CrowdfundingNews 2/1/13

Crowdfunding News 2/1/13

Best British crowdfunding sites Telegraph.co.uk Seedrs is the first crowdfunding platform for start-ups where investors can earn equity returns if the business is sold, floats or pays a dividend. Entrepreneurs can raise up to £150,000 in equity capital. The company, co-founded in 2009 by Jeff Lynn ... See all stories on this topic » Telegraph.co.uk

Music Crowdfunding News: Kevin Wortis, Radio Crowdfund, Detour London ... hypebot.com Before I get into some interesting music crowdfunding news, I need to let folks know that I will be putting Crowdfunding For Musicians on hold while I focus my non-Hypebot activity on All World Dance which I recently relaunched as a work in progress. See all stories on this topic »

Crowdfunding could give small business a fighting chance The Daily Evergreen Small businesses need a new line of credit, and the solution is crowdfunding. Crowdfunding is "the practice of funding a project or venture by raising many small amounts of money from a large number of people, typically via the Internet," as defined by ... See all stories on this topic »

SEC Whistleblower Claims Trust Launches With Crowdfunding Forbes Are there individuals and institutions interested in putting their money to work fighting Wall Street investment scamming? I believe this is a laudable, socially-responsible objective which may appeal to many people, as well as endowments and ... See all stories on this topic »

Crowdfunding collective TinyLightbulbs shows off its iOS products tuaw.com Last year, e-commerce site TinyLightbulbs formed in Denver, focusing on products that are funded via crowdfunding sites such as Kickstarter and Indiegogo. TinyLightbulbs brought five of the products available on its site Macworld/iWorld 2013, including ... See all stories on this topic »

Procter & Gamble bets on crowdfunding site Globe and Mail U.S. crowdfunding website CircleUp has partnered with Procter & Gamble to help get small-business products in front of the corporation's executives, Bloomberg BusinessWeek reports. CircleUp's aim is two-fold: to help brands raise investment funds ... See all stories on this topic » Globe and Mail

Research and Markets: Crowdfunding: Revolutionizing the Investment Landscape Fort Mills Times In April 2012, President Obama signed the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (JOBS) Act into legislation, (potentially) allowing small startup companies to gain investment from private individuals through crowdfunding. This case study explores the ... See all stories on this topic »

New Baltimore startup is selling crowdfunding investment insurance bmoremedia Founded last month, Asurvest provides investment insurance for private and professional investors in Kickstarter and other crowdfunding platforms, CEO Luke Cooper says. The company will open an office in Baltimore over the next few months, hiring three ... See all stories on this topic » bmoremedia

Louvre Buys $3.5-Million Ivory Statues Thanks to Crowd-Funding Campaign In the Air, Art+Auction's Gossip Column (blog) Louvre Buys $3.5-Million Ivory Statues Thanks to Crowd-Funding Campaign. Pin It · Tweet. 0. Comments · Bookmark and Share. With a little help from over 4,000 donors who made micro-contributions, the Louvre was able to raise the €800,000 ($1.09 million) ... See all stories on this topic » In the Air, Art+Auction's Gossip Column (blog)

GoFundMe, Facebook help people raise cash for wants, needs Orlando Sentinel Brenda Lynn says her autistic 3-year-old son, Kaleo, hardly speaks, and his inability to express himself frustrates him — except when using his speech therapist's iPad. "The iPad really controlled the tantrums and helped him communicate. I tried to ... See all stories on this topic »

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