December 11, 2014 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Virtuix, the developer of the popular and highly anticipated Omni virtual reality treadmill, announced on Thursday (December 11th) that it has completed a $2.7 million investment round designed to support operations, fund working capital and accelerate research and development around the full virtual reality experience…. Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Four winners were announced today in the inaugural Crowd2Shelf Contest. Created by Fundable and sponsored by Staples, the Crowd2Shelf Contest drew thousands of startups across the country to compete for a chance to crowdfund their way to Staples’ shelves. Contestants demonstrated demand for their innovative products… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 9:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SparkLabs is graduating its fourth batch of companies with a frenzied interest in its demo day. Over 900 people have registered to attend their demo day event. Senior associate at SparkLabs, Sophia Choi stated,”Even with over 30,000 startups in Korea and SparkLabs’ growing reputation in Asia, our… Read More

December 11, 2014 @ 9:16 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Symbid Corp., an investment crowdfunding platform, and Credion, a financial advisory firm in the Dutch SME market, announced on Thursday (December 11th) a contract to digitalize SME financing in the Netherlands through a new, online funding platform. Credion will process the funding for its 1,200 clients… Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 4:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Showing support for Marie Gemmell and her two sons after they lost their lives in Monday morning’s Gaithersburg, Maryland plane crash, an identified friend of the family, Jennifer Miller, launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $400,000 that will go towards the family so that they… Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 3:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This morning (December 10th), Detroit-based startup Hemingwrite debuted its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $250,000 for its self-titled distraction free digital typewriter. According to its description, the distraction-free writing tool combines the simplicity of a typewriter with cloud documents, e-paper display, and full-sized mechanical… Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 2:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Frankfurt-based iCradle launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its new connected biking system, COBI. The project immediately became a huge hit, scoring its initial goal within four days. It is currently at $165,676 thanks to 842. COBI is considered a “world-first”… Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 1:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this fall, “Girls” star Lena Dunham released her book Not that Kind of Girl. The new memoir exposed untold stories about the actress, including a sexual assault during her days at Oberlin College. Now, the man that was apparently involved in the situation, who is… Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 11:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Jean Philippe “JP” Moulin, a renowned winemaker who has created champagne for some of the world’s most heralded labels, is developing his own range of champagnes with €500,000 in crowdfunding raised from wine aficionados on the NakedWines.com platform. A celebrated champagne-maker with decades of experience,… Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

A new crowdfunding cooperative has donated 1 million equity shares and full marketing support to help people fund their own projects. Anyone with a sustainable project can participate as a sustainability partner or by funding their own projects. Sustainability Partnerships, located in Los Angeles California,… Read More

December 10, 2014 @ 9:44 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Children’s charity Kids Company is facing unprecedented numbers of vulnerable children and young people seeking their support this Christmas. To help them meet this challenge they have turned to alternative online fundraising platform Crowdfunder. They were surprised and moved by the kindness of the public… Read More

December 9, 2014 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

North Capital Investment Technology has closed its seed funding round of $1 million, attracting support from major institutional investors including JFO, Karlani Capital and Green Visor Capital.  The funding enables the San Francisco-based private placement technology company to continue technology innovation, roll out proprietary funding platforms… Read More

December 9, 2014 @ 3:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Sunday (December 7th), a Seattle, Washington startup launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $50,000 for its notifier and fitness tracker, Uno Noteband. Within the first 48 hours, the cool device reached $41,755 from nearly 600 backers. According to the campaign’s website, the Uno… Read More

December 9, 2014 @ 1:34 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

After an intense outpouring of support by the global startup community, a crowdfunding campaign launched by the global humanitarian agency Mercy Corps to secure the future of Gaza Sky Geeks (GSG), Gaza’s first and only startup accelerator, has been extended through January 8. The Indiegogo campaign, GazaStarts, surpassed its initial fundraising goal of $70,000, raising… Read More

December 9, 2014 @ 12:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last Tuesday (December 2nd), Hong Kong-based Crazybaby hit global crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to raise $100,000 for its levitating speaker system, Mars. Not only did the project make its way past the initial goal, it is closing in on $310,600 thanks to nearly 1,700 backers. As previously… Read More

December 9, 2014 @ 11:28 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fitmark, a leading bag company for fitness and sports enthusiasts, expands their e-commerce website and digital bag creation capabilities by creating new crowdfunding platform, The Playing Field. This new and creative way of utilizing the power of crowd funding takes the power of creating custom,… Read More

December 9, 2014 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform Fundrise announced on Tuesday (December 9th) it has launched a new single-family home funding arm.  The company plans to allocate approximately $10 million per month to qualified real estate investors with a proven record of successful purchases and rehabs in top markets… Read More

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

California-based real estate crowdfunding platform, DiversyFund announced on Tuesday (December 9th) that its website is going to be getting a new makeover. While discussing more details about the platform, founder and CEO of DiversyFund, Craig Ceceilio stated, “Thanks to our current users’ feedback, we have launched a… Read More

December 8, 2014 @ 3:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

It may have started life in the back of a converted shipping container in far northern Queensland, but this week the Bionic Runner proved a hit on a global scale, with funders from Asia, the US and Europe, not-to-mention Australia, all jumping on board to… Read More

December 8, 2014 @ 1:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

XOEye Technologies, a enterprise wearables solutions company that is reshaping industrial business processes,  announced on Monday (December 8th) the commitment of $1.5 million towards its $2 million Series A funding round. The financing round, which will remain open for 90 days, is currently co-led by venture… Read More