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“Iron Man” Star Jon Favreau Lends A Hand to Fast Food Indiegogo Project; Announces Match Challenge (Video)

Helping a friend in need, filmmaker and actor Jon Favreau has announced his support for Roy Choi and Daniel Patterson’s new fast food restaurant Loco’l. According to ContactMusic, the cooking duo launched an Indiegogo campaign last month seeking funds for the Loco’l, which will “revolutionize” fast… Read More

Small Projector Beam Smashes $200,000 Goal Within Three Days on Kickstarter

On Tuesday (February 17th), Los Angeles-based Beam Labs launched a Kickstarter campaign with a goal to raise $200,000 for its new self-titled projector. According to its description, the Beam is a small project that assists you in daily activities and is controlled with any smartphone and tablet…. Read More

PropFunds LP Funds Approximately $2,000,000 of First Trust Deeds

PropFunds L.P., doing business in the real estate crowdfunding arena, has funded approximately $2,000,000 of first trust deeds in the past two months. The property types have primarily been multi-family projects in the greater Los Angeles market and the annualized yields to PropFunds investors are projected to… Read More

Advanced Toolbox Coolbox Makes Its Way to Indiegogo; Scores Nearly $35,000 First Day

On Monday (January 26th), Coolbox, what’s considered the world’s “most advanced toolbox, surfaced on crowdfunding giant Indiegogo with the help of strategic partners, Project CoPilot, CAD Models, RPP, and Command Partners. Set to raise only $50,000, the project immediately hit the spotlight and managed to raise half… Read More

Los Angeles’ Orange Monkie Returns to Kickstarter For Second Generation Pop-Up Studio

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based startup Orange Monkie debuted its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $50,000 for Foldio2, which is the new and upgraded form of first pop-up studio for your smartphone, Foldio. According to its campaign, the Foldio 2 is bigger and smarter in order… Read More

Co-Owner of Los Angeles’ Starry Kitchen Announces $500,000 Kickstarter Campaign

Setting out to save one of Los Angeles’ Chinatown restaurants, co-owner of Starry Kitchen Nguyen Tran has announced that he and his wife, Thi Tran, are launching a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to continuing the restaurants growth. According to LA Times, Starry Kitchen is known… Read More

Docupace Technologies Appoints Industry Veteran John DeVincent as Executive Vice President of Marketing

Docupace Technologies, a Straight-Through Paperless Processing (STP) digital company, announced today it has appointed John DeVincent as Executive Vice President of Marketing. DeVincent brings thirteen years of marketing leadership, previously serving at a wealth management software company, eMoneyAdvisor, LLC, where he was Executive Vice President of Marketing…. Read More

Sustainability Partnerships Launches Crowdfunding Cooperative That Offers 1M Shares & Full Support to Help Expedite Funding For Green Projects

A new crowdfunding cooperative has donated 1 million equity shares and full marketing support to help people fund their own projects. Anyone with a sustainable project can participate as a sustainability partner or by funding their own projects. Sustainability Partnerships, located in Los Angeles California,… Read More

Fundrise Launches Single Family Home Funding Arm

Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise announced on Tuesday (December 9th) it has launched a new single-family home funding arm.  The company plans to allocate approximately $10 million per month to qualified real estate investors with a proven record of successful purchases and rehabs in top markets… Read More

Fireman’s Brew Announces New Stock Offering for Accredited Investors, Joins Innovative Equity Crowdfunding Platform FlashFunders

Fireman’s Brew, a Los Angeles-based craft beer company founded by two firefighters, today announced that it has released a new private offering of stock, available through equity crowdfunding platform, FlashFunders. In accordance with the JOBS ACT and exempt from registration under Rule 506(C), the company is… Read More

Indiegogo-Success Rufus Cuff Selected to Be Part of the Platform’s Perpetual Crowdfunding Program

This past May, Los Angeles-based Rufus Labs launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for its invention, the Rufus Cuff. At the end of the campaign, the product easily surpassed its initial $200,000 goal and raised  $359,463. Now, the project has been announced as one of… Read More

American Homeowner Preservation to HUD Loan Sale Protestors: Community Stabilization Can Be Rewarding For All

Protests broke out in Los Angeles and at least ten other cities nationwide earlier this month when community organizations voiced their opposition to HUD’s Distressed Asset Stabilization Program, which the Los Angeles Times reported on September 10th. Protestors are calling for HUD to stop the sale of… Read More

Docupace Technologies Announces Significant Investment from RCS Capital

Los Angeles-based Docupace Technologies (Docupace), a provider of secure and compliant electronic processing technology for financial institutions and the wealth management industry, announced on Thursday (September 18th) that RCS Capital Corporation (NYSE: RCAP) will help drive Docupace’s next stage growth plans with a significant investment in the… Read More

Google Surprises Los Angeles Teachers Next with Flash Funding All Classroom Requests On DonorsChoose.org

Google is at it again now by funding Los Angeles schools.  Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti announced today that Internet search giant Google has fully funded the classroom requests of every Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) teacher on the education crowdfunding platform DonorsChoose.org. As a result of Google’s… Read More

Kickstarter Announces Featured Films & Projects For 2014 Film Festival in Los Angeles

Crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter, announced earlier this week details about its upcoming Film Fest in Los Angeles, California. The event will take place on September 12th from 6-11pm and features the platform’s favorite films, shorts, web series, animations, documentaries and more – all funded on the site…. Read More

Artist Georgia Jane Raised $100,000 on Crowdfunding Portal Your Music Company

“The time has come to reward the fans,” stated Yael Benamour, CEO of Your Music Company, a Los Angeles-based record label. Your Music Company is a state licensed crowdfunding music business website that is known to be revolutionizing the recording industry. This innovative record label… Read More

Realty Mogul Crowdfunds 141 Apartment Units In Los Angeles

Realty Mogul is continuing their push into exciting real estate markets around the county. The latest market to see activity from the equity crowdfunding platform is Los Angeles, where five multi-family properties – 141 units in total – were just crowdfunded. We have many accredited… Read More

Metropole Global Announces Speakers For 2013 Entrepreneurship & Global Crowdfunding Forum

Victoria Silchenko and Metropole Global have announced the speakers for the 2013 Entrepreneurship and Global Crowdfunding Forum. This will be the second year for this event. It will take place Friday, November 15th, 2013, from 9am to 8pm at the JW Marriott Le Merigot in Santa… Read More

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