September 12, 2014 @ 2:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

San Diego-based crowdfunding platform, GoFundMe, known for allowing campaigns that range from paying medical bills to school funding, is currently under fire following the refusal to allow certain projects on its website. On Tuesday (September 9th), GoFundMe’s team took to the platform’s blog to announce… Read More

September 12, 2014 @ 10:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than a week until its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter comes to an end, FŪZ Designs’ Noke has raised $550,258 thanks to its 5,200 backers. The Noke, which was dubbed as the world’s “first” bluetooth padlock, will keep all of the user’s possessions easily and safely… Read More

September 12, 2014 @ 9:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

AssetAvenue, an online peer-to-peer lending platform to invest and borrow money in commercial real estate, announced on Friday (September 12th) it has raised $3 million in funding. Matrix Partners and NetEase led the round with additional investors from the technology, venture capital and real estate industries… Read More

September 12, 2014 @ 8:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday (September 10th), New York City resident Saar Shai launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for his board game, King Down. Not only did it surpass its initial $50,000 goal, the game has already raised over $76,000 during its first 24 hours on the… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 5:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

UK’s reward-based crowdfunding platform, Crowdfunder UK, is hosting an online event at the Eden Project on Friday (September 12th) between 7 – 8pm. Three crowdfunding projects, all foodie start-ups, will battle it out to gain support and funding from the crowd, both in the live audience and… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 1:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

North Capital Investment Technology announced on Wednesday (September 10th) the launch of its accredited investor verification platform, Accredited.AM. The new website is ran by a veteran investment team with more than 25 years of experience. This free online service offers investors a simple, confidential way to verify… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 12:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Old School star, Will Ferrell, is staking his claim on the gaming world, for a cause. After successfully proving his “world dominance” in activities ranging from drum battles to anchoring the news, the actor is now ready to challenge video gamers far and wide, to raise… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Boston-based NVBOT, a 3D printing startup founded by MIT students, announced on Thursday (September 11th) it will be releasing the latest version of its self-titled 3D printing solution. Already proven to play a role in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) innovation, as well… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 9:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Barnraiser, a crowdfunding platform that is dedicated to powering the good food movement, is inviting sustainable food artisans, farmers, educators, community leaders and others to launch projects that reshape our food systems. “We are thrilled to offer Barnraiser to anyone serious about making a positive impact on… Read More

September 11, 2014 @ 9:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Creating a new way to listen to music, Toronto-based company Mass Fidelity launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo earlier this month to raise $48,000 for its new device, the Core. It is a wireless speaker system that has a reputation of having a “better than… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 5:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Recently, Japan-based bitcoin market, bitFlyer, launched a new bit coin crowdfunding platform called fundFlyer. According to Coindesk, fundFlyer is similar to other crowdfunding platform but it is taking a significant steps to mainstream bitcoin use in Japan.  One of the fundFlyer’s first projects is from… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Popular Internet search engine, Google, announced on Wednesday (September 10th) it has fully funding the classroom requests of every Greater Kansas City area teacher on the education crowdfunding site DonorsChoose.org. As a result of Google’s $194,370.90 donation, 152 Kansas City area teachers will receive materials for their 13,842 students — ranging from paper,… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 12:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In celebration of its first year live in Canada, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter took a look back at the last twelve months. Last year, the platform revealed its excitement of the Canadian launch by declaring, “We’re thrilled that Kickstarter is now available to creators in Canada…. Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 12:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just before its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo came to an end on Tuesday (September 9th), SKULLY Systems, the creators of the “world’s smartest” helmet, SKULLY AR-1, announced it is officially extending the project on the platform for another 30 days. During a recent update, Chairman and CEO… Read More

September 10, 2014 @ 12:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Volpit, a startup investment crowdfunding platform that makes investing in startups simple, is launching a new tool that completely transforms the way startups pitch to investors, by turbo-charging the process. The fully-FCA authorized platform has debuting its  PitchBuilder this week, which enables startups to invite… Read More

September 9, 2014 @ 8:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Former head of Google’s consumer-product marketing, Brett Crosby has teamed up with once lawyer of VirtualTourist, which was acquired by TripAdvisor Inc., Brew Johnson to launch a new Los Angeles-based real estate crowdfunding platform called Peer Street Inc. According to Bloomberg News, Crosby and Johnson are… Read More

September 9, 2014 @ 3:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to put an end to the use of single-use water bottles, Melbourne, Australia-based memobottle has launched a $15,000 crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its self-titled bottles. According to its campaign website, the memobottle is resembles a piece of paper and is a slim, premium design… Read More

September 9, 2014 @ 11:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Creative England and the UK’s leading crowdfunding website, Crowdfunder have joined forces to find and fund the England’s top female game developers and freelancers through an innovative crowdfunding partnership.  A widely reported 49% of gamers in the England are women but only 12% of the people making… Read More

September 9, 2014 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Cleveland, Ohio-based Vestor is a crowdfunding platform aiming to help real estate developers close the gap in their projects, while give investor access to compelling real estate projects.  Vestor, incubated at noted Cleveland based accelerator Flashstarts,  launched their site with the opportunity to invest… Read More

September 9, 2014 @ 8:27 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

JustGiving’s crowdfunding platform, Yimby, has raised over £1.3M for local projects since its debut last November. The website’s mission is to helps individuals and groups give funds to community projects without having to be a registered organization. According to Civil Society, Yimby, which stands for… Read More