December 6, 2013
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Crowdfunding: a legal update
What is the legal landscape like for crowd funding? We asked a solicitor to give up an update. Crowdfunding provides a means for businesses...
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December 6, 2013
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What could the Chancellor say about crowdfunding renewable energy?
A Trillion Fund educated guess list on possible announcements the Chancellor could make on crowdfunding and renewable energy in Thursday’s Autumn Statement, by Julia Groves. -...
December 6, 2013
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New report cites potential for crowdfund investing in Muslim markets
Fajr Capital Advisors and Crowdfund Capital Advisors launch “Crowdfund Investing in Muslim Markets: An Action Plan for Governments” Authors identify Malaysia, UAE, Lebanon, Egypt, Saudi...
December 6, 2013
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Yimby – A community crowdfunding platform from JustGiving
I have been working with a number of crowdfunding platforms through the Innovation in Giving fund (a fund backed by Cabinet Office that aims to increase giving...
December 6, 2013
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UCL student and alumni Haiti school project reaches crowdfunding stage
Haiti’s education system was thrown into disarray after the 2010 earthquake displaced nearly a million people from their homes and turned tens of thousands of...
December 6, 2013
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A Reality Check on Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding is one of the biggest buzzwords in entrepreneurship. The Securities and Exchange Commission just released a 585-page rulebook, a long-delayed document that effectively legitimizes...
December 6, 2013
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Smartphone-controlled paper airplanes now crowdfunding on Kickstarter
http://youtu.be/q9bpp7zmM_A A new Kickstarter project called PowerUp 3.0 turns paper airplanes into smartphone-controlled flying machines. PowerUp 3.0 is a small electronic module that works by...
December 2, 2013
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Crowdfunding clampdown may hit small firms hard
Plans to regulate crowdfunding could deprive thousands of small businesses of a crucial source of finance, MPs and industry experts are warning. They say that...
December 2, 2013
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This online journalism startup raised $1.7M in crowdfunding and you’ve never heard of it
SUMMARY:One of the most spectacularly successful crowdfunded journalism startups is a website based in Holland called De Correspondent, which has raised more than $1.7M and...