December 8, 2014 @ 12:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Reelcause, Inc. (Reelcause) and The Jack Brewer Foundation (JBF Worldwide) are thrilled to announce the Reelcause Launch Event on January 8th at the United Nations in New York City. At the event, Reelcause will unveil a revolutionary approach to entertainment and rewards-based crowdfunding geared toward nonprofits, NGOs, individuals… Read More

December 8, 2014 @ 10:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Built by a team of commercial real estate, financial services and entrepreneurship experts, CrowdRabbit is considered the first comprehensive searchable directory that pulls crowdfunding projects from multiple platforms in every space. In addition to the directory, investors seeking equity-based investments will have access to CrowdRabbit’s resource center. First… Read More

December 8, 2014 @ 9:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Finnish investment and asset management company Trevian together with UK & German based Cording Real Estate Group announces a joint venture with H.I.G. Capital to purchase an app. €107 million retail portfolio in Finland from a fund managed by AXA Real Estate Investment Managers. The portfolio comprises 123 retail assets located across… Read More

December 8, 2014 @ 8:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform iFunding announced on Monday (December 8th) that its real estate partner, The Bruckal Group, has raised $1 million on the platform for its latest residential project. The campaign was accomplished in 14 days, involving 45 participants from iFunding’s registered base of thousands of accredited… Read More

December 6, 2014 @ 12:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in October, 10-year-old entrepreneur and youngest member of Ryerson University’s Digital Media Zone Abi Smithson launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $15,000 for her Toronto-based woman footwear startup, Love Sandal. Explaining details about the company, Smithson wrote, “The Love Sandal was an idea… Read More

December 6, 2014 @ 12:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This holiday season DreamFund.com, the circle giving platform for important dreams, recently conducted a survey issued to over 200 parents and 500 teenagers, asking their thoughts on gift giving and receiving. Today they announce the survey data, which revealed the following: Teens don’t feel like they… Read More

December 6, 2014 @ 11:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking time away from her ever so busy schedule, co-founder of Indiegogo Danae Ringelmann sat down with Forbes magazine to share details about the global crowdfunding platform along with the ups and downs of using the popular funding method. During her interview, Ringelmann stated, “I wish… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 4:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based Photon Project Ltd. recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £395,000 for 20% equity in the company.  Investors may take advantage of the EIS tax relief as well. Photon has developed a “revolutionary architectural structure”, that claims to be the first of… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 3:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Continuing to build more excitement for its theatrical release, Spike Lee and the production team for Kickstarter-success Da Sweet Blood of Jesus released the film’s first trailer earlier this week. Last year, Lee hit the global crowdfunding platform to raise $1,250,000 for his new film project, Da… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 2:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday (December 4th), Frankfurt, Germany-based iCradle, Inc. launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its device, COBI. The device is considered the world’s “smartest” connected biking system. According to its campaign, COBI adds over 100 intelligent features to any bike 0 with only… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 11:33 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfundraiser, a crowdfunding platform that is focused on both debt and equity crowdfund investing now offers investment options for both accredited and non-accredited investors alike. The company provides both private and public equity investments for crowdfunding deals across all platforms in the crowdfunding ecosystem. This means all… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

iCapRate Investment Corporation, a pioneer in Net Leased commercial real estate crowdfund investing, emerged from stealth mode today announcing plans to unveil an innovative online platform allowing accredited investors to participate side-by-side with iCapRate in the direct ownership of vetted Investment-Grade Single Tenant Net Leased… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 9:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

SKULLY, makers of the world’s first augmented reality motorcycle helmet, today announced that the AR-1 helmet will be made available for pre-order as an exclusive holiday offering. This is the public’s first opportunity to order the AR-1, the first head-up display (HUD) helmet for motorcyclists,… Read More

December 5, 2014 @ 8:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, on the third annual #GivingTuesday, the new “opening day” of the holiday giving season, more than 20,000 partner organizations in the United States and more than 6,700 partners in dozens of additional countries across the globe came together to give back. Partners –… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 10:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Back in 2012, a Portland, Oregon resident and game developer, known then as Devi-Ever, launched a Kickstarter campaign to help raise funds for her new project, CONSOLE: FX Platform. The open source platform allows guitar pedals to interact with a cartridge standard to create nearly limitless… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 5:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help its students, faculty and staff members raise funds for their projects, the University of Texas in Austin announced the launch of its very own crowfunding platform called HornRaiser. According to the university, students taking full advantage of HornRaiser, which will help garner… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kimbia, the single-day crowdfunding event platform for nonprofit organizations, has released their Who Gives to Crowdfunding Events? infographic. The infographic includes donor demographics from Give Local America, which has been dubbed the largest crowdfunding event to date, during which over 300,000 donors gave $53.7 million to more… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 10:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Crazybaby, a Hong Kong-based audio company focused on the intersection of emotion, sound and devices, announced the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for its levitation speaker system with a subway, Mars. Set to raise $100,000 the project immediately surpassed the initial… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Prong, Inc., the fast growing company that is changing the way that smartphone users keep their devices charged, announced today that it has closed a $1.6 million Series A financing led by Georgia Oak Partners. Prong’s flagship product, the PocketPlug iPhone case, introduced the world… Read More

December 4, 2014 @ 8:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Gosnell Movie, the film about former Philadelphia abortion doctor and convicted murderer Kermit Gosnell, is making a second appearance on Indiegogo. The movie’s production team announced last week that it will be participating in the  global platform’s forever funding program. As previously reported, Phelim McAleer,… Read More