Tagged: james beshara

December 16, 2013 @ 9:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding Platform Crowdtilt Raises $23 Million in Series B Funding. Crowdtilt, self-described as “the fastest and easiest way to pool funds from family and friends” thas raised $23 million in Series B funding led by Andreessen Horowitz.  The new funding will be utilized for building… Read More

December 3, 2013 @ 2:08 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

We’re growing increasingly fond of Quora as a resource for crowdfunding tips and insights from the likes of future Kickstarter CEO Yancey Strickler and Yan Budman, Director of Marketing at Indiegogo. Here are a selection of Quora questions and answers we found interesting this week…… Read More

August 22, 2013 @ 3:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdhoster Platform has already been leveraged by crowdfunding campaigns such as Soylent, Protos 3D Eyewear and MeUndies. Crowdtilt  today formally released the first public version of its full-featured, open source, customizable crowdfunding tool:  Crowdhoster. Built using Crowdtilt’s API, Crowdhoster enables anyone, from individuals to businesses, to launch their… Read More

August 16, 2013 @ 9:29 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdtilt, the crowdfunding platform that prides itself on allowing people to group fund anything they love, has unveiled a new feature – Sliding Costs – which now enables real-time tracking and adjustment of per-person contributions in fixed-cost crowdfunding efforts. With this application update, now when… Read More

April 18, 2013 @ 4:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdtilt, a simple-to-use platform to pool money online, has announced the close of their $12 million Series A funding. The funding round was led by Andreessen Horowitz, with participation from Sean Parker, SV Angel, DCM, as well as CrunchFund, Alexis Ohanian, Elad Gil, Naval Ravikant,… Read More

February 26, 2013 @ 10:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding site Crowdtilt Co-founder and CEO James Beshara is scheduled to participate in CNBC show Power Lunch on Wednesday, February 27th at 1PM ET. Along with host Tyler Mathisen and CNBC Media Reporter Julia Boorstin – AngelList founder and CEO Naval Ravikant will be present to… Read More

February 26, 2013 @ 5:57 pm By CNBC  |  

Entrepreneur James Beshara has built two crowdfunding websites since graduating Wake Forest University in 2008. It’s his second one, Crowdtilt, that has caught the attention of Silicon Valley’s biggest players, including Napster’s Sean Parker and the venture capitalist firm Andreessen Horowitz. While the crowdfunding space… Read More