Crowdfunding news & updates

Your go-to source for the latest crowdfunding news. We track industry trends, platform updates, regulatory changes, and success stories — so you always know what's happening in the world of crowdfunding. New updates published daily for investors and project creators.

829 news

Platform Update Campaign News Donation USA

GiveSendGo Hosts Controversial Fundraisers Rejected by Other Crowdfunding Platforms

GiveSendGo, a Christian crowdfunding platform, has approved campaigns that other platforms like GoFundMe have removed for violating content policies. The article highlights a recent fundraiser for a controversial individual, which raised over $25,000 on GiveSendGo after being rejected elsewhere. The platform's approach to campaign moderation distinguishes it within the crowdfunding industry.

Campaign News Startups Reward

Huawei Launches FreeClip 2 S Earphones via Crowdfunding on Makuake

Huawei Japan has begun early sales of its flagship FreeClip 2 S wireless earphones through the Makuake crowdfunding platform. The campaign offers multiple discount plans and highlights features such as a mirror-finish charging case, spatial audio, and up to 38 hours of battery life. The campaign runs until September 29, with the product positioned as the latest in Huawei's successful FreeClip series.

Regulation Startups Equity USA

SEC Forum Recommends Raising Crowdfunding Limits and Modernizing Crypto Asset Regulation

Participants at the SEC's 45th Annual Small Business Forum recommended increasing the annual crowdfunding cap from $5 million to $20 million and updating regulations for crypto assets classified as securities. The forum's report to Congress also suggests expanding the accredited investor definition and creating new exemptions to support small business capital formation. These recommendations aim to ease capital-raising for early-stage and growth …

Platform Update Trends Startups Reward Southeast Asia

LIFTWOMEN Expands Crowdfunding Support for Women Founders Across APAC

LIFTWOMEN, a rewards-based crowdfunding platform focused on women entrepreneurs, has launched nearly 400 campaigns and recently closed a US$1.3 million funding round. The platform operates across APAC, supporting women founders through crowdfunding, accelerators, and partnerships. Its efforts aim to address structural barriers in access to capital and opportunity for women-led businesses.

Success Story

ORICO CyberData NAS Series Launches in Retail After Crowdfunding Success

ORICO has announced the retail launch of its CyberData NAS Series, following a successful crowdfunding campaign. The lineup includes four models designed for high-speed storage and flexible expansion, targeting creators and professionals. The products will be available from July 28, 2026, through ORICO’s official online store, with prices ranging from $599.99 to $1,399.99.

Platform Update P2P lending

Bitfinex Launches Peer-to-Peer Lending and User-Set Rates on Bitfinex Borrow

Bitfinex has updated its Bitfinex Borrow service to include a peer-to-peer funding order book, allowing borrowers and lenders to set or select their own loan terms. The platform now supports both fixed and variable rate loans, requires collateral such as Bitcoin or Ethereum, and offers flexible loan customization. No credit checks are needed, but verification and margin deposits are required.

Regulation Tokenized Africa

SEC Zimbabwe Approves Regulatory Sandbox for Tokenization and Crowdfunding Firms

The Securities and Exchange Commission of Zimbabwe has approved seven fintech companies, including those offering blockchain capital raising, asset tokenization, and crowdfunding, to participate in its regulatory sandbox. The initiative allows these firms to test innovative financial products under regulatory supervision. The sandbox aims to foster responsible innovation while maintaining market integrity and supporting financial inclusion.

Recent Weekly Digests

See exactly what past subscribers received before you commit your inbox.

Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: October 12–18, 2026

Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: October 12–18, 2026

The Crowdfunding Professional Association released a voluntary reporting standard that gives Reg CF and Reg A platforms a common format for investment, payment, and performance data. Elsewhere, rulebooks sat at four different stages — drafted in Ethiopia, discussed by a US advisory committee, clarified by ESMA, and enforced in China. Funding data showed capital clustering […]
Read this issue: Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: October 12–18, 2026
Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: September 28–October 4, 2026

Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: September 28–October 4, 2026

A petition to quadruple Reg CF’s fundraising cap dominated the regulatory conversation last week, landing alongside a SEC update to the accredited investor definition and a wave of enforcement action spanning the US and Nigeria. Europe and India’s P2P lending markets sat at different levels of maturity — Europe reporting routine volumes, one of India’s […]
Read this issue: Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: September 28–October 4, 2026
Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: September 14–20, 2026

Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: September 14–20, 2026

One of equity crowdfunding’s most famous success stories became its starkest cautionary tale last week, as BrewDog’s collapse left roughly 200,000 crowd investors with worthless shares. Elsewhere, donation crowdfunding showed real strain on two different continents, while the Middle East and Africa kept building targeted alternative-finance infrastructure, and the EU’s crowdfunding passport quietly expanded to […]
Read this issue: Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: September 14–20, 2026
Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: August 31 – September 6, 2026

Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: August 31 – September 6, 2026

A viral campaign to buy Spirit Airlines collapsed last week, exposing a huge gap between pledges and real committed capital. Beyond that lesson, several product campaigns closed strong, Saudi Arabia licensed new providers under its established crowdfunding framework, and Ireland’s new savings scheme drew backlash for leaving crowdfunding out entirely. Lead Story Campaign to buy […]
Read this issue: Crowdfunding Weekly Digest: August 31 – September 6, 2026

Get next week's crowdfunding news in your inbox