July 24, 2015 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With nearly one more week until Red Ash’s Kickstarter campaign comes to an end, it seems as though Keiji Inafune’s latest creation isn’t getting as much attention as the well-known video game developer had hoped. The game’s story (so far) reads: “Danger looms over hundreds of thousands… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 3:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Giving kids a reason to love rainy days, Northfolk-based startup Holly and Beau has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £50,000 for its color changing rainwear. The company was founded in 2012 by brother and sister duo Jack and Fleur Passant. They were inspired to create… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 2:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Zimplistic, the kitchen robotics company devoted to making healthy eating easy has completed a Series B investment round of $11.5 million from NSI Ventures and RBVC. The funds will go towards mainly the company’s fully automatic flatbread maker, Rotimatic. In Zimplistic’s initial launch last year, the… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 12:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, co-founder of Kickstarter Charles Adler opened his latest project, Center for Lost Arts, in Chicago. According to the Chicago Tribute, Adler unveiled the center, which is inside a former West Town meat wholesaler that was about to be torn down for less than $50,000. He… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Voxel8, creator of multi-material 3D electronics printers, announced on Friday that it has secured a $12 million Series A round of financing. Braemar Energy Ventures and ARCH Venture Partners led the round and were joined by Autodesk through its Spark Investment Fund and In-Q-Tel. Voxel8 will use the capital to expand… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 11:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SocietyOne, Australia’s peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform, announced that Mitchel Harad has joined the company as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Harad was the Vice President of Marketing of Lending Club, a leading direct lender with headquarters in San Francisco. Leading Lending Club’s borrower marketing efforts over the… Read More

July 24, 2015 @ 9:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CarPrice, an online used car broker and auctioneer based out of Russia, announced that it closed $40 million in Series B funding led by Baring Vostok Private Equity Fund V, with additional participation from Almaz Capital and other investors. The funding will be used to… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 4:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ginkgo Bioworks, an organism design company, today announced that it has raised $45 million in an oversubscribed Series B round. Viking Global, a firm managing more than $30 billion in capital, led the round along with previous investors including OS Fund, Y Combinator and Felicis… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 3:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

500px, a global photo community for discovering, sharing, buying, and selling the highest quality photography, announced today that it has closed a $13 million Series B round led by strategic investor Visual China Group, a provider of digital visual content and solutions listed in China… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 2:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help writers and publishers campaign organizers with their projects, Kickstarter offers up some tips on how to successfully create a great campaign pitch video. The crowdfunding platform declared: “A video is one of the first things your backers will see — but that… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 1:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few days after announcing its partnership with Kickstarter, The Smithsonian Institution received some supporters from a non-crowdfunding backer, D.C. congressional delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton. Norton introduced her bill to strengthen both the Smithsonian’s governance and fundraising capacity, marking the first significant change to the… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, crowdfunding platform EquityNet announced the release of new crowdfunding statistics for 2015 based on a sampling of over 15,000 U.S. businesses listed on EquityNet from 2007 to present day. Judd Hollas, founder and CEO of EquityNet stated: “EquityNet has been a leader when it comes to tracking the… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 11:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendingPoint, an online direct loan provider, is excited to announce that it has added global payments industry expert Charlie Fote to its board of directors. Fote brings nearly four decades of global market leadership, as CEO and Founder of the Fotec Group, a company at the… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SmartAsset, a personal finance technology company, and EVEN Financial, a supply-side platform for Marketplace Lending, today jointly announced a strategic partnership aimed at helping consumers find the best personal loans. Ian Rosen, EVEN Financial CEO, explained: “Our tools allow companies like SmartAsset to easily offer their… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 10:11 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Dealstruck, the online lender that provides lending solutions for small businesses at every stage of their lifecycle, today announced that it received another $10 million capital investment from Community Investment Management LLC (“CIM”), an investment firm focused on marketplace lending. This investment allows Dealstruck to… Read More

July 23, 2015 @ 9:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SutroVax, a recently established biopharmaceutical vaccine company, announced on Thursday the completion of a $22 million Series A financing round. This round was led by Abingworth, the international investment group, with participation from Longitude Capital, Roche Venture Fund and CTI Life Sciences Fund. SutroVax is developing vaccines… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 5:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready for their big comeback, the bandmates of Sum 41 recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on PledgeMusic for their new album. The band is making a comeback after last year incident, in which frontman Deryck Whibley was forced into a coma when his liver and kidneys collapsed. Immediately… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 4:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year,  Luna, a mattress cover that heats beds AND tracks sleep, launched on Indiegogo with a promise that it’ll help users sleep better for the price of $219. Originally seeking only $100,000, the comfy invention quickly surpassed the initial goal and by the campaign’s… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 3:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Golden Pacific Capital is offering $10M equity participation in a professionally-managed, leveraged investment fund through real estate crowdfunding platform, Crowdflipr. This project is focused on the acquisition and rental of Kansas City (“KC”) single family residence (“SFR”) real estate. The KC Distressed SFR Fund is based on its… Read More

July 22, 2015 @ 2:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of its 20 years of Tech, CNET recently featured experts to share details about the growth of the industry. One of those was Indiegogo’s CEO and co-founder, Slava Rubin. In his article, Crowdfunding lets people decide which products matter, Rubin shared details about Indiegogo: “Innovation… Read More