Tagged: italy

September 15, 2014 @ 10:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding record label MusicRaiser.com is now offering selected projects on their site free promotional services. According to a release the music crowdfunding platform will offer the service only to bands who the site’s music specialists believe have genuine potential for either signed and unsigned bands…. Read More

August 28, 2014 @ 2:42 pm By Marco Bicocchi Pichi  |  

Following the white paper “Restart Italia”, at the end of 2012 prepared by a task force of experts for the Minister of Economic Development, the Italian Parliament issued a law on startups including equity crowdfunding that was finally made possible by CONSOB (the Italian Authority… Read More

June 25, 2014 @ 8:30 am By Simone Casavecchia  |  

From niche phenomenon to a driving force of the economy: how crowdfunding changes things and what are the future prospects for the startup and businesses. Claudio Bedino joined the world of entrepreneurship back in 2002, at only 19 years old.  He created a web agency… Read More

June 24, 2014 @ 5:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Milan-based music crowdfunding platform Musicraiser has received over €1,000,000 in contributions since its launch and that amount has continued to grow. The platform generates revenue from its prolific list of artists and bands looking to receive funding for pre-planned projects. As interest in their crowdfunding model… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 10:10 am By JD Alois  |  

“Crowdfunding & entrepreneurship: a european perspective” Giovedì 10 Luglio, ore 17.00 Aula BL27.01 Politecnico di Milano (Campus Bovisa) Via Lambruschini 4 – 20156 Milano Per partecipare all’evento, clicca qui e compila il form La Commissione Europea ha recentemente posto la sua attenzione sul fenomeno del… Read More

April 1, 2014 @ 9:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

First Equity Crowdfunding Offering in Italy Closes Overbooked. The equity crowdfunding portal Unicaseed has announced the first ever, successful share offering following the legalization of investment crowdfunding in Italy.  Unicaseed, a subsidiary of Unicasim, is the first Italian crowdfunding portal to be authorized under the… Read More

February 4, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

In June of 2013, we published a breakdown of equity crowdfunding in Europe. At the time, there was a lot of hype surrounding recent developments out of Italy, where the country’s regulatory body (CONSOB) was mulling over implementing rules for equity crowdfunding. It turns out… Read More

January 6, 2014 @ 9:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Modena, Italy based company GlassUp may claim the first non-UK listing on equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs.  The company is seeking to raise £100,000 for 7.69% equity in the tech company.  Pre-money valuation of GlassUp is posted at £1,200,390.   The company had previously completed a… Read More

November 29, 2013 @ 11:21 am By Charles Luzar  |  

I was feeling a little festive yesterday and didn’t get to a roundup, so we’re making up for it today with a big roundup of things we’ve found throughout the week. My turkey coma has thankfully worn off. Forbes | Britain’s Crowdfunders Plot World Domination… Read More

November 22, 2013 @ 7:49 am By JD Alois  |  

Plans Launch in Six Countries in 2014 including New Zealand, Spain and Italy.  Seeks Additional Partners in US. UK based equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube has announced an agreement to open up operations in Italy.  The company has continued to expand their global reach for their… Read More

October 26, 2013 @ 6:20 am By JD Alois  |  

The presentation below was delivered by Alessandro M. Lerro at the 2nd Annual Global Crowdfunding Convention and Bootcamp which took place in October 2013.  Lerro is an Italian Attorney from Lerro & Partners.  In this presentation he shares the Italian framework for investment crowdfunding.  … Read More

October 8, 2013 @ 9:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfuture è la conferenza che affronta tutti gli aspetti legati al finanziamento collettivo di idee innovative. È l’evento italiano che solleva questioni e propone risposte, che guarda al presente e al futuro del crowdfunding, identificando e spiegando sfide e nuovi trend. La seconda edizione di crowdfuture focalizzerà la propria attenzione sulle tendenze più… Read More

October 8, 2013 @ 9:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfuture 2013 is set to commence on October 19th in Rome as embraces the power of crowdfunding. The day will start with Ivana Pais and Daniela Castrataro of the Italian Crowdfunding Network presenting the latest report on the Italian crowdfunding market. Attendees will hear about the… Read More

July 6, 2013 @ 3:54 pm By David Drake  |  

This article was submitted to Crowdfund Insider by David Drake, founder and chairman of LDJ Capital and The Soho Loft. Italy has just circumvented the delay of the US in changing its laws in order for crowdfunding for equity to become a functional law and… Read More

June 13, 2013 @ 9:54 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The European Crowdfunding Network has published a whitepaper explaining the state of crowdfunding regulation in the UK, Spain, Italy and Germany. The document explores how all four countries are simultaneously taking their own unique approaches to implementing crowdfunding while clearly learning from one another as they… Read More

May 21, 2013 @ 5:18 pm By Forbes  |  

Crowdfunding has been changing the financial landscape of Italy since late March. That’s when the Italian Commissione Nazionale per le Società e la Borsa (CONSOB), the equivalent of the Securities and Exchange Commission in the US, submitted equity crowdfunding for public commenting in Italy. The… Read More

April 25, 2013 @ 7:29 am By Twintangibles  |  

It’s been three weeks since the publication of the Consultation Document on the Regulation on Crowdfunding by the Italian Financial Authority CONSOB. Three weeks full of discussions, praise and criticism of the regulation. I have had the opportunity to discuss it with many people from various sectors and I… Read More

April 9, 2013 @ 6:42 am By Wired.it  |  

Italy could become the first country in the world to pass a law on crowdfunding . give us to act even Forbes after the publication of the draft of the Consob Regulation . The document is open for comment until 30 April and will be used to operationalize the provisions of the decree Growth 2.0 . After work will be… Read More

April 1, 2013 @ 10:22 am By Forbes  |  

The following guest post is by David Drake, founder and chairman of LDJ Capital, a New York City private-equity firm, and of The Soho Loft Capital Creation Events series, a global events and media company. Last March 29, Italy’s Commissione Nazionale per le Società e… Read More

February 7, 2013 @ 8:22 am By JD Alois  |  

Bartolomeo Pietromarchiis, Curator of the International Art Exposition of the Venice Biennale, has proposed crowdfunding to support an exhibition in the Italian Pavillion. This initiative will be done in coordination with the Ministry for Cultural Heritage and Activities.  The exhibition the crowdfunding will support is… Read More