Tagged: kevin oleary

October 19, 2025 @ 11:08 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary recently expressed concerns about Ethereum’s ( ETH) network congestion and fee surge over the past weekend. In a social media post, O’Leary claimed that the Ethereum blockchain network had become really congested, resulting in even relatively small transactions costing upwards of… Read More

May 29, 2024 @ 3:18 pm By JD Alois  |  

While the US Congress has a pending ban on China-owned TikTok (ByteDance), if the company is sold to a US entity, it may still operate in the country. The fear is the tendrils of the Chinese Communist Party are utilizing TikTok to garner data from… Read More

December 14, 2022 @ 11:35 am By JD Alois  |  

The Senate Banking Committee hearing on FTX, taking place today, has extended the discourse on the collapse of what was once one of the largest crypto exchanges in operation. While not involving any current FTX employees, testimony and perspective are being provided by four different… Read More

April 18, 2022 @ 9:31 am By JD Alois  |  

WonderFi  (NEO:WNDR; OTC:WONDF) has entered into an agreement to purchase Coinberry, a Canadian digital asset exchange that is regulated and compliant. WonderFi recently acquired Bitbuy – another crypto platform operating in Canada. Coinberry is one of just a handful of compliant crypto marketplaces operating in… Read More

December 10, 2021 @ 4:14 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine, a securities crowdfunding platform that is in the midst of a self-crowdfunding round, says it has now raised over $50 million from individual investors. In an email, StartEngine said that it has thousands of shareholders on its cap table and zero traditional VCs. With… Read More

March 1, 2021 @ 12:23 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kevin O’Leary, aka Mr. Wonderful, has become a crypto fan. During a discussion on CNBC today,  O’Leary said he was allocating a portion of his portfolio, reported to be around 3%, into Bitcoin. In the past, O’Leary has been less than complimentary of crypto in… Read More

October 28, 2020 @ 2:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

  StartEngine, a leading securities crowdfunding platform, has announced that it will fire up its secondary marketplace for crowdfunded securities this coming Friday, (October 30). StartEngine started the process to launch “StartEngine Secondary” years ago. A pre-cursor to receiving approval to operate an “alternative trading… Read More

July 28, 2020 @ 11:21 am By JD Alois  |  

Well known “Shark,” from CNBC’s popular investment show “Shark Tank,” Kevin O’Leary (AKA Mr. Wonderful), is crowdfunding on StartEngine. O’Leary has listed a company he co-founded – Beanstox, a savings and investment app, that is seeking up to $1.07 million under the Reg CF securities… Read More

June 5, 2020 @ 5:24 pm By JD Alois  |  

  StartEngine, a leading US investment crowdfunding platform, reports that its newest Reg A+ offering has been qualified by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Reg A+ is a securities exemption that allows issuers to raise up to $50 million. An offering must be approved… Read More

May 13, 2020 @ 8:00 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine is one of the largest investment crowdfunding platforms in the US by funds raised. A full stack platform, StartEngine is raising capital under Reg CF, Reg A+ and, in the past, under Reg D. But the platform’s vision for the future of online capital… Read More

March 31, 2020 @ 1:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

StartEngine. a full stack crowdfunding platform, has added Kevin O’Leary as a strategic advisor. O’Leary has become well known in the US as one of the “Sharks” on CNBC’s Shark Tank show – affectionately referred to as “Mr. Wonderful.” StartEngine says that as well as… Read More

March 20, 2018 @ 12:56 pm By JD Alois  |  

Kevin O’Leary, one of the sharks on Sharktank who calls himself Mr. Wonderful, was visiting with the team at CNBC Squawk Box yesterday when he discussed a forthcoming initial coin offering for a “very prestigious hotel brand” with the security being offered to global investors. … Read More

May 17, 2017 @ 9:42 pm By JD Alois  |  

Last week, Benzinga held its annual Fintech Awards event in Manhattan. The proceedings prior to the actual award presentations included some well known names from both traditional and alternative finance alongside a series of three minute pitch sessions. At the event, representatives from a wide range… Read More

May 7, 2017 @ 10:04 pm By JD Alois  |  

Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary, also known as “Mr. Wonderful” to some, is a fan of Fintech. O’Leary is sharing the love by delivering the Keynote address at the upcoming Benzinga Fintech Awards scheduled to take place this coming Thursday in New York City (May… Read More

December 10, 2015 @ 10:58 am By JD Alois  |  

Highest Valuation Ever on Shark Tank. Trunkster, the “most crowdfunded travel campaign ever”, killed it on Shark Tank last week receiving a $28 million valuation from the typically miserly Sharks.  Trunkster recently ran a rewards-based crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter proving their product by raising almost… Read More

April 22, 2015 @ 2:30 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Judging by the photos of newly bejeweled fingers on my social media feeds, and the abundance of bridesmaid dresses in the “special occasions” section of local department stores, it’s time to cue the music (Canon in D): Wedding season is now. And Honeyfund, a free honeymoon… Read More

February 2, 2015 @ 10:52 am By JD Alois  |  

Tycoon, a new real estate crowdfunding platform, hit the studios of SharkTank to pitch the young platform to the “Sharks”.  The entrepreneur may regret this decision as Mark Cuban declared “I am out” in less than 60 seconds.  Cuban goes on to call it a “rip… Read More

March 13, 2014 @ 11:16 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Jamie Siminoff is the definition of “serial entrepreneur.” He has six startups to his name including a successfully funded (and eventually refunded) Kickstarter campaign. He launched a crowdfunding platform called Christie Street that is currently dormant, but before it went dormant he also crowdfunded a second product… Read More

November 18, 2013 @ 9:46 am By Charles Luzar  |  

Jamie Siminoff, inventor of the DoorBot and founder of crowdfunding platform Christie Street, appeared on ABC’s Shark Tank over the weekend. In the end only one shark was interested in providing capital for Siminoff and his product, which is set to appear in Staples stores… Read More