Tagged: tim draper

July 21, 2017 @ 11:26 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic, an investment crowdfunding platform founded by AngelList alumni, is collaborating with Sony Entertainment on a new series of pitch events involving the Draper family. And who are the Drapers, you may ask? The Drapers are California based VC’s with a pretty amazing track record…. Read More

July 18, 2017 @ 9:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

EquityZen, a New York-based fintech firm that operates a secondary marketplace for company-approved transactions in pre-IPO stock announced on Tuesday it secured $6.5 million during its latest financing round, which was led by Draper Associates. According to the company, the latest financing deal comes as private… Read More

November 27, 2015 @ 7:42 am By JD Alois  |  

Prominent venture capitalist Tim Draper, founder of DFJ and Draper Associates, joined Crowdfunder CEO Chance Barnett earlier this month to chat about equity crowdfunding and what it means to the world of early stage / VC funding. Draper believes there is a chance that VCs… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 12:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Autopilot, a multi-channel marketing automation platform, today announced a $7M strategic investment to bring personalized marketing to the masses, increasing total funding to $20.5M. The company aims to fill the void between basic email software and complex marketing software designed for the tech elite, and will use… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 8:13 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdcube, UKs largest equity crowdfunding platform by total capital raised, has received £6 million in a funding round to further boost growth.  The funding was led by Numis, a stockbrokerage firm, Tim Draper / Draper Esprit and existing investor Balderton Capital.  The announcement of new… Read More

June 17, 2015 @ 7:27 pm By JD Alois  |  

The SEC has announced the conclusion of an investigation regarding Silicon Valley based Sand Hill Exchange, a firm that was apparently selling security based swaps to retail investors without a necessary registration statement and outside a national exchange. Sand Hill Exchange settled without admitting or… Read More

June 3, 2015 @ 9:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mirror, a “blockchain-technology” company building a new financial platform, today announced it has received $8.8 million in Series A funding led by Route 66 Ventures with participation from existing investors including RRE Ventures, Crosslink Capital, Battery Ventures and Tim Draper. This additional capital brings the… Read More

April 8, 2015 @ 2:15 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

To officially launch the Draper Ecosystem’s “Fintech Connection,” the company’s new mentoring program targeting early stage fintech start-ups, the Fintech Connection Forum will take place on the afternoon of Monday, April 20, at Hero City in San Mateo, Calif. The invite-only event will offer fintech start-ups and investors to… Read More

May 20, 2014 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has announced a new round of investors, coming just a few short months after their $40 million Series B round.  Many of the new investors include well known, high profile names including iconic billionaire Sir Richard Branson.  Specific details of the… Read More

January 23, 2014 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Well Known VC Tim Draper Points the Path for Venovate Founder Michael Raneri to Launch New Company. Venovate is an investment crowdfunding platform that is prepping to launch.  Their mission is to provide investors with unique alternative opportunities.  In the past only ultra high net… Read More

January 13, 2014 @ 8:12 am By JD Alois  |  

Venovate Holdings has announced the creation of Venovate Marketplace, a new financial services firm whose mission is to provide smarter investment alternatives to institutions, accredited investors, and their advisors, find new sources of capital for private companies, and offer liquidity to investors in crowdfunded private placements…. Read More

November 6, 2013 @ 9:45 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Huffington Post | Who Let the Dog Out: On New Crowdfunding Rules and Why It Is Time for Us to Wise Up In this piece for the Huffington Post, Victoria Silchenko aggregates the thoughts of people like Tim Draper (pictured, right) and Slava Rubin on… Read More

September 18, 2013 @ 6:11 am By Julia Groves, Chair UKCFA  |  

Crowdfunding, and in particular crowdinvesting, is the result of deep dissatisfaction, anger even, at where our financial services industry has delivered us today. The financial crisis brought people onto the streets in protest at the behaviour and lack of contrition from our mega financial institutions…. Read More

July 6, 2013 @ 3:50 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Last month we reported that the “We Can Be Heroes” crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo was offering one heck of a reward. For $25,000 famous comic book artist Jim Lee would come to one backer’s house and paint a wall of their choosing in his trademark… Read More

April 8, 2013 @ 5:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Last week saw the first iteration of the Silicon Valley Crowdfund Conference. Entrepreneurs, industry advocates and private equity experts descended on Palo Alto to discuss crowdfunding’s current state of affairs. Both the investment and non-investment sides of crowdfunding were represented. Four panels tackled a host… Read More

March 27, 2013 @ 7:00 am By CNet  |  

If you cringe when you hear a company described as “Kickstarter for” this industry or that genre, yesterday’s Y Combinator Demo Day was probably not for you. As happens twice a year, a Who’s Who of A-list (and B- and C-list) venture capitalists and angel… Read More

February 24, 2013 @ 1:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Crowdfunding conferences and events are becoming more ubiquitious as the popularity and promise of crowdfunding grows.  The previously announced event, Silicon Valley Meets Crowdfunders to be held in Palo Alto on April 4th and 5th recently released the list of their speakers and panelists. (See current… Read More

November 7, 2012 @ 7:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Xpert Financial, one of several online marketplaces created for pre-IPO companies like Facebook to raise funds and sell shares prior to going public, is retrenching, VentureWire reported Tuesday, as interest in its business waned following Facebook’s lackluster IPO. Although it still has several assets, most… Read More