Tagged: research

January 16, 2014 @ 1:27 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Yesterday we received word that Crowdfund Capital Advisors had released a research report and accompanying op-ed at VentureBeat examining some of the real, tangible benefits crowdfunding was creating for small businesses. Here are ten quick points from the report that show how crowdfunding is helping small businesses… Read More

January 15, 2014 @ 10:29 am By Charles Luzar  |  

When launching a campaign, crowdfunders are charged with the task of convincing people – often total strangers – to give money to their project. It can be a tall order, and how project creators craft their messaging can be hugely important to the outcome of… Read More

January 14, 2014 @ 11:06 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Ten crowdfunding campaigns. $1,420,000 in funding sought. Six weeks to go. One nonprofit with one goal: to put bike share stations all over Kansas City, Missouri. Civic crowdfunding platform Neighbor.ly is currently hosting ten crowdfunding campaigns that represent ten possible future locations for bike sharing… Read More

December 18, 2013 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Arizona State University’s new, official crowdfunding platform is helping faculty and student researchers find support for unique and socially beneficial studies.  Crowdfunding is a growing method to incubate ideas, capture feedback and generate support and ASU has launched their site with diverse campaigns. BullyBlocker is… Read More

December 13, 2013 @ 9:04 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Alternative Finance Said to Hit £1.6 Billion in 2014. Nesta, a UK based charity which strives to support the best and brightest ideas by providing grants and doing research, has published a report on the “Rise of Future Finance”.  This is a first ever… Read More

December 12, 2013 @ 10:44 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Tulane University has just announced a partnership between Tulane’s School of Medicine and crowdfunding platform Microryza. Microryza is an industry leader in crowdfunding for medical research, and the platform will be used by Tulane researchers going forward in an effort to drive funding to medical… Read More

December 2, 2013 @ 10:22 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A new method of capital raising that is gaining increasing interest is crowdfunding. Generally, the term “crowdfunding” is used to describe a form of capital raising whereby groups of people pool money, typically comprised of very small individual contributions, to support an effort by others… Read More

November 26, 2013 @ 11:23 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Could crowdfunding help to provide a better way to treat certain forms of cancer? This is the amazing question at the core of a crowdfunding campaign that aims to raise $500,000 in funding to complete a study aimed at providing a treatment for cancer that… Read More

November 26, 2013 @ 10:22 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The University of California, Berkeley, Nesta and the University of Cambridge have teamed up and plan to execute a benchmarking survey to capture the size, transaction volume and growth of the alternative finance market in the UK. The team behind the upcoming report is asking… Read More

November 7, 2013 @ 11:00 am By JD Alois  |  

UK Program, Used by Crowfunding Platforms,  Dramatically Encourages Investments in Small Businesses. Her Majesty’s Treasury has released some initial results from their Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) which is a widely used tax incentive on UK based equity crowdfunding platforms.  The HM Majesty’s early data… Read More

November 2, 2013 @ 1:35 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Real Business | Crowdfunding know-how is key to growth This article in Real Business reiterates a handful of points on the subject of crowdfunding: businesses by and large don’t know what it is, they can use it to successfully access capital and their understanding of the subject… Read More

November 1, 2013 @ 5:37 pm By JD Alois  |  

Pitchbook offered up a sneak peek into their VC Valuations and Trends report earlier this week and it was interesting to see that pre-money valuations for seed round investing is at a high.  Seed rounds have increased 100% since 2009 to Q3 of 2013.  Series… Read More

October 30, 2013 @ 10:25 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowd Valley has posted a report based on data collected from their operation as a crowdfunding technology provider. It provides insight into crowdfunding models, asset types, demographics and more. Crowd Valley COO Paul Higgins had the following to say about the report: “Having been operating… Read More

October 20, 2013 @ 1:10 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Crack The Crowd has released part one of what is to be a three-part interview with Dr. Richard Swart, who is a partner at Crowdfund Capital Advisors and the head of the crowdfunding research program at UC Berkeley. He was instrumental in the recently released… 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 18, 2013 @ 10:54 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Sherwood “Woodie” Neiss, Richard Swart, Doug Ellenoff and many other crowdfunding industry thought leaders have been busy in Berkeley this week participating in the Fung Institute’s Academic Symposium on Crowdfunding at UC Berkeley. Here we provide a selection of tweets from the event, which encapsulate… Read More

October 16, 2013 @ 10:24 am By JD Alois  |  

Median pre-money valuations have risen dramatically over the past few years.  In 2009 seed stage companies were being valued at $2.6 Million.  In 2013 seed stage company valuations have jumped to $5.2 Million. In a report from Pitchbook, the increase in valuations is being presented… Read More

October 7, 2013 @ 10:20 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Australia’s Climate Council was the victim of what some may see as austere budget cuts recently when prime minister Tony Abbott decided to shutter the agency. Professor Tim Flannery, formerly at the agency’s helm, had been displaced. However, Flannery wasn’t content to rest on his… Read More

October 6, 2013 @ 10:35 am By JD Alois  |  

More than 25 doctors and PhD’s from institutions like Harvard, John’s Hopkins and MD Anderson are raising money for cutting edge cancer research on the Start A Cure platform. Start A Cure launched in March 2013 by the national patient advocacy nonprofit, Malecare, America’s largest men’s… Read More

September 23, 2013 @ 10:53 am By JD Alois  |  

Coinciding with the relaxation in general solicitation, or advertising  for certain private placements, equity crowdfunding platform SeedInvest has released a White Paper on the regulator change addressing the new playing field.  The document is titled “Living with the New Reg D and its impact on Demo… Read More