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Pebble Celebrates an Amazing Year

Pebble Watch Kickstarter

The Pebble smart watch was born of Kickstarter to raise the most funds to date on the rewards based crowdfunding platform. It has been only one year since headlines were made about this crowdfunding project – but what a year. Recently the team behind the Pebble Watch celebrated their incredible journey and the celebration was well… Read More

Medical “Tricorder” Scanadu Blasts Past Crowdfunding Goal

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Medical Tricorder Scanadu surpassed their crowdfunding goal in just 2 hours and now stands at $350,000 with 29 days left in their crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. The Tricorder name excites the Trekkies to no end – and it should.  While the technology is not quite present where you can wave it over a patient and… Read More

Watch: We’re Sorry, Zach Braff (Humor)

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Another round of Zach Braff fun (Thanks for the tip guys!).  This is perfect for a Friday afternoon, heading into a long weekend. Crowdfunding humor by the same guys that created “Don’t Back Zach Braff“.  So this is a sequel … of sorts.  They are currently crowdfunding their pilot on Mobcaster called “Life Sucks”.   In… Read More

Soylent Using Discourse For Threaded Discussions

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Rob Rhinehart’s campaign for Soylent continues to raise funds, now having neared the quarter million dollar mark. Besides being innovative in its use of Crowdtilt’s open-source Crowdhoster platform, one other aspect of the campaign is proving to be quite useful: the use of Discourse to power threaded discussions. Discourse is a free, open-source online discussion… Read More

Crowdfunding in the United Kingdom – UKCFA Chair Julia Groves Talks with Crowdfund Insider

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Crowdfunding has taken the world by storm and the United Kingdom has been a leader in many regards.  It is not just the realm of the ubiquitous reward sites like Kickstarter and Indiegogo – each on a path for global expansion – but in investment crowdfunding. With the signing of the Jobs Act of 2012… Read More

After Disasters, Crowdfunding Can Help Public Donate Smart

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Last year a student at Chardon High School in Ohio shot and killed three classmates and wounded three others, leaving one permanently paralyzed. Fast forward to today and the city of Chardon is again in shock, this time due to the dispersement of over $900,000 allegedly raised by the United Way of Greater Cleveland and… Read More

UPDATED: Soylent Crowdfunding Campaign On Crowdhoster Fully Funded

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Rob Rhinehart and his team have settled on Crowdhoster as the platform of choice for their crowdfunding campaign for Soylent. We wrote about Soylent in the past, a meal replacement drink that garnered both praise and criticism in the press. Click here to see the campaign Crowdhoster is supported by Y Combinator graduate Crowdtilt, who… Read More

Survey Sheds Light On VC Expectations For Equity Crowdfunding

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A report released last month entitled Equity Crowdfunding and Venture Capital included some interesting revelations regarding what US venture capitalists and lawyers expect from equity crowdfunding. The report surveyed VCs and lawyers based in the states. Questions sought to gauge expectations about the JOBS Act’s trajectory and future effect. Overall, most view equity crowdfunding in a positive… Read More

Vourno: Crowdfunding Site for Journalists to Launch May 20th

Need Funding Vourno

The much anticipated journo crowdfunding site Vourno is on track to launch live on Monday, according to a recent tweet from their twitter account. Vourno hopes to be world’s largest funding platform and independent news network for video journalism.  A crowdfunding platform where news is funded, produced and distributed openly and the crowd decides how… Read More

Crowdfunding Mailbox: Safe Guns, Scotch Whisky, Crowned (think Princess), Shelby and the Bread Factory (Film)

Shelby and the Bread Factory Short Film Kickstarter

In this weeks edition of Crowdfunding Mailbox we have a interesting mix; Guns, Booze, Princesses and a Robbery film.   Somehow they all go together.  From the serious to the sincere, the creative to audacious, everyone at Crowdfund Insider admires what you do.  Please keep your crowdfunding submissions coming.  We do try and look at… Read More

Toronto Mayor Videotaped Smoking Crack? Gawker Raises Ethical Questions With Indiegogo Campaign

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Gawker Media has raised some eyebrows with a crowdfunding campaign they launched this afternoon on Indiegogo. The campaign is in an effort to secure the rights to a video of Toronto mayor Rob Ford allegedly smoking crack. Can’t make this up. For those who aren’t familiar, Rob Ford is a highly controversial figure who has… Read More

Breaking The Piggybank: A Deeper Dive Into Invested.in

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AlbertaBoostR.ca looks like any other beta-level crowdfunding web site at first glance. Projects are somewhat sparse but for those that are participating funding seems strong. Those in the know will like the hyperlocal slant of the site, focusing on projects and startups in the province of Alberta. What users may not recognize at first is… Read More

Crowdfunding $660 Million for the Tribune Company on Indiegogo

Tribune Company Crowdfunding on Indiegogo

That’s right.  Crowdfunding $660,000,000 on Indiegogo to purchase the  Tribune Company which includes storied newspapers like the Chicago Tribune and Los Angeles Times.  If nothing else, the effort is certainly a bold and audacious move on the part of the organizers as they attempt to “meet our lofty fundraising goal”. The campaign has been initiated by… Read More

CrowdBouncer: Free Compliance Backend For Equity Crowdfunding Portals

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Title III of the JOBS Act stands to legalize the participation of non-accredited investors in crowdfunding offerings. One of the wildcards in the approach up to the implementation of Title III is the cap on how much an individual is allowed to invest per year, a number based on things like personal income and net… Read More