In August 2012, a start-up called Oculus VR raised money on a crowdfunding site.

To help get the company off the ground, thousands of people chipped in a total of $2.4 million.

Last week – just 18 months after raising money from the crowd – Oculus was acquired by Facebook…

You rely on Crowdability to bring you the very best equity crowdfunding deals each week. Now, rely on us to share the most up-to-date news, trends and opinion. This is the stuff you won’t read in the mainstream press, and the stuff that will keep you on the leading edge…

(Editors Note: This is Part 1 of a 3-Part Series)

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Any sports fans out there?

Maybe you’ve seen “Moneyball,” the Brad Pitt movie about Oakland A’s General Manager, Billy Beane…

With the A's struggling to win, Billy takes a radical approach to building his team:

Computer modeling. Predictive analytics. Data!

No more scouting for talent based on intuition. No more…

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Realty Mogul Surpasses $100 Million in Property Value

We told you about this platform that enables individuals to invest in income-producing properties traditionally available only to professional investors. It seems to be catching on. Read about it…

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93% of the best-performing professional investors share a common strategy.

It’s called “The Syndicate Strategy.”

Today we’re going to tell you why the pros rely on it – and show you how to join them.

The “Syndicate Strategy”

The Syndicate Strategy is about leveraging the wisdom – and dollars –…

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The JOBS Act and The Law of Unintended Consequences

Is this what happens when you put Congress and the SEC in charge of something meant to foster innovation? Should we really be surprised? Read more here.

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This is my least favorite time of the year.

No, it’s not my birthday, or a holiday where I have to spend endless hours with distant family members.

And I doubt I’m alone on this one...

This particular time of year brings a collective groan across the United States.

That’s…

Before the era of online brokerages like e-Trade, plenty of smart people said average citizens would never go online to invest in stocks.

They said you’d have to be crazy to use services like e-Trade.

e-Trade’s annual revenues today? More than $2 billion.

Before the emergence of e-commerce businesses like…