Tagged: seedinvest

May 1, 2015 @ 11:18 am By JD Alois  |  

MIT Sloan Assistant Professor Christian Catalini has targeted his research on the economics of innovation, entrepreneurial finance and crowdfunding.  Catalini is part of an elite few academicians who are analyzing the emergent investment crowdfunding space, so when he shares his findings, and associated perspective, it is… Read More

April 29, 2015 @ 5:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

Yes KISS means Keep It Simple Stupid, but in this case it means Keep It Simple Security. SeedInvest, a leading investment crowdfunding platform, has announced they will no longer assess legal review fees to startups using KISS Convertible Note documents. SeedInvest is a highly selective… Read More

April 25, 2015 @ 6:26 pm By JD Alois  |  

SeedInvest Managing Director Andrés Diana recently gave a brief 6 minute interview on Business Rockstars. SeedInvest is one of the leading accredited investor crowdfunding platforms that intends on moving into the retail space – perhaps later this year with Title IV or Reg A+. Diana… Read More

April 11, 2015 @ 12:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform SeedInvest opened up operations in Atlanta, Georgia last week and organized a launch party to introduce their investment platform to the local crowd. This is a continuation of their strategy to create local hubs in key markets across the United States by… Read More

April 8, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

Patch of Land, a leading real estate crowdfunding platform, has announced a solid $23.6 million funding round that captured the interest of SF Capital and Prosper President Ron Suber – a significant validation of their vision for the future of real estate investing.  Both Suber… Read More

March 25, 2015 @ 1:20 pm By Kiran Lingam  |  

In a stunning development earlier today, the SEC released final Regulation A+ rules under Title IV of the JOBS Act that pre-empts state law for larger Regulation A offerings up to $50M and provides for state coordinated review for offerings up to $20M.  Growth companies… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 1:53 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

The faster you go, the more you should demand from your helmet. (This may be why my days of mile-per-hour roller blading only required a good-fitting helmet from Costco.) For Ryan Shearman, founder and CEO of FUSAR Technologies and a lifelong motorcyclist, this principle was driven home as… Read More

March 3, 2015 @ 1:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

SeedInvest, a widely respected investment crowdfunding platform that operates under Title II accredited crowdfunding (for now), has just submitted a comment letter to the Securities Exchange Commission pleading with the agency to “keep Title III crowdfunding simple”. The JOBS Act was signed into law almost… Read More

February 21, 2015 @ 10:08 am By JD Alois  |  

Ryan Feit, co-founder and CEO of SeedInvest, joined Jim Cramer on Mad Money yesterday to pitch his service and explain a company that is raising capital on the equity crowdfunding platform. Cramer gives SeedInvest a pretty strong endorsement noting investors may back highly vetted startups… Read More

January 12, 2015 @ 10:50 am By JD Alois  |  

Patch of Land, one of the growing legions of innovative real estate crowdfunding platforms, is an early player in the space.  The company’s CEO Jason Fritton was an early advocate of crowdfunding and the JOBS Act prior to co-founding his site.  Patch of Land was… Read More

November 12, 2014 @ 5:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform SeedInvest has set up camp in the Lone Star State.  SeedInvest has hired Marc Nathan to act Managing Director for the new crowdfunding Texas outpost.  The SeedInvest initiative is part of an extended strategy to expand their crowdfunding reach by having a… Read More

October 16, 2014 @ 5:00 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Patch of Land, one of the fastest growing debt-focused real estate crowdfunding platforms, today announced that it is now publicly fundraising its seed round on SeedInvest, a leading equity crowdfunding platform with over 5,000 registered and accredited investors.  “SeedInvest continues to provide qualified investors with… Read More

October 13, 2014 @ 6:49 pm By JD Alois  |  

Investment crowdfunding platform SeedInvest received a nice nod from our British friends having received a “Great Tech Award” at a ceremony this past week.  The British Consulate General and the UK Trade & Investment hosted the second event of its kind where seven different innovative… Read More

October 4, 2014 @ 11:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Title II of the JOBS Act of 2012 is a game changer.  For over 80 years it was illegal to advertise private placement securities offers.  Think about it; a company was not allowed to promote the fact it wanted to raise capital from investors.  How… Read More

September 18, 2014 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Partnership Expected to Create World’s Largest Angel Investor Base. SeedInvest, a leading equity crowdfunding platform, and Gust, a site where startups and investors connect, have formed a strategic partnership to leverage complimentary aspects of their services. Gust claims a user base that connects over 1000… Read More

September 18, 2014 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

This is an interesting infographic designed by the creative team over at SeedInvest.  It depicts the importance of angel investing and gives the viewer some numbers to work with.  SeedInvest has been one of the leaders in the battle to save angel investing.  Paradoxically there… Read More

July 26, 2014 @ 9:30 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Readers may recognize hearo.fm’s name from its two showcases and 40+ bands who played at this year’s SXSW.  Breaking into the music 5.9 Billion in annual revenue, hearo.fm has grown into a global music marketplace aiming to claim the indie artist segment of a realm dominated… Read More

July 23, 2014 @ 7:36 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

On July 10, thanks to the Dodd-Frank Act which mandated its reinstitution, the revived SEC Investor Advisory Committee met in a public forum to discuss certain securities law issues, including a subcommittee’s initial proposals on the definition of “accredited investor” (as defined in Section 501(a)… Read More

July 12, 2014 @ 12:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

Equity crowdfunding portal SeedInvest has been at the forefront of championing the cause of investors and small business by battling the forces that want to deny many the opportunity to participate in certain offerings deemed only available for “accredited investors”.  As the definition stands today… Read More

July 10, 2014 @ 9:28 am By JD Alois  |  

On the day when the SEC’s Investor Advisory Committee is scheduled to discuss the definition of an “Accredited Investor”, SeedInvest – one of the leading equity crowdfunding portals in the United States- has posted a comment letter to the SEC stating their research indicates, “an… Read More