Tagged: circleup

January 21, 2013 @ 7:52 pm By NYDailyNews  |  

Noha Waibsnaider is savoring success: sales at her eight-year-old Gowanus-based food company, Peeled Snacks, doubled last year. Her kid-friendly, organic dried fruit snacks, already carried at Starbucks, Whole Foods and Fairway, are now heading to groceries nationwide. But when Waibsnaider thought about raising money to… Read More

January 17, 2013 @ 10:49 am By Jonathan Sandlund, The Crowd Cafe  |  

SecondMarket announced a strategic partnership with CircleUp last week. This on the tail of a similar partnership with Angellist in the Fall. Both partnerships, currently in beta, fall under the umbrella of SecondMarket+, an initiative that is selectively partnering with leading platforms to give SecondMarket investors centralized access to… Read More

January 12, 2013 @ 12:50 pm By Search Engine Watch  |  

Since the JOBS Act was signed into law in April 2012, crowdfunding campaigns and platforms have been growing like wildflowers. There are many choices for businesses, entrepreneurs and marketing consultants but also some equity-based crowdfunding uncertainties with pending Securities and Exchange Commission rules. I recently… Read More

January 11, 2013 @ 2:58 am By VentureBeat  |  

I am a total health-food nerd. I love comparing notes about vegetable-based snacks, and granola sends me into spasms of excitement. The health-food, slow-food, boutique/artisanal/local-food movement is taking off. More and more people nationwide are swapping potato chips for kale chips and awareness about healthy… Read More

January 5, 2013 @ 6:42 pm By NYTimes.com  |  

RYAN CALDBECK was stumped. A director at a private equity firm, he was taking part in a panel discussion at a consumer goods conference last summer in New York when an entrepreneur raised his hand with a question: Where could a young company with just a few… Read More

October 23, 2012 @ 5:42 am By JD Alois  |  

How much online advertising is too much? That’s one of the questions before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as it finalizes regulations to let companies to raise money from investors through crowdfunding. The advertising regulations are one of a slew of issues the SEC… Read More

October 21, 2012 @ 2:15 pm By JD Alois  |  

A yoga instructor wants $10,000 for studio renovations. A student wants to take an overseas educational trip. An entrepreneur has an idea for a piece of exercise gear but needs money to get rolling. A coffee shop needs new equipment. Many of these people would… Read More