July 2, 2014 @ 7:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PS Audio’s Sprout is continuing to be a huge success on Kickstarter! The exciting new integrated amplifier not only surpassed its initial goal of $36,000 within one hour, it has managed to raise $291,102 from 640 backers. Sprout is described as the link between your music… Read More

July 2, 2014 @ 5:12 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Well, it’s OVER! The “Bring Reading Rainbow For Every Child, Everywhere” campaign has finally reached the finish line on Kickstarter and raised a total of $5,408,816 from 105,857 backers! Just days before it reached the stretch goal, the campaign’s organizer and former host, Mr. Burton stated, “If… Read More

July 2, 2014 @ 1:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Firelily announced on Wednesday the launch of its new crowdfunding platform for individuals and communities impacted by disaster can access information on disaster recovery, connect with donors who want to aid in their recovery process, and tell their story. Co-founder of Firelily, Paul Lewis noted, “Every… Read More

July 2, 2014 @ 12:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this year, the Securities Board of the State of Texas had proposed rules on intrastate crowdfunding As previously reported, the new legislation will go into effect next month and as with other state investment crowdfunding laws, the intent is to facilitate capital to small… Read More

July 2, 2014 @ 11:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the past few weeks, Indiegogo UK has been on-the-go thanks to its Go Crowdfund Britain campaign. As previously reported, this new initiative was launched on June 23rd and is seeking to raise a million pounds to get Britain’s best ideas, coolest inventions, brightest young businesses and… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 9:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Creator of the highly addictive “Zombicide,” CoolMiniOrNot, has launched their twelfth crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for “Zombicide Season 3:Rue Morgue” on July 27th. After just four days, the campaign not only surpassed its original goal, but has scored well over $860,000 from 5,544… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 4:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to share some details about its 2014 Film Festival, global crowdfunding platform Kickstarter revealed the films, locations and dates earlier this week. Organizers of the event took to the platform and wrote, “Our celebration of features, shorts, documentaries, animations, and other video art made… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 4:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cleveland, Ohio resident Renee DeLuca has launched a crowdfunding campaign on CrowdBrewed to resurrect the New Albion Brewing Company’s iconic American ale. The project is seeking to raise $75,000 to contract-brew the original recipe. The campaign’s website reads, “The very first American Ale, New Albion… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than 24 hours until its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter comes to a close, “Reading Rainbow” has broken the all-time record of backers on the crowdfunding giant’s platform.  On Tuesday, the campaign reached over $4.8 million and has a total of 98,298 backers, which beats… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 2:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

PENSCO, a leading alternative asset custodian helping investors buy, hold and divest non-publicly traded investments in tax-advantaged accounts, today announced that Stephen J. George, founder and managing partner at Omaha-based Panorama Point Partners, an innovative private equity partnership, has joined the company’s Board. Mr. George’s… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 11:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, the exciting new Switzerland-based encrypted email service ProtonMail, which says it is “NSA-proof,” signed up 200,000 users for their service. It also launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo and raised over 290,000. Unfortunately, the website is now experiencing complications with PayPal. On Monday, the ProtonMail… Read More

July 1, 2014 @ 7:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdnetic has announced Wall Street’s second annual Crowdfinance conference to be held in NYC on October 16th at Thomson Reuters’ Conference Center. Crowdfinance is redefining the global equity and debt markets fostered by a surge in financial innovation, shifting trends in communication, advancements in technology and a new… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 6:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Switzerland-based Dacuda has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for its invention, the PocketScan. Although the original funding goal was only $50,000, the campaign has raised $321,471 from 2,898 backers since its launch on June 16th. According to the campaign website, the PocketScan is considered… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 3:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Challenging news for the supporters of missing Malasyian Airlines Flight 370 crowdfunding campaign. With only nine more days until it closes on platform Indiegogo, the campaign will more likely not meet its hoped for goal of raising $5 million. As previously reported, the passengers families… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 3:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Hoping to avoid more confrontation with Russia, Ukrainian citizens have launched a crowdfunding campaign “The People Project” to purchase the country’s first “People’s Drone.” According to The Guardian, with Ukraine’s army continuing to encounter pro-Russians militants in the East, the country’s citizens decided to raise… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 12:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LeVar Burton’s “Reading Rainbow” crowdfunding campaign is now in the top five most successful Kickstarter projects of all time. The project is receiving the latest round of support from unexpected sources – the top four highest earning campaigns ever.  Pebble, OUYA, Pono and “Veronica Mars” announced that they… Read More

June 30, 2014 @ 8:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

As the world continues to watch events of trauma, hope, conflict, innovation and resilience unfold throughout the Middle East, Kiva and Grameen-Jameel Microfinance Ltd. have partnered to launch “Change is in Your Hands.” The campaign gives visitors to Kiva/MiddleEast the chance to open the borders of opportunity for entrepreneurs… Read More

June 29, 2014 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

She made headlines and received a ton of support from all over the country, but Victoria Wilcher’s  story about what happened at a Jackson KFC raised many questions. According to her grandmother, Kelly Mullins,  Victoria was attacked by pit bulls at her grandfather’s home in April… Read More

June 28, 2014 @ 12:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Ohio-based Momentum Labs LLC has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter seeking funds for its new product, Moment Smartwatch. By attracting attention with its unique description, the Moment Smartwatch has raised $142,813 from 814 backers within the first three days. According to its campaign website, the Moment Smartwatch was… Read More

June 28, 2014 @ 11:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just five more days until its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo closes, New Matter’s MOD-t 3D printer has nearly $600,000 dollars from close to 3200 backers.  The project launched on the crowdfunding giant last month and raised $180,000 within the first day. As previously reported, co-founder… Read More