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Crowdfunding News 8/31/12   Crowdfunding : Kickstarter vs. IndieGoGo Huffington Post If you're going to start a crowdfunding campaign you will inevitably come to the point where you will need to decide what platform to use. For my first project for my book series, I ended up raising over $35,000 on my own, without either Kickstarter or ... See all stories on this topic » Whatever happened to crowdfunding ? Mass High Tech When President Barack Obama signed the JOBS Act on April 5, including its provisions to allow for crowdfunding , I couldn't wait to see what effect the bill would have on the startup companies I write about every day. Unfortunately, I had to wait. I ... See all stories on this topic » Mass High Tech Watsi Is Using Crowdfunding To Treat The 1B+ Worldwide Without Access To ... TechCrunch ... high-impact treatment for those who lack access to necessary care. Drawing on the recent explosion of crowdfunding , Watsi is applying a familiar ...

Crowdfunding News 8/30/12   First SEC Rulings Launch Crowdfunding with Accrediteds Forbes For everyone in the crowdfunding community, this long-awaited announcement is a positive and essential step towards the realization of the full vision of crowdfunding with accredited investors and everyday non-accredited investors alike. See all stories on this topic » Crowdfunding to Take Off FINS The Securities and Exchange Commission yesterday outlined its long-awaited rules to allow start-ups easier access to funding, a move expected to boost job creation by small business. The proposed rules implement a provision of the JOBS Act signed by ... See all stories on this topic » Kansas City Startup AudioAnywhere Launches Indiegogo Crowdfunding ... Examiner.com After successful beta testing in early 2012, AudioAnywhere , a Kansas City-based startup that simplifies the streaming music experience, has launched a crowdfunding campaign through one of the world's largest g...

Crowdfunding News 8/28/12   Recommended: Uwingu's mystery crowdfunding campaign pledges support for ... NBCNews.com (blog) Uwingu's founders declared today that half of any money it raises beyond the initial amount sought through its IndieGoGo crowdfunding campaign would go to the SETI Institute to support its Allen Telescope Array in Northern California. "We don't have to ... See all stories on this topic » Kickstarter is Punk as F*ck: Crowd funding in a DIY world Dane101 Crowd-funding is basically getting a little bit of money from a lot of different people in order to finance an independent project. Kickstarter has been used by people to make CDs, films, software applications, video games and more. The New York Times ... See all stories on this topic » Dane101 Is Crowd Funding the Next Step for Dance? Jakarta Globe When Emily Oleson first unveiled "Vaudevival," a dance piece addressing race and culture-stealing last October, sh...

The SEC is "proposing amendments to Rule 506 of Regulation D and Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933 to implement Section 201(a) of the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act. The proposed amendment to Rule 506 would provide that the prohibition against general solicitation and general advertising contained in Rule 502(c) of Regulation D would not apply to offers and sales of securities made pursuant to Rule 506, provided that all purchasers of the securities are accredited investors. The proposed amendment to Rule 506 would also require that, in Rule 506 offerings that use general solicitation or general advertising, the issuer take reasonable steps to verify that purchasers of the securities are accredited investors. The proposed amendment to Rule 144A(d)(1) would provide that securities may be offered pursuant to Rule 144A to persons other than qualified institutional buyers, provided that the securities are sold only to pe...

The above is from the SEC's meeting on Rule 506 of Regulation D. This is an important provision that will allow small firms to raise up to $50 million under the JOBS Act. The result of the meeting is that a draft rule will be posted to the SEC website concerning the mechanics of this provision later today. 

News 8/28/12 Couragent Set to Raise Growth Capital With Nation's First Legal Investment ... Embedded.com 28, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile scanner manufacturer Couragent Inc. is launching the nation's first equity crowdfunding solicitation for consumer investors, using the Small Company Offering Registration (SCOR) procedure to register and legally solicit ... See all stories on this topic » Crowdfunding may be coming to alternative energy Hydrogen Fuel News Crowdfunding has become a popular tactic for many companies interested in introducing new technologies or products without having to rely on private investments from larger companies or taking out a loan. The concept is relatively simple: Encourage ... See all stories on this topic » Hydrogen Fuel News Crowdfunding to be focus of CSUB small business seminar Bakersfield Now Last year, more than $1.5 billion was raised worldwide through crowdfunding and that amount is increasing dramatic...

Crowdfunding News   Week in Review: Crowdfunding , Africa and Hot Potatoes Business Insider Has the PE world become isolated? Compared with historical trends, PE shops have been mostly trading among themselves in the last few years. It also appears that PE firms have been sitting on their portfolio companies for longer than usual. It may not ... See all stories on this topic » StartupValley Sponsors Crowdfunding Bootcamp for Entrepreneurs The Herald | HeraldOnline.com 27, 2012 — /PRNewswire/ -- StartupValley will attend Crowdfunding Bootcamp and the First Annual CfPA National Conference on Oct. 9-11, 2012 at the Ravella Resort and Spa in Lake Las Vegas, NV. The event will combine conference style speaking with ... See all stories on this topic » Small Businesses Turn to Crowdfunding to Find Investors HispanicBusiness.com When Grandview Theatre owner David Nedrow recently decided he needed a new marquee to grab the attention of potential moviegoers, he developed a p...

Crowdfunding News   Crowdfunding shows Te$la still has lots of juice New York Post A six-figure surge of crowdfunding cash has turned electric and will soon bring a Nikola Tesla museum to Long Island. An Indiegogo fundraiser started by Seattle comedian Matt Inman to buy land for the museum brought in more than $870,000 between Aug. See all stories on this topic » New York Post As Kickstarter and other crowdfunding sites grow, so does scrutiny Denver Post Not exactly the best batting average, but it is the nature of crowdfunding , where online donors pledge as little as $1 to help kick-start an artist or entrepreneur's sometimes far-flung idea. In return, they get a virtual high-five and, in most cases ... See all stories on this topic » More than $136K raised for projects by Fort Collins crowdfunding website The Coloradoan Jacob Castillo, right, rear, shows Bill DeMarco, Sergey Mamatsiuk, and Joe Garreston, how a Panda Bike is made Thursday. Panda is us...