April 14, 2015 @ 12:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fuel3D, a developer of 3D scanning solutions, today announced the full retail availability of SCANIFY, a handheld, point-and-shoot 3D scanner built to enable consumers to 3D scan objects in high-resolution shape and color in under one second. North American consumers can purchase SCANIFY through WYNIT distribution… Read More

April 14, 2015 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

MobCraft Beer, an award winning Madison craft brewery, announced that it has closed one of the first intrastate equity crowdfunding campaigns in the U.S. The campaign received an initial commitment of $75,000 from 57 investors, topping the Kickstarter brewery record of $71,000. The round ultimately… Read More

April 14, 2015 @ 11:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Money360, Inc., an online marketplace and peer-to-peer (P2P) lending platform that directly connects commercial real estate borrowers with accredited investors, today announced that is has secured $110 million to originate/purchase loans to borrowers through its online lending platform. The funds were secured through a $100 million loan purchase agreement and partnership… Read More

April 14, 2015 @ 10:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chinese Internet Giant Baidu, and Carmel Ventures, Co-Lead $5M Investment Round in Tonara, the Leading Music Education Technology Platform Today, Tonara, a music education technology company, announced a $5 million investment round led by Baidu, China’s leading search engine, and Carmel Ventures. Baidu’s investment and partnership… Read More

April 14, 2015 @ 9:41 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Barracuda luggage, the new fully-collapsible carry-on with built-in tray, ergonomic swivel handle, advanced GSM-GPRS technology, easy open flap and USB charger, has officially launched on Kickstarter and is available for pre-order. Barracuda’s distinctive design includes exclusive features, both technological and practical, to enhance the travel… Read More

April 14, 2015 @ 9:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lending Club (NYSE: LC), the largest online marketplace connecting borrowers and investors, and Citi  (NYSE: C) are launching a pioneering new partnership with Varadero Capital L.P., an alternative management firm focused on specialized credit investments, to facilitate up to $150 million in loans designed to provide more affordable credit to underserved… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 6:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise has shared a bit of history.  The first ever crowdfunded real estate project has opened up as a “communal food” and retail market in the H Street corridor in our nation’s Capitol. Maketto, located at 1351 H Street NE, was… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 3:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only six more days until its record-breaking Indiegogo campaign comes to an end, Australia’s Flow Hive has successfully raised over $10 million thanks to nearly 28,000 backers. As previously reported, Flow Hive was created by father-son duo Cedar and Stuart Anderson and is considered… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 3:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Two years ago at NAB, CTRL+Console demoed a prototype of its mobile app for iPad control of Adobe Premiere Pro CC for video editing. This was just the first of many interfaces by the company that turn iPads into intuitive controllers for creative software. Today,… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 1:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With his and Broken Lizard’s Indiegogo campaign, Super Troopers 2, continuing to near recording-breaking funds, director and co-star Jay Chandrasekhar sat down with NPR’s Tamara Keith to share more details about the highly anticipated sequel. As previously reported, Chandrasekhar and his Broken Lizard team took to Indiegogo last… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 12:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Well, it’s official: Con Man and Super Troopers 2 have not only hit the record books at crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo, they each have become two of top most film projects in the funding methods history by beating out Zach Braff’s Wish I was Here.  Last week, Con Man finished its… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 11:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

In an effort to increase transparency and trust, popular reward-based crowdfunding platform Indiegogo has launched new feature: campaign profile cards. Sharing details about the feature, Indiegogo’s Julian Wong stated: “At Indiegogo, we routinely gather feedback from users and use this information to help determine what features… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

A medical crowdfunding platform called Right to Live is looking for donors to help those struggling with healthcare expenses in India. The Bangalore-based platform is on a mission to create a transparent healthcare network that will enable financial donors, organizations, the corporate section and the government to come together to… Read More

April 13, 2015 @ 8:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gridmates announced a new donation-based, energy crowdfunding site that will allow donors to browse through a directory of distressed electricity customer profiles and then donate energy assistance. The site seeks to help low-income customers such as single moms with young children, elderly couples, disabled veterans, storm/hurricane survivors and… Read More

April 11, 2015 @ 12:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to revive an in demand reality television series, former NBC correspondent, Chris Hansen, has announced that he is preparing to launch a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to bring back To Catch a Predator under the new name, Hansen vs. Predator Per its synopsis, To Catch a Predator follows… Read More

April 11, 2015 @ 12:11 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, GoFundMe pulled the plug on a campaign that was dedicated to South Carolina police officer, Michael Slager, after he was charged for the murder of an unarmed man, Walter L. Scott. The charges were filed after a video of the event revealed Slager shooting… Read More

April 10, 2015 @ 4:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

A very determined Canadian man is doing whatever it takes to break a Guinness Record… even if that means involving National Treasure star, Nicolas Cage. Earlier this week, Windsor resident, Thom Malone hit Kickstarter to raise $52,000 for a 21,646-square meter mosaic of the 51-year-old actor. Originally created as a… Read More

April 10, 2015 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

While most backers have to wait in anticipation for their Kickstarter-backed card game, Exploding Kittens, its creators, The Oatmeal’s Matthew Inman along with Xbox’s Elan Lee and Shane Small, have decided to give fans of the already popular game a chance to try it out and offer… Read More

April 10, 2015 @ 10:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off the debut of his Danny Fields documentary, Danny Says, director Brendan Toller sat down with Kickstarter to share details about the crowdfunded project. During the interview, Toller revealed how he became interested in documentaries: “I got into documentary filmmaking because I see it as writing… Read More

April 10, 2015 @ 9:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PeerIQ, a financial information services company that connects peer-to-peer lending to the capital markets by helping institutional investors analyze, access and manage risk, today announced that it has raised $6 million of seed funding. Uprising and John Mack, former chairman and CEO of Morgan Stanley, led the… Read More