February 25, 2015 @ 3:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Woolet, an ultra slim smart wallet that alerts you to its location when you misplace it, has made its official debut on crowdfunding giant, Kickstarter. With the latest Bluetooth 4.0 module in place, Woolet communicates with an app available for iOS and Android, alerting the user… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 2:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Washington resident Kent Walter took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise funds for his new invention, the Silvan Audio Workshop. This turntable, which was created by Walter and his father, offers a high-quality sound, is made out of natural hardwood, shaped and finished by… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 11:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Small business lender StreetShares announced on Wednesday (February 25th) the appointment of Raj Date to their Board of Advisors, effective immediately. Date is Managing Partner at Fenway Summer, LLC, a consumer finance advisory and investment firm headquartered in Washington, D.C. Date was the first-ever Deputy Director of… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 11:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The FlyShark Smartwatch is making its debut in a brand new market. In order to produce and bring the smart watch to the market, the creators of the watch have launched Kickstarter campaign. Originally seeking only $10,000, the project captured the initial goal and raised over… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 9:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

North Capital Investment Technology (NCIT) announced today the launch of the 99Funding marketplace, the first online crowdfunding platform for broker-vetted, syndicated private offerings. All deals posted on the platform are vetted by an experienced team of investment professionals and offered through North Capital Private Securities (NCPS), a registered broker-dealer focused on the… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 8:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Iotera today announced the closing of a $1M financing round led by ZenShin Capital Partners and joined by Crunchfund, Startup Capital Ventures, String Ventures, EarlyMarket and Rubicon Venture Capital. The funding will be used to expand delivery of their IOTA pet tracking system.  While the… Read More

February 25, 2015 @ 8:07 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The crowdfunding industry has been frequently highlighted in the media over the last few years because of the high profile projects that have been funded. The crowdfunding industry has been growing at a brisk pace with impressive revenue growth for the last three years. This… Read More

February 24, 2015 @ 4:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last summer, sleeping monitor Sense took crowdfunding giant Kickstarter by storm. The product is a simple system that keeps track of the user’s sleep behavior, monitors the environment of their bedrooms, and has even reinvented the alarm. Sense contains a speaker, so it may play white… Read More

February 24, 2015 @ 3:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Houston-based Crudefunders recently debuted its crowdfunding platform that offers Texans a chance to own some of the state’s oil wells. It has become the first out of two funding portals to be approved by the Texas State Securities Board. According to Dallas Business Journal, Crudefunders Portal… Read More

February 24, 2015 @ 1:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help the sisters of Fraternite Notre Dame as much as possible, supporters have taken to GoFundMe in order to raise funds for the nuns as they continue to endure the harsh Chicago winter without a workable boiler. The campaign’s organizer and senior producer of  Chicago… Read More

February 24, 2015 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday (February 24th), Australia-based startup Uamp launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds for its self-titled “soul shaking” headphones. Uamp is a tiny headphone amplifier that easily fits in the coin pocket of your jeans and works with all your music devices. Now for the… Read More

February 24, 2015 @ 10:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

A new crowdfunding platform has been launched for whales, but not for the benefit of some soon-to-be-extinct species which swim in the world’s oceans, but the whales who are defined as such by Las Vegas casinos. It is the high rollers, the persons who can gamble… Read More

February 24, 2015 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Juniper Research has revealed the key technologies that it believes will become the most disruptive by 2020. The new report ‘The World in 2020 – A Technology Vision’ is being offered as a free download in celebration of the launch of its new online research platform…. Read More

February 24, 2015 @ 8:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Technology SMEs are planning to expand in 2015, with a third (32%) of small IT companies planning to apply for funding in the new financial year to meet growth plans, finds a new survey from online bookkeeping service Crunch Traditional funding methods remain the most popular… Read More

February 23, 2015 @ 4:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, London’s fourth largest brewery, Camden Town Brewery launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £1.5 million for its booming business. Within nearly three weeks, the project has successfully captured over £855,000 thanks to nearly 860 investors. As previously reported, Camden Town Brewery… Read More

February 23, 2015 @ 2:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just when backers were starting to forget (not forgive) Kotkin Enterprises for not shipping the open source gaming gun Delta (and with no information at all about its whereabouts), the creators have officially announced a new date and a new catch. For those who haven’t heard… Read More

February 23, 2015 @ 2:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, founder of Linked Finance, Peter O’Mahony announced that the peer-to-peer lender has received a €2.5m investment from Ireland-based Frontline Ventures. According to The Independent, the lending platform is looking to expand its operations and is seeking to double the maximum amount businesses may… Read More

February 23, 2015 @ 1:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Sunday (February 22nd) Australian father-son duo Cedar and Stuart Anderson debuted their new project on global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to raise $70,000 for their unique beehive invention, Flow. Within the first day, the campaign raised well over $1.9 million thanks to 5,000 backers. Flow is… Read More

February 23, 2015 @ 11:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Adding more hype towards the upcoming release of Indiegogo alum Lazer Team, YouTube Channel Rooster Teeth unveiled the film’s first teaser over the weekend. According to its synopsis, Lazer Team begins decades ago when the Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence project received a onetime signal from outer space, which was never decoded…. Read More

February 23, 2015 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

10 Best Production recently released its Best Kickstarter Video Production awards for February 2015. For each list, the company examines various criteria in order to judge the individual production companies. The company’s panel of judges is comprised of video production experts that collectively have decades of industry… Read More