Tagged: startengine

August 15, 2016 @ 9:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Primo Connect, a mobile communications company incubated by sister company Ultra Mobile, announced on Monday that its global communications app, which is still in Beta form, has received over one million downloads. The app attracted users from 50 countries and has over 50% retention for continued… Read More

August 12, 2016 @ 1:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Elio Motors, Inc. (OTCQX: ELIO) announced on Friday that it had locked the price of $7,300 for the base model of its highly anticipated three-wheel vehicle. While sharing details about the new price, founder and CEO, Paul Elio, revealed Elio Motors was inspired by Volkswagen’s… Read More

August 8, 2016 @ 9:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, XTI Aircraft Company (XTI) officially announced it has entered into a preliminary agreement with the Aerospace division of Honeywell International. Honeywell will supply the HTS900 engine for XTI’s first prototype, a two-thirds piloted subscale of the TriFan 600 vertical takeoff airplane. This announcement comes just… Read More

August 8, 2016 @ 8:47 am By JD Alois  |  

Title III of the JOBS Act created a new securities exemption that allowed equity crowdfunding for non-accredited investors. This new exemption, also called Reg CF, may be viewed as another step in the capital ladder to complement Title II of the JOBS Act (accredited crowdfunding)… Read More

August 1, 2016 @ 4:11 pm By JD Alois  |  

Snapwire, a photo start­up that  allows brands to crowdsource photos for their social and marketing needs, announced that is had successfully filed and launched a Reg CF / Title III equity crowdfunding campaign under new rules provided by The JOBS Act that went into effect… Read More

July 25, 2016 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

XTI Aircraft has re-launched its crowdfunding offer on StartEngine altering the offer and stating it has accelerated its development schedule with a plan to fly a 10% scale model after it receives its next $1.2 million financing round. XTI will then bump up to a… Read More

July 15, 2016 @ 9:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Rayton Solar, Inc. (Rayton Solar), announced it was testing the waters of Regulation A+ through crowdfunding platform, StartEngine. The California-based solar panel company is seeking to attract more investors as it prepares to develop a cost-effective source of energy through essential particle acceleration manufacturing technology…. Read More

July 13, 2016 @ 2:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Elio Motors, Inc. (OTCQX: ELIO) announced it has appointed former manufacturing executive of General Motors (NYSE: GM), Doug Frick, as plant manager for its Shreveport production facility.  Frick, who has been dubbed as Elio Motors’ first plant manager, is a 20-year auto industry veteran. He… Read More

July 10, 2016 @ 9:25 am By JD Alois  |  

The budding Marijuana industry has attracted a legion of “ganjapreneurs” seeking the chance to cash in on the US movement to legalize and legitimize Cannabis. ArcView Group, a “hub for investment, data and progress” estimates the industry will drive around $7 billion in revenue during 2016…. Read More

July 7, 2016 @ 1:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Last week, founder of Elio Motors, Inc. (OTCQX: ELIO) CEO, Paul Elio, shared details about the company’s new vehicle, E1A, during the E-Series event.  As previously reported, the first E-Series vehicle was unveiled in front of more than 200 automotive supplier executives and engineers who reportedly… Read More

June 30, 2016 @ 1:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Elio Motors, Inc. (OTCQX: ELIO) announced on Thursday it completed its first E-Series test model. The first E-Series vehicle, code-named the E1A, was unveiled in front of more than 200 automotive supplier executives and engineers who reportedly have key roles in the long-term development the company’s vehicles.  Elio’s founder… Read More

June 29, 2016 @ 6:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

XTI Aircraft is a cool concept in aviation for vertical take-off and landing plane. The idea addresses a pain point for plane enthusiasts – the need to be near an airport.  Following a successful Testing the Waters (TTW) campaign where over $20 million in indicated… Read More

May 24, 2016 @ 10:01 am By JD Alois  |  

Title III platforms launched last week on May 16th. Multiple platforms had received approval from FINRA/SEC and a good number of issuing companies queued up to offer equity or debt in their companies. While opinions in the media were mixed as to whether the Reg… Read More

May 16, 2016 @ 12:55 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

  Caps off to Title III!  As promised, WeFunder understood the potential of Reg CF and its opportunities for capital formation and entrepreneurship.  Operating an accredited crowdfunding platform since the fall of 2013 and then adding Reg A+ last year, Wefunder has helped fund 110 companies with over… Read More

May 16, 2016 @ 11:20 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, iDisclose announced that it has filed the first form C for Title III crowdfunding offerings through its very own application. Bloomery Sweetshine, West Virginia’s award-winning artisanal liqueur distillery, used the application process to prepare and file its Form C with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)… Read More

May 13, 2016 @ 4:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

NextGen Crowdfunding announced this week that it will be holding a Title III Celebration Series that will include four online events in May and June that will build more awareness for the rules, which are going in effect on Monday (May 16th). Aubrey Chernick, founder… Read More

May 12, 2016 @ 1:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With Title III of the JOBS Act finally going into effect on May 16th, StartEngine has announced it has received approval from FINRA and the SEC to operate a Reg CF funding portal. Title III crowdfunding will join the other two variants of investment crowdfunding, Title… Read More

May 12, 2016 @ 10:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

XY Findables announced on Thursday that it has received $2 Million in indications of interest to invest for its recently launched Regulation A+ equity crowdfunding initiative on StartEngine. As previously reported, XY Findables ran a successful rewards-based crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter back in 2014 for its product, XY… Read More

April 21, 2016 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

XTI Aircraft, a company that seeks to deliver a vertical take off and landing aircraft to a far wider audience, has now raised $1 million in an equity crowdfunding round on StartEngine. The goal is to raise $3 million in equity and the company is… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

XY Findables (formerly known just as XY Find It) ran a successful rewards-based crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter back in 2014. On a goal of $45,000 over 4000 supporters purchased the Bluetooth tracker tag. Now the company wants to scale and they are heading online once… Read More