December 15, 2014 @ 11:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

She may be heading to prison over conspiracy to commit mail fraud, wire fraud, and bank fraud, but that hasn’t stopped reality television star Teresa Giudice from helping her daughter Gia with her dreams of becoming a singer. Last month, Gia launched a Kickstarter campaign to raise $7,500 for her… Read More

December 15, 2014 @ 9:56 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Global crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo, is happy to announce the launch of Indiegogo Life, a service that brings the power of Indiegogo to anyone raising money for emergencies, medical expenses, celebrations or other life events. Indiegogo Life does not charge a platform fee, enabling fundraisers to keep more… Read More

December 14, 2014 @ 6:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Atlanta based startup, New Story, is leveraging technology for social good. Founded in September of 2014, this crowdfunding platform has already funded 2 new homes for families afflicted by the 2010 earthquake in Haiti. These families, who have been living in tents and other fragile… Read More

December 13, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only twelve more days until Christmas, reward-based crowdfunding platform Tilt is ready to present: The Twelve Days of Crowdfunding. Tilt’s Natassia Costa and her team have created a list of twelve hot products from a few different crowdfunding platforms, including Indiegogo and Kickstarter that would… Read More

December 13, 2014 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, founder of Halo Belt Vincent Pilot Ng launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise only $15,000 to create a timeless and stylish Bomber Barrel duffel bag. Within the first two days, the project managed to surpassed its initial goal and reached $46,730…. Read More

December 12, 2014 @ 5:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This past summer, CrowdfundInsider shared the infamous story about West Games’ Areal, which was considered one of Kickstarter’s weirdest crowdfunding campaigns to date. Although project hit its $50,000 goal quickly, the global crowdfunding giant shut down its campaign before it could raise any more funds. Now, the Areal is… Read More

December 12, 2014 @ 2:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing her insight about crowdfunding and its effects on the marketplace, Indiegogo’s hardware category lead Kate Drane spoke at the PSFK & PCH’s Makers Movement event in San Francisco earlier this week. According to PSFK, Drane, who is currently responsible for the platform’s design and technology categories,… Read More

December 12, 2014 @ 2:16 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Vlogbrothers hosts Hank and John Green launched Project for Awesome’s annual crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo. For those who don’t know about this funding event, Project for Awesome was started in 2007 when a group of video creators decided it would be good, for… Read More

December 12, 2014 @ 12:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Well, this is a first. Earlier this week, British journalist Vaughan Smith has hit Kickstarter to raise £100,000 so that he may build life-like statues of WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange along with Chelsea Manning and Edward Snowden. These statues are known as being part of… Read More

December 12, 2014 @ 12:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing to do whatever it takes to stop the destruction of Ferguson, Missouri businesses, an initiative known as #FergusonRebuild has launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to help save many of the town’s shops after multiple riots, due to the jury’s decision to not indict… Read More

December 12, 2014 @ 11:53 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to bring a new type of lock to the market, electronic giant Sony has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Japan-based platform Makuake for the Qrio Smart Lock. According Gizmodo, the lock is described as the smallest of its kind and is considered a retofittable… Read More

December 12, 2014 @ 10:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

RCS Capital Corporation (NYSE:  RCAP) announced today that it has entered into an agreement to exchange RCS Capital’s existing Series A convertible preferred stock owned by Luxor Capital Group LP and its affiliates (“Luxor”) for a new series of perpetual preferred and a new series of… Read More

December 12, 2014 @ 10:05 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hush, currently seeking funds though crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, has been dubbed the world’s first set of connected earplugs that wirelessly connects to a smartphone, to help people live and sleep when it’s noisy. Hush combines noise-masking earplugs with an app to isolate users from distractions… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 5:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

iFunding, the real estate crowdfunding platform that makes investing simple, has appeared on the financial television segment “Power Pitch” on CNBC. The Power Pitch series features growing companies with unique concepts, being critiqued by experts and investors specific to their industry. CEO of iFunding, William… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 5:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, Indiegogo announced the release of its free App for Apple’s iPhone and iPod touch finally providing a mobile experience for Indiegogo users. During the unveiling, the global platform shared it would also have an App for Android users. Now, the crowdfunding giant announced it has… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 3:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Millennium Trust Company announced on Thursday (December 11th) it will close out 2014 on a high note, posting its seventh consecutive year of record growth. Assets under custody grew by nearly $3 billion to an estimated $12 billion, held in approximately 320,000 accounts. Revenues increased… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 3:10 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

A 60-day Kickstarter campaign from October 15th to December 7th resulted in 10,293 backers pledging more than $1.5 million dollars so GrowlerWerks could bring the uKeg to life. The little growler that could, made by four Portland, Ore., engineers, became the second most-funded project in Kickstarter’s food category and… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Aqualibrium Garden is poised to enter the marketplace after raising over $153,000 in one of Kickstarter’s top 10 most successful food projects to date. This one-of-a-kind aquaponics system is bringing fresh, organic gardening into homes and promotes sustainable food production even in the smallest… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 1:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this morning, Crowdfund Insider reported that Lending Club, the largest peer to peer lender in the world, announced it will finally be listing shares today as its public offer trades on the New York Stock Exchange. The platform’s IPO will be  trading under the symbol… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 12:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

WealthEngine, a provider of wealth intelligence, prospect research and marketing services for nonprofits, healthcare, education, luxury goods and financial services, and DonorCommunity, an online fundraising software company, are pleased to announce a new partnership to enable mutual clients to improve their crowdfunding results. The partnership… Read More