StartEngine, one of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the US, has announced a partnership with rewards platform Indiegogo. According to a release, the “exclusive” deal will facilitate the “full life cycle of capital from the crowd.” Becky Center, the CEO of Indiegogo, stated that… Read More
Rewards platform Indiegogo has posted a blog boasting about a partnership with StartEngine that pairs an e-commerce offering alongside a securities sale. You may recall, that Indiegogo was launched with the intent of morphing into an investment platform once the rules were in place to… Read More
Slava Rubin, co-founder of Indiegogo and former CEO of the rewards-based platform, is returning to the startup scene with a new Fintech called Vincent. The startup is an online platform that seeks to help investors gain access to alternative assets – a search engine for… Read More
NGRAVE, a digital asset security company that claims it has developed the world’s most secure cryptocurrency hardware wallet, has revealed that they’ve crossed a thousand backers (investors) and have so far secured nearly $360,000 in investments – and counting via Indiegogo (IGG). As mentioned in… Read More
The number of FINRA regulated “funding portals,” investment crowdfunding platforms that have been approved to issue securities under Reg CF, has continued to move upward since the new entity was created under the JOBS Act of 2012. Today, there are well over forty funding portals…. Read More
Indiegogo, the second largest rewards-based platform in the US, has quietly exited equity crowdfunding. Indiegogo entered the securities realm in November of 2016. The platform partnered with Microventures, a Texas-based broker-dealer, to create First Democracy VC – a FINRA approved funding portal. At the time… Read More
The Aspen Digital Security Token has apparently successfully closed its offering. CI has been told that trades have already been registered via Templum, an alternative trading system (ATS) that is targeting the emerging STO marketplace. Aspen Digital was created to raise capital for the St…. Read More
In early August, CI reported that Templum – a registered ATS targeting digital assets, was working with Aspen Digital to tokenize a security based off of common stock in the St. Regis Aspen Resort. Using the Reg D (506c) exemption, the tokenized security has been… Read More
Last week, it was announced that Indiegogo, via its partnership with broker dealer Microinvest, was launching a security token offering (STO) for Aspen Digital. The “Aspen Coins” represent a single share in common stock offered under the Reg D 506c exemption for the St. Regis Aspen… Read More
Indiegogo was conceived as an investment platform but got a bit ahead of securities law so it started as a rewards platform. Today, Indiegogo now offers securities crowdfunding via a partnership with Microventures. Last December, Indiegogo announced it was moving into the initial coin offering… Read More
On Tuesday, crowdfunded brewing company BrewDog announced it is set to open anticipated craft beer hotel, the DogHouse, on August 27th, at its brewery location in Ohio. The opening of the hotel comes just a little over two years after BrewDog secured $324,072 through its… Read More
iDisclose, a Legaltech firm, has joined Indiegogo’s Expert Network and will make available its new LawCloud product to the worldwide community of entrepreneurs. Indiegogo allows both securities crowdfunding and pre-commerce offerings. iDisclose also offers automated filing for SEC Forms C, C-AR, D and ID, as… Read More
Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced this week it has expanded its partnership with retailer Brookstone by offering campaigners exclusive opportunity to join Brookstone’s PLUS Innovation and Retail Platform. According to the funding portal, As a part of the platform, entrepreneurs are given a fast-track to high-traffic brick… Read More
On Tuesday, entertainment giant Atari took to crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to raise $100,000 for its new gaming and home entertainment streaming service device, Atari VCS. The funding round not only raised its initial funding target but secured $1.7 million from more than 6300 backers in just… Read More
The creation of the Institute for Blockchain Innovation (IBI) was announced today. The new advocacy group is backed by some prominent names including Indiegogo, 500 Startups, Ausum Ventures, Finova and more.The open source think tank said it will work to “establish standards and best practices… Read More
“The world’s largest social fundraising platform” is about to get even larger, GoFundMe has just acquired rival YouCaring. The acquisition was announced late Tuesday in a pair of blog posts on the respective platforms. “It became clear to both us and them over the last… Read More
Any US based cryptocurrency exchange is going to be compelled to become an Alternative Trading System (ATS), a regulated trading platform but not a full blown exchange. They have to do it or else. The Securities and Exchange Commission has been increasing the volume of… Read More
YouCaring announced on Thursday it has acquired Indiegogo’s personal cause platform, Generosity. The online fundraising platform revealed along with the acquisition, it has formed a long-term partnership with the global crowdfunding platform, which has been named YouCaring’s Entrepreneurial Fundraising Partner. Speaking about the Generosity acquisition and partnership, YouCaring’s… Read More
Just a few months before the highly anticipated premiere of Indiegogo-funded Super Troopers 2, the film’s production company Broken Lizard released the comedy’s official trailer. As previously reported, Broken Lizard sought to raise $2 million for the sequel of the 2001 cult classic Super Troopers and raised more than $4.6… Read More
Less than six months after Indiegogo alum Skully was revived and rebranded as SKULLY Technologies, the company reportedly revealed it is planning to resume development of its AI-guided, AR-enabled Fenix motorcycle helmet and ship it by Summer 2018. As previously reported, Skully secured more than $2.4… Read More
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