Tagged: wefunder

February 24, 2014 @ 10:07 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Paul Graham will take a step back from famed Silicon Valley tech accelerator Y Combinator to focus on his writing, although he will still consult startups. Over nine years at Y Combinator, Graham has built the organization into one of the most desirable entrepreneurial experiences… Read More

December 22, 2013 @ 7:00 am By JD Alois  |  

Shifts Focus to B2B Side of the Crowdfunding Industry. Founded in 2009 during what was really the frontier times of crowdfunding, WealthForge is a holding company which also owns a funding portal (FundRoom) and a FINRA-compliant broker-dealer (WealthForge LLC).  The genesis of WealthForge started when… Read More

December 3, 2013 @ 10:00 am By Charles Luzar  |  

UPDATE: At least one crowdfunding platform has stepped forward saying they were left off the list. iFunding emailed Crowdfund Insider to clarify that they have raised about $3 million on their platform since launch. RockThePost has shared a top-ten list of equity crowdfunding platforms currently operating in the… Read More

November 4, 2013 @ 11:41 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Since 2006, Terrafugia has raised over $10 million from investors in order to design and develop the Transition, a flying car that is said to be market-viable and ready to deliver in 2015. The company is seeking $500,000 in additional investment on Wefunder to bring… Read More

September 10, 2013 @ 10:43 am By JD Alois  |  

Scheduled for September 12th, Ronald Trahan Associates Inc. (RTA) announced today that it will broadcast a complementary webinar—“Equity-Based Crowdfunding for Early-Stage Medtech Companies”—on Thursday, Sept. 12, from 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. EDT. “Crowdfunding is very likely to become a precious funding resource for many could-be-great medical technologies… Read More

July 25, 2013 @ 9:17 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Balanced was created to increase the global economy through payments. As we built Balanced, it troubled me that we had adopted the closed-off culture common to the financial services industry, where everything was locked up for the sake of “competitive advantage.” That wasn’t the kind of… Read More

March 25, 2013 @ 4:59 am By Charles Luzar  |  

We’ve put together a list of 20 niche crowdfunding sites we’ve covered on Crowdfund Insider recently. Many of these sites cater to specific interests and geographic areas, and many have unique ways of helping crowdfunders raise funds.  Angeldorm allows individuals to receive donations for college funds. Money… Read More

November 29, 2012 @ 8:14 am By JD Alois  |  

Wefunder reported seed funding in the amount of $530,000 recently.  The funding round, while interesting merits another look as Wefunder used their own site to Crowdfund itself. Still prohibited from advertising, they used current state “blue sky” laws  to raise $533,800 from 58 investors according… Read More