November 18, 2014 @ 11:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Petcube, the company that keeps people connected with their pets, announced today that it has begun shipping its highly anticipated self-titled camera just in time for the holiday season. The Petcube Camera, launched on Kickstarter in September 2013, is considered the first product that allows… Read More

November 18, 2014 @ 11:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pet Wireless, the team behind Tailio, a mobile app and Wi-Fi enabled device that turns a cat’s litter box into a smart monitoring system, are thrilled to announce that its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter not only surpassed its initial $30,000 goal in only eight hours,… Read More

November 18, 2014 @ 10:52 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, online recruitment marketplace, Hiring-Hub launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on VentureFounders to raise £425,000 for expansion. The company successfully hit its goal and has announced it appointed a new chairman and non-executive director. Hiring-Hub is described as “an award-winning, online recruitment marketplace, revolutionizing… Read More

November 18, 2014 @ 8:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

All five Security  and Exchange Commission (SEC) commissioners are scheduled to speak at the Annual Government-Business Forum on Small Business Capital Formation on Thursday (November 20th) from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. It is expected that they will release significant news on Title III and Title… Read More

November 17, 2014 @ 6:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

At Crowdfund Insider, we have investigated some diverse crowdfunding projects and platforms – you name it, we have more than likely seen it. But never have we heard anything like this. Deep Dot Web has reported that pornographers have created a new, hidden platform that allows… Read More

November 17, 2014 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last Wednesday (November 12th),  video game developers, Josh Larson and Ryan Green, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $85,000 to bring their game, That Dragon, Cancer, to PC, Mac and Steam. The new adventure was originally a OUYA console exclusive and is dedicated to… Read More

November 17, 2014 @ 1:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Maktar, Inc., a developer of software and hardware products, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise funds that will be used to launch Piconzier, a pocket-sized storage device for organizing photos and videos on iOS devices. Piconizer is the first ever application with a corresponding iOS… Read More

November 17, 2014 @ 11:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last Friday (November 14th), Caterham F1 announced the exciting new that it will making its way to the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix this upcoming Saturday (November 22nd) all thanks to its 7-day crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, raising £2m of the £2.35m target. Unfortunately, during the same… Read More

November 17, 2014 @ 9:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Olin College startup indico announced $3 million in initial funding as part of Boston’s Techstars annual Demo Day. The event, held at the House of Blues, featured 12 groups of entrepreneurs who participated in the three-month Techstars Boston accelerator program. Olin College student and induce… Read More

November 15, 2014 @ 12:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Bitreserve, a money service that makes using digital money easy, fast and free, is raising funds through Venovate Marketplace, a U.S.-based brokerage platform for alternative investing, and London-based crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube. Raising funds on Venovate is spurred from the company’s belief that financing should be an… Read More

November 15, 2014 @ 11:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking a time out from his duties at crowdfunding platform, Tilt, co-founder and CEO James Beshara shares his thoughts about the funding method and its future with Fortune magazine. While discussing funding method’s growing popularity over the past few years, Beshara explained,”The amount of attention… Read More

November 15, 2014 @ 10:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

New Zealand startup, TIME3 Global Limited, has launched its final round of funding through crowdfunding platform, Fundable. The company is seeking US $2.8M to commercialize its flagship product known as the Total Information Management Environment (TIME3). TIME3 is a Virtual Internet Operating System (VIOS) which offers a… Read More

November 14, 2014 @ 6:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

When Domino’s Pizza (NYSE: DPZ), the recognized world leader in pizza delivery, launched its fan-favorite Domino’s Tracker nearly seven years ago, smartwatch technology was likely never a part of the plan. It is now. The pizza tracker, which allows customers to trace their order from the time it is taken,… Read More

November 14, 2014 @ 6:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than 36 hours until its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo comes to an end, Toronto-based startup, DreamQii and its new drone, PlexiDrone, continues to remain in the spotlight, raising $621,030 from 1,912 backers. The PlexiDrone is a small, sophisticated, easy-to-use and is operated by a smartphone or… Read More

November 14, 2014 @ 3:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Lima announced that it was awarded the prize of “Innovation Honoree” at the 2015 CES Innovation Awards in two categories: Software and Mobile Apps and Computer Accessories. Products entered into the CES Innovation Awards are judged by a preeminent panel of independent industrial designers, independent engineers… Read More

November 14, 2014 @ 2:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

EarthLED.com, an LED-only lighting retailer, announced on Thursday (November 13th) the immediate availability of the highly anticipated Nanoleaf One LED light bulbs. Nanoleaf bulb started as a wildly successful, crowdfunded project on Kickstarter and is now the latest production version is available to the general public… Read More

November 14, 2014 @ 1:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The digital age has completely reshaped how music is shared, but headphones have not kept pace – until now. Wearhaus, a hardware startup founded by two 21-year-old UC Berkeley dropouts, is catapulting this classic piece of hardware into the 21st century with their brand new… Read More

November 14, 2014 @ 12:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday (November 14th), the Caterham F1 Team announced the exciting news that it will be racing at the final Formula 1 Grand Prix of the season in Abu Dhabi next week thanks to the support of the fans, who have helped the team raise… Read More

November 14, 2014 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Heartwood Center for Body Mind Spirit, a holistic health services center in Evanston, Illinois, is at the forefront of the Dempster/Dodge neighborhood revitalization. From the successful Curt’s Café crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to the purchase of three nearby properties, Heartwood has positioned itself at the… Read More

November 14, 2014 @ 9:49 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

An entrepreneur who was inspired to develop a foolproof swimming pool alarm for children after a neighbor’s toddler drowned is about to put his vision into production, thanks to the crowdfunding platform Funding Tree. John Barstead was running an electrical engineering business in Johannesburg, South Africa,… Read More