October 8, 2014 @ 12:00 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

“Output Elegance”: Content Dictates Form on First AI Platform for Website Design, Ending Decades of Painfully Unaesthetic Site Design and Management After over three and a half years of building, the team behind the successful Kickstarter campaign NoFlo, launched The Grid today, AI software that enables… Read More

October 1, 2014 @ 2:44 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Youbetme, a new social app that aims to make it fun and easy “to make bets with friends about anything, anytime and anywhere,” has secured $1.2M on Fundable.  The company hopes its app becomes the modern day handshake, “the fun, social way to make everyday… Read More

October 1, 2014 @ 2:12 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

WealthForge, a leading technology provider for raising private capital online, today announced its list of the top 15 influencers in the private placement industry. The 15 individuals come from diverse backgrounds, with professionals across the financial, technology, legal and regulatory sectors. “These 15 industry experts… Read More

October 1, 2014 @ 1:50 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Medicortex Finland Oy is a start-up pharmaceutical company focused on the treatment of neurodegenerative conditions. The company is developing a pharmaceutical therapy, which will limit the long-term effects of brain injuries, including the types of severe brain trauma that veterans may have received in combat…. Read More

October 1, 2014 @ 1:30 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Simplified Network Solutions has launched a 30-day crowdfunding campaign to raise $150,000 on Kickstarter to seek funding for its network encryption device, Project Sierra. This device will protect a consumer’s personal information online and allow them to browse the internet anonymously by concealing the local IP address… Read More

October 1, 2014 @ 1:19 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

FuelBox Inc., makers of the mobile charging solution called the powerStation, has been selected as part of funding site Indiegogo’s new “Forever Funding” pilot program. The “Forever Funding” program invites top funding performers like FuelBox to continue pre-order sales and fund raising beyond initial timelines… Read More

September 30, 2014 @ 12:44 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

With the help of 518 backers and 58 days remaining on its Seedmatch campaign, Riboxx has secured over € 597K in funding for its startup valued at € 9,616,000. Riboxx has evolved since its founding five years ago as a spinoff from the Medical Faculty of… Read More

September 30, 2014 @ 11:54 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The data firm PeerIndex has raised over 83% of its £500,000 equity crowdfunding campaign goal  on Seedrs.  PeerIndex is a multi-award winning start-up which helps companies extract intelligence to make faster, more costeffective decisions by understanding the behavior of hundreds of millions of consumers and influencers on… Read More

September 30, 2014 @ 11:21 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Money360, Inc., the original peer-to-peer (P2P) real estate lending marketplace, announced the relaunching of its online marketplace in a nationwide expansion with $100+ Million available to lend, which enables accredited investors to fund loans secured by commercial real estate. The company originally launched in 2010… Read More

September 30, 2014 @ 10:52 am By Erin Hobey  |  

IPO marks the first equity crowdfunded company to complete successful public offering OurCrowd, the leading hybrid venture capital equity crowdfunding platform for accredited investors, announced today that its portfolio company ReWalk Robotics (RWLK) has completed its successful IPO on the NASDAQ. The company issued 3,450,000… Read More

September 26, 2014 @ 10:58 am By Erin Hobey  |  

VibeWrite, the digital pen that independently recognizes handwriting and in conjunction with a vast number of  applications, is set to close on Seedmatch today. Having raised over  € 565K over the course of its campaign, the startup surpassed its initial crowdfunding goal of € 184,750… Read More

September 26, 2014 @ 10:17 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Creating stylish safety gear for cyclists, Torch Apparel has ignited investor interest on Seedrs, securing over £124K for the 21.66% equity offered.  The campaign is currently overfunding, surpassing its modest initial £50K goal. Torch Apparel focuses on stylish safety for cyclists, featuring its hugely-successful 2012 Kickstarter hit T1 helmet and upcoming… Read More

September 26, 2014 @ 9:25 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Stay Fit Housing LLC, a corporate housing and wellness company based in Los Angeles and New York City, announced a partnership with Soothe to be the official massage service for Stay Fit Housing guests.  Stay Fit Housing also recently began  its crowdfunding campaign on AngelList…. Read More

September 23, 2014 @ 12:36 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Soothe mobile app, an Uber for Massage, delivers relaxation on demand. Growing quickly popular, the startup has seen an 100% increase in mobile app bookings in the past 60 days and topped Angellist’s coveted Trending list. Founded by  CEO Merlin Kauffman and CTO Bradley Herman, the… Read More

September 23, 2014 @ 11:40 am By Erin Hobey  |  

With the backing of 97 investors, Cgon has secured over £155K for the 10.34% equity offered and pushed into overfunding on Crowdcube.  Cgon is now planning to adapt their articles to add preemption to B shares. Cgon devotes itself to reducing emissions in fossil fueled engines,… Read More

September 23, 2014 @ 11:03 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Although a small campaign, those active readers looking for a crowdfunded alternative to Patagonia or Icebreaker gear, Bambool Thermics may prove to be a campaign and product line to keep on the radar.  In conjunction with Denver Startup Week, Bambool Thermics, launched its first line… Read More

September 17, 2014 @ 12:29 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

The peer-to-peer lending platform rebuildingsociety has joined the rapidly-expanding Alternative Business Funding (ABF) portal – to support SMEs requiring non-bank finance solutions. “Accounting for over 85% of the UK’s alternative business funding market, ABF continues to receive widespread backing from industry bodies including the British… Read More

September 17, 2014 @ 12:06 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

Intending to be the flag bearer for change across the European estate agent and property market, Billionaire founder of Easy-Jet, Sir Stelios Haji-Ioannou,  has lead online real estate startup easyProperty quickly to overfunding on Crowdcube, raising over £1.027M for the 1.54% equity offered with over 227 investors to date.   Making successful… Read More

September 17, 2014 @ 11:19 am By Erin Hobey  |  

 UBiome is again trending as AngelList’s number one startup.  Founded by UCSF scientists and Stanford and Cambridge technologists including Jessica Richman, Zacher Apte, Siavosh Behbahani, Hans Gangeskar and Brooke Anderson, uBiome is using data to understand the human microbiome. Incubated by Y Combinator, 500 Startups… Read More

September 17, 2014 @ 10:32 am By Erin Hobey  |  

San Francisco-based Tilt has announced its new 2.0 version of its mobile application specifically designed for Apple’s iOS8 mobile operating system which aims to make collecting, fundraising or pooling money for groups and communities easier.  The new Tilt app includes a host of new functionality including campaign creation, social sharing and… Read More