July 31, 2015 @ 12:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fueled by $6.5M USD in Series A financing in April, TradeGecko, a cloud-based inventory and multichannel management platform for apparel and accessories, is leveraging its resources to become one of the fastest growing startups in Singapore. Since this spring, TradeGecko has increased its headcount by 25% and added… Read More

July 31, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just four months after Colorado announced its equity crowdfunding law, the Centennial State’s government officials announced that its residents will be able to participate in equity funding projects starting this upcoming Wednesday. Governor John Hickenlooper signed the Colorado Crowdfunding Act into law back in April, which will allow the state’s… Read More

July 31, 2015 @ 11:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SlamData Inc., commercial developer of the SlamData open source project, today announced the company has raised a significant seed funding round led by True Ventures. The financing will be used to enhance the visual analytics and Enterprise capabilities of the project as well as expand… Read More

July 31, 2015 @ 10:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

New Castle County Council voted to unanimously approve the Delaware Board of Trade (DBOT) resolution, allowing for the issuance of $15 million in revenue bonds to fund the construction of a new stock exchange in the City of Wilmington. The bonds will be the obligation of DBOT and will not… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 4:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only three more days until Red Ash’s Kickstarter comes to an end, it looks like the game will not receive its full $800,000. But no worries Keiji Inafune fans, the project will still get off the ground thanks to Chinese digital entertainment company FUZE Entertainment. The game, which… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 4:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Curiosity Kills Ltd., the production firm behind the upcoming film Welcome to Curiosity, recently launched a third equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise another £30,000 following a series of problems on the set. According to Insider Media, Welcome to Curiosity is first hit the crowdfunding platform in June 2014… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 2:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Catchpoint Systems, Inc., a provider of web and infrastructure performance monitoring solutions, announces it has completed a $16 million Series C funding with proceeds earmarked to accelerate the company’s rapid growth. The funding includes $6 million from Battery Ventures, which has provided the capital in… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 1:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

While backers continue to wait for the highly anticipated Kickstarter project, Exploding Kittens, the creators of the project have announced exciting news. Exploding Kittens is a highly strategic kitty-powered version of Russian Roulette. Players take turns drawing cards until someone draws an exploding kitten and loses the… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 1:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Optoro, a platform for returned and excess inventory, connecting buyers and sellers worldwide, today announced that it has received a $40 million debt financing commitment from TriplePoint Venture Growth BDC Corporation, a non-bank venture debt provider, and Square 1 Bank, the premier banking partner to entrepreneurs… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 12:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Autopilot, a multi-channel marketing automation platform, today announced a $7M strategic investment to bring personalized marketing to the masses, increasing total funding to $20.5M. The company aims to fill the void between basic email software and complex marketing software designed for the tech elite, and will use… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 10:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Beauty brand, Revlon, announced on Thursday the second phase of its new philanthropic platform designed to have a greater impact on women’s health initiatives with the Revlon LOVE IS ON Million Dollar Challenge. The Revlon LOVE IS ON Million Dollar Challenge is inviting charities dedicated to three leading health… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 10:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Behalf, a payments platform targeted at small and mid-sized businesses, announced a Series B equity round and credit facility totaling $119M. MissionOG, an early to growth stage venture capital firm chaired by Gene Lockhart, the former CEO of MasterCard, led the equity round. Lockhart is joining… Read More

July 30, 2015 @ 9:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SoFi, a marketplace lender, announced it has priced a securitization of $417.6 million in refinanced student loans. It also announced SoFi was considered the first fintech company to receive an “AAA” rating from DBRS and an “AA2” from Moody’s for the senior notes, which equaled $387.3 million. Nino Fanlo, SoFi CFO/COO,… Read More

July 29, 2015 @ 4:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based Natural Weight Loss Company recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £55,000 to fight against obesity with a new milkshake, MaxMeal. The company, which was created by nutritionist Max Tomlinson and his wife Filipa Tomlinson, shared: “Obesity is a global problem costing $2 trillion, and… Read More

July 29, 2015 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than 12 hours until its Indiegogo campaign comes to an end, smart piano and light keyboard, the ONE, has successfully raised over $300,000 thanks to nearly 850 backers. The ONE is self-dubbed as “the fastest and most affordable way to learn pop songs and classical… Read More

July 29, 2015 @ 2:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equity crowdfunding platform Seedrs revealed this week that it has raised £10 million during a Series A round led by Woodford Patient Capital Trust plc (WPCT) and Augmentum Capital. The funds will reportedly be used to launch into the U.S. market. According to TechCrunch, the platform previously captured $7.2… Read More

July 29, 2015 @ 1:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Credibly, an emerging Fintech platform that leverages data science and analytics to improve the speed, cost and choice of capital available to all small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has launched a new educational platform, In.Credibly.com, to help businesses evaluate working capital needs. The resource hub is… Read More

July 29, 2015 @ 12:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, San Francisco brand, Peak Designs, took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its new product, the Everyday Messenger. During the first few days on the platform, the accessory successfully captured its initial goal quickly and is now sitting at $1.2 million… Read More

July 29, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

His recent “Greece Bailout” Indiegogo campaigns quickly gained attention worldwide, but while both his campaigns were not as successful as he hoped, Thom Feeney believes that his projects (along with others) do not require a large campaign team. According to GrowthBusiness, Feeney stated while speaking… Read More

July 29, 2015 @ 10:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With one year in the rearview mirror, FirstBuild takes lessons learned as GE’s first startup, global online co-creation community and microfactory to plan for what is shaping up to be an even more exciting second year. FirstBuild is GE’s “co-creation community.” Described as a physical… Read More