Tagged: film

March 28, 2025 @ 9:37 am By JD Alois  |  

Republic Europe, part of Republic, is promoting its vertical targeting the film industry. Republic Europe is based and regulated in the UK, but a disclaimer on the platform clarifies that “Republic Film is a business in the United States and is not authorised or regulated… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 1:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

“Fan-owned” film studio Legion M is nearing the close of its most recent securities offering. The longtime crowdfunding proponent is scheduled to complete its ninth online securities offering in the past eight years. The company has utilized several different platforms in the past. The current offering… Read More

September 6, 2024 @ 12:17 pm By JD Alois  |  

Republic, a global online investment ecosystem, is boosting its offerings once again by offering the ability to invest in films. While many platforms have periodically listed securities tied to the movie and video industry, it seems that Republic is taking a more dedicated approach to… Read More

October 20, 2022 @ 4:47 pm By JD Alois  |  

Next week, Advent Entertainment will pursue a digital security offering on INX  for a token tied to royalties. Advent aims to produce films, television shows, video games, and more. The initial token sale hopes to raise a minimum amount of $15 million. The tokens are… Read More

November 11, 2021 @ 1:59 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

We recently connected with Ian LeWinter, an experienced producer and President at Film.io. LeWinter told us that he’s looking to challenge the existing order by providing new paths for filmmakers to build, fund, and distribute movies and TV shows. Film.io is a blockchain or distributed… Read More

December 3, 2020 @ 10:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

FINTECH Circle recently announced it has teamed up with ITN Productions Industry News to launch the co-production “The Future of Fintech”  to raise awareness and understanding of the global financial technology sector, and the vital role of fintech during the global pandemic. The film notably… Read More

October 23, 2020 @ 12:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

NextSeed, formerly a Reg CF funding portal operating as a bank alternative that has since morphed into a full-stack online capital formation and private equity platform, has added a new asset class to its list of available investments with its first film offering. Described as… Read More

August 7, 2020 @ 2:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Legion M, a U.S.-based fan-owned entertainment company, announced on Thursday its seventh round of fundraising. The company reported that in a little over four years, it has secured more than $10 million from over 250,000 fan-based investors. Like its other rounds, the latest Regulation Crowdfunding… Read More

February 23, 2020 @ 6:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Stranger Pictures has launched the first equity crowdfunding offering for a film in Southeast Asia according to a note from the issuer. The securities offering is listed on global platform FundedByMe in Malaysia. FundedByMe is based in Sweden and is a publicly-traded company. The company… Read More

October 31, 2019 @ 1:51 pm By JD Alois  |  

In less than 7 days, Legion M will close its 5th crowdfunding round currently hosted on Wefunder under the Reg A+ exemption. According to the campaign page, Legion M has raised $4.86 million from 15,792 investors but a not from the company indicates that lifetime… Read More

September 12, 2019 @ 8:59 am By JD Alois  |  

tZERO, a subsidiary of Overstock (NASDAQ:OSTK) has formed a partnership with Bloq Flix, LLC, to tokenize films, according to a release. Bloq Flix claims to be the “first blockchain entertainment financing company.” tZERO said that Bloq Flix will utilize its tokenization protocol technology to tokenize… Read More

July 9, 2019 @ 10:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Overstock subsidiary (NASDAQ: OSTK) tZERO announced on Tuesday it was teaming up with producers of Atari: Fistful of Quarters to tokenize the upcoming motion picture. tZERO claims that this will be the first time the film industry to use blockchain technology, which marks a milestone… Read More

November 1, 2018 @ 7:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seed&Spark, the independent film crowdfunding platform, announced on Thursday that pilots for 27 television series developed by creators of color were funded as part of a special month-long “Keep It Colorful” crowdfunding effort. According to Seed&Spark, approximately 50 content creators of color entered the crowdfunding… Read More

May 13, 2018 @ 3:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

LegionM has filed a new Form C with the Securities and Exchange Commission indicating its intent to launch a new crowdfunding campaign to raise additional funding.  LegionM was the second project to leverage Reg CF to hit the $1 million funding cap (since raised to $1.07M) LegionM… Read More

January 19, 2018 @ 10:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few months before the highly anticipated premiere of Indiegogo-funded Super Troopers 2, the film’s production company Broken Lizard released the comedy’s official trailer. As previously reported,  Broken Lizard sought to raise $2 million for the sequel of the 2001 cult classic Super Troopers and raised more than $4.6… Read More

January 17, 2018 @ 2:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Legion M, a fan-owned entertainment company, announced on Wednesday it will be making its debut at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. According to Legion M, the Legion M Lounge will be open from Thursday, January 18th, to Sunday, January 21st and will be the location of… Read More

December 21, 2017 @ 11:45 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

“We are asking everyone in our community to take responsibility for their part. We ask all of our filmmakers to make a public facing statement about how their project is increasing inclusion in entertainment. We make it very clear to our audiences that what we… Read More

December 7, 2017 @ 4:54 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Seed&Spark, the subscription streaming and crowdfunding platform focused on making entertainment more diverse and inclusive, has announced a slate of crowdfunding rallies for 2018, aiming to bring hundreds of thousands of dollars in matching loans, grants and investments from prestige brands and production company partners… Read More

November 7, 2017 @ 3:28 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Seed&Spark CEO & Founder Emily Best and Mark Duplass (Room 104, The One I Love, Creep) and announced that Duplass Brothers Productions will be executive producing two locally based features as the winners of the Hometown Heroes Crowdfunding Rally: The MisEducation of Bindu (Indianapolis, IN)… Read More

November 7, 2017 @ 1:57 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Online investment platform SyndicateRoom announced that UK film and entertainment company, Fashion On Screen (FOS), will be raising £1.5 million via its platform.  FOS, a film production company which aims to produce prestigious, inspiring, commercial films for a global market, is raising funds for its first… Read More