Crowdfunding News 8/30/12

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 global funding platforms, Indiegogo. See all stories on this topic »

Amanda Palmer on Crowdfunding and the Rebirth of the Working Musician RollingStone.com (blog) Former Dresden Dolls singer-songwriter Amanda Palmer rocked the recording industry in May by raising nearly $1.2 million on the crowfunding website Kickstarter for her new album Theatre Is Evil, out September 11th. Her first studio album since 2008's ... See all stories on this topic » RollingStone.com (blog)

Crowdfunding Casts A Wider Net Through The Internet NY1 From expanding a business to raising money for a medical procedure, the Internet is making it easier for "crowdfunding," when people ask friends, family and sometimes complete strangers to pitch in some bucks. NY1's Money Matters reporter Tara Lynn ... See all stories on this topic » NY1

Crowdfunding a startup: now open for investors (but only if you're accredited) VentureBeat Other sites such as Gambitious and Indiegogo would also be able to raise capital for startups with this rule change, but crowdfunding titan Kickstarter would not — unless it changed its community rules. Currently, Kickstarter is only for projects, and ... See all stories on this topic » VentureBeat

An IPO for the 99 percent Upstart (blog) First Line doesn't have to wait for new rules to kick in allowing crowdfunding for equity in order to launch IPO Village, since it's selling shares in public companies. The SEC is expected to approve rules for private companies to sell shares online to ... See all stories on this topic »

Stronghold Crusader 2 and the Quest for the Holy Crowdfund TheSixthAxis Firefly Studios have just announced Stronghold Crusader 2 in partnership with Gambitious, a newly launched entry into the crowdfunding market place. So far Firefly have embarked on the development of this game without a publisher backing them. Freshly ... See all stories on this topic » TheSixthAxis

Avril Lavigne Taps Invested.in For Crowdfunding Effort socalTech.com Singer/songwriter Avril Lavigne has tapped online software from Los Angeles-based startup Invested.in for a new crowdfunding campaign for her Avril Lavigne Foundation, according to Lavigne. According to Lavigne, she has launched the Rockstar Room, ... See all stories on this topic » socalTech.com

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