Tagged: oregon

November 20, 2014 @ 12:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CrowdStreet, a crowdfunding marketplace connecting accredited investors with institutional-quality real estate investments, announced it has listed an equity investment opportunity for Timber Oaks, an 11-building, Class A multifamily property in the Dallas metro area. The opportunity is sponsored by Windmill Investments LLC, a privately held,… Read More

November 19, 2014 @ 9:16 am By Anthony Zeoli  |  

While just recently uploaded, sometime in October David Tatman, the administrator of the Division of Finance and Corporate Securities, filed a “Statement Of Need And Fiscal Impact” with the Oregon Secretary of State proposing , what he refers to as, “Community Public Offerings” (CPOs) …… Read More

October 20, 2014 @ 1:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

America’s beer palate is changing, making people want GrowlerWerks’ uKeg. FourPortland beer-loving engineers invented a growler that keeps craft beer fresh, cold and carbonated. They also met their crowdfunding campaign goal of $75,000 within 34 hours on Kickstarter. A stretch goal of $120,000 was met within three days, the uKeg… Read More

July 28, 2014 @ 4:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Portland, Oregon’s School of Doodle has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to remain a free online high school for girls. The project is seeking to raise $75,000 and within a few days, it has reached nearly $50,000 from over 174 backers. Not only has… Read More

June 12, 2014 @ 7:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On June 10th, 15-year-old Jared Pagett walked into Reynolds High School in Troutdale, Oregon with an AR-15 rifle. He killed freshmen Emilio Hoffman, injured a physical education teacher and engaged a responding officer in a gunfight before retreating inside a bathroom, where he turned the gun… Read More

October 22, 2013 @ 12:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

Sarah Shipley, co-founder of Neighbor.ly, BikeWalkKCand Kansas City B-cycle, will lead a session on crowdfunding campaigns at the the City Club of Portland’s Civic Salon. Shipley, who also owns Shipley Communications, has raised money for communities all over the country. She has witnessed diverse communities come together to build… Read More

July 26, 2013 @ 9:30 am By Charles Luzar  |  

A campaign launched for a board game called “The Doom That Came To Atlantic City” raised $122,000, closing funding on June 6th of last year. Over 1200 backers chipped in. The campaign was launched by The Forking Path, a Portland, Oregon based game developer and… Read More