Tagged: mosaic

April 24, 2014 @ 6:23 am By JD Alois  |  

Mosaic, the leading solar investment crowdfunding platform, shared some interesting insight in their business this past week.  In an Earth Day missive, Mosaic co-founder and CEO Billy Parish, commented on the progress they have made in the advocacy and advancement of renewable energy; Between October… Read More

March 5, 2014 @ 8:50 pm By JD Alois  |  

New Product Allows Crowd to Help Fund Solar for Homeowners. RGS Energy, a nationwide leader of turnkey solar energy solutions for residential, commercial, and utility customers, and Mosaic, the first company to offer crowdfunding investments online in solar projects, have partnered to launch the Mosaic… Read More

February 28, 2014 @ 6:43 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Mosaic has teamed with The Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority (CEFIA) and Sungage Financial in a $5 million deal to offer homeowners crowdsourced loans for solar installations. This partnership is creating an entirely new ecosystem for solar financing in which individuals can take part in and… Read More

January 8, 2014 @ 8:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

$1 Million Powerful Answers Award from Verizon Will Be Used to Develop Mobile App & Expand Internationally for the Solar Energy Crowdfunding Platform.  Solar crowdfunding trail-blazer Mosaic had a big day today as they were anointed with the top prize for sustainability at the 2014 International Consumer… Read More

January 8, 2014 @ 11:06 am By JD Alois  |  

Solar crowdfunding site Mosaic had a birthday yesterday (January 7) and along with the party that most certainly took place somewhere on the West Coast they provided some interesting information about their platform along with some data regarding the past 12 months. The one year… Read More

January 2, 2014 @ 8:20 am By JD Alois  |  

Academy Award nominated actor Mark Ruffalo is doing some grass-roots campaigning for Solar energy and he is partnering with Mosaic to get it done. In an emailed missive to Mosaic supporters the well known actor shared his ambition to place Solar energy at the top… Read More

December 24, 2013 @ 11:47 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Mosaic President Billy Parish appeared on Bloomberg West to talk about Mosaic’s business model and their unique approach to funding solar projects. To date, Mosaic has facilitated $5.6 million in solar projects with zero defaults and 100% on-time payments. Pretty incredible for an investment that… Read More

December 22, 2013 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Shifts Focus to B2B Side of the Crowdfunding Industry. Founded in 2009 during what was really the frontier times of crowdfunding, WealthForge is a holding company which also owns a funding portal (FundRoom) and a FINRA-compliant broker-dealer (WealthForge LLC).  The genesis of WealthForge started when… Read More

December 12, 2013 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

Are you stumped buying a gift for that special someone?  Tired of giving gifts which are quickly forgotten – or even worse – re-gifted?  Well the team at Mosaic has a unique stocking stuffer just for you.  This Holiday Season you can give the gift… Read More

December 6, 2013 @ 12:16 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

CNN Money | How IBM bypasses bureaucratic purgatory IBM has an in-house crowdfunding platform that they use to allow employees to vet and evaluate their colleagues’ ideas. It’s an effort to “improve the way we do things internally” according to the head of IBM’s CIO… Read More

October 29, 2013 @ 7:35 am By Charles Luzar  |  

…there is nothing more difficult to carry out, nor more doubtful of success, nor more dangerous to handle, than to introduce a new order of things.Political observer, ca. 1500 A.D. The crowdfunding narrative has been dominated by tech startups, manufacturing projects, philanthropic projects, music, film,… Read More

October 20, 2013 @ 12:23 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

For the better part of a year we’ve been anticipating a report that was to be the product of a joint venture by thought leaders and researchers in the crowdfunding space, distributed and supported by The World Bank. That report, entitled “Crowdfunding’s Potential for the… Read More

October 16, 2013 @ 8:56 am By JD Alois  |  

Mosaic, a solar project crowdfunding platform, has had a pretty amazing year.  Having only been launched to the world in early 2013 the site has captured the attention of the crowdfunding community and green energy enthusiasts everywhere. Founded in 2010 by three entrepreneurs, Bill Parish,… Read More

May 20, 2013 @ 9:31 pm By JD Alois  |  

Energy crowdfunding platform Mosaic ask for help with their panel idea for SXSW.  From a post on their crowdfunding platform: Familiar with South by Southwest (SXSW) Eco? It’s an event that challenges professionals to create actionable and profitable solutions that address issues in areas such… Read More

April 29, 2013 @ 6:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Mosaic, an online crowdfunding platform that connects investors to high-quality solar projects, just released its largest solar project to date with $698,775 available for investment. The project is the second in the Golden State Series, a $100M series of solar investments available to residents of… Read More

April 8, 2013 @ 9:55 pm By JD Alois  |  

Solar project crowdfunding site Mosaic, has received approval from securities regulators to offer $100 Million worth of solar investments to residents of California. Billy Parish, Co-Founder of Mosaic said, “California has always been a leader in solar energy. We’re thrilled that now any resident of California can… Read More

March 25, 2013 @ 4:59 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We’ve put together a list of 20 niche crowdfunding sites we’ve covered on Crowdfund Insider recently. Many of these sites cater to specific interests and geographic areas, and many have unique ways of helping crowdfunders raise funds.  Angeldorm allows individuals to receive donations for college funds. Money… Read More

January 6, 2013 @ 8:26 pm By GigaOm  |  

At 9AM (PST) on Monday, the Kickstarter of solar, Solar Mosaic, will officially open up its site to residents of California and New York, as well as accredited investors, looking to make money by investing in solar panel roof projects. For months (at least since last… Read More

December 22, 2012 @ 9:33 am By Mosaic  |  

Empowering the 75% through co-ops Evan Wynns founded the San Francisco Energy Cooperative in 2011 with the 75% in mind. He began with the question of why we don’t have more green energy in the United States: “It’s frustrating because we have this technology which can take… Read More

December 18, 2012 @ 7:53 am By CleanTechnica  |  

Last week, Senator Lois Walk re-introduced the shared renewable energy self-generation bill, SB43, which could help to advance community solar projects within California. Despite strong backing from consumer groups, environmental groups, one of the top three utilities in the state, and the Department of Defense, the… Read More