Offerings

January 22, 2018 @ 2:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wello, a Finnish clean energy company that provides a wave energy based solution called the Wello Penguin, has successfully secured its minimum €1 million funding target on equity crowdfunding platform Invesdor thanks to more than 275 investors. As previously reported, Wello, which was founded by Heikki Paakkinen, stated it… Read More

January 22, 2018 @ 12:09 pm By JD Alois  |  

The tZero initial coin offering is one of the most anticipated ICOs scheduled to take place this quarter. tZero, an offshoot of Overstock.com, is founder Patrick Byrne’s vision of the digital asset future. While the past year has been a sugar rush bonanza of global… Read More

January 22, 2018 @ 9:55 am By JD Alois  |  

Aurora Labs S.A., a Panama based company, has completed their initial coin offering raising over $6 million. Aurora has launched the IDEX – a real time decentralized cryptocurrency exchange. The funds received will be used to fuel platform growth. Aurora announced a strategic partnership with… Read More

January 20, 2018 @ 1:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just after its Crowdcube round successfully secured its initial 500,000 in less than a week, crowd invest marketplace Oval Money announced it will close the equity crowdfunding campaign sooner than originally planned. The company revealed in its latest update: “Thank you everyone who has sustained… Read More

January 19, 2018 @ 9:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK-based natural fruit beverage brand Berrywhite has officially extended its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The company launched the funding round last month and sought to raise £150,000. As previously reported, Berrywhite launched its first funding round in 2014, seeking 300,000 but only secured £291,380. The… Read More

January 19, 2018 @ 11:32 am By JD Alois  |  

A group of 500 Startups Global Seed Accelerator alumni have launched a new token offering designed to help individuals get exposure into promising initial coin offerings (ICOs). 22X Fund claims the title of the first-ever token offering backed by real equity. The token pre-sales begin on… Read More

January 19, 2018 @ 10:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few months before the highly anticipated premiere of Indiegogo-funded Super Troopers 2, the film’s production company Broken Lizard released the comedy’s official trailer. As previously reported,  Broken Lizard sought to raise $2 million for the sequel of the 2001 cult classic Super Troopers and raised more than $4.6… Read More

January 19, 2018 @ 9:57 am By JD Alois  |  

Zopa, one of the largest peer to peer lenders in the UK, has announced an increase in interest rates paid to investors. Zopa currently offers two diversified investment tiers: Zopa Core and Zopa Plus. Returns have increased from 3.7% for Core and 4.5% for Plus… Read More

January 19, 2018 @ 9:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

MoveSole Ltd, a Finnish company developing smart insoles for healthcare professionals, announced this week it has signed a distribution deal for northern and central Europe with Mobility Research Denmark. The company’s product, MoveSole Smart Insoles, notably helps healthcare professionals by measuring the effectiveness of offloading at the clinics… Read More

January 19, 2018 @ 8:50 am By JD Alois  |  

The CFTC Division of Enforcement Virtual Currency Task Force has been rather busy. Today, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has shared two enforcement actions filed against Bitcoin / Cryptocurrency related fraud cases. The first was against the Entrepreneurs Headquarters Limited, the second was filed against Defendants Patrick… Read More

January 19, 2018 @ 8:33 am By JD Alois  |  

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has filed a civil enforcement action in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Defendants Dillon Michael Dean of Longmont, Colorado. Dean’s company, The Entrepreneurs Headquarters Limited, is apparently registered in the UK. The documentation filed… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 10:54 pm By JD Alois  |  

The big crypto news all last week was the announcement that Kodak, a company that was founded in 1888, was launching an initial coin offering for a new photography rights platform. The news tripled the market capitalization of Kodak almost immediately as the cool blockchain… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 9:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just days after launching its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, UK-based automated saving and crowd investing marketplace Oval Money successfully secured its initial £500,000 thanks to more than 450 investors. As previously reported, Oval Money was founded in 2016 and provides easy to read, readily available… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 4:39 pm By JD Alois  |  

Worthy Peer Capital, a subsidiary of Worthy Finance, has received regulatory approval to raise funding under Reg A+. The crowdfunding round will be used to bring a new liquid peer-debt product to the entire investing ecosystem. Everyone knows that rates on Money Market accounts suck. But… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Zapaygo Investments, a UK-based ordering and payment mobile app, has successfully surpassed its initial equity crowdfunding campaign’s £500,000 funding target on Crowdcube. The company launched the funding round earlier month and has so far attracted more than 160 investors. Founded in 2015, Zapaygo is described as a… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 1:03 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Pingvalue plans an upcoming ICO with a €30M target conducted for developing its blockchain-based advertising services. Chaineum, a French ICO Boutique founded by Laurent Leloup, is leading this ICO. Following the recent successful ICO conducted by Domraider, Chaineum is leading this offering with a pre-ICO opening… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 11:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mercate Metropolitano, a London-based food hub, has achieved its crowdfunding campaign’ initial £400,000 funding goal on equity platform Seedrs. Mercate Metropolitano is described as a new, sustainable and inclusive food hub with the allure of a farmers’ market. The hub revealed: “Mercato Metropolitano represents a revival… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 8:24 am By JD Alois  |  

The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth Securities Division has filed an administrative complaint against Kirill Bensonoff and Caviar, a Cayman Island company. Bensonoff is said to own a home in Brookline, Massachusetts and is described as attempting to avoid US securities laws by operating out… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 8:00 am By JD Alois  |  

There is a rapid push to standardize and professionalize the initial coin offering (ICO) market. As competition heats up, you no longer can add Blockchain to your name and expect immediate token success. You need to have a reputable team in place and you need… Read More

January 18, 2018 @ 7:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Stagedoor, a London-based theatre app startup, successfully secured nearly £350,000 over the course of its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs, greatly surpassing its original funding target of £200,000. The company revealed that its community of 20,000 users contributed enormously to the success of this campaign, investing… Read More