Tagged: wefunder

July 6, 2020 @ 8:58 pm By JD Alois  |  

Not too long ago, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) concluded the comments phase of a proposal to update, and hopefully improve, rules pertaining to the exempt offering ecosystem. This includes Reg A+, Reg CF, and Reg D (506c), each a variant of online capital… Read More

June 18, 2020 @ 5:30 pm By JD Alois  |  

There have been multiple anecdotal reports that online capital formation is booming even though many economies remain in lockdown and COVID-19 continues to plague the world. In an unexpected twist of fate, investment crowdfunding platforms appear to be benefiting from a boost in investment interest… Read More

April 27, 2020 @ 7:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wefunder, a FINRA regulated funding portal, continues to take the COVID-19 pandemic in stride, according to a series of tweets fromr the company and its representatives. In fact, the company reports “relatively little impact” from the virus while simultaneously reporting 20 different campaigns are finishing… Read More

April 22, 2020 @ 7:30 pm By Michael Burtov  |  

It’s no secret that there has always been a disconnect between the Venture Capital (VC) industry and the Startups that they fund. VCs are the embodiment of old school funding and their investments have, until recently, been the judge, jury, and executioner for countless innovation… Read More

April 9, 2020 @ 12:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Keyno, a U.S.-based startup that created CVV2 code technology that integrates with already-issued credit cards to prevent fraud, announced it will seeking funding through equity crowdfunding platform Wefunder. Founded in 2019 by Robert Steinman, Keyno describes itself as a dynamic security code that can easily… Read More

March 26, 2020 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Leading Reg CF crowdfunding platform Wefunder announced earlier this week a new loan product to help small businesses struggling with the economic impact of coronavirus. According to WeFunder, the Coronavirus Crisis Loan, is available now to any small business, enables businesses to crowdfund a loan… Read More

March 24, 2020 @ 2:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

In a tweet this week, Wefunder said it expects the first quarter of 2020 to be their best quarter ever. This is in an environment where Fintech investment is struggling and the emergence of the Coronavirus, or COVID-19, is hammering the entire world. While Q1… Read More

March 20, 2020 @ 5:10 pm By JD Alois  |  

Global stock markets are tanking erasing hard in gains from the past 3 years while governments around the world struggle to keep economies moving forward during the Coronavirus pandemic reality. While COVID-19 is rattling markets everywhere, at least one, Reg CF, has shown signs of… Read More

December 31, 2019 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AmmoSquared, an online digital management platform for ammunition, is now seeking funds through its crowdfunding campaign on WeFunder. Founded in 2015, AmmoSquared is on a mission to change the way 94 million gun owners think about and manage ammunition by combining the physical world of… Read More

November 14, 2019 @ 3:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

Wefunder is the largest Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding) portal in the US. While having completed Reg D offerings in the past and the occasional Reg A+ offering, Wefunder is mainly a CF portal. A Wefunder spokesperson recently shared the below comment with Crowdfund Insider: “Wefunder… 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

October 22, 2019 @ 11:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Leading Reg CF crowdfunding platform Wefunder has topped 300,000 individual investors, according to a Tweet from the platform’s Director of Fundraising. Wefunder now claims over $111 million raised for 310 different startup funding rounds. Over 300,000 @Wefunder angel investors! And you can become one today… Read More

October 9, 2019 @ 9:34 am By JD Alois  |  

SubverseNews, a company that raised capital on Wefunder, raised $1 million in just 22 hours, according to a release. According to the offering page, 3679 investors backed the company. The digital news service launched on July 31, 2019 and hit $1.3 million in 24 hours… Read More

October 1, 2019 @ 10:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Caribu, an app-based tech firm that enables interactive video calls (think drawing, etc.) with kids, has completed its equity crowdfunding on WeFunder with $3 million secured. As previously reported, Caribu was founded by CEO Maxeme Tuchman, who originally bootstrapped the startup by participating in pitch… Read More

September 20, 2019 @ 10:40 am By JD Alois  |  

Wefunder, the leading crowdfunding platform using the Reg CF securities exemption, has posted a comment letter on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s concept release authored by Wefunder co-founder and CEO Nick Tommarello. The SEC’s concept release is an ongoing consultation on the current regulatory environment… Read More

September 6, 2019 @ 2:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

Caribu, an App-based tech firm that enables interactive video calls (think drawing etc.) with your kids (or grandkids), has cruised to its $1 million funding cap on Wefunder. Interestingly, Caribu says that company revenue saw double-digit month over month growth throughout the Reg CF campaign… Read More

July 17, 2019 @ 10:29 pm By JD Alois  |  

Legion M, a fan-owned film company, has re-opened its Reg A+ offering for round number 5 of crowdfunding. The offer is now live on Wefunder. To date, Legion M reports that it has raised over $7 million via equity crowdfunding, backed by 16,000 fan-investors to… Read More

April 25, 2019 @ 9:10 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With less than a week left on its Wefunder campaign, San Diego-based brewery Modern Times has tapped more than $1,069,830+ from just over 1715 investors. Good times at Modern Times. Now pre-money valued at $265M, in 2013 Modern Times opened a 30bbl production brewery and tasting room in… Read More

April 23, 2019 @ 12:32 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The gay travel platform misterb&b has just surpassed $800K with the help of 1240+ investors, easily bypassing its minimum target last month, with its $1M Wefunder campaign target goal in site. Last year the 500 Startups alum celebrated an $8.5M Series A round, raising $13.5M USD… Read More

April 18, 2019 @ 8:12 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Last week, when Crowdfund Insider covered Crate Brewery’s Crowdcube campaign,  several successful beer crowdfunding campaigns were highlighted, including BrewDog, Garage Beer, Sly Fox, BeerBods, The Bottle Shop. On Crowdcube alone, Chadlington Brewery, Crowns and Hops Brewing Co, Redwell Brewery and Crate Brewery are currently raising funds. Lots of… Read More