June 8, 2016 @ 9:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, marketplace lending platform, Payoff, was announced to have adopted a fully digital financial transaction management solution with eOriginal and Millennium Trust Company. eOriginal revealed that PayOff approached it for a solution that empowered them to go beyond simple electronic signature functionality to enable asset sales… Read More

June 7, 2016 @ 4:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a week after launching its already successful Crowdcube initiative, British Journal of Photography announced that Crowdratings has awarded the campaign with a gold rating. The publication revealed that it received with Gold (88%) for management, Gold (79%) for product, and Silver (69%) for investment… Read More

June 7, 2016 @ 3:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, new low-cost long-haul airliner, People Over Profit (POP), announced the airing of its first two TV commercials. The debut was revealed less than a week after the company launched its very own self-running crowdfunding campaign.  As previously reported, POP is not just considered the only airliner to… Read More

June 7, 2016 @ 2:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Nearly three years after launching its crowdfunding platform in the country of Canada, Kickstarter unveiled its current favorite Canadian projects. In September of 2013, the funding portal revealed its excitement of the Canadian launch by declaring: “We’re thrilled that Kickstarter is now available to creators in Canada…. Read More

June 7, 2016 @ 1:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, HiyaCar’s second Seedrs initiative successfully surpassed its initial £100,000 crowdfunding goal. The company previously secured £349,470 on the equity portal last summer and decided to use the funding method once again and launched the campaign last month. HiyaCar, originally known as Ascendia, is described as a… Read More

June 7, 2016 @ 12:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the announcement that it has broken the Guinness World Record for the longest business pitch marathon, Virgin Media Business has announced the #Voom 2016 semi finalist and Pitchathon champs, which consists of 40 businesses. Earlier this year, Virgin Media Business teamed up with reward-based crowdfunding platform… Read More

June 7, 2016 @ 11:58 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Success! Just a few days after announcing its new brewery and first urban pub, West Berkshire Brewery’s extended Seedrs campaign is now overfunding. The company launched the initiative earlier this spring and was looking to raise £1.5 million. Founded in 1995, West Berkshire Brewery has produced… Read More

June 7, 2016 @ 11:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Online lender to SMEs, OnDeck (NYSE:ONDK), announced on Tuesday it is expanding its Accountant Advisor Program after hiring of new accountant relationship managers in three locations: Louisville, Kentucky, Miami, Florida and Mobile, Alabama. According to OnDeck, the Accountant Advisor Program is a state-of-the-art referral platform helping accounting… Read More

June 7, 2016 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fairway America, LLC, a Portland-based real estate asset, finance advisory and investment firm announced today that its client, Elevate Private Capital has launched its new $20 million fund through real estate crowdfunding marketplace, SBREfunds. The Elevate SFI Fund LLC is described as a buy-and-hold and fix-and-flip fund. The company… Read More

June 7, 2016 @ 8:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced it has formed a new partnership with Newegg. The tech-focused e-retailer will now offer order fulfillment and promotional support to select campaigns on the funding portal. Sharing details about the new collaboration, David Mandelbrot, CEO of Indiegogo, stated: “We’re thrilled… Read More

June 6, 2016 @ 4:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to bring Peter Flannery’s novel, First And Only, to the big screen, a UK-based studio with the same name as the book has launched a Seedrs initiative to raise £120,000 for the film’s production. The thriller, which was published through Amazon, has had over 60,000 downloads since its… Read More

June 6, 2016 @ 3:53 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Porky’s BBQ, a London-based restaurant, recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £650,000 as it prepares to open two new locations. The company was founded by husband and wife, Joy and Simon Brigg, who were former owners of Fogg’s Restaurant. They started Porky’s after traveling to… Read More

June 6, 2016 @ 3:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two weeks until its Kickstarter comes to an end, Chuck Palahniuk’s Lullaby film adaptation project has successfully secured its initial $250,000 goal. As previously reported, Oregon independent filmmaker, Josh Leake, and his team at Mindpollen Studios launched the Kickstarter initiative for the 2002 novel. Palahniuk is an American novelist and… Read More

June 6, 2016 @ 1:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, Platonic Games officially confirmed that its Kickstarter success Yooka-Laylee is set to be released in the first quarter of 2017. Yooka-Laylee is an all-new 3D platforming adventure for consoles and PC. During its run on the crowdfunding giant’s platform, the video game successfully captured £2,090,104 from 73,206… Read More

June 6, 2016 @ 12:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Virgin Media Business was named the new holder of the Guinness World Records’ longest business pitch marathon. This was done through the company’s current competition, VOOM 2016, which has 158 businesses pitching back-to-back to a panel of judges over the course of 28 hour,… Read More

June 6, 2016 @ 11:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pronto, a London-based restaurant that provides healthy meals delivered hot with a 25-minute free delivery, recently took to equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs with a mission to raise £689,000 as it prepares to expand its services throughout the famous UK city. The company has successfully secured its initial… Read More

June 6, 2016 @ 10:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, worldwide technology company, Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE:ARW), announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire the global internet media portfolio focused on technology and electronic design from UBM, which includes EE Times, EDN, ESM, Embedded, EBN, TechONline, and Datasheets.com. Matt Anderson, chief digital… Read More

June 6, 2016 @ 9:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

California-based food company, Back to the Roots, announced on Monday that it has secured $10 million during its new Series A Funding round, which was led by Acre Venture Partners and also includes funding from S2G Ventures and Red Sea Ventures. The company revealed that it has launched 10… Read More

June 6, 2016 @ 8:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, mobile crowdfunding aggregator, OFF3R, announced that it has surpasses 1 million in-app interactions since its app’s launch in June 2015. During its beta phase, the app drove over 50,000 requests for more deal info from 35 partner platforms such a Crowdcube, Seedrs and Zopa. OFF3R revealed on Twitter the milestone through… Read More

June 4, 2016 @ 11:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, virtual school-gate community, Classlist, announced that it has successfully secured its initial funding goal of £550,000 through equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube, As previously reported, Classlist enables parent communities to work together on a wide range of family related activities. It also offers a private social network for each school… Read More