# Selected Articles Another New Paradigm: Multiplex Venture Capital Fund - A Quick and Inexpensive Way to Get into Action | VC Experts Now Fully Kickstartered, Pebble Raises $15M in Venture Capital From CRV | All Things Digital For startups with university roots, an exit is priority number one | Pando Daily Why Invest in Community Banks? | Second Market # Industry Chatter MicroVentures Reaches $16M in Equit ...

# From the Cafe Reigniting Alumni Engagement with Crowdfunding Union Square Ventures is Cornering the Crowdfunding Market # Selected Articles The SEC's recent "no action" letters | Crowd Valley SEC's White Said to Push for Lifting ban on hedge-Fund Ads | Bloomberg What Crowdfunding Can Glean from the Success of P2P Lending | Now Street Journal Attack of the Kickstarter Clones: Crowdfunding Reaches Its Tippi ...

Selected Articles Crowdfunding’s Disruptive DNA: The Why, How and Who | TheCrowdCafe Crowdfunding is disruptive. But not just for the reasons we've heard ad nauseum. There's more to it. Talking Real Estate Crowdfunding with RealtyMogul | TheCrowdCafe Real estate represents a highly attractive asset class that, to-date, has been enormously difficult to directly access. Until now. Platforms like RealtyMogul a ...

# Announcements We launched a refresh to our global investment crowdfunding database this week. We’re proud to have it sponsored by CrowdBouncer. It now includes 140+ investment platforms worldwide. Check it out! # Selected Articles Peer-to-Business Lending: Evidence from Funding Circle | Nesta Probably the richest and most actionable crowdfunding report I've read to-date. A must-read chalked full of g ...

# Selected Articles Why Universities Need to Get Smart on Crowdfunding | TheCrowdCafe Who Will Create the Online Store For Successfully Crowdfunded Music? | Hypebot The 2012 Halo Report - Angel investigating Report | CB Insights The Next Big Thing in Crowdfunding? Kickstarting People | Wired Could crowdfunding produce A&E's next hit show? | Fortune Tech CircleUp’s crowdfunding platform helps 11 companie ...

# Selected Articles The Dawn of Accredited Crowdfunding is Upon Us | TheCrowdCafe Bill Clinton: Crowd Funding is the future of Micro-Lending | OpEd News We’re in the Middle of a Paradigm Shift in Private Equity Capital Markets | Yahoo! Finance Is Equity Crowdfunding A Threat To Venture Capitalists? | TechCrunch CFIRA Releases White Paper on Crowdfunding Best Practices| CFIRA Crowdfunding's Future: Local Onl ...

Announcements SVCrowdfund 2013 Conference | April 4&5 | Palo Alto, CA With keynotes from industry thought leader, Douglas Ellenoff, and famed venture capitalist, Tim Draper, this is an event you don't want to miss! I'm working on my front end design and dev skills, or lack thereof ;-). I'll continue pushing out design changes in the coming week. Hope you enjoy!  # Selected Articles Segm ...

# Selected Articles Exploring FundersClub. The New Age of VC? | TheCrowdCafe A competitive look at FundersClub, the Y Combinator backed accredited equity crowdfunding platform live today. Backers with Benefits: Why Companies Are Outsourcing to Kickstarter | MIT Tech The pre-validation element of crowdfunding; article is written context of reward crowdfunding, but certainly implications for security crowdfun ...

# Selected Articles The Direct Public Offering – The Original Securities-Based Crowdfunding ModelA rich overview of DPOs and the opportunities they present for community businesses. An alternative route to security crowdfunding worth exploring for businesses large enough to shoulder the compliance costs. UK | Peer to peer loans trading – How our loan exchange can help investorsFundingKnight, a U.K. debt cro ...

EquityNet, an online network connected businesses with accredited investors, published a fantastically detailed research report yesterday. The company analyzed five years of internal data to explore trends in online fundraising and published its findings in an infographic. From the report: Crowdfunding statistics and trends presented in this report are based on over 1,000 U.S. businesses that used EquityNet ...