September 8, 2015 @ 2:10 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

FinTech Sandbox has announced a new partnership with Estimize, a provider of earnings and economic estimates contributed by the entire financial community, reported Finance Magnates. Joining Thomson Reuters, Fidelity Investments and Amazon Web Services, new partner Estimize provides a unique data source for participating startups, preparing crowdsourced forecasts for US… Read More

May 14, 2015 @ 12:18 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With its elevator pitch of “Disrupting Big Oil: Crowdfunders get monthly guaranteed returns with equity upside,” Ascenergy has tapped into the crowd for its Crowdfunder campaign.  Seeking to raise $6M by 30 June 2015, the company has already raised  over $5,670,000, or 95% of its goal.   Investments $25,000… Read More

December 17, 2014 @ 11:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Zacks Investment Research has announced it is launching microcap research and has selected its first company for “detailed investigation”.  Simultaneously Zacks has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $7000 in capital for the new research product. “Independent research is the platinum standard. Zacks… Read More

May 13, 2014 @ 6:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Zacks and Localstake have announced a partnership where Zacks CF Research will offer valuation and rating reports on Localstake listed crowdfunded issues. “Localstake is providing a funding platform in several states now and just closed the first-ever intrastate crowdfunded issue in Michigan. We believe this… Read More

April 11, 2014 @ 7:23 am By JD Alois  |  

truCrowd and Zacks CF Research have partnered up to bring independent valuation reports to companies seeking to raise money from non-accredited investors. “We’re pleased to announce this partnership. We look forward to working with truCrowd to bring additional transparency to the companies [that] choose truCrowd… Read More

March 26, 2014 @ 9:03 am By JD Alois  |  

Zacks, a large provider of independent research in the US, has launched Zacks CF Research, a crowdfunding research division and the first of its kind for the industry.  The new division of Zacks Investment Research that will focus exclusively on providing valuation analysis of Title… Read More