April 19, 2016 @ 2:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Haughton Honey, a distributor of English honey, has recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with a mission to raise £80,000 as it prepares to expand its third party distribution and new flavors development. The company is currently offering 18.60% in equity. The business, which has… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 12:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, creators of Kickstarter alum Armello, League of Geeks, announced that the game is set to hit Xbox One later this year.  The description of the game reads,“The King, once Armello’s wise and benevolent ruler, has fallen ill to a dark and mysterious force known only as… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 11:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digitzs, a modern and disruptive global payments API, announced on Tuesday that it has teamed up with Shark Tank alum, Kevin Harrington, to launch an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdfunder. The company is now seeking to raise $750,000. As previously reported, Digitzs’ product was “developed by pros from Visa,… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 10:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the closing of its successful Seedrs initiative, the crew at UK-based Friction Free Shaving discussed the crowdfunding experience with Business Quarters. The company, which was founded by Des McManus and Aidan Burley, offers a monthly subscription service that is  designed exclusively for women. Friction… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 9:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, online resource for small business finance, Biz2Credit announced it conducted a survey that included more than 1,500 small business owners. The report stated nearly eight out of ten minority entrepreneurs are confidence that their businesses will grow in the next twelve month while… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 9:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter announced details about its “Game Dungeon” at the PAX East 2016 gaming convention in Boston April 22nd-24th. The show is considered one of the largest gaming events in North America. While discussing the event, the Kickstarter crew stated: “Publishers, developers, and… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 4:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Success! Last week, UK-based craft brewery, Brewgooder, smashed its initial £50,000 Indiegogo goal. The company launched the initiative last month so that it could provide clean water to the masses. Co-founders of the startup, Alan Mahon and Josh Littlejohn, revealed that they created the concept… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 4:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pocket App, a UK-based independent app developer, announced last week that it has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Best Use of Mobile Payment category of 2016’s The Drum Marketing on Mobile Awards (MOMAs). The company launched the campaign on Seedrs last month to raise  £750,000 in funding… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 2:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, crowdfunding platform for music, PledgeMusic, announced that it has appointed Warner Music Group veteran, Paula Woollatt, as head of UK/EUR manufacturing and fulfillment. According to the funding portal, Woollatt held various positions at Warner Music Group including head of creative production for the Atlantic, Parlophone,… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, SyndicateRoom’s co-founder and CEO, Gonçalo de Vasconcelos, sat down with Proactive Investors to discuss the firm’s growth and development. As previously reported, Gonçalo came to the UK from his native Portugal for a role in banking and never left. SyndicateRoom is a crowdfunding platform… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 12:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Last week, creator of Jibo, Cynthia Breazeal, uploaded a video of her testing out the sound location of the Indiegogo project’s prototypes. Breazeal and her team shared: “One of Jibo’s most useful capabilities is that he can listen for a speaker and turn to face them,… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 12:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube announced its first quarterly edition of Cubed magazine. The publication reportedly demonstrates the power of the crowd and all that can be achieved thanks to backers’ investment. The portal revealed: “Crowdfunding came into existence just five years ago when Luke Lang… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based restaurant, Steakout, recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £400,000 as it prepares to open new locations throughout the UK. Steakout, which was founded in 2008, serves celebrity-endorsed steaks from its 8 franchised restaurants around in London, Slough, Woking, Leicester, Southall, and Harrow…. Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just before the premiere of the Kickstarter-success Leonard Nimoy film, For the Love of Spock, at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival  the Star Trek actor’s son, Adam Nimoy, sat down with the Hollywood Reporter to discuss the film and legacy his father left. Last year, before Leonard’s passing, he and Adam approached… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 11:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, the University of Akron in Ohio announced that it was launching a Kickstarter campaign to establish the National Museum of Psychology. The initiative is looking to raise $250,000, which will cover the cost of developing and placing the museum into the Drs. Nicholas and… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

QuickLiquidity announced on Thursday that it has acquired partnership interest in a $30 million real estate portfolio, which reportedly portfolio consists of 5 triple net lease CVS’s and 3 Hy-Vee’s, totaling over 220,000-square-feet of single tenant properties with long-term leases and self-amortizing loans. A. Yoni Miller,… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 10:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just three days after Cryptozoic Entertainment and Sony Pictures Consumer Products launched Ghostbusters: The Board Game II on Kickstarter, backers have secured half a million for the new game. The initiative originally sought to raise $250,000 and achieved the goal within just two hours. Ghostbusters:The Board Game II features… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 9:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Offering up an insight on China’s market growth, China Rapid Finance’s CEO, Dr. Zane Wang, spoke at the LendIt USA 2016 conference that China has become the largest and fastest-growing online lending market in the world. Wang explained that the China market has huge potential and growth opportunities,… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 8:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Global Crowdfunding Convention (GCC), an annual event where people gather to network and learn about #crowdfunding, today announced that its fifth annual event will be held October 15-17, 2016 at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas.  For two days, the GCC will host crowdfunding… Read More

April 14, 2016 @ 8:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two weeks until Billy Franks’ crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube comes to an end, it was revealed that former Virgin Galactic president, Will Whitehorn has backed the artisan jerky company’s initiative. The company, which Mail on Sunday Magazine named “The Aston Martin of Jerky,” is… Read More