August 3, 2016 @ 9:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, London-based tech accessories startup iQualTech launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £100,000 as it prepares to expand into new markets worldwide. The company was founded in three years ago, and offer a wide range of products (including Pill Speakers) that have been sold worldwide… Read More

August 2, 2016 @ 4:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the weekend, Kickstarter hosted its 2016 Summer Festival in Brooklyn’s Greene Park. The free event celebrated creativity and featured art, food, games and more from the Kickstarter community, including: A life-sized game of Exploding Kittens  Guided virtual reality meditation on Oculus Rift Royal Palms Shuffleboard fun… Read More

August 2, 2016 @ 3:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding portal for cannabis and digital startups, CrowdGather, Inc.(OTCQB:CRWG), announced on Tuesday it has expanded its advisory board in anticipation of cannabis operation expansion. Ben Larson and Carter Larson, co-founders and managing partners of Gateway Incubator, have been selected for the new positions. Larson is currently director and… Read More

August 2, 2016 @ 2:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding platform for music PledgeMusic has appointed former Sony Music executive, Adam Lekach, as its new senior vice president of marketing. Lekach has held various music positions and was recently vice president of media and partnerships at Mexican Summer. This news comes just as the website finalizes its NoiseTrade and… Read More

August 2, 2016 @ 12:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online resource for small business finance, Biz2Credit, announced on Tuesday it formed a new partnership with Australian Finance Group (ASX: AFG), one of Australia’s largest providers of mortgage brokering services, as it prepares to expand its international small business financing.  Sharing details about the new partnership, AFG COO David… Read More

August 2, 2016 @ 11:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, TAXA Biotechnologies, Inc. announced it had secured over $250,000 from 400 investors during its equity crowdfunding campaign on WeFunder. The biotech startup made history in May when it became one of the first companies to use Title III rules of the JOBS Act. As previously reported, TAXA… Read More

August 2, 2016 @ 11:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Glowforge announced it has raised an additional $22 million from Foundry Group and True Venture during its recent Series B investment round. Last year, Glowforge secured $28 million for its highly-anticipated 3D printer through its self-running crowdfunding campaign. The printer debuted to the public for the first time… Read More

August 2, 2016 @ 10:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Indiegogo alum, ieCrowd, announced the launch of its Crowdfunder equity crowdfunding campaign. The company’s key focus is to bring health innovations to the marketplace and its previous Indiegogo campaign was dedicated to its DEET-free mosquito repellent, Kite Shield. The company revealed: “ieCrowd’s commercialization process… Read More

August 2, 2016 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nearly one year after successfully securing $2 million on Indiegogo for the Opal Nugget Ice Maker, GE Appliances’ FirstBuild has returned to the crowdfunding platform to raise $150,000 for its new product, the Prisma Cold Brew Coffee Maker. The company revealed that the Prisma takes only 10… Read More

August 1, 2016 @ 4:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, UK peer-to-peer lending platform, Orchard Lending Club, officially launched and is now offering investors the opportunity to earn up to 7.08% interest per annum over a five-year period by lending finance to creditworthy professional practices and schools and their clients. Orchard Lending Club is… Read More

August 1, 2016 @ 4:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than 48 hours until its Crowdcube campaign is set to close, the London Doctors Clinic has successfully secured its initial £600,000 funding goal thanks to nearly 250 investors. The clinic launched the initiative earlier this summer. As previously reported, the London Doctors Clinic… Read More

August 1, 2016 @ 3:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a month into its new Kickstarter campaign, California startup Peak Design has successfully raised over $2 million from nearly 9,000 backers for its Everyday Bag Line. The company managed to secure over $1 million less than 24 hours after the initiative launched. Peak… Read More

August 1, 2016 @ 2:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Indiegogo alum OhMiBod announced its Lovelife Collection, named STOREROTIC AWARDS’ Luxury Line/Range of the Year. The tenth annual award show was hosted by adult trade journal STOREROTICA Magazine and was held late last month.  According to OhMiBod, the collection has received various awards since its debut, including the… Read More

August 1, 2016 @ 1:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Crowdcube caught up with CEO of GoHenry, Alex Zivoder, who revealed why he decided to invest in the equity platform during its latest crowdfunding round. Crowdcube launched its campaign a few weeks ago and quickly raised over $6.7 million from 3234 investors. It was the… Read More

August 1, 2016 @ 11:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With the 2016 Gen Con set to kick off in Indianapolis this Thursday, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced its lineup for the board game convention. The funding website revealed that it has teamed up with Cards Against Humanity to host a range of board games for… Read More

August 1, 2016 @ 10:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a year and a half after securing over $90,000 on Kickstarter,  creator of Yelp documentary Billion Dollar Bully, Kaylie Milliken, has launched an Indiegogo initiative to raise an additional $50,000 for the film’s documentary. As previously reported, Billion Dollar Bully is “a documentary on marketing giant… Read More

August 1, 2016 @ 9:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, the Entertainment Industry Foundation (EIF) announced the winners of the inaugural Think It Up Innovation Awards. This award honored eight teams of students and teachers. Each team will receive $5,000 in DonorsChoose funding credits to advance their work in the classroom. Each winning… Read More

August 1, 2016 @ 8:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the weekend, real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding announced it had raised a total of $750,000 for a senior bridge loan in Denver, Colorado. The website confirmed that this loan is structured to accommodate a dynamic real estate strategy. The Bruckal Group was selected for the loan… Read More

July 30, 2016 @ 9:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Yu Suzuki and his team at Ys Net announced the original Shenmue director, Keiji Okayasu, has returned to direct Kickstarter success Shenmue III.  The crew stated in a recent update: “Taking a look at end credits of Shenmue you may noticed this man’s name—Keiji Okayasu. He was the… Read More

July 30, 2016 @ 8:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few days before it was supposed to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, UK-based Seven Bro7hers Brewery decided to extend its funding round for another two weeks. As previously reported, the company is looking to raise 150,000 and is currently offering 16.84% in equity to… Read More