May 11, 2015 @ 10:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

LendMe today announced that it has received its peer-to-peer(P2P) license from the Financial Markets Authority and is the first peer to peer lender in New Zealand to specialize in secured lending; offering a range of loan products that will be secured by mortgage over borrowers’… Read More

May 9, 2015 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to give backers a “progress report,” the team of Kickstarter-success Exploding Kittens has unveiled playtest results of the game being played thousands of times. Last month, the game’s creators, the Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman along with Xbox’s Elan Lee and Shane Small, put the power… Read More

May 9, 2015 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, a Burlington woman named Cynthia Lynn Smith was accused of scamming backers on GoFundMe by faking a rare neurological disease known as Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy. Authorities confirmed that Smith went as far as acting out symptoms to convince family and friends to help her… Read More

May 9, 2015 @ 8:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of Mother’s Day (this Sunday), Indiegogo Life has teamed up with BigTent by Care.com, an online destination for local parenting groups, for a special tribute to all the mothers throughout the world. The global crowdfunding platform shared: “We all remember how parents used to communicate… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 4:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chris Hansen’s Kickstarter project Hansen vs. Predator raced through its initial funding goal with 7 days left on the campaign clock. Nearly 1,000 backers have pledged over $77,000 in show of support for the new investigation to bring sexual predators to justice.  Clearing this goal means that a new investigation… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 3:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Equitise, a new Australian equity crowdfunding platform, announced this week that its very first investment opportunity, Tourism Radio New Zealand, has finished its funding round and successfully raised over $211,000. Equitise announced the campaign earlier this year, revealing that the company was needing to raise a… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 1:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

RealCrowd, the online commercial real estate investment platform that last year funded properties with an aggregate value of nearly $1 billion, has been chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnFinance “Companies to Watch” for 2015. Firms on the OnFinance list are positioned at the… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 1:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking the help of devoted fans, ZZ Top bandmate, Billy Gibbon has teamed up with Pura Vida Tequila to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $200,000 to begin expanding the new Texas-based brand. Explaining why the brand is different from the rest, the Pura… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 12:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Next Thing Co., an Oakland, California tech startup, launched a Kickstarter campaign on Thursday to raise $50,000 for its brand new only $9 computer, C.H.I.P. Within only 24 hours, the project has already raised well over its initial goal and currently sitting at nearly 200,000 thanks to… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

It’s a devastating story that has been shocking America for a couple months now. A Colorado woman by the name of Dynel Lane took to online personal website Craigslist to sell some baby clothes. Future mom Michelle Wilkins responded to the ad and met with Lane on March 18th… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 9:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Almost a year old, gaming digital currency HYPER continues to grow in the number of ways people can win HYPER playing games like Counter-Strike, and in the strength of the overall ecosystem. The HYPER head developer is excited to be involved in a community takeover of gaming… Read More

May 8, 2015 @ 8:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The results are in: “Give Local America 2015,” which ran non-stop around the country on May 5th, is officially dubbed as the “largest, single-day, charitable crowdfunding event to date.” Through the course of the day, hundreds of thousands of donors were activated in 180 communities… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 4:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help those affected by last month’s earthquake in Nepal, crowdfunding platform GoFundMe has announced it will donate $150,000 towards the relief efforts. The GoFundMe team stated: “In a continuing effort to aid those affected by the terrible earthquake in Nepal, GoFundMe has made… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 4:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, New York-based developer, Impeller Studios, took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise $250,000 for the team-based PvP multiplayer space shooter,  STARFIGHTER INC.  STARFIGHTER INC is described as a Hardcore PvP multiplayer space warfare focused on pure, unadulterated tactical simulation combat. It is a hard-science… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 1:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Comedian, television host, actor, and author, Stephen Colbert, announced that he has partnered with Share Fair Nation and ScanSource to fund every classroom project in South Carolina on DonorsChoose. Together, the three contributions will fund nearly 1,000 projects for more than 800 teachers at over 375 schools, totaling $800,000. Colbert, a South Carolina native, announced the… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 1:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bobbleheads are trending! First Hilary Clinton, now emotional band member! On Thursday, the National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum launched a Kickstarter to produce bobbleheads of Roxanne Chalifoux, who became an online sensation when a TV camera captured her crying while playing the piccolo in Villanova’s band… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 12:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In an effort to get ahead of its competitors, Spotify, new UK-based Psonar has hit equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to raise £250,000 so that it can continue to develop its music services. Psnoar is described as an on-demand streaming music service (aka a virtual jukebox in the… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 11:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in October of 1985, Orson Welles, an American actor, director, writer and producer, passed away from a heart attack. The Hollywood star not only left an amazing legacy, but his final project, which has been left uncompleted and unnoticed. Now just thirty years later, three… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 10:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Central Standard Timing announced that after two years and over a million dollars, which was given by Kickstarter backers, it will be unable to provide its famous watch, CST-01. The timepiece, which was dubbed the “thinnest watch in the world” was said to be 0.8 mm… Read More

May 7, 2015 @ 9:32 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digitzs  a new merchant payment platform, announced the launch of an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdfunder to raise $500,000. Digitzs founders, Laura Wagner and the first CFO of PayPal, David Jaques, will use the funds to complete the Digitzs’ suite of payment solutions, which will launch this… Read More