January 22, 2014 2:06 PM Eric Blattberg Israeli equity crowdfunding platform OurCrowd worked with marketing firm Evolve Inc. to handpick a list of 800 influential members of the crowdfunding community. The multibillion dollar crowdfunding industry wouldn’t be where it is today without the people on this list. They are entrepreneurs, investors, regulators,[…]
Miami, Florida | 15 January, 2014– Crowdfund Capital Advisors (CCA) today launched a report that illuminates market signals emanating from crowdfunding. The reports uncovers how companies that use crowdfunding as a means to raise capital are creating jobs, building stronger businesses and attracting follow on capital. According to Sherwood Neiss (@woodien), principal at Crowdfund[…]
By Daniel Primack. January 13, 2014 FORTUNE — Google (GOOG) has agreed to acquire Nest Labs, the trendy maker of smart home appliances like thermostats and smoke detectors, for $3.2 billion in cash. The deal comes just weeks after reports that Nest was raising around $150 million in new venture capital funding to[…]
By Peter Renton (Lend Academy) December 2014 Happy New Year! The books have just been closed on 2013 and what a year it has been for Lending Club and Prosper. Back in 2012 the two companies combined for $871 million in new loans issued. The numbers for 2013 have completely dwarfed that number –[…]
Noom Inc , New York, operator of health and fitness apps Noom Weight Loss Coach, CardioTrainer, and Calorific, has sold $4.1 million toward a $7.1 million equity round. The company received $2.6 million in pre-Series A funding in December 2012 from investors including Harbor Pacific Capital, m8 Capital and Qualcomm Ventures , according to a press release. Kleiner[…]