Search Results for: ice cream

April 8, 2025 @ 12:32 pm By JD Alois  |  

Chi-Chi’s, once a popular Mexican restaurant that emerged in the 70’s only to disappear in 2004, may emerge once again. That is if an attempt to reanimate the brand is successful. Raising money on StartEngine, Chi-Chi’s reborn has attracted the support of 360 investors, with… 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

December 10, 2018 @ 7:09 am By JD Alois  |  

First crowdfunded on Seedrs in 2015, Oppo Brothers has received a buyout offer from HP Wild Holding AG that will deliver a 4.35x return for early investors, according to a note from the crowdfunding platform. Seedrs added that once EIS tax benefits are taken into consideration,… Read More

November 13, 2018 @ 7:33 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Crowdfund Insider has covered multiple successful ice cream equity crowdfunding campaigns over the years: the global crowd loves ice cream in all its forms. Last May, Spanish Gelateria Ice Wave launched a Crowdcube campaign for its artisanal rolled ice cream, a concept similar to the… 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

February 21, 2017 @ 1:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based Oppo Ice Cream has completed its third equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs and captured more than £465,000 in funding. The company has created ice cream with fewer calories than an apple. It contains 60% fewer calories than regular ice cream due to ingredients such as… Read More

December 30, 2016 @ 3:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seedrs alum Oppo Ice Cream, along with Sugarwise, has launched the #DontTaxHealth petition on Change.Org to stop the rising costs of healthy foods. Oppo’s ice cream is made with fresh milk, virgin coconut oil and stevia leaf, and has fewer calories than an apple. It… Read More

December 29, 2016 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, London-based Oppo Ice Cream returned to equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs to raise £150,000. Within a matter of hours, the company’s latest campaign successfully secured its initial target and is now nearing £260,000. As previously reported, the ice cream brand has created ice cream with fewer calories than… Read More

December 23, 2016 @ 8:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than one year after raising £398,390 on Seedrs, London-based Oppo Ice Cream has returned to the equity crowdfunding platform. The company’s latest initiative has already secured its initial target of £150,000 and is now nearing £225,000 thanks to more than 200 investors. The luxury… Read More

August 22, 2016 @ 5:40 pm By JD Alois  |  

  Oppo Ice cream is a bit like the Holy Grail of food: Ice cream that tastes great, is low calorie and is good for you.  The creation of two brothers, Charlie and Harry Thuillier, the duo were exposed to many different natural foods while… Read More

June 25, 2015 @ 1:06 am By Midori Yoshimura  |  

As temperatures and ice cream sales rise, so does Oppo‘s lucky star: The luxury healthy ice cream company is having a scorchingly successful year. London-based Oppo was just named The Guardian‘s Startup of the Year (and there’s more), according to a recent Oppo blog post. The judging… 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

September 26, 2014 @ 11:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ice cream lovers, rejoice! A Michigan resident by the name of Michael Chou has launched a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the the Midnight Scoop. The new ice cream appliance is dubbed the “easiest way to scoop hard ice cream.” Originally seeking only $17,500, the project… Read More

April 14, 2014 @ 10:18 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Newly listed on Companisto, the Germany-based Kyl (pronounced “kühl” – the German word for “cool”) seeks to raise € 200,000 in its equity crowdfunding campaign.  To date 509 backers have bought 25,479 shares and invested € 127,395.  Emerging from the polar vortex to a cultural climate steeped… Read More

April 2, 2013 @ 10:57 am By Arizona Daily Star  |  

The owners of Isabella’s Ice Cream are nearly halfway to their goal of raising $15,000 through Kickstarter to move to a warehouse, increase productivity and work toward franchising their Tucson business. Dominic Johnson, 37, and Kristel Johnson, 35, launched the Kickstarter project on March 12…. Read More

May 23, 2022 @ 11:43 am By Omar Faridi  |  

CreamFinance reports that 2021 was a “record-setting” year for the company, “finishing with a €3.4 million net profit – the highest in Group’s history.” It also reports that it continued “to improve on these results during Q1 2022.” CreamFinance has provided the following operational and… Read More

March 6, 2020 @ 7:19 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Traditional banking executives have expressed concerns about the increasing competition form Fintech firms or challenger banks. The Promontory Interfinancial Network recently published a survey that revealed that 76% of 543 senior management professionals, working at traditional banks, noted that they fear new financial platforms being… Read More

November 2, 2017 @ 12:27 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

I scream, you scream, we all scream for Ben & Jerry’s. Make mine Chunky Monkey with chocolate sprinkles in a sugar cone. Wait, there isn’t a Ben & Jerry’s on Venice Beach Boardwalk yet?  Cone-endrum solved: Boardwalk Hospitality will fill the void, given the Wefunder crowd overwhelming… 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