Search Results for: gelato

March 6, 2015 @ 1:32 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

“But it has protein!” may be the sole health-redeeming trait of delicious treats such as ice cream and gelato. Of course, the protein often comes with a hefty side of fat and added sugars. Throw in a few preservatives and artificial coloring, and it takes a… Read More

November 20, 2023 @ 10:55 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CI recently connected with Layne Haber, Co-founder at Connext, which claims to be the HTTP of Web3. Haber touched on how crypto and digital assets are becoming increasingly popular investments for governments as well as private investors. She discussed investors’ top priorities as assets such… Read More

January 25, 2022 @ 3:14 pm By Tony Zerucha  |  

Digital currency investment firm Grayscale has updated its list of assets under consideration, and some of the new entrants are Bancor, BitTorrent, Decred, Elrond, and Oasis Network. Such assets are not currently included in a Grayscale investment product, bit could be in the future, the… Read More

November 27, 2021 @ 11:00 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance Smart Chain, which claims to be the leading decentralized finance (DeFi), non-fungible token (NFT) and Infra platform, has reportedly completed the first community-voting mechanism pilot for its Most Valuable Builder Program that “selected top ten projects from a pool of industry-leading BSC projects.” As… Read More

August 10, 2021 @ 8:31 am By Omar Faridi  |  

The latest report from EthHub, the “essential” resource for Ethereum information, curated by Anthony Sassano (@sassal0x) and Eric Conner (@econoar), notes that Ethereum Improvement Proposal or EIP-1559 is now live on the Ethereum (ETH) network. Since the major upgrade went live this past week, the… Read More

August 6, 2021 @ 9:41 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Sweet, the enterprise-focused NFT solution that aims to offer a user-friendly, consumer-first, environmentally “conscious” approach to providing digital collectibles, recently announced a strategic investment from Animoca Brands, which is described as an “influential force” in gaming. Of note is the news that Animoca recently raised… Read More

Sponsored June 24, 2021 @ 10:35 am By Draper Goren Holm  |  

The largest gathering of decentralized finance enthusiasts unites online on June 24th at the second annual Global DeFi Summit, hosted by Los Angeles-based blockchain venture studio Draper Goren Holm and sponsored by the Tezos-based Plenty DeFi. There has never been a more substantial number of… Read More

March 23, 2020 @ 2:17 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Italian bank Unicredit is providing a discounting solution to Venchi, a local chocolate and ice cream company. The discounting tool has been developed by FinDynamic, an Italian Fintech firm. It allows firms that are UniCredit clients to optimize how they use their working capital while… Read More

September 4, 2018 @ 5:46 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Crowdcube investors have made it clear: they want their ice cream, and they want it natural, free from artificial ingredients and low in sugar with innovative flavor combinations.  Northern Bloc is overfunding, just a week after launching their equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. At this writing,… Read More

August 30, 2018 @ 11:02 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Earlier this month UK crowdfunded Crowdcube blogged that £500 million had been pledged on the platform and has resulted in more than 700 successful raises, for startups to sizeable scale-ups including fintech unicorn Revolut, digital, mobile-only bank Monzo and the British multinational brewery BrewDog. Food and beverage… Read More

July 31, 2018 @ 8:58 am By Erin Hobey  |  

It’s summertime in the city. Crowdfund Insider recently covered the hot weather treat Gelateria Naia’s gelato campaign which has raised more than $185K to date on Wefunder… now for some more cool relief on Wefunder: Stewbum and Stonewall Unique Craft Beer brewed on the Hawaiian island of… Read More

July 5, 2018 @ 5:13 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Summertime is synonymous with ice cream. Readers may recall past successful global crowdfunding campaigns for delicious ice creams and treats including several successful Seedrs’ Oppo Ice Cream, Companisto’s Kyl, Gelateria Ice Wave’s Crowdcube Spain or Wefunder’s Venice Beach Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream campaigns. Crowdfunders do indeed… Read More

May 30, 2017 @ 8:15 am By Erin Hobey  |  

You scream, I scream, we all scream for ice cream… and gelato. It’s that wonderful time of year when the weather warms and the gelaterias and ice cream shops reopen. Enter Ice Wave.  Crowdcube Spain investors quickly responded to Ice Wave‘s equity crowdfunding campaign, helping… Read More

January 13, 2015 @ 7:57 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

Ice cream producer Oppo rose to record crowdfunding campaign heights as quickly as a beachside gelato melts on a hot summer day: fast. UK crowdfunding platform Seedrs today noted that London-based Oppo reached 324 percent (at press time, 339 percent) of its target investment in… Read More

October 22, 2014 @ 5:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring a whole new series to its channel, National Geographic announced on Tuesday (October 21st) it has added Kickstarter-success Chug to its Monday evening schedule. The project, which hit the crowdfunding giant’s platform last year, is created by rum company owner, Zane Lamprey, who is… Read More