November 4, 2018 @ 6:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

The StartEngine Summit entitled “Tokenizing the World” took place in Santa Monica during LA Blockchain week this October. StartEngine, one of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the US, focused most of the conference on the future of crypto and securities issued on the blockchain. As… Read More

August 28, 2018 @ 3:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is courtesy of a note being circulated by Prime Trust, a service that provides escrow options including for the burgeoning digital assets sector and crowdfunded securities. Scott Purcell in an email tackled the topic of whether, or not an issuer of securities may accept… Read More

August 6, 2018 @ 1:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Prime Trust, a blockchain driven trust company, announced on Monday it has launched a new technology that enables real estate syndicators and securities issuers to accept funds from investors in the form of Bitcoin and Ethereum, frictionlessly and with zero crypto-market risks to the syndicator or issuer. According… Read More

July 18, 2018 @ 1:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

FundAmerica, a securities escrow software provider that is widely used in the crowdfunding industry, has been sold to Prime Trust. The acquisition was revealed in an email by CEO and founder of FundAmerica Scott Purcell who is also the CEO and Chief Trust Officer of… Read More

April 20, 2018 @ 8:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

StartEngine, a full stack crowdfunding platform listing Reg CF, Reg D, and Reg A+ offerings, announced on Friday it has partnered with technology-driven trust company PrimeTrust to create what they believe is the first ever regulation crowdfunding crypto escrow. According to the duo, the crypto escrow will allow… Read More

September 20, 2017 @ 1:38 pm By JD Alois  |  

Arcimoto says it raised almost $20 million in a Reg A+ crowdfunding round that closed on September 15th on WRHambrecht. Arcimoto said the company was shooting for $10 million but “landed almost double that”.  Arcimoto added that it will trade on NASDAQ under ticker symbol… Read More

June 15, 2017 @ 5:48 pm By Scott Purcell  |  

  At a lightly attended alternative finance conference last month, Dr. Richard Swart spoke about the anaemic growth of the US crowdfunding industry. He made the point that we (industry participants including portals, broker-dealers, escrow banks & trusts, transfer agents, investor accreditation services, accountants, lawyers,… Read More

May 12, 2017 @ 10:20 am By JD Alois  |  

The merger between the Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA) and the Crowdfunding Professional Association is reportedly on hold. A merger between the two entities was publicly announced by a CFPA representative at an event in Washington, DC earlier this month. The announcement was followed by an email… Read More

April 22, 2017 @ 4:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nevada-based Fintech startup Prime Trust announced on Friday it has appointed former Hambrecht Partner and CTO, Whitney White as its new COO and CTO.  According to Prime Trust, during his 17 years at Hambrecht White assisted in the design and execution of the company’s capital… Read More

April 14, 2017 @ 2:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding platforms in the US have been unable to accept investments via credit cards thus streamlining the process of purchasing securities online. That is until now. Vantiv (NYSE:VNTV), a Cincinannit based payment processor, has decided to facilitate these transactions. In a recent update by FundAmerica,… Read More

May 10, 2014 @ 9:23 am By JD Alois  |  

The Crowdfund Intermediary Regulatory Advocates (CFIRA) recently posted a comment letter on the SEC web site regarding JOBS Act implementation.  The comment letter was in direct response to the recommendations provided by the Investor Advisory Committee (IAC) who recently met – reviewing their requests for… Read More

April 3, 2014 @ 7:56 am By JD Alois  |  

CrowdU, the Crowdfunding College, is now offering the first certification program to train the future professional advisors who want to help businesses raise capital via equity and debt crowdfunding. The educational program, created by securities crowdfunding industry pioneers Scott Purcell and Ruth Hedges is targeted… Read More

June 19, 2013 @ 5:09 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

FundAmerica, a debt- and equity-based crowdfunding platform currently in development, has raised a $1.4 million investment round from a group of angel investors. The round will be used to bring their crowdfunding platform to market. This is the second funding round raised by FundAmerica and… Read More

January 5, 2013 @ 2:49 pm By Equities.com  |  

To probe the legal intricacies revolving around the JOBS Act and how these new laws might impact the crowdfunding scene in the next months leading to and right after the much-anticipated full implementation of crowdfunding for equity, David Drake spoke with Scott Purcell, CEO of… Read More