P2P Foundation – The Sharing Economy

Jay OwenWealth of Networks

“P2P Foundation” – 4 new articles The Sharing Economy as a Locust Economy The use of cult techniques by sharing economy brands and platforms The Five Laws of Democratic Money OpenEverything.ie A Collaborative Economy Convergence More Recent Articles Search P2P Foundation Prior Mailing Archive The Sharing Economy as a Locust …

China Eyes Global Aviation With Avaolon Bid

Jay OwenWealth of Networks

                                                     DAILY NEWSLETTER                                                        August 12, 2014 China Eyes Global Aviation With Avaolon Bid After a failed bid at buying the world’s largest aircraft leasing company last year, China appears to be gearing up for a second attempt to enter the lucrative space with plans to bid for European giant …

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 …

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 …

Speed and Efficiency Becoming False Goals in Financial Markets

Jay OwenArticles by Hazel Henderson

Speed and Efficiency Becoming False Goals in Financial Markets Wall Street’s high-frequency trading (HFT) controversies reveal the damage it does to longer-term values essential to all markets. But reform is in the works. Submitted by: Hazel Henderson By Hazel HendersonMisgivings were raised in 2012 by Sal Arnuk and Joe Saluzzi …

Sonen Capital Releases 2013 Annual Impact Report

Jay OwenGreen Prosperity, SRI/ESG News

Report Release May 5, 2014 DOWNLOAD STAY CONNECTED       Lessons from the Field   2013 Annual Impact Report  Impact Investing in Public Markets:  Methodology, Analysis and Thought Leadership   We are pleased to share with you our 2013 Annual Impact Report, the second report in Sonen’s Lessons from …

City of Boulder Deploys Envision Solar EV ARC?

Jay OwenGreentech

DISCLAIMER :    Ethical Markets Principals are investors in Envision Solar I wanted to take a moment to share with you our latest announcement about the sale of  Envision Solar‘s EV ARC™, a standalone solar charging station, to the City of Boulder, which was featured on the local news. I’ve included …

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 …

Crowdnetic Releases Q1 Detailed Crowdfunded Securities Research Report

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

Crowdnetic Releases Q1 Detailed Crowdfunded Securities Research Report To view the full report, please follow the link: http://www.crowdnetic.com/CrowdWatch_Mar_14_Report.pdf. Crowdnetic, the leading provider of technology and market data solutions to the global crowdfinance marketplace, released its first quarterly PIPR (Private Issuers Publicly Raising) data analysis, for the period ending March 31, …

TheCrowdCafe Weekly Review – Say Hello to our First Collection, “University Crowdfunding.”

Jay OwenCrowdfunding

TheCrowdCafe weekly • March 9th, 2014 • Happy Sunday, All! Welcome to this week’s edition of TheCrowdCafe’s Weekly Review. Each week I curate the top investment crowdfunding news from around the web. My promise to you: quality over quantity, always. You can subscribe here. From TheCrowdCafe Say Hello to our First Collection, “University …