Tagged: facebook

April 17, 2017 @ 7:35 am By JD Alois  |  

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has announced it is now accepting applications for its ‘FinTech Hive at DIFC’ accelerator program. The announcement comes after DIFC received registered interest from more than 200 companies since it opened its doors in January. The 12-week program is… Read More

March 30, 2017 @ 1:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Social media giant Facebook announced on Thursday it is launching a new fundraising feature that will allow users to raise funds for six types of spending, which are education, medical, pet medical, crisis relief, personal emergency, and funeral and loss. The Facebook team revealed: “Personal fundraisers… Read More

October 3, 2016 @ 8:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Facebook has launched a new e-commerce feature labeled “Marketplace”. The new application will allow individuals and groups to buy and sell to anyone – around the world.  While initially available in just four countries; the US, UK, Australia & New Zealand, Marketplace is expected to… Read More

January 21, 2016 @ 12:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last year, Hawaii-based company, Total Recall Technologies, filed a lawsuit against former employee and Oculus creator, Palmer Luckey, for breach of contract. Now, according to PCMag, U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco this week has rules that part of the lawsuit against Luckey, which… Read More

January 5, 2016 @ 9:38 am By JD Alois  |  

With the Oculus Rift pre-orders commencing tomorrow (January 6th) the perfect compliment to the virtual reality headset, Virtuix, has listed a “Test the Waters” (TTW) campaign on SeedInvest in preparation for a min-IPO type offer which is open to all investors (not just accredited ones).  The… Read More

December 28, 2015 @ 10:11 am By JD Alois  |  

I just saw this video pop up into my Facebook timeline.  The video is about Seabin a “trashcan for the ocean”.  Basically, the device floats at water level and vacuums up anything floating nearby. Think of it as a jumbo sized pool cleaner except it is targeting… Read More

November 19, 2015 @ 4:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, social media giant Facebook unveiled its new feature, Fundraisers, that provides fundraising tools for nonprofits. Facebook’s VP of Product Management, Naomi Gleit, shared: “With more than 150 million people around the world connected to a cause, Facebook is a global community of volunteers, donors… Read More

November 18, 2015 @ 3:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Mobile live video platform, Hang w/, has launched a funding round through equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdfunder.  The company is a startup whose investors and advisors reportedly include 50 Cent, Timbaland, Jared Leto and more. Hang w/ offers patent-pending technology, which is ready to scale… Read More

October 23, 2015 @ 8:16 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Before Facebook’s IPO, there was SecondMarket: a leader in the secondary trading market, which enables repurchases of shares in private companies. SecondMarket’s platform saw over $1.4 billion worth of transactions in 2014–quadruple the volume of its transactions in 2013.  And today (Oct. 22), Nasdaq announced it had acquired… Read More

October 16, 2015 @ 10:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WePay, a provider of payments as a service for online platforms including GoFundMe, Care.com and FreshBooks, today announced it has been named by Silicon Valley Business Journal as the 5th fastest-growing private company in the region. In making the list, WePay joins an impressive cadre… Read More

September 23, 2015 @ 9:54 am By Erin Hobey  |  

“My advice to female innovators and disruptors is to have balance in your relationships with mentors, advisors, close associates and friends that will ultimately broaden both your networks and channels to access capital. This is going to be critical as you scale, grow, and ultimately… Read More

August 7, 2015 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

Global social media leader Facebook has a patent to use their platform to provide credit information from their users.  Today direct lenders already use a plethora of different data metrics beyond a FICO score – something that has given them a leg up on banks…. Read More

June 18, 2015 @ 4:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, crowdfunding platform GoFundMe confirmed that it has received some high-profile attention during its recent funding round. The website revealed: “Our mission at GoFundMe is to change the way the world gives. We’ve been thinking about how to best serve as many people as… Read More

May 28, 2015 @ 11:06 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Now in the Big Apple, Facebook Messenger’s payments service has been tweaked to make it easier for friends to send money within conversations. Although launched in March, the P2P payments feature has so far only been available to Messenger app users in a few cities, including Seattle,… Read More

May 21, 2015 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Karma, a platform that makes it easy to determine the reliability of people online through the use of its Karma Score, is launching out of private and into public beta today. The Karma Score’s unique algorithm makes it an ideal benchmark for the peer-to-peer community. With… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

It’s a devastating story that has been shocking America for a couple months now. A Colorado woman by the name of Dynel Lane took to online personal website Craigslist to sell some baby clothes. Future mom Michelle Wilkins responded to the ad and met with Lane on March 18th… Read More

April 7, 2015 @ 1:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing to be the center of attention when it comes to Indiana’s Religious Freedom Restoration Act, Memories Pizza has received a negative response from Star Trek star, George Takei after capturing nearly $850,000 through a GoFundMe campaign. One of the production crew of The Dana Show took the crowdfunding… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 2:39 pm By Anthony Zeoli  |  

Facebook has just announced the release of a new “P2P” payment feature incorporated in its messenger service. The application will allow users to send & receive money to each other using their platform. Facebook launched the service saying “it is easy, and it is free”.  The… Read More

February 9, 2015 @ 2:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Crowdfunding analytics, optimization and promotional tool, Krowdster, recently launched an affiliate program for crowdfunding consultants and publishers. The new project reportedly capitalizes on Krowdster’s explosive growth. Since opening for business nine weeks ago, the unique Krowdster web app has racked up more than 2000 active users…. Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 4:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Showing support for Marie Gemmell and her two sons after they lost their lives in Monday morning’s Gaithersburg, Maryland plane crash, an identified friend of the family, Jennifer Miller, launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $400,000 that will go towards the family so that they… Read More