Crowdsourcing.org – Fundrise Announces $31M Funding Round

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, May 28 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS Fundrise Announces $31M Funding Round — Fundrise, the Washington, DC-based equity crowdfunding platform for real estate projects, announced this morning that it closed a $31 million funding round. The round was led by Chinese social networking site Renren, CEO …

NewEnergyNews Daily Headlines: For That Memorial Day Roadtrip In 2050 – Solar Roadways

Jay OwenGreentech, Crowdfunding

NewEnergyNews      Daily Headlines                                          www.NewEnergyNews.net/   WEEKEND VIDEOS, May 24-25: * For That Memorial Day Roadtrip In 2050 – Solar Roadways   FRIDAY WORLD, May 23: *POPE FRANCIS TAKES ON CLIMATE CHANGE – ‘SAFEGUARD CREATION’ * NEW INDIA GOVT TO BACK …

Democratizing Real Estate Investments

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Democratizing Real Estate Investments  Newsletter 2nd Issue May 20, 2014 Editor’s Desk Hard Rock Hotel Palm Springs: First-ever Crowdfunding Effort for an Existing Hotel The hotel industry in the US has been influenced by the emerging real estate crowdfunding industry. Individual investors are given opportunities to upgrade and renovate hotel rooms, and …

You are invited to the Global Realty Crowdfunding Conference III – July 17, SF

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

I want to invite you to our 3rd realty-focused investing conference this coming  July 17 in San Francisco. Please join me and meet private equity,  family offices, venture capital, angel networks and crowdfunding platforms in this space.     When: Thursday, July 17, 2014 – 8 am to 6 pm Where: San …

THE CROWD CAFE:Early-stage private capital markets are moving online. How about later-stage?

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Crowdfunding news, research and resources  Don’t hesitate to get in touch! [email protected] Early-stage private capital markets are moving online. How about later-stage? May 08, 2014 11:00 am | Jonathan Sandlund |View Original Post|   Offerboard unveiled its online private placement platform at TechCrunch Disrupt earlier this week. Aiming to facilitate transactions …

CircleUp Launches ‘Circles,’ Diversified Funds for Consumer Goods Companies

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, May 7 Top Stories Visit Our Site Follow Like RSS CircleUp Launches Diversified Funds for Consumer Product Companies — CircleUp, an equity crowdfunding platform for consumer goods companies, announced last week the launch of diversified investment funds, which it calls ‘Circles.’ Circles come in two varieties: investor led and …

OurCrowd Raises $25M, Largest Investment in an Equity Crowdfunding Platform Yet

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Wednesday, April 30 Top Stories Visit Our Site OurCrowd Closes $25M Series B Round — OurCrowd, the Israel-based equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors, announced earlier this week that it raised a $25 million Series B private funding round. The company claims this is the largest investment in an equity …

Another defining moment for crowdfinance

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Yesterday marked another defining moment for crowdfinance. Lending Club, the world’s largest crowdlender, announced that it has acquired Springstone Financial, a offline consumer lender that focuses on elective medical and dental procedure lending as well as tuition financing for K-12 private school education. The acquisition, totaling $140 million, was financed in …

Platform Launches to Crowdfund Agricultural Campaigns

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

  Harvest Funders Hopes to Power Agricultural Campaigns — While most of the popular crowdfunding campaigns are glitzy gadgets or creative projects, the new funding method can be used for much more. We profile Harvest Funders, a crowdfunding platform for agriculture. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS The Advantages of Crowdsourced Testing We reached …