February 28, 2014 @ 3:38 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

February marks the one year anniversary for equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd. As a way to reflect on their first year in business, they’ve released the following infographic. It’s a data-rich look at how the company operates and the process by which they curate deals. An… Read More

February 28, 2014 @ 3:07 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

After covering Nick Meehan’s crazy idea to crowdfund lobbyists in the United States, I knew I wanted to have him on Inside Crowdfunding. Well, he’s agreed to be our guest this week, so click here to go RSVP for the live Google Hangout and come… Read More

February 28, 2014 @ 9:27 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdnetic has announced the official launch of CrowdWatch, a deal aggregator for offerings made possible by the JOBS Act. Pricing for the service is set at $129 per month with a 14-day free trial available. Crowdnetic has also announced partnerships with EarlyShares and EquityNet. Deals… Read More

February 26, 2014 @ 10:19 am By Charles Luzar  |  

What’s in a name? For online companies, quite a bit. Just ask Microryza, the donation-based crowdfunding platform for medical research. The site has now rebranded as Experiment, perhaps in an effort to secure that “brand-as-a-verb” ubiquity that Kickstarter enjoys. The company has also secured experiment.com…. Read More

February 26, 2014 @ 10:05 am By Charles Luzar  |  

“MtGox is gone. So let’s prepare ourselves.” That is the first statement made in an article that ran yesterday in Business Insider entitled “I Have $285,000 Stuck On Mt. Gox.” Mt. Gox was once the de facto Bitcoin exchange, the first stop for those just getting into… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 11:22 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Did you know Brian Meece was a mean ukelele player? RocketHub co-founder and CEO Meece sat down with AlleyWire as part of their “Where I’ve Been” series and briefly discussed how some of the fundraising techniques in the world of liberal arts helped him and… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 11:05 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A hearing will take place this afternoon at 1:30 PST regarding ESHB 2023, which would implement a crowdfunding exemption in the State of Washington. As Joe Wallin and Michael “Luni” Libes point out, the exemption outlined under this legislation “would be substantially more accessible for… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 10:33 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Realty Mogul has been named a “Start-Up to Watch” for 2014 at Digital LA’s Digerati Awards. Digital LA is the founder of Silicon Beach Fest, a biannual start-up entertainment conference. Realty Mogul was recognized alongside other Los Angeles-area startups, including SnapChat and DreamWorks Animation. “We’re truly… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 10:17 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Short of a few Google+ hiccups, Alon Goren and myself had a great conversation with Toby Martin and Arne Loermann with Bragi LLC. Bragi is the company behind The Dash, which has raised over $2.3 million on Kickstarter. For a minute there it looked like… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 9:43 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Patreon is a crowdfunding platform that seeks to directly connect content creators with their fans via crowdfunding. The San Francisco-based platform just nabbed a $2.1 million round of funding, as was first reported by Publisher’s Weekly. Patreon was founded by Jack Conte, one half of the… Read More

February 25, 2014 @ 9:20 am By Charles Luzar  |  

The first day of Candace Klein’s highly-anticipated hearing is in the books. In what could be a watershed moment for crowdfunding in the State of Ohio, the Ohio Division of Securities is squaring off against Klein. The backdrop: a notice of intent to issue cease… Read More

February 24, 2014 @ 9:19 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Propellr has announced the launch of their platform specializing in alternative assets,  help accredited investors access institution-level opportunities previously reserved for the wealthiest of Americans or those “in the know.” We’re taking the kind of private placement deals usually found in hedge funds and making… Read More

February 24, 2014 @ 7:07 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

FundersClub is celebrating an exit this evening, the first exit for a company funded on the equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors. TalentBin has been acquired by Monster Worldwide (MWW). Gozaik was also acquired by MWW today. Terms of the acquisitions were not disclosed. TalentBin and Gozaik… Read More

February 24, 2014 @ 6:17 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Realty Mogul is continuing their push into exciting real estate markets around the county. The latest market to see activity from the equity crowdfunding platform is Los Angeles, where five multi-family properties – 141 units in total – were just crowdfunded. We have many accredited… Read More

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

February 24, 2014 @ 9:42 am By Charles Luzar  |  

CircleUp is an early starter in the world of crowdfunding and especially crowdfunding for equity, and the following video interview is an intimate look at why CircleUp was created. Co-founder Ryan Caldbeck says that the idea started with a bad panel at a trade show… Read More

February 24, 2014 @ 9:29 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Late last week, Games Industry International published an interview with DoubleFine’s Tim Schafer that discussed the studio’s recent experiences with Kickstarter at length. It’s an interesting look into the crowdfunding process from the perspective of a company that has raised millions using crowdfunding. Perhaps the most… Read More

February 24, 2014 @ 9:03 am By Charles Luzar  |  

If you’re still trying to make sense of how cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin work, you aren’t alone. It may be worth learning; It isn’t every day that a new technology comes along with the power to disrupt a basic tenet of life on Earth. (I’m looking… Read More

February 22, 2014 @ 3:33 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

Crowdtilt made a big announcement this week when they dragged their white label crowdfunding solution out of beta and rebranded it as CrowdtiltOpen. Before moving on, Crowdtilt took a look back at the top ten campaigns to run on Crowdhoster while it was in beta,… Read More

February 22, 2014 @ 3:06 pm By Charles Luzar  |  

The Heatworks Model 1 just closed a successful Kickstarter round less than a week ago, raising over $400,000 and over three times their stated goal. Before the company can even finish celebrating, news has broken that they’ll have even more capital to complete delivery fulfillment… Read More