Tagged: women

November 11, 2015 @ 9:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, beauty empire, Revlon, announced the winner of its LOVE IS ON Million Dollar Challenge, the company’s new crowdfunding philanthropic platform. Beginning in September, organizations dedicated to women’s cancer, heart disease, and diabetes, competed to raise the most funds to win a million dollar… Read More

November 5, 2015 @ 2:00 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  It was an accident that led Krista Morgan to peer-to-peer lending in 2008–a jolt caused by the high interest rate she was quoted when applying for a personal loan, during a time of notably low interest rates in the UK. After finding Zopa, one of the… Read More

November 2, 2015 @ 8:41 am By JD Alois  |  

Women changing finance is a group that is growing rapidly but, according to information provided by Coupofly, women in tech is booming. Culling data from the top 8 tech companies, it appears that women entering tech is growing 238% faster than men and this shift… Read More

October 20, 2015 @ 12:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Ready to create a safer world for women everywhere, Philadelphia tech startup Roar for Good has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise funds for its new smart safety jewelry known as “Athena.” Athena is described as a simple device with a big mission… Read More

October 17, 2015 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With just six more days until its Kickstarter campaign comes to an end, New York startup Knix Wear has successfully captured over $700,000 for its 8-in-1 Evolution Bra. As previously reported, Knix Wear’s Evolution Bra is described as the “most” comfortable, versatile, and technologically advanced undergarment. It has patented wire-free… Read More

October 3, 2015 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

SME lending firm Balboa Capital has put together an interesting infographic that highlights some data surrounding women in business. According to information they have correlated; There are over 9 million women-owned businesses in the US 500 female-owned businesses are opened each day 30% of US… Read More

September 22, 2015 @ 12:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

Carrie Dolan, CFO of Lending Club, has been named one of the 25 most powerful women in finance by American Banker.  Previously an executive with Charles Schwab, Dolan said that when she explained to friends and family she was leaving Schwab to join a money-losing… Read More

September 9, 2015 @ 9:00 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

As the director of Trillion Fund, a renewable energy and social investment crowdfunding platform, Julia Groves has a key piece of advice for women new to working in crowdfunding: Learn to show off. “Grit your teeth and do it, otherwise someone less amazing than you might get the… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 7:00 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  One of the UK’s leading figures in FinTech, Louise Beaumont is the head of public affairs and marketing at GLI Finance, a prominent investor in the SME alternative finance sector. Her straightforward self-summary–“I grow companies–from initial spark, to operationalisation, results delivered, and value created”–is… Read More

August 17, 2015 @ 11:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the weekend,  Brandon Stanton, the face behind the popular photography blog Humans of New York, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo Life to raise $100,000 for his new project, Let’s Help Fatima End Bonded Labor. Sharing details about the campaign, Stanton wrote: “Described as a modern-day Harriett Tubman,… Read More

August 16, 2015 @ 6:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Dusan Stojanovic, a low profile early stage investor who founded True Global Ventures (TGV), recently held a competition to select top female entrepreneurs. Stojanovic funded the competition with his own money – including the cash awards. Stojanovic, originally from Sweden, won the Business Angel of the year award… Read More

August 12, 2015 @ 9:40 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  “Trying.” states Rory Eakin’s Twitter bio, which could describe its owner as well as the company Rory co-founded, CircleUp. But perhaps Rory’s bio needs one more word: “Succeeding.” In the last two years, the company has launched several notable products, such as the Consumer Growth Fund,… Read More

August 7, 2015 @ 3:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, a new movement known as #ILookLikeAnEngineer hit all the social media platforms to help women break through the female engineer stereotypes. The movement became such a huge hit that the organizers have decided launch a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise funds so… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 10:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Beauty brand, Revlon, announced on Thursday the second phase of its new philanthropic platform designed to have a greater impact on women’s health initiatives with the Revlon LOVE IS ON Million Dollar Challenge. The Revlon LOVE IS ON Million Dollar Challenge is inviting charities dedicated to three leading health… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 10:17 am By Karteek Patel  |  

Something strange is happening. It may be received wisdom that women tend to invest less than men, and that when they do they are more risk averse, but something is up. Something is changing and it’s changing in a pretty fundamental way that might mean… Read More

July 15, 2015 @ 11:00 am By Chris Tyrrell  |  

  According to Inc.com, the emergence of the JOBS Act has created around 1,500 to 2,000 jobs since its inception. And according to the organization Women Entrepreneurs as Economic Drivers, women will create more jobs and keep the economy churning, provided they have the capital… Read More

July 8, 2015 @ 3:40 pm By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  A co-creator of the legislation that eventually became the JOBS Act of 2012, Candace Klein, Chief Strategy Officer for marketplace lender Dealstruck, joined the crowdfunding movement unintentionally. Candace was drawn in through her nonprofit, Bad Girl Ventures, and in the process founded her second company, began working with the… Read More

June 29, 2015 @ 2:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to open up about her career in a male-dominate industry, Indiegogo’s director of UK technology and design, Anastasia Emmanuel sat down with Marketing Magazine to weigh in on topics, including her presence in technology world and women’s workplace rights. During her interview, Emmanuel shared details… Read More

June 26, 2015 @ 12:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

Seed&Spark, an indie-film crowdfunding and distribution platform, has signed a partnership with Tangerine Entertainment to boost the shared mission of supporting women film creators. Tangerine is a film production company that focuses on commercially viable films that incorporates women filmmakers and/or strong roles for women… Read More

June 26, 2015 @ 10:30 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

  As the CEO and founder of PhoenixICT, a leading crowdfunding hub, HongSin Kwek is among the organizers of Crowdfunding Asia, the first conference of its type focused on the Asian markets. Crowdfunding Asia held its first event in Singapore in 2014, and this year’s upcoming events include conferences… Read More