Tagged: manny fernandez

January 25, 2018 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

ValueSetters Inc. (OTC Pink: VSTR), a Boston-based publicly-traded, boutique advisory firm, announced on Thursday it acquired DreamFunded Marketplace, LLC, a California-based regulated crowdfunding portal. This news comes less than six months after Dreamfunded launched its first real estate investment opportunity under Reg CF. As previously reported, Dreamfunded… Read More

August 17, 2017 @ 3:45 pm By JD Alois  |  

DreamFunded Real Estate has launched its first real estate investment opportunity under Reg CF. DreamFunded is a FINRA approved crowdfunding platform that may offer securities the newest crowdfunding exemption. This iteration of crowdfunding allows any investor access to these opportunities – not just wealthier, accredited… Read More

October 6, 2016 @ 7:19 am By Erin Hobey  |  

DreamFunded’s Co-Founder and CEO Manny Fernandez was invited by the Executive Office of The President to the White House to participate in a round table discussion on possible solutions to fund early stage companies in underrepresented communities in the United States. Attending the meeting was United… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 9:18 am By JD Alois  |  

DreamFunded has added its name to the growing roster of crowdfunding platforms approved by FINRA/SEC to operate a funding portal under Title III of the JOBS Act.  Title III or Reg CF allows companies to raise up to $1 million from non-accredited and accredited investors… Read More

June 28, 2016 @ 10:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last Friday, Dreamfunded was presented the “Equity Crowdfunding Platform of the Year” at the 3rd anniversary of Live Sharks Tank in San Francisco. According to the funding portal, the Equity CrowdFunding Platform of the Year award honors websites that notably “transform” equity crowdfunding into the industry standard… Read More

May 12, 2016 @ 10:07 am By Erin Hobey  |  

DreamFunded.com CEO Manny Fernandez announced an upcoming live equity crowdfunding event will take place in San Francisco on 7 July 2016. Anticipating “billions of dollars of capital” to be opened up for investment into startups and small businesses by over 240 million ordinary Americans,  Fernandez said, “I am excited to… Read More

April 29, 2016 @ 4:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Menlo College named angel investor and Dreamfunded co-founder/CEO, Manny Fernandez “Silicon Valley Equity Crowdfunding Pioneer” during its The Future of Investing: How Equity CrowdFunding is Shaping the American Dream event on Wednesday evening. Menlo College Professor of Finance, Soumendra De, who presented the award to Fernandez,… Read More

December 26, 2015 @ 9:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Manny Fernandez, co-founder and CEO of DreamFunded an equity crowdfunding platform, joined the hosts of CNBC’s squawk box to discuss the merits of investing in pre-IPO companies. The lines between “public” and “private” companies have become a bit blurred with new securities exemptions.  Simultaneously, the… Read More

November 19, 2015 @ 5:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Helsinki based Invesdor has formed a new partnership with Silicon Valley based DreamFunded. As part of the agreement, DreamFunded founder Manny Fernandez invested an undisclosed amount in the debt and equity crowdfunding platform. The investment was announced during the startup conference Slush. “We are thrilled… Read More

May 27, 2015 @ 7:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Notion, a home monitoring system that is benefitting from the boom in the Internet of Things (IoT) development, has closed a $2 million funding round.  Notion successfully raised over $280,000 on Kickstarter in the summer of 2014 and then transitioned into a pretail campaign.  The… Read More

September 17, 2014 @ 8:10 am By Erin Hobey  |  

DreamFunded: A Crowdfunding Platform “Built by Angels for Angels” Manny Fernandez, co-founder and CEO of equity crowdfunding platform DreamFunded and SF Angels Group founder, has enjoyed quite a summer:  Fernandez recently was awarded “SF Angel Investor of the Year” by Startups Showcase and his recently… Read More

July 24, 2014 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Manny Fernandez, has been recognized as the 2014 “San Francisco Angel Investor of the Year” by Startups Showcase.  Manny is CEO of crowdfunding platform DreamFunded and founder of the SF Angels Group. “Manny Fernandez is a leader in San Francisco angel investing with the founding of SF… Read More