Latest Crowdfunding News

Authors of children's book featuring gay characters reach crowd funding target
Two Kiwi authors' crowdfunding campaign has started to get global attention. Source: Breakfast. Wellington-based authors Adam Reynolds and Chaz Harris have written Promised Land, which tells the story of a prince and a farmer who fall in love. The pair …
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The State of Crowdfunding in the Cannabis Industry
On March 2, Ascenta Finance Corp., a licensed exempt market dealer, and KoreConX Corp., a company that specializes in crowdfunding, launched Bay Street Cannabis (“Bay Street”), Canada's first online equity crowdfunding portal dedicated to the cannabis …
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Crowdfunding Employees Among Few Who Don't Have to Crowdfund Maternity Leave
As TODAY reported last week, in the only industrialized country without a paid maternity policy, new moms are turning to crowdfunding sites to offset the costs of unpaid leave. "Because my job is physically demanding I will be medically obligated to go …
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