TheCrowdCafe weekly: curated summary of crowdinvesting news

Happy Sunday, All!

Here’s this weeks’ curated summary of crowdinvesting news. Also, check out our updated database. I made a few changes to make it more user-friendly and useful. Specifically, it now supports filtering and search (e.g. equity platforms serving the SMB market in the UK). Nothing groundbreaking, but hey, it’s the small wins that count, right! As always, don’t hesitate to give me a shout at [email protected] if you have any questions or updates.

• Finovate Video Pitches: Crowdinvesting was strongly represented at Finovate’s Spring 2013 conference, which showcases the future of financial and banking technology. Check out demos from P2Binvestor (SMB receivables),RealtyMogul (real estate) , and Seedinvest (startups). Bolstr(SMBs) and SoMoLend (SMBs) also presented at previous conferences.
• A LOOK AT NORTH CAROLINA’S INTRASTATE INVESTMENT CROWDFUNDING LEGISLATION | Crowdsourcing.org An excellent overview of North Carolina’s instrastate crowdfunding bill from its leading proponents, Mark Easley and Steve Reaser. NC could see crowdinvesting (the true “crowd”, which includes all, accredited and non, investors) by this Summer. This is one of few intrastrate crowdfunding bills currently in circulation. For more on state crowdfunding, check out Bill Carleton andJoe Wallin’s coverage
• Why Isn’t Crowdfunding Working for Toronto’s Food Industry? | Torontoist
• Crowdfunding Could Help Cleantech Attract Institutional Investors. | Institutional Investor
• Jobs Act, Version 2 | CFIRA
• Five Reasons Angel Investors will benefit from Investment Crowdfunding | iCrowd

• Return on Change Launches Beta for Accredited Investors
• Venturehealth’s crowdfunding portal gets blood flowing into ailing life sciences sector
• Crowdfunder opens selected deals to accredited investors

• New Stamford firm (ibankersdirect) specializes in crowd funding  for companies | Ctpost.com
• CrowdfundingRoadmap partners with UNLV to create equity crowdfunding training course
• Crowdfunding Site Gamelaunched Triples Users in 30 Days | Crowdfundinsider 
• Crowdfunding/Crowdinvesting infographic from bestaccountingdegrees

• Equity Crowdfunding In Europe: Where It Stands | Crowdfund Insider
• Seedrs: UK can ‘lead the world’ in crowdfunding | The Telegraph
• One in four consider P2P schemes post-2014 FCA regulation | RebuildingSociety
• Crowdfunding: Seedmatch is going where no Kickstarter has gone before | Whiteboardmag Thanks to Crowdfund Insider for pointing this article out! An excellent writeup on Seedmatch.

• CfPA 2nd Annual Crowdfund Investing Forum | August 8-9 | Orlando, FL
• The 2nd Annual Global Crowdfunding Convention and Bootcamp | October 14-16 | Las Vegas, NV

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