July 29, 2016 @ 4:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, creators of the Kickstarter-funded project, Yooka-Laylee, released the demo for the standalone gameplay experience, The Toybox. Playtonic Games revealed details about The Toybox this past spring and described it as self-contained, spoiler-free sandbox designed to give Yooka-Laylee backers a taste of the platforming to come in the final game. Yooka-Laylee is described as… Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, UK-based fintech startup, WeSwap, announced plans to launch an equity crowdfunding campaign after raising $6.5 million in seed funding from Ascot Capital Partners, EC1 Capital and existing investors IW Capital. WeSwap, which was founded in 2011 and opened to the community in 2013,… Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 2:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Crowdcube caught up with Pod Point’s founder, Erik Fairbairn, to discuss why he decided to back the equity platform’s crowdfunding platform, which has so far raised £6.7 million from nearly 3,200 investors. POD Point turned to the crowdfunding method in 2015 and first captured  £1.5m through… Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 1:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, Kickstarter announced it will be making its way across the Atlantic to attend this year’s Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, which will take place on August 5th to the 29th. The crowdfunding portal shared: “Over in the UK, the 2016 Edinburgh Fringe is almost… Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 12:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Charity fundraising website, iDonate, announced on Friday the launch of its new peer-to-peer support that is dedicated to nonprofits. This new service reportedly enables organizations to support their causes by creating individual, team or event-centered crowdfunding programs that tap into personal networks. Ray Gary, CEO of… Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  This week, Indiegogo success TrackR announced two new features for its popular device, the TrackR Bravo. The first feature, Family Sharing, allows users to share their items with groups while the second feature, Custom Printing, allows users to print any photo directly on their devices…. Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 10:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

JumpStartFund’s Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT) announced on Friday it has formed a partnership with Deutsche Bahn to create an “Innovation Train,” which is described as a conventional train that will use new technologies being developed by HTT that increases efficiency and to bring a modern digital presence to today’s train transportation. According… Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 9:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the release of Ethan Mollick’s study on Kickstarter’s impact on the economy, CEO and co-founder of the popular crowdfunding portal, Yancey Strickler, sat down to discuss the website’s growth and influence of entrepreneurs. Mollick reported in his study: “From inception to May 2015, Kickstarter projects resulted… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 4:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chicago startup, Modobag, has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise funds for its self-titled luggage. The project has successfully topped its initial $50,000 funding goal and is now nearing $200,000. What has attracted nearly 200 backers to the initiative? The tech company… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 3:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seedrs success and cloud platform, Poq, announced this week it has secured €3.6 million during a Series A funding round, which was led by Beringea with participation from seed investors Seedcamp and Venrex. The London-based  company, which raised £332,390 through the equity crowdfunding platform in 2014, is a commerce platform for retail apps… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 2:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dara Albright Media announced on Thursday the launch of its new Fintech event series, which will reportedly focus on how investors of all sizes, businesses in all stages of growth, and financial services providers of all echelons stand to benefit from today’s fintech industry. The company… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 1:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Professor Ethan Mollick of the University of Pennsylvania released its recent study on Kickstarter’s impact on the economy. The study revealed the following: Employed 283,000 part-time collaborators Created 8,800 new companies and nonprofits with 29,600 new full-time jobs Raised more than $5.3 billion for those… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Spark Foundation’s Givealittle announced starting September 1st it is charging a flat 5% fee, inclusive of goods and services tax (GST), on the amount raised by campaigns on its crowdfunding platform. The website declared in an official statement the soul purpose of the fee is to keep… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, crowdfunding platform Kickstarter announced it is making prepares to open its doors for Singapore campaign creators.   Kickstarter is currently available in nearly 20 countries, including the US, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, and Spain. Last year alone, the… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 9:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than twelve hours until its highly successful Kickstarter campaign is set to end, Nightdive Studio’s System Shock remake has captured over $1.3 million from 21,000 backers. The studio took to the funding portal last month to raise funds for the video game and surpassed $450,000 in less than 24… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 8:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based healthy meal delivery service, Mindful Chef, successfully overfunded on Seedrs by 250% with over £1 million raised and announced on Thursday it has added celebrity athletes Andy Murray, Olympian gold medallist Victoria Pendleton and rugby champion Will Greenwood to its growing list of high-profile investors. As previously… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 4:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, comedian Mike Ward launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise $93,000 as he prepares to continue his legal battle against child singer, Jérémy Gabriel.  The Human Rights Tribunal reportedly declared last week that Ward must pay $35,000 to Gabriel for making jokes about his disabilities (he… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 3:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Pozible announced TechSydney has been dubbed its biggest non-profit campaign after it raised over $400,000 within two weeks. TechSydney is notably on a mission to make Sydney a top 10 tech ecosystem. It shared that while it seems as though the city’s tech… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 2:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Hebridean Food Company, a UK-based fresh soup distributor, has recently launched a Crowdcube initiative with a mission to raise £60,000. The company has its soups and sauces in various stores, including Selfridges, Whole Foods Markets, and Aldi. The company revealed its products are created to be never… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 1:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Andrea Moore, a Kiwi fashion brand, has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Snowball Effect to raise a minimum of $250,000 (max $750,000). The nationwide retailer offers premium womenswear fashion which includes apparel, knitwear, eyewear, footwear, jewelry, leather bags and accessories. The company, which was launched… Read More