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| Apr 6, 2023 | Las Vegas Ranked Best City in America for Pre-IPO Startups | A state by state ranking of where startups have the best chance of success
The top 15 cities for Pre-IPO startups in 2023
Las Vegas displaces Austin as the best city for startups in 2023 based on data from over 6,000 pre-IPO startups that h... |
| Feb 9, 2023 | Wefunder Ranked #1 Online Investment Platform - Results Come out of 2022 Industry Report | Wefunder ranked #1 crowdfunding platform for pre-IPO startups
Ranking the top investment crowdfunding platforms since 2016
Wefunder secures the top spot among online investment platforms. The platform leads in deals funded; capital raised, ... |
| Feb 7, 2023 | Crowdfund Capital Advisors Announces ‘Valley of Death’ is Dead in 7th Annual Investment Crowdfunding Report | With a $5 million max, Regulation Crowdfunding can fill a void that existed in the market before
2022 saw the highest number of Regulation Crowdfunding funded deals while Pitchbook saw declines
The average raise since the industry launched ... |
| Jan 4, 2023 | Investment Crowdfunding Stumbled in 2022 - Investors Pull Back as more Sophisticated Companies Seek Capital Online | Cover image to CCA Annual Report
Breakdown of the Table of Charts
A forthcoming report by Crowdfund Capital Advisors tracks how the economic, social, and geopolitical turmoil of 2022 spilled over to Investment Crowdfunding
Despite a turbule... |
| Jul 25, 2022 | Impact Investing Unlocked: Inside The White-Hot Equity Crowdfunding Revolution | Krishan Arora is CEO & Founder at The Arora Project, a globally recognized leader in crowdfunding & scaling high-growth ventures. |
| Mar 2, 2022 | Austin Ranked Best City in America for Pre-IPO Startups | Startups and small businesses have vast local and regional economic impacts. Not only do they provide innovative products and services to consumers both locally and nationally, but they also fuel local economies with tax dollars, spur emplo... |
| Jan 4, 2022 | Investment Crowdfunding Surges as Industry Exceeds $1.1B in Financing - 2022 to Double 2021 Investment Volume | Time to Celebrate Success - CCA's Annual Investment Crowdfunding Report “2021 was the tipping point for Investment Crowdfunding. Investors poured capital into next-gen startups at a record rate, entrepreneurs launched offerings at a record ... |
| Nov 30, 2021 | European Regulation Ushers In Global Future For Fundraising | 9 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
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| Nov 30, 2021 | European Regulation Ushers In Global Future For Fundraising | 8 Shares Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn
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Ten years ago, U.K.-based Crowdcube became the first platform in the world to enable ordinary people to invest in startups online.
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| Mar 24, 2021 | Crowdfund Capital Advisors Announces New Index to Track Online Investment Offerings and Investor Sentiment | The CCA Online Investment Index With almost 5 years of data, we are excited to launch the CCA Online Investment Index that visually displays why the tipping point for the Online Investment Industry has arrived
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| Feb 17, 2021 | State of Small Business in the Era of COVID-19 | By SBE Council at 10 February, 2021, 11:51 pm
SBE Council's Kerrigan Testifies before the U.S. House Committee on Small Business
KEY ISSUES: Access to capital, economic and revenue growth, technology and online platforms, a proposed federal... |
| Dec 30, 2020 | How startups are using crowdfunding to raise capital - even during a pandemic | Facebook
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When it comes to capital raising, entrepreneurs have been increasingly tapping their own crowds.
That crowdfunding appears to be trending now perhaps shouldn’t be surprising. In survey after survey – even b... |
| Oct 17, 2020 | Can Crowdfunding Help Save American Small Businesses? | By Gerri Detweiler |
| Oct 9, 2020 | Why Investing Will Look More Like E-Commerce In The Near Future | CTO of Title3Funds and a crowdfunding pioneer with expertise in Fintech & Retail Ecommerce & Digital Merchandising & Marketing |
| Oct 7, 2020 | Crowdfunding Success Indicates Small Businesses And Startups Worthy Of Government Matching Program | The crowd signaling its support of a small business or startup by providing it with debt of equity ... [+] investments.getty |
| Sep 1, 2020 | Reg CF: The Number of FINRA Regulated Funding Portals Increases as Investment Crowdfunding Grows | The number of FINRA regulated funding portals continues to increase. Created by the JOBS Act of 2012, a “funding portal” is a bit like a broker-dealer light and may offer securities under Reg CF (Regulation Crowdfunding). While an approved ... |
| Aug 13, 2020 | Reg CF Has Best Month Ever Regarding Investor Commitments at $23.2 Million in July | Reg CF (or Regulation Crowdfunding) a securities exemption that allows small companies to raise capital online had a great July – even in the midst of social distancing and lockdown due to the ongoing COVID-19 health issue.
According to an ... |
| Jun 13, 2020 | How crowdfunding is supporting Black livelihoods and communities | [Corrected 6/15/2020 to identify Jonny Price as Director of Fundraising at Wefunder.]
The financial challenges facing black entrepreneurs are far reaching. The majority lack the relationships that would get them to either a Silicon Valley V... |
| Jun 13, 2020 | How crowdfunding is supporting Black livelihoods and communities | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
[Corrected 6/15/2020 to identify Jonny Price as D... |
| May 21, 2020 | On Anniversary of Reg CF, there are Now 51 Active Funding Portals. Almost 1,500 companies Have Raised $367 Million | This past week, Reg CF (or Regulation Crowdfunding) celebrated its 4th birthday. Reg CF is one of three securities crowdfunding exemptions that were created by the JOBS Act of 2012. While Reg CF became law back in 2012, it took the Securiti... |
| Jun 24, 2019 | Caribu makes early leap in equity crowdfunding campaign | Facebook
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Equity crowdfunding could help change the dismal investment landscape for female and minority founders. Miami-based Caribu’s campaign is a case study to watch.
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| May 21, 2019 | Three Years of Reg CF: 44 Funding Portals, 9 Departures, 1 Suspension & $200 Million Raised | Last week Regulation Crowdfunding, or Reg CF as it is affectionately called, celebrated its 3rd birthday. While the JOBS Act legislation that created online capital formation was signed into law in 2012, final rules for Reg CF did not becom... |
| Feb 14, 2019 | There are 46 FINRA Regulated Reg CF Portals. In 2018 $109.3 Million was Raised Using this Security Exemption | Periodically, Crowdfund Insider reviews the status of Regulation Crowdfunding (Reg CF) the smallest crowdfunding exemption in the US.
Reg CF has been in use since May of 2016. According to a recent report published by Crowdfund Capital Advi... |
| Jan 30, 2019 | Regulation Crowdfunding performed solidly in 2018. Here’s the data. | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
[UPDATE 10/12/2019: This story contained signific... |
| Jan 30, 2019 | Regulation Crowdfunding performed solidly in 2018. Here’s the data. | [UPDATE 10/12/2019: This story contained significant errors. Corrections have been marked below. Thanks to Jeff Moss for bringing the issues to our attention.]
Regulation Crowdfunding allows startups and small businesses to raise up to $1,0... |
| Aug 26, 2018 | How much does a regulation crowdfunding campaign actually cost? | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
I wrote this article because I was irritated by r... |
| Aug 26, 2018 | How much does a regulation crowdfunding campaign actually cost? | I wrote this article because I was irritated by reporters calling me and saying, “I’ve heard that a Regulation Crowdfunding campaign is very expensive.” “Really,” I’d say? “Can you tell me who said that and how much is ‘very expensive’?” Th... |
| Jun 9, 2018 | Today’s best crowdfunding platforms — by the numbers | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
For startups and small businesses interesting in ... |
| Jun 9, 2018 | Today’s best crowdfunding platforms — by the numbers | For startups and small businesses interesting in raising money online, it can be tough to choose a crowdfunding platform — there are so many out there. And they rank differently depending on whether you’re looking at the size the platform, ... |
| Jan 25, 2018 | Report: Reg CF Offerings Top $100 Million in Capital Raised | Crowdfund Capital Advisors is out with a note that Reg CF, or Regulation Crowdfunding, has topped $100 million in funding raised surpassing an industry milestone.
Reg CF is one of the investment crowdfunding exemptions created by the JOBS A... |
| Dec 10, 2017 | 10 reasons the $1 million crowdfunding cap should be $20 million | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
It’s been18 months since the final rule of the JO... |
| Dec 10, 2017 | 10 reasons the $1 million crowdfunding cap should be $20 million | It’s been18 months since the final rule of the JOBS Act went into effect, allowing equity crowdfunding. In those 18 months, everything proponents of the rule said would happen (and none of what the detractors said would happen) has become a... |
| Jul 9, 2017 | Your crowdfunding video could be hurting your campaign | Let’s be honest. After jumping through hoops to get your crowdfunding campaign live, your video is many times an afterthought. We recently analyzed over 200 campaigns to gauge how important videos are in crowdfunding.
A quick bit of backgro... |
| Jul 8, 2017 | Data shows social following isn’t crucial to successful crowdfunding | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Crowdfunding is the hot new topic in the startup ... |
| Jul 8, 2017 | Data shows social following isn’t crucial to successful crowdfunding | Crowdfunding is the hot new topic in the startup world. Since the passage of regulations allowing companies to source funding from Main Street American investors, startups have been flocking to crowdfunding platforms to secure capital. But ... |
| May 16, 2017 | Equity crowdfunding is 1 year old today, Wefunder is top platform | Since Regulation Crowdfunding began on May 16 last year, 335 companies have filed offering documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to fundraise on securities-based crowdfunding platforms. Of those companies, 43 percent w... |
| May 16, 2017 | Equity crowdfunding is 1 year old today, Wefunder is top platform | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Since Regulation Crowdfunding began on May 16 las... |
| Jan 11, 2017 | Here’s how regulation crowdfunding performed in 2016 | In May, the third and final part of the 2012 JOBS Act, Regulation Crowdfunding, went into effect and 2016 ended with much promise for entrepreneurs seeking funding and our government seeking jobs.
Regulation Crowdfunding allows any American... |
| Jan 11, 2017 | Here’s how regulation crowdfunding performed in 2016 | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In May, the third and final part of the 2012 JOBS... |
| Dec 7, 2016 | How crowdfunding will transform inner cities | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
It’s been only six months since Regulation Crowdf... |
| Dec 7, 2016 | How crowdfunding will transform inner cities | It’s been only six months since Regulation Crowdfunding was legalized, and it’s already proving to be highly successful funding source for new businesses. 50 percent of companies that have closed on their financing hit their minimum funding... |
| Nov 7, 2016 | Need to raise $1 million? Start with 10,000 social followers | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Five and a half months after the SEC began allowi... |
| Nov 7, 2016 | Need to raise $1 million? Start with 10,000 social followers | Five and a half months after the SEC began allowing crowdfunded investments for startups, it’s apparent that it pays to be popular. Entrepreneurs with the largest social networks have tended to be those who raise the most capital — even if ... |
| Nov 4, 2016 | CCA: Bigger Social Network = More Money Raised Crowdfunding | The Regulation CF market is only a few months old but data on successful crowdfunding campaigns is starting to percolate to the surface. Reg CF, created by Title III of the JOBS Act, allows small and emerging companies the ability to raise ... |
| Sep 3, 2016 | Here’s what the first quarter of Regulation Crowdfunding has taught us | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
[Updated 9/16/2016 to correct MF Fire’s amount ra... |
| Sep 3, 2016 | Here’s what the first quarter of Regulation Crowdfunding has taught us | [Updated 9/16/2016 to correct MF Fire’s amount raised. The table below originally noted that MF Fire had raised $145,800. In fact, the company raised $184,000.]
The first quarter of Regulation Crowdfunding has come to an end, and it has yie... |
| Jul 31, 2016 | ‘Regulation crowdfunding’ isn’t the mess opponents predicted | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
It has been 74 days since “regulation crowdfundin... |
| May 15, 2016 | Equity crowdfunding is finally here: 10 steps to getting funded | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
On May 16, 2016 — Monday — securities-based crowd... |
| Nov 2, 2015 | The SEC’s new 685-page crowdfunding rules: What you need to know | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In what can be considered a historic day for star... |
| Nov 2, 2015 | The SEC’s new 685-page crowdfunding rules: What you need to know | In what can be considered a historic day for startups, small businesses and entrepreneurs all across the United States, the Securities and Exchange Committee (SEC) voted 3 to 1 to approve the final rules for debt and equity crowdfunding (ak... |
| Oct 24, 2015 | Is Congress about to lay the smack down on the SEC on behalf of startups? | This week, Representative John Carney (D-DE) introduced a piece of legislation in the House that could help many more startups find investors.
The bill, which was submitted to the Committee on Financial Services Wednesday, aims to accomplis... |
| Oct 24, 2015 | Is Congress about to lay the smack down on the SEC on behalf of startups? | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
This week, Representative John Carney (D-DE) intr... |
| Oct 20, 2015 | U.S. is very late to securities crowdfunding. Can we catch up to the rest of the world? | Three and a half years ago I was sitting in the Rose Garden at the White House as President Obama signed the JOBS Act into law. He called the work we did on modernizing the securities laws (which we thought would go into effect that year ba... |
| Oct 20, 2015 | U.S. is very late to securities crowdfunding. Can we catch up to the rest of the world? | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Three and a half years ago I was sitting in the R... |
| May 18, 2015 | The fine line between copying and stealing in crowdfunding | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Several years ago, I had a sports injury that lef... |
| May 18, 2015 | The fine line between copying and stealing in crowdfunding | Several years ago, I had a sports injury that left me with recurring lower back pain. The pain was worse after a long day sitting in front of my computer or flying long distances.
One day, I was home visiting my parents and was telling them... |
| Mar 25, 2015 | With the new Reg A+, what type of crowd fundraising is right for your startup? | In 60 days, a new version of crowdfunding for unaccredited investors will go live in the United States. This adds another path for startups and small businesses looking to raise money from willing investors. It is called Regulation A+ and i... |
| Mar 25, 2015 | With the new Reg A+, what type of crowd fundraising is right for your startup? | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
In 60 days, a new version of crowdfunding for una... |
| Jan 28, 2015 | A $710 Million Crowdfinanced Company: An Alternative to Venture Capital | Last week the UC Berkeley case study on Sanovas Inc., the San Rafael California Life Science accelerator was presented at the JP Morgan Chase OneMed conference to a packed audience of over 120 investors. I presented the case study, which is... |
| Jan 17, 2015 | SEC to small business: We’re just not that into you | If you haven’t read ”He’s Just Not That Into You”, it can be summed up in a sentence: If he isn’t calling you, asking you out, sleeping with you, or otherwise treating you like he really cares, he’s just not that into you. This of course me... |
| Sep 8, 2014 | Investments in crowdfunding platforms have already doubled this year | With almost three quarters of 2014 complete, angel and venture capital has poured more than $140 million into the infrastructure of crowdfunding, more than double the amount invested last year and 43% more in individual deals. Where is all ... |
| Sep 8, 2014 | Investments in crowdfunding platforms have already doubled this year | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
With almost three quarters of 2014 complete, ange... |
| May 8, 2014 | New bill could finally fix crowdfunding — if the sausage stuffers don’t get to it | People say that Washington, D.C. is where the sausage gets made because incentives, interests, and compromises worm their way into bills as they go through Congress.
A bill that is submitted to the U.S. House by one or more representatives ... |
| Apr 9, 2014 | The New York Times thinks only the rich should profit from crowdfunding | When Facebook purchased Oculus VR for $2 billion last month, many people got rich — just not the funders that helped get them to that purchase price.
The company, a mere 18 months old, got its market validation from a Kickstarter campaign. ... |
| Apr 9, 2014 | The New York Times thinks only the rich should profit from crowdfunding | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
When Facebook purchased Oculus VR for $2 billion ... |
| Feb 8, 2014 | How to save crowdfunding before it’s dead on arrival | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Equity crowdfunding is about to come to unaccredi... |
| Feb 8, 2014 | How to save crowdfunding before it’s dead on arrival | Equity crowdfunding is about to come to unaccredited investors the United States, but some of the Securities and Exchange Commission’s proposed rules are hugely impractical.
If we don’t push the agency to implement some fixes, crowdfunding ... |
| Jan 15, 2014 | Crowdfunding report signals increased revenue, jobs, and deal flow | One of the arguments behind crowdfunding is that by sourcing money from the crowd, you may enforce structure and transparency on companies earlier in their lives. That, in turn, could help them to demonstrate a market for their product or s... |
| Jan 15, 2014 | Crowdfunding report signals increased revenue, jobs, and deal flow | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
One of the arguments behind crowdfunding is that ... |
| Jan 2, 2014 | It might cost you $39K to crowdfund $100K under the SEC’s new rules | On October 23, 2013 the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued the proposed rules for Regulation Crowdfunding. The 585-pages included an explanation of the rules, the feedback it received, and a cost/benefit analysis.
A cost/benefi... |
| Jan 2, 2014 | It might cost you $39K to crowdfund $100K under the SEC’s new rules | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
On October 23, 2013 the Securities and Exchange C... |
| Mar 18, 2013 | What the government can learn from crowdfunders | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Two weeks ago, I was sitting in on a web chat hel... |
| Dec 24, 2012 | Unlocking the global trillion-dollar crowdfunding market | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Now here is the one percent you do want to hear a... |
| Oct 29, 2012 | Could a “fund of crowdfunds” help investors take the plunge? | A few weeks back I wrote about how risk shouldn’t stop crowdfunding from becoming available in the United States. Any responsible investor should consider risk before participating in any investment. Investment without pragmatism is just ga... |
| Aug 31, 2012 | SEC’s Proposed Rule on General Solicitation Reads, “Sorry…Please Hold… It’s Too Complicated for Us” | Editor’s note: Jason Best and Sherwood Neiss led the U.S. fight to legalize debt and equity based crowdfunding, co-authored Crowdfund Investing for Dummies and founded Crowdfund Capital Advisors where they provide strategy and technology se... |
| Aug 22, 2012 | Crowdfunding delayed again, blasted as a ‘top danger’ | Yesterday, the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) blasted crowdfund investing, listing it among the top dangers on its 2012 list of investor traps.
Crowdfunding in its current state is where a large group of people... |
| Aug 21, 2012 | Congressman: SEC’s foot-dragging is killing crowdfunding promise | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
On July 4 the SEC was supposed to issue a rule re... |
| Aug 21, 2012 | Congressman: SEC’s foot-dragging is killing crowdfunding promise | On July 4 the SEC was supposed to issue a rule related to Title II of the JOBS Act. Title II lifts the ban on General Solicitation under Section D for Accredited Investors. This would allow everyone from Hedge Funds to VCs all the way down ... |
