March 20, 2015 @ 4:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ignite Lighters, creators of an award-winning line of flameless, electronic USB pocket lighters, recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for their latest innovation, the Illume ArcLighter – the self-dubbed world’s first flameless candle lighter powered by patent pending ArcLighter Technology. The Illume ArcLighter is… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to expose the truth behind famous review site, Yelp, director/producer Kaylie Milliken and her team at Prost Productions have launched a Kickstarter campaign for their new film called Billion Dollar Bully.  According to its description, Billion Dollar Bully is “a documentary on marketing giant Yelp’s $3.6 billion… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 1:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last July, California-based Airdog launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $200,000 for its new, self-titled auto-follow drone for GoPro camera. The device is designed for sports enthusiasts, outdoor fans and indie moviemakers. AirDog’s accompanied device, AirLeash not only sends control and commands to AirDog, it also… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 12:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

uBiome is launching the “world’s first” dental citizen science crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo two years after it made history with a record-breaking campaign to sequence the human microbiome. Raising over $350,000 from over 2,500 participants in 2013, the biotech startup sparked the era of microbiome-based personalized… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the “US Alternative Lending Market Report: Peer-to-Peer (P2P) and Online Platform-based Business (OPB) Lending” report to their offering. The future of alternative lending is looking bright in the US. Non-traditional alternative lending has grown rapidly in the last few… Read More

March 20, 2015 @ 9:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Carana Agribusiness, a for-profit aquaculture and agriculture company in Guyana, is raising a $1.225 million equity financing round on AgFunder, an equity crowdfunding platform for agriculture and agriculture technology (“agtech”). Carana, which was initially created through funding from USAID and the UK Government, is seeking to… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 4:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With just a few hours until its crowdfunding campaign comes to an end, up and coming restaurant Loco’l has not only successfully funded, it has also become the most funded food project on global crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo. As previously reported, filmmaker and actor Jon Favreau has announced… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 3:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to started on the film Gosnell, the production team of the highly anticipated Indiegogo-funded project has announced that Justified star, Nick Seary, has taken the role as its director. Last year, producer Phelim McAleer, and his wife, Ann McElhinney launched the campaign on the global crowdfunding platform,… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 2:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

2Steel Girls, country/rock/pop music artists, which is comprised of mother Allison and daughter Krystal announced today a partnership with camouflage designer, Realtree. The duo are natives of Jackson County, Ohio and are lifelong hunting, fishing and general outdoor enthusiasts, and are the perfect fit for… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 2:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Her boyfriend, Azel Prather Jr., launched a GoFundMe campaign to save their relationship from spring break Miami temptations, and now, 22-year-old college student Marissa is ready to share her thoughts about the project. During her and Prather’s interview with MTV, Marissa spoke about other people’s reactions to… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 1:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Funding Network (“TFN”), an international, London-based organization that will created a unique “crowdfunding” event model, announced that it conducted its fourth New York City event earlier this month, which three pre-qualified and selected non-profit organizations will make six-minute pitches to potential donors at TFN’s live-ly crowdfunding events. This is… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 12:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

RCS Capital Corporation (“RCS Capital”), announced today that on March 18, 2015, it closed its previously announced acquisition of independent broker-dealer Girard Securities, Inc. (“Girard”).  Girard has over $10 billion of assets under administration and 250 financial advisors, bringing Cetera Financial Group’s total assets under administration to $236 billion and nearly… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 11:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Sustainability Partnership announced the launch of its social media crowdfunding cooperative for live radio, chat, jobs, events and road shows that have a green earth and green space focus. Sustainability Partnership and CrowdfundingCooperative are free and consist of green projects and visionaries dedicated to help each other… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 10:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

PALMco, a family owned and operated energy supply company, announced today its support of PAWS Chicago, the city’s largest No Kill humane organization focused on creating solutions to end the killing of homeless pets. PALMco contributed $5,000 to support PAWS Chicago’s 9th Annual Animal Magnetism event, which… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 9:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

FreeWavz received the SXSW Interactive Innovation Award for the Wearable Tech category at the 18th annual SXSW Interactive Innovation Awards ceremony, presented by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and supporting sponsors Cloud typography and IBM. Founder of Freewavz, Dr. Eric Hensen, stated: “It is a great honor to be selected as a… Read More

March 19, 2015 @ 8:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AppVested, an equity crowdfunding platform that connects serious accredited investors to carefully-vetted mobile application ideas, also known as AppIdeas, in need of funding. By carefully selecting only the most opportune app ideas brought forth by willing and creative-minded entrepreneurs, AppVested looks to develop, launch and market… Read More

March 18, 2015 @ 4:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The female health app Clue, which helps women around the world track their periods and understand their bodies, today announced its latest funding round of $2 million. Brigitte Mohn, a German private investor, French Groupe Arnault, the controlling shareholder of LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis… Read More

March 18, 2015 @ 3:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last spring, first-time director Sara Bordo launched a campaign on crowdfunding giant Kickstarter for a film that was at the time titled The Lizzie Project. The official documentary is based on 25-year-old Lizzie Velasquez, the breakout speaker of the YouTube TED talk video “How Do You Define Yourself?” which has… Read More

March 18, 2015 @ 2:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Crowdfund Insider shared details about a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe that was dedicated to former UFC champion, Mark Coleman. The initiative was started by his longtime training partner and friend, Wes Sims and the funds were to help pay for medical bills that Coleman… Read More

March 18, 2015 @ 12:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, Walking Dead producer Gale Anne Hurd teamed up with Valhalla Entertainment to launch a Kickstarter campaign to raise $150,000 for a new film, Mankiller.  Mankiller celebrates a leader who defied all odds to make a difference for her people. During a time when American Indians found themselves… Read More