The old rules ensured that the rich had get-richer tools that were kept away from the rest of us because we allegedly didn’t know how to use them safely. Already, new kinds of crowdfunding sites are popping up to take advantage of the new rules—sites such as SeedInvest, FlashFunders and Wefunder... Read Article

In the wake of the passing of Title III of the JOBS Act, crowdfunding equity platform FlashFunders has relaunched its site with new features. The new features allow users to crowdfund investment under Form C, which allows for up to $1 million in a single Series from anyone, not just accredited investors... Read Article

It also means that as many as 220 million small investors can now buy a stake in a private company, an option that has generally been reserved for so-called “accredited” investors considered wealthy and sophisticated enough to handle more risk, says Vincent Bradley, cofounder and chief executive of FlashFunders... Read Article

With Title III regulations of the Jobs Act now in affect, FlashFunders saw the opportunity and officially relaunched as an equity crowdfunding platform. Now startups can now raise capital from the crowd, accredited, and global investors in a single round on the platform, offering crowd investment starting at $50... Read Article

In anticipation [of the new rules], a host of online investment platforms such as FlashFunders, OurCrowd, SeedInvest, StartEngine, Wefunder and others sprouted up, matching such investors with companies raising capital and spurred some companies to reach out to their (wealthy) customer base... Read Article

If you’ve ever wished you could invest in cool startups like they do on “Shark Tank,” you may be in luck...Want in? As of Monday, you can find dozens of companies to invest in on sites like FlashFunders, NextSeed and SeedInvest, which will work as funding portals for investment deals... Read Article

To promote their offerings, companies will have to work through a funding portal, a kind of online bazaar for investment deals. More than a dozen websites are preparing to enter the business, including CrowdBoarders, FlashFunders, NextSeed, SeedInvest, StartEngine and ZacksInvest... Read Article

It’s very powerful for your community to feel like they’re part of the bigger picture and this is something that historically has been reserved for high net worths -- now that changes,” says Vincent Bradley, the CEO and co-founder of equity crowdfunding platform FlashFunders... Read Article

“Communication, post-offering, is going to be very important and probably a challenge until platforms and the industry, as a whole, matures,” says Vincent Bradley, the CEO and co-founder of equity crowdfunding platform FlashFunders... Read Article

I believe Regulation CF will prove to be revolutionary. It fundamentally blends the societal notion of investment with the longstanding capitalist definition, resulting in a decision that is based in both consumer and investor aspirations... Read Article

There are advantages to each platform for investors and companies. At the highest end, accredited investors can purchase stock in start-ups that have the potential to grow vastly, such as on my platform, FlashFunders... Read Article

However, there will likely be situations where the changes can benefit both employees and their companies, said Vincent Bradley, CEO and co-founder of FlashFunders... Read Article

Instead of wasting time pitching their business to VCs and hassling with legal documents, early-stage founders can now execute their entire seed round online. Flash Funders, an LA based crowdfunding platform founded in 2012... Read Article

When people talk about crowdfunding they frequently focus on the world of potential investors being opened up to entrepreneurs. All those investors can quickly become overwhelming if there isn’t a system for managing the inputs... Read Article

... Vincent Bradley, CEO of Santa Monica, CA-based FlashFunders, says the regulations will prevent funding portals from operating at a larger scale, and will limit the number of companies that can use the equity crowdfunding... Read Article

Also of interest, the company used an equity crowdfunding platform called FlashFunders to secure financial support for its technology’s development... Read Article

Santa Monica, CA-based FlashFunders operates under this rule, and it performs those investor verification chores for companies that raise money through its online platform from investors worldwide... Read Article

FlashFunders announced on its one-year anniversary that it has successfully funded over ten million dollars in startup seed rounds... Read Article

Raven Ventures partners with FlashFunders to invest $5 million on their equity crowdfunding platform of early stage startups... Read Article

For a company that launched less than a year ago, FlashFunders has made its presence known as one of the first equity crowdfunding platforms allowing startups to manage and execute their whole seed funding round online... Read Article

There are now more than 125 so-called unicorns - pre-IPO companies worth over $1 billion – stampeding across the country from Silicon Valley to Wall Street and back... Watch Video

For a company that launched less than a year ago, FlashFunders has made its presence known as one of the first equity crowdfunding platforms allowing startups to manage and execute their whole seed funding round online... Read Article

So what should an entrepreneur seeking capital do first? I earlier mentioned that entrepreneurs have to balance their focus on their product or company and their access to capital. The first thing to do is ensure your business is strong... Read Article

I have been a crowdfunding skeptic and still am! However, you don’t need to be fan of crowdfunding to think that FlashFunders has a pretty amazing product for funding startups or early stage companies in the process of raising money... Read Article

Starting Friday, you'll be able to invest online in privately held companies that could be the next Snapchat Inc. or Tesla Motors Inc., and you won't even have to be rich or well-connected to take advantage... Read Article

The FlashFunders no-fee equity investment platform streamlines the fundraising process by offering entrepreneurs SEC-compliant documents and FDIC-insured escrow accounts, saving them thousands in legal fees... Read Article

Thanks to the JOBS Act, the world of equity crowdfunding is blowing wide open. FlashFunders, an equity crowdfunding platform, is announcing a new program that automates the process for entrepreneurs, making it entirely free to raise or invest in a seed round... Read Article

Last fall I interviewed FlashFunders Co-Founder Vincent Bradley to learn more about his newly launched, no-fee equity funding platform. In the months following, Bradley and his team have stewarded startups and streamlined their process... Read Article

Vincent Bradley, CEO of FlashFunders: When Congress passed the JOBS Act in 2012, it was expected to fuel small business growth and was widely heralded as a catalyst for transforming how startups raise money... Read Article

Every one of my books had killed me a little more," - this profound and highly personal quote by American author Norman Mailer has become one of my favorites since I started writing about startups funding... Read Article

FlashFunders founder Vincent Bradley on how the platform gives startups more efficient access to funding... Read Article

Mark Dyne knows a thing or two about investing money in the youngest of tech startups. He was one of the first investors in Skype, the internet communications outfit now owned by Microsoft... Read Article