Crowdfunding News 10/23/12

Crowdfunding News 10/23/12

Using Crowdfunding to Start a Company With a Cause New York Times (blog) They started out pitching themselves to Kickstarter for a crowdfunding campaign and were turned down. Determined not to give up, the sisters reached out to a niche crowdfunding site, MedStartr, that specializes in projects and start-ups that involve ... See all stories on this topic » New York Times (blog)

Bay Area Startups Await Crowdfunding Regulations NBC Bay Area Currently, crowdfunding websites are limited to rewards-based models like Kickstarter, where people can donate money in exchange for goods. An individual soliciting donations to support the production of a documentary, for example, might give free ... See all stories on this topic »

Crowdfunding Startup Gets Its Own Venture Capital Wired You might think that VC firms in Silicon Valley had all the leads on the next big thing they needed. You'd be wrong, which explains why new crowdfunding outfit Funders Club just raised $6 million from a gang of expert early-stage investors, including ... See all stories on this topic »

Pop Acts Go to the Highest-Bidding City New York Times Some crowdfunding sites are starting to change this geography, however, letting fans raise money to bring their favorite bands to town and mitigating artists' risk in traveling to new places. On Tuesday Mr. Bird's fans in Latin America can start ... See all stories on this topic »

Crowd Funding Watch: Political Cartoonist Matt Bors' 'Life Begins At ... ComicsAlliance ComicsAlliance: Why did you decided to use a crowd-funding platform over going through a traditional publisher for Life Begins at Incorporation? Matt Bors: Publishers aren't interested in anthologies as much these days, especially political cartoons ... See all stories on this topic »

Alumni share crowdfunding tips ahead of CEE seminar Illinois State University Stories Web-based crowdfunding, on sites such as Kickstarter and indiegogo, has matured from a novel fundraising tool into a vital resource for thousands of businesses and artists. On Kickstarter alone, more than $350 million has been pledged by more than 2.5 ... See all stories on this topic » Illinois State University Stories

Crowdfunding IVF: A new way to afford treatment? BabyCenter (blog) Up until a few days ago, I never considered that I could play a role in getting another woman pregnant. My parts just don't work that way. Through the powers of Facebook, however, I bumped into Cherie MacLean, a friend of a friend who has turned to ... See all stories on this topic » BabyCenter (blog)

Crowdfunding: there may be trouble ahead as Kickstarter launches in the UK Digital Arts Online Crowdfunding has been hailed by creatives as an exciting new way to raise capital for self-generated projects, allowing entrepreneurs to crowdsource investment from friends, family and third-party investors. But some industry professionals are warning ... See all stories on this topic »

Crowdfunding expert joins Good Innovation UK Fundraising Crowdfunding pioneer Ryan Bromley has joined innovation consultancy Good Innovation to help other charities develop their digital and social media impact. He joins from Cancer Research UK (CRUK) where he was Online Community Manager. While there ... See all stories on this topic »

Crowd Funding for Sauerkraut in Ann Arbor Michigan Radio Credit http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1396675400/40-barrels-in-40-nights?ref=live. Kickstarter Web page for Sauerkraut fundraiser. An Ann Arbor pickling business hopes "crowd funding" will pay for a lot of sauerkraut – 12 thousand pounds to be exact. See all stories on this topic »