June 8, 2014 @ 4:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Honoring the man that saved thousands of students from a gunman during the Seattle Pacific University shootings last week, television executive producer Jessamyn McIntyre has launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe for 22-year-old Jon Meis. Originally looking for $5,000, the campaign has raised close to… Read More

June 8, 2014 @ 2:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

When Two Little Hands Productions pitched the pilot episode of their educational show for preschoolers to television executives, “we were told that it was too educational,” says co-founder and show host, Rachel Coleman. “We didn’t want to water down the material. Kids are smart. They… Read More

June 7, 2014 @ 6:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Looking for more international help for the mysteriously disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, family members of the passengers and crew members are launching a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo seeking to raise $3 million for a “whistle-blower” to expose important information about the jetliner. The title… Read More

June 7, 2014 @ 4:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Rooster Teeth, the YouTube network behind the hilarious sci-fi comedy “Red vs Blue,” “Achievement Hunter,” “The RT Podcast,” and “RWBY,” has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for it’s first ever feature length movie called “Lazer Team”.  The campaign easily beat their initial goal of $650,000… Read More

June 7, 2014 @ 11:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Company Discloses Development of Investment Crowdfunding Platform. National Holdings Corporation, a full-service investment banking and asset management firm, today announced pending changes to its Board of Directors in advance of its annual shareholder meeting to be held on July 28th. The Board of Directors announced… Read More

June 6, 2014 @ 4:05 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Madison-based brewer is ready to make history! MobCraft Inc, known for polling and producing popular beer recipes, is now working through CraftFund for an equity crowdfunding campaign. CraftFund LLC was certified as Wisconsin’s very first equity crowdfunding platform under the new exemption that allows businesses… Read More

June 6, 2014 @ 2:54 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than 24 hours until its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo closes, home security device Korner has surpassed its $150k goal and raised almost $400,000 from over 3,000 backers. The Korner is a security product for your apartment or home, designed so anyone can use it and everyone can afford… Read More

June 6, 2014 @ 2:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Actor, comedian and talk show host Arsenio Hall launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo a couple weeks ago to raise a ridiculous $1 billion to buy the Los Angeles Clippers from infamous Donald Sterling. Perhaps Arsenio was hoping for a new day job as his… Read More

June 6, 2014 @ 12:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over week since the launch of his crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, LeVar Burton’s “Bring Reading Rainbow Back for Every Child, Everywhere” project has surpassed its original $1M goal and is now seeking $5M. Not only has it continued to be successful, the… Read More

June 6, 2014 @ 10:51 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Known for its value-added crowdfunding legal IP and marketing service, KarmaKrowd provides a full suite of management consulting services to help creative inventors, scientists and entrepreneurs turn creative ideas into revenue producing businesses. Once IP assets have been identified and protected, entrepeneurs can then turn… Read More

June 6, 2014 @ 10:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to raise funds for a cause close to his heart, author of the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series, also known as “Game of Thrones,” George R.R. Martin launched a crowdfunding campaign on Prizeo earlier this week for support of the Wild Spirit… Read More

June 6, 2014 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Wisconsin’s startup companies finally have another way to raising capital! A new state law, signed into law by Governor Scott Walker last year, now grants up and coming entrepreneurs rights to raise up to $1 million from state investors through online crowdfunding websites. Up to… Read More

June 5, 2014 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The team behind Lima, an innovative technology that consolidates all of your content, enabling you to see the same files on all of your devices regardless of operating system or device size, today announced that Partech Ventures, an American-European Fund, has invested $2.5 million in a… Read More

June 5, 2014 @ 1:46 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

LOVESPACE, a distinctive storage company founded by Streetcar co-founder and entrepreneur Brett Akker, has attracted major venture capital, DN Capital, alongside the crowd to help raise£1.6M on equity crowdfunding platform, Crowdcube. LOVESPACE, which was named one of the UK’s top-50 most disruptive companies, is the first… Read More

June 5, 2014 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australian entrepreneurs and IRL Shooter founders Drew Hobbs and David Leadbetter, who are behind real-life video game “Lazarus,” not only received their $308k crowdfunding campaign goal on Pozible, but also broke a new record on the platform. The campaign received $359k by 1,517 Melburians. According to… Read More

June 5, 2014 @ 10:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Peter Thiel introduced the 2014 class of new Thiel fellows on Thursday. The fourth set of young entrepreneurs to be award Thiel Fellowships, the fellows will receive support to bring their innovative scientific and technical projects to life, learn entrepreneurship from the group up, and… Read More

June 4, 2014 @ 5:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Shakespeare by the Sea (SBTS), the Halifax-based theatre group, launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise $20k the day after their Point Pleasant Park establishment was damaged by a fire. The unfortunate incident left the exterior and attic completely destroyed and the company is looking… Read More

June 4, 2014 @ 4:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Crowdsourcing Week (CSW) Summit in Brussels may be sold out, but now crowdfunding platform MyMicroInvest will present a live crowdfunding round and anyone from anywhere can participate! This event will kick off June 5th, 9:50 a.m. Brussels local time. The session will present two… Read More

June 4, 2014 @ 4:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Council for Entrepreneurial Development (CED), the Southeast’s largest entrepreneurial support organization, has released its Innovators Report, showing that entrepreneurial companies in North Carolina collectively raised more than $461 million through equity investments, grants and awards in 2013. The report also finds that 108 unique… Read More

June 4, 2014 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Entrepreneurs, start-ups or existing businesses that want to raise funding through crowdfunding, angel investments, bank finance, venture capital, grant or other sources, can significantly increase their chances of raising the finance by using the FundMyBiz Cloud-Based business planning and financial forecasting tools.  The FundMyBiz’s tools… Read More