New Forms of Finance Hits Radar of Governments Around the Globe at Berkeley...
In a report from UK’s “the Crowdfunding Centre“, the group notes that crowdfunding and alternative-finance have hit the radar of governments and policy-makers, as well as financial institutions, across...
View ArticleCrowdfunding Thought Leaders Gather in Berkeley to Discuss Future of...
For a second year in a row, government policy makers, finance experts and online entrepreneurs gathered at UC Berkeley for the Fung Institute’s academic symposium on crowdfunding. The event was...
View ArticleUC Berkeley Alums Seeks $250,000 Through Indiegogo Campaign For Cat Ear...
Offering up a new way to listen to music, Berkeley-based startup Axent Wear launched an Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign for its self-titled cat ear headphones. Seeking $250,000, the project hit nearly...
View ArticleKickstarter Shuts Down Second Tor Router Crowdfunding Project in One Week
Global crowdfunding platform, Kickstarter, shut down another tor router project, by the name of TorFi, just a few days after nixing the almost successful, anonabox campaign. According to Ars Technica,...
View ArticleAxent Wear’s Cat Ears Nears $1.7M on Indiegogo; Shares Additional Specifications
With less than eight days until its Indiegogo crowdfunding campaign comes to an end, 10,442 backers of Berkeley-based startup, Axent Wear, has raised $1,671,847 for its unique cat ears headphones. Now...
View ArticleBrief: Sanovas “Social Finance” & Asset Diversification Model Boosts...
Sanovas Inc., a life science holding company that is accelerating the development and commercialization of next-generation micro-invasive diagnostics, devices and drug delivery technologies, through...
View ArticleENDVEST Rolls Out New & Improved Real Estate Crowdfunding Platform
Last month ENDVEST, a global real estate crowdfunding platform, launched its highly anticipated and improved platform ENDVEST 2.0. According to CTO of ENDVEST, David Boyajian, the new website was...
View ArticlePublic Fintech Platform Neighborly Teams Up With UC Berkeley Blockchain Lab &...
Neighborly Corporation, a San Francisco-based public fintech platform, announced on Wednesday it is teaming up with the UC Berkeley Blockchain Lab, and Berkeley elected officials, to launch the...
View ArticleBerkeley, California Considering Municipal Bonds on Blockchain
Bloomberg reported May 2nd that the City Council of Berkeley voted unanimously this week to task the city manager with evaluating the potential benefits of putting municipal bonds on blockchain. Vice...
View ArticleCulprit Impersonates Police in New Bitcoin Extortion Scam
Police in Berkeley, California, are warning the public that a culprit impersonating a police officer has attempted to extort Bitcoins from a resident of that region. According to a City of Berkeley...
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