GoFundMe CEO: being a victim of the LA wildfires brought me closer to my customers
When GoFundME CEO Tim Cadogan found himself caught in the LA wildfires, he realised asking for help is harder than it seems …
WealthTech scale-up Belong raises £489,000 on Crowdcube
British wealth-tech platform Belong has closed its first crowdfunding campaign with Crowdcube, hitting its £300,000 target in under five hours, and securing a total raise of over £489,000.
Annual Furr Bowl fundraiser event set for March 23
Great River Rescue will hold its annual Furr Bowl fundraiser from 1 to 3 p.m. on National Puppy Day, Sunday, March 23, at Bemidji Bowl. Participants will have the opportunity to bowl for two hours and …
4 Best Real Estate Crowdfunding Investment Platforms of March 2025
Real estate crowdfunding has transformed the real estate investing landscape. Once reserved for only the most affluent investors, many real estate platforms have significantly lowered the barrier …
FinTech VC Holt Xchange turns to FrontFundr’s equity crowdfunding platform to raise capital
In a rare move for a venture capital firm, Montréal’s Holt Xchange has decided to raise money for its FinTech seed fund through the equity crowdfunding platform FrontFundr.
DealMaker CEO Rebecca Kacaba Testifies Before Congress, Advocates for Capital Market Access to Empower American Businesses
Rebecca Kacaba, CEO and co-founder of DealMaker, the leading technology platform for online capital-raising, testified this week before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee’s Subcommittee on …
Social-media startups target a new set of investors: their users
Social startups like Diem and Spill are offering community rounds via WeFunder, a platform where everyday people can invest in early-stage companies.
Ayaneo Flip PC handheld production canceled, backers given 30 days to claim refund
The Ayaneo Flip’s crowdfunding campaign launched in January last year. Liliputing writes that the first units started shipping to backers a few months later, but more …
Diversity And Inclusion Spawn Growth For SPILL As CEO Turns To CrowdFunding
As Kenya Parham leads platform growth, and Kerry Washington joins as an investor, SPILL sees 282 percent increase in user sign-ups.
What Is Crowdfunding?
crowdfunding campaigns typically raise about $5,200. Randi Zuckerberg, a former director of market development and spokeswoman for Facebook and sister to Meta Platforms CEO Mark Zuckerberg …