May 18, 2013 @ 1:15 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

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

Read more in: Featured Headlines, Offerings  |  Tagged alcohol, crowned the web series, film, fund safe guns, glen flagler whisky, guns, indiegogo, kickstarter, shelby and the bread factory

May 10, 2013 @ 7:36 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

Petaluma, California based Glasshaus Wine Company is offering a twist on the traditional wine club through a crowdfunded subscription model to finance its yearly production costs. Similar to community a supported agricultural models, supporters become members by purchasing annual wine ‘Shares’ prior to the wine being produced. Each share equals one case of Glasshaus wine… Read More

Read more in: Offerings, Strategy  |  Tagged alcohol, glasshaus wine company, rodney gagnon, tactics, wine

April 8, 2013 @ 8:23 pm By CFI Correspondent  |  

CraftFund Launches New Website  to invest in Breweries with Crowdfunding CraftFund, announced the launch of a new website that seeks to form a disruptive community of craft beer investors. The craft beer industry has experienced double digit growth the past several years during a time when the overall beer market has contracted. Despite this growth,… Read More

Read more in: Crowdfunding Portals  |  Tagged alcohol, beer, craftfund, david dupee

March 21, 2013 @ 3:29 pm By Toronto Life  |  

Following the example of restaurants like Glory Hole Doughnuts and The Real Jerk, Kensington Brewing Company is asking Toronto beer lovers to help fund the construction of its new Augusta Avenue bar and retail shop. Instead of using Indiegogo or Kickstarter, however, Kensington has adopted a model they call “Community Supported Beer.” The allusion to Community Supported… Read More

Read more in: General News, Global, Strategy  |  Tagged alcohol, beer, canada, kensington brewing company, self crowdfunding, tactic

January 4, 2013 @ 8:10 am By CFI Correspondent  |  

Napa Valley Distiller the maker of Napa Vodka Vintage Reserve launched their first crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo.   The distiller is  a creator of award winning rare and unique craft spirits.  Their Vodka was named one of Wine Enthusiasts Top 50 Spirits.  As an added benefit 10% of all funds raised through the campaign will be… Read More

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December 15, 2012 @ 12:33 pm By JD Alois  |  

Here is an interesting crowdfund pitch I recently stumbled across.  Discoverd on the successful equity crowdfunding platform CrowdCube based in the UK, this offering comes from Kammerling’s Investment Holdings LTD. The offering details are as follows: Investment Target of £ 325,000 Equity Offered 20% As of today:  £ 298,660 raised from 43 investors at 92% of… Read More

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December 8, 2012 @ 4:59 pm By JD Alois  |  

ActSeed welcomes Carin Castillo and her new venture, SIA Scotch Whisky to the ActSeed community as she pursues seed capital through a crowdfunding project on Kickstarter. After more than 100 blind tastings, researching over 80 distillers and a decade-long dream of creating a new blend of Scotch, Carin Castillo is almost to the first major… Read More

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