June 18, 2014 @ 7:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Fresh off the closing of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, HYPER by Sanho Corporation‘s iStick reached well over its original goal of $100,000 and raised $1,100,629 from 7,495 backers. iStick is a USB drive with integrated Apple Lighning connector that was made for iPhone and iPad.  According to… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 7:18 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

BioCatch, a behavioral biometric authentication and threat detection,  has completed a$10 million financing round. The funding will be used to expand R&D efforts and continue growth in key markets, including the U.S. and Europe. The financing round was led by venture capital firm Blumberg Capital and equity… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 6:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

No good deed goes unnoticed these days! Last month, Errand Frazier of Vero Beach, Florida, literally cut a chunk out of his Chevy pickup truck to save a kitten. Now, a group of supporters have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdtilt on help with the repair expenses…. Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 4:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

As the cost of college continues to rise, families are looking to a variety of strategies to help them save. Twenty-right percent of parents saving for college report that they plan to ask friends and family to consider contributing to their child’s college savings fund… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 10:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

It’s been a little over a week since the missing Flight MH370 passengers’ families launched their crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, but unfortunately it is off to a very rocky start. Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 was scheduled to fly from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing on March 8th…. Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 10:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to rock their devoted fans in Richmond, Virgina, Foo Fighters announced they are making their way to the city all thanks to a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdtilt. Freelance creative director and copywriter Andrew Goldin launched the campaign in March with a goal of $70,000. According… Read More

June 17, 2014 @ 10:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

WePay, the payments company powering platform businesses, continues to build on its executive team by announcing on Tuesday that Steven Pellizzer has been named Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Pellizzer will be a key player in furthering WePay’s role as a leader in online payment processing for… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 3:13 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Exciting news for Consumer Physics’ SCiO fans! Its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter raised $2,762,571 from 12,958 backers. Last week the company announced that it had reached $2.1 million and is now considered in the top 25 most funded campaigns ever on Kickstarter. Consumer Physics, an OurCrowd portfolio company,… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 11:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding giant Indiegogo announces the appointment of Victor Kovalev, former Director of Engineering at Yelp, as Vice President of Engineering to lead the company’s web and mobile advancements. The addition of Kovalev rounds out a talented leadership team that will oversee Indiegogo’s push for global domination… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

GIROPTIC today announced that the Kickstarter campaign for 360cam, its innovative 360º, high-definition camera, has raised more than $1,000,000 in less than 30 days and from more than 3,000 backers. After reaching its initial goal of $150,000 in the first 24 hours, the 360cam is… Read More

June 16, 2014 @ 7:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Moment.me announced on Monday morning its latest investment of $1.65 million from initial investors Singtel Inov8 and Blumberg Capital, along with a new European fund. Moment.me has raised over $3 million to date. In March 2014, Moment.me launched a new, monetizable service, offering the quick… Read More

June 14, 2014 @ 1:04 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

It seems, every year, kids young and old run to the store to find something special for their dads, but end up just giving him a tie or a sports-related item. This has even turned into a ritual of unfortunate and painful gift giving. Here… Read More

June 14, 2014 @ 10:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

A Singaporean blogger and government health worker who is being sued for damages by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong announced on Monday morning he has successfully raised funds for his legal team during his crowdfunding campaign in just four days. Author of the blog “The… Read More

June 13, 2014 @ 6:44 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earhoox, a product that offers a solution for loose and uncomfortable earbuds, will now be located in over 500 Best Buy locations nationwide. 

The product originally ran a small crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo that failed to hit its goal but the campaign helped raise awareness… Read More

June 13, 2014 @ 6:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

IdentityMind Global unveiled the IGNITE program for bitcoin startups at the InsideBitcoins conference in New York City earlier this year. The program helps bitcoin startups jumpstart their compliance program by providing low-cost access to the most comprehensive KYC and transaction monitoring solution available for Anti-Money… Read More

June 13, 2014 @ 6:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Mitomics Seeks $5 Million in Equity Crowdfunding on Optimize Capital Markets. Mitomics has positioned their company to be a leaders in the niche market of mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) technology. They claim their unique structural and functional characteristic of mtDNA make it a highly sought after system… Read More

June 13, 2014 @ 3:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Over the last few years, consumers have been able to purchase their favorite wines online with just one click. It’s easy to order it, but what if you can help with financing and producing of your favorite Australian wines? Naked Wines Australia has taken the traditional… Read More

June 13, 2014 @ 2:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring a new type of network-attach storage (NAS) device to the market, California-based Sher.ly has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for Sherlybox. It is a private and shareable cloud that sits right on the user’s desk. According to the campaign’s website, the Sherlybox is… Read More

June 13, 2014 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to take its love for crowdfunding overseas, Australian-based Pozible is set to launch its new project The Chicago Edit on June 26th. The platform will be making its way to the Windy City to see some new aspiring projects from up and coming entrepreneurs. This… Read More

June 12, 2014 @ 7:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On June 10th, 15-year-old Jared Pagett walked into Reynolds High School in Troutdale, Oregon with an AR-15 rifle. He killed freshmen Emilio Hoffman, injured a physical education teacher and engaged a responding officer in a gunfight before retreating inside a bathroom, where he turned the gun… Read More