Peloton is a firm based in New York City that has brought an innovative exercise bike to Kickstarter, and the product boasts an extremely impressive list of features. At Peloton, we love two things: technology and fitness. We believe the fitness category has been under-served… Read More
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The LendIt conference is a major event taking place tomorrow, June 20th in New York City. The event is now sold out, and in light of this the conference organizers have announced that the event will be available online via livestream. Discussion points at the event… Read More
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Family and PlayLab are two New York-based design firms that happen to share an office space. The two firms have put their heads together to try and build a crazy pool that will float in the Hudson river, clean the river water and allow New… Read More
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ARMONK, N.Y. — The $100,000 Thiel Foundation fellowship James Schuler just won allows young entrepreneurs to drop out of college to pursue their business ideas — except he never got there in the first place. Before graduating from Byram Hills High School in Armonk, N.Y., last year,… Read More
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Film projects on crowdfunding platform Kickstarter have raised $127 million in pledges since April 2009, Kickstarter’s Stephanie Pereira announced onstage at TFI Interactive. The $127 million figure has now increased to $128 million on Kickstarter’s live stats page. More than 1 million people have pledged money to help… Read More
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The other day you may have read about Patrick Robinson, the former Gap creative director, who is producing a new line, Paskho, with money he hopes to raise on Kickstarter. Among crowd-funding sites, Kickstarter is the largest, with more 30,000 projects financed and $300 million… Read More
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SeedInvest co-founders Ryan Feit and James Han always knew they wanted to start a business, even as they both found themselves working in New York private equity firms. That entrepreneurial drive took them back to Wharton to pursue their MBAs. While at Wharton, Feit read… Read More
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NEW YORK—In response to increased borrower and accredited investor demand on the east coast, SoMoLend, a debt-based crowdfunding platform headquartered in Cincinnati, has expanded to a second location in New York City. The expansion comes on the heels of receiving funding from NYC Seed, as… Read More
Read more in: Investment Platforms and Marketplaces | Tagged candace klein, gate technologies, new york, somolend
It is becoming clear that Hurricane Sandy has had an astonishing impact on the eastern seaboard of the US. Dozens are dead. New York officials estimate that up to 40,000 people were left homeless by the storm. The FEMA trailers made famous in the… Read More
Read more in: Featured Headlines, General News, Investment Platforms and Marketplaces | Tagged charity, connecticut, disasters, donations, fundly, hurricane sandy, lockitron, new jersey, new york, selfstarter
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