Tagged: milestone

November 4, 2015 @ 4:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, crowdfunding leader Kickstarter announced that it hit a huge milestone last month. The platform shared: “On October 11th, the Kickstarter community pledged its two billionth dollar towards bringing creativity to life. Six and a half years into Kickstarter’s history, this new way of making… Read More

November 2, 2015 @ 11:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Lending Club (LC:NYSE) announced that it has surpassed $13 billion from borrowers since its launch in 2006. Lending Club is the “world’s largest online marketplace.” The platform connects borrowers with investors in a streamlined, low friction process that have seen growing acceptance by consumers. The company… Read More

October 28, 2015 @ 11:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dealstruck, an online direct lender, announced on Wednesday the completion of over $100 million in loans to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) nationally. Since inception, in October 2013, the firm has been committed to providing fast-growing and profitable SMBs with flexible, affordable and transparent financing…. Read More

March 12, 2014 @ 12:50 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Wow. $40,000,000+ in crowdfunding cash from 400,000+ backers for Star Citizen. To put that in perspective, the 2010 census placed the population of Wyoming – the smallest state by population – at somewhere around 560,000 people. At what point should Star Citizen get a couple of Senators and… Read More

February 12, 2014 @ 10:05 am By Charles Luzar  |  

It’s one of the top 1,000 web sites in the world. It’s been used to fund small, personal pet projects and it’s been used to spur enormous companies. It creates jobs. It’s a platform, an idea, and now even a verb. Do you start a… Read More