kick off in Austin, Texas today, global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced that 13 lucky films have selected for the famous annual event. Indiegogo noted that the projects being presented at SXSW include first-person shooter action film, HARDCORE HENRY… Read More

February 26, 2016 @ 2:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, online ticketing platform, Fatsoma, launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs with a mission to raise £350,000. Within the first seven days, the campaign has successfully secured over £100,000.  Fatsoma, which was founded in 2005, offers a marketing solution for event organizers and venues…. Read More

February 9, 2016 @ 1:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, organizers of LendIt USA 2016 announced that Paypal’s co-founder and first outside investor in Facebook, Peter Thiel, is set to deliver the keynote address at the forthcoming event. LendIt is considered the largest conference series dedicated to connecting the global online lending community. The… Read More

January 15, 2016 @ 2:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the 2016 Sundance Film Festival set to kick off next week (January 21st), Kickstarter took a look back at its past experiences with the well-known event. The crowdfunding giant stated: “For the fifth year, an incredible slate of Kickstarter-funded films have been selected for inclusion… Read More

January 5, 2016 @ 11:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) less than 24 hours away, Indiegogo has unveiled more details about the event and what fans can expect at the crowdfunding platform’s “Zone.” The Indiegogo team shared: “We’re bringing some truly inspiring and incredible crowdfunded startups and enterprise products… Read More

October 15, 2015 @ 10:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Revealing a few tips and tricks for crowdfunding campaign organizers, global event marketplace EventBrite shared details about how events can bring funding initiative to life. The company penned on Indiegogo’s Blog: “Live events allow you to make this type of priceless, personal connection with new… Read More

September 18, 2015 @ 11:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Brave runners, unite! ROCKSOLID, a themed-obstacle course racing event held in Exeter and Milton Keynes, recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £350,000 to expand its lifestyle brand. Much like Tough Mudder and The Warrior Dash (both of which I have participated in), ROCKSOLID… Read More

October 26, 2014 @ 9:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chicago-based real estate crowdfunding platform, American Homeowner Preservation (“AHP”), announced this week that it will be sponsor the upcoming second edition of RealCap Chicago: Introducing Online Capital to Real Estate Entrepreneurs. The single-day conference will be produced by the Soho Loft Media Group and will be held… Read More

October 21, 2014 @ 9:48 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding Asia launched their inaugural crowdfunding convention this past August.  It was the first event of its kind in the entire Asian region gathering thought leaders, portal operators, high level politicians and public officials from around the world to convene to discuss this new approach… Read More