May 12, 2016 @ 10:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Rob Love, chairman of Crowdfunder UK, sat down with Nick Ferrari from LBC Radio this week to discuss the reward-based crowdfunding platform’s involvement with Virgin Media Business’ Voom 2016 competition. The competition gives entrepreneurs and small and medium-sized businesses the opportunity to pitch their ideas to Sir… Read More

May 12, 2016 @ 10:40 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

XY Findables announced on Thursday that it has received $2 Million in indications of interest to invest for its recently launched Regulation A+ equity crowdfunding initiative on StartEngine. As previously reported, XY Findables ran a successful rewards-based crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter back in 2014 for its product, XY… Read More

May 12, 2016 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Success! Interdimensional Games’ Consortium: The Tower video game will soon be a reality, thanks to over 3000 Fig backers. The game first hit the crowdfunding platform and quickly secured its initial $300,000 goal. Now, 30 days later, it has achieved nearly $350,000.  CONSORTIUM: The Tower, the second in… Read More

May 12, 2016 @ 8:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, New Zealand equity crowdfunding platform PledgeMe announced startup Eat My Lunch is launching the first campaign for its soon to launch lending platform, PledgeMe.Lend. Last month, co-founder and CEO of PledgeMe, Anna Guenther, announced the New Zealand-based crowdfunding portal has received approved by the Financial Markets Authority… Read More

May 11, 2016 @ 4:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its crowdfunding campaign on SyndicateRoom set to close on Thursday evening, British fashion brand, Beulah London, has captured close to £430,000. As previously reported, Beulah London was started by Lavinia Brennan and friend of Kate Middleton, Lady Natasha Rufus. It offers tops, skirts, dresses, jackets,… Read More

May 11, 2016 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, creator of Kickstarter alum Peachy Printer announced an employee has been accused of using the funds from the initiative to build his house in Canada. The printer, which was developed by Canadian startup Rinnovated Design,  translates 3D designs into audio waveform and uses a computer’s auxiliary headphone… Read More

May 11, 2016 @ 2:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced that it has decided to put its IPO market plans on hold for now. Following a £6 million funding round, led by Numis, last year, Crowdcube revealed that it was planning to leverage over 200,000 registered users and introduce them… Read More

May 11, 2016 @ 2:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Blake LDN, a UK-based women’s luxury knitwear brand, has debuted its crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The company is looking to raise £125,000 as it continues to develop its website and hire key employees for U.S. and Asia locations. Launched in 2012, Blake LDN was founded by British designer… Read More

May 11, 2016 @ 11:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Indiegogo alum, Jibo, Inc. announced that it has formed a partnership with BANDAI NAMCO Entertainment Europe to create a new family experience on the robot’s platform. BANDAI is known for its work on PAC-MAN.  David Aubert, MIS director and project leader of BANDAI NAMCO… Read More

May 11, 2016 @ 10:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Late last year, Paramount and CBS announced they have filed a lawsuit against independent Star Trek film, Axanar. The film has raised over $1 million through Indiegogo and Kickstarter campaigns. The production was considered a feature film, but was to be broken down into four episodes following the four acts of the script. Paramount and… Read More

May 11, 2016 @ 9:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, UK digital bank Tandem announced that it was making preparations to launch a crowdfunding campaign to raise $1.4 million through its very own site. Just a few weeks after this announcement, the company revealed that the initiative is set to go live on May 19th and… Read More

May 10, 2016 @ 4:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding giant Kickstarter recently announced it has updated its privacy policy for campaign backers. The website stated that these new updates will go into effect on June 9th. Kickstarter shared it will only collect: Information (such as name, email and postal addresses, telephone number, and country… Read More

May 10, 2016 @ 3:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than 24 hours until its Crowdcube campaign comes to an end, Chinese takeaway Zing Zing has successfully captured over £1.2 million from 600 investors. Zing Zing, which was founded by Josh Magisdon, offers up Chinese cuisine that has a modern and healthy twist. Each… Read More

May 10, 2016 @ 2:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform RealtyMogul.com announced on Tuesday it has closed an $860,000 equity investment for a 23-unit multifamily property in Plainfield, New Jersey, which is located just 25 miles outside of New York City. According to the website, the property is 100 percent-occupied apartment building and is… Read More

May 10, 2016 @ 1:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, CEO of Fig, Justin Bailey, announced that former Epic games developer and Boss Key Productions founder, Cliff Bleszinksi, has invested in the crowdfunding platform. Bailey shared in a recent blog post: “Esteemed developer, industry supporter and all around great guy, Cliff Bleszinski has invested in… Read More

May 10, 2016 @ 12:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Big news for Kickstarter filmmakers! The crowdfunding giant announced on Tuesday one million people have collectively backed more than 12,000 documentary film projects and more than 5,000 of those projects have been successfully funded. The Kickstarter team declared: “Thousands of documentary filmmakers have turned to… Read More

May 10, 2016 @ 11:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, online resource for small business finance, Biz2Credit announced its recent reported revealed that loan approval rates at banks improved while alternative lenders’ percentage dropped significantly last month. The website confirmed that big banks ($10 billion+ in assets) approved 23.1% of loan applications in… Read More

May 10, 2016 @ 10:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, crowdfunding platform GoFundMe announced its community has raised over $300,000 for the Fort McMurray fire victims. The fire, which started on May 1st, began in Alberta and has destroy homes and businesses leaving 88,000 people displaced. Rob Solomon, GoFundMe CEO, stated: “This fire… Read More

May 10, 2016 @ 10:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Crowdcube #FundedClub member, Cell Therapy (CTL), announced it has received £12.5M in a Japan Rights Deal. The Welsh biotech company, co-founded by Nobel Prize winner Sir Martin Evans, raised £689,246 through the equity crowdfunding platform to help cell-based regeneration medicine for heart trauma get to… Read More

May 10, 2016 @ 9:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a couple months after successfully securing £1,362,780 through its Crowdcube initiative, UK-based shoe brand Vivobarefoot has launched a Kickstarter campaign with a mission to raise $100,000 so that it can bring its shoe, SAN-dal, to the U.S. To date, Vivobarefoot has reportedly sold over 1 million pairs of shoes…. Read More