September 2, 2015 @ 4:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, former NFL wide receiver Mark Clayton took to crowdfunding platform Kickstarter with a mission to raise $75,000 for his new over-ear headphones, LIVV. Clayton teamed up with audio specialist Dale Lott to create the headphones for active lifestyles. The project’s description reads:… Read More

September 2, 2015 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, CouProm Travel announced that it has teamed up with TravelStarter offer its mobile app to all the travel agencies worldwide that wants to create an extension of their services pre-during and after visiting the destination at no cost to the agency, giving the travel agencies and independent hotel… Read More

September 2, 2015 @ 2:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Visualsoft, an award-winning UK eCommerce agency, has launched a campaign on equity crowdfunding platform Growthfunders to raise£150,000 for its new tech startup, Hive. Originally designed for use within the Visualsoft office, Hive is a cloud-based software solution which measures employee engagement and has been developed… Read More

September 2, 2015 @ 12:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Navmii, the smart navigation and traffic app for drivers, announces on Wednesday the launch of its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. Investors can help fund future product development to make Navmii the “ultimate, intuitive driving assistant.” The company aims to raise at least £1M, valuing the… Read More

September 2, 2015 @ 11:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday,  Indiegogo announced a new feature on its other platform, Indiegogo Life: A fundraising page dedicated to medical projects. The global crowdfunding platform declared: “Though the uninsured rate among US adults has dropped more than 4 percentage points since passage of the Affordable Care… Read More

September 2, 2015 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crosswise, an innovator in cross-device identification mapping, announced today that it has closed a $3 million Series A round of financing led by Pereg Ventures with the participation of ZhenFund, Emerge and existing investors Giza Venture Capital, OurCrowd and Horizons Ventures. The company will use the… Read More

September 2, 2015 @ 8:55 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, LendInvest revealed an entirely new visual identity, including a new logo and website. The rebranding highlights the key strengths of the company. The peer-to-peer lending platform started out in 2013 as an investment product for High Net Worth investors (initially with a minimum investment… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 4:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following its never-ending legal battle with Kickstarter,  crowdfunding platform ArtistShare has moved on and announced that it submitted recording for consideration to the 58th Grammy Awards. ArtistShare offered up seven new fan-funded recordings for consideration in the 58th Grammy Awards. Its previous recordings have received… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 3:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Armello backers, the wait is over! The game, which was first introduced on Kickstarter last year by League of Geeks, is now available for PS4, Windows, Mac and Linux. The description of the game reads,”The King, once Armello’s wise and benevolent ruler, has fallen ill to a… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 3:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kicking Bird Pte Ltd, a Singapore based film distribution and production house, announced plans to  launch a crowdfunding campaign on FundedByMe to raise funds for the production of the upcoming film Untot, a fictional horror film set in World War II starring Hayden Christensen of Star… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 12:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Electronic powerhouse, Sony, recently announced that it has launched a crowdfunding campaign on its own platform, First Flight, to raise funds for the brand new smartwatch, Wena Wrist. Sony first debuted First Flight in June, which is dedicated to plans inside its company. The platform is said to not… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 11:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cinedigm (NASDAQ: CIDM) will release Kickstarter alum and award-winning film A BRAVE HEART: THE LIZZIE VELASQUEZ STORY on Friday, September 25th in the following cities: New York, Los Angeles, Austin, Washington D.C., Dallas, Houston, Philadelphia, Scottsdale/Phoenix, San Antonio, Minneapolis, San Francisco, and Chicago, as well as on Digital… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 11:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Women Who Tech, which is on a mission to showcase and fund women-led startups, announced it will host the second Women Startup Challenge in New York City on November 9th at Microsoft in Times Square. Women Startup Challenge NYC, in partnership with Craig Newmark of craigslist… Read More

September 1, 2015 @ 9:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Beehive, the UAE’s leading online marketplace for peer-to-peer (P2P) finance, has been certified as a Sharia-compliant P2P finance platform by the Shariyah Review Bureau (SRB). The certification makes Beehive the first P2P platform in the world to have a third party independently confirm its processes… Read More

August 31, 2015 @ 4:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to share details about the newly launched bitcoin-powered crowdfunding platform, Gok!llo, the site’s Business Development Manager Ram Budime sat down with Coin Telegraph to discuss how it stands out from the competition. According to the media outlet, Gok!llo is a crowdfunding platform that uses bitcoin as… Read More

August 31, 2015 @ 4:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seems fans of Larian Studios‘ Divinity: Original Sin are really looking forward to the game’s highly anticipated sequel! Divinity: Original Sin 2 hit Kickstarter last week and quickly received its initial goal of $500,000. Within five days of its launch, the project scored over $1 million. Divinity: Original Sin first hit the… Read More

August 31, 2015 @ 3:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Trovita Health Sciences, the company behind ENU Nutritional Shakes, launched a crowdfunding campaign on CircleUp to to continue growth of its flagship brand ENU, and to launch a new patent-pending product for enteral nutrition. Trovita Health Science is an emerging specialty health and nutrition company,… Read More

August 31, 2015 @ 2:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hochanda, the self-dubbed home of arts and crafts, has recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise nearly 2 million to expand its new television services. The company, which its name is an acronym for “Home of Crafts Hobbies and Arts,” is described… Read More

August 31, 2015 @ 12:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Apparently, an exciting and epic experience is in store as One Spark’s “World’s Largest Crowdfunding Festival” prepares for its fourth year. The board of directors of One Spark, along with its key staff leadership, announced today details of the upcoming festival, which will take place Thursday,… Read More

August 31, 2015 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Good Luck Chuck LLC, a Boulder-based sunflower seed butter company, announce this week that it has initiated its first round of funding through crowdfunding platform, CircleUp. The brand stated: “Good Luck Chuck seeks to gain a national acceptance by appealing to groups that are typically ignored… Read More