Singapore Exchange, one of Asia’s leading stock markets, has begun considering the feasibility of an equity crowdfunding platform for early-stage companies, and has formed a team focused on small and medium-sized enterprises.
Today Crowd Valley publishes Crowdfunding Market Report for Q3 2014, unveiling the latest trends of this fast-growing industry, as observed by the company during the last quarter. Since the start of 2014, the international crowdfunding market kept developing fast, with new actors moving the first steps into the arena and many policymakers inserting the topic in their agendas. Last week on October 9th I took part in a roundtable discussion panel on Alternative Financing at the Invest in Photonics event in Bordeaux, France. The event is the primary European conference looking at investment across the photonics industry including applications in environment and energy efficiency, life sciences, consumer electronics, aerospace and transport, 3D printing and advanced manufacturing. I was joined by a sector-specialist serial entrepreneur and angel investor, a partner at a VC firm, B-to-V, with a focus on photonics, and a director of the French growth-stage SME stock exchange, Alternativa. Today Crowd Valley publishes Crowdfunding Market Report for Q2 2014, unveiling the latest trends of this fast-growing industry, as observed by the company during the last quarter. With a constantly growing demand for technology infrastructure to manage innovative channels of financing, we are making use of new channels to attract talented developers. Our Certified Developer Program is a way for us to bring developers that understand our platform and APIs into the securities crowdfunding space. Following the previous two publications in Q3 and Q4 2013, today Crowd Valley publishes the third Crowdfunding Market Report, which is built on data collected during Q1 2014. Crowd Valley adds an important partnership to its portfolio, creating a strategic relationship with Zacks CF Research, the crowdfunded securities research and valuation arm of Zacks.com. The two companies look forward to expanded international services in the relationship, which will bring added value to both parties. At the invitation of the State Department of the United States of America, Crowd Valley presented and advised institutional investors in Washington DC on efficient capital allocation and how crowd investing is changing the landscape with funds and institutions. Silicon Valley Crowdfund Ventures hosted the second crowdfunding gathering in Palo Alto, California, April 3 & 4. Crowd Valley was present with chairman Jouko Ahvenainen on two panels at the event. Crowd Valley was a guest speaker at a seminar run by law firm K&L Gates entitled 'Crowdfunding: Commercial and Regulatory Developments' in the heart of the financial district of the City of London on March 4th. K&L Gates represents leading global corporations, growth and middle-market companies, capital markets participants and entrepreneurs in every major industry group, and it runs regular educational events on topics relating to new financial regulations. |
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