May 30, 2014 @ 10:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two day to go, director and producer Sara Bordo’s crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter for her upcoming documentary “The Lizzie Project” has surpassed the initial $180k goal and raised $206,799 from 3,370 backers. The film features Elizabeth “Lizzie” Velasquez, who was labeled as… Read More

May 30, 2014 @ 9:23 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

iFunding, known as America’s number one real estate crowdfunding platform, welcomes three new senior members to its team. Bill Madden, formerly of Goldman Sachs and McKinsey, will serve as Chief Strategy Officer. Ken Tse, a real estate originations, sales and investment expert, will head Business… Read More

May 30, 2014 @ 9:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than three days until its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo closes, the 21 Draw art book project has surpassed its goal of $40,000 and has brought in $127,190 from 1,971 backers. It was launched at the beginning of May and managed to receive the… Read More

May 29, 2014 @ 5:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Movie theaters, couches, beds, cars… these are some of the places most people enjoy watching films. But what if you could watch your favorite movie in a hot tub on top of a roof in New York City? Well, Crowdtilt is ready to bring a… Read More

May 29, 2014 @ 4:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just eleven hours after the launch of its crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, former PBS children’s series “Reading Rainbow” surpassed its initial $1,000,000 goal. LeVar Burton, who hosted the show from 1983 to 2006, decided to launch the campaign through the crowdfunding giant to bring the show… Read More

May 29, 2014 @ 3:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Scott Jordan, founder of the equity-based crowdfunding portal HealthiosXchange (H/X), has published a White Paper titled “How Does Equity Crowdfunding Resemble the Discount Brokerage Revolution?” which explores how the Charles Schwab & Co. discount brokerage phenomenon has altered the financial services industry for individual stock-trading… Read More

May 29, 2014 @ 12:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

First there were electric cars, now there are Solar Roadways. This revolutionary initiative to change the way we utilize the nation’s millions of miles of roadways, by turning them into power sources, just set the record for the highest number of individual funders during its… Read More

May 29, 2014 @ 11:45 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Odyssey Airlines, the new UK-based business-only carrier, announced today the unveiling of a crowdfunding campaign on U.S. platform Crowdfunder. It will run concurrently alongside with a similar funding on the UK-based platform Crowdcube, which launched earlier this month, with the combined initiative targeting £5… Read More

May 29, 2014 @ 11:04 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Innovative firms, particularly smaller startups, will be offered the change to work with the FCA while developing new technologies and approaches to ensure they are compliant with regulations from the moment they go live said FCA chief –executive Martin Wheatley earlier today. While speaking at… Read More

May 29, 2014 @ 10:18 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Vancouver-based Dana.io, the crowdfunding platform that charges entirely by donations, officially launched on Tuesday morning (May 27th).  Described by founder Alan Clements, a former Buddhist monk in Burma, author and lifelong activist, as a “radical experiment in global transformation,” Dana.io is the world’s first platform… Read More

May 29, 2014 @ 8:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Turning to others for help, a Canadian family launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise funds for medical bills and to grant wishes from their little girl’s bucklist. Just four weeks ago, the family realized three-year-old Hadlie wasn’t as healthy as everyone thought she… Read More

May 28, 2014 @ 2:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Comparison Chart of Competition Promotes MOD-t Advantage. New Matter, Inc. is breaking down barriers to widespread adoption of 3D printers for home use. On Wednesday (May 28), the company launched a 35-day crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to accept pre-orders for its new 3D printer, the… Read More

May 28, 2014 @ 2:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With only four days left in its crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo, the Solar Roadways project has crushed its $1 million goal, standing at over $1.4 million from more than 34,000 backers today. The fascinating project is looking to replace the U.S.’s concrete and asphalt roads… Read More

May 28, 2014 @ 11:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Moonhouse, the world’s first art project on the moon, is now set to receive an additional boost in the form of crowdfunding to launch the red house with white corners into space. The project will serve as a symbol for making space accessible to… Read More

May 28, 2014 @ 9:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

GOkey, the multi-purpose electronic keychain accessary has reached the midpoint of its campaign on crowdfunding platform Indiegogo and has currently raised over 1,100% of its $40,000 funding goal. Now, in order to incentivize backers for their ongoing support, they have instituted a series of campaign… Read More

May 27, 2014 @ 10:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ah, summer. A time when students do not have to look at books, live in extremely small dorms, or have to struggle finding a spot at the library. But while some prepare to enjoy quality time by the pool or beach, two students from Dartmouth… Read More

May 27, 2014 @ 12:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Since 2009, people from all over the world have been talking about crowdfunding giant Kickstarter, and now the company’s VP of community, Cindy Au, revealed there’s more to it than just being considered as a “funding option.” While speaking at the 2014 Nordic Game in… Read More

May 27, 2014 @ 11:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With three weeks remaining, Anova Precision Cooker’s crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter has not only surpassed its initial $100,000 goal, but has reached $1,319,681 from 8,253 backers. The device is said to be used for cooking “sous vide” and allows anyone to produce high-end restaurant quality results…. Read More

May 27, 2014 @ 11:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

aWhere is set to launch a $4 million equity financing round on the investment crowdfunding platform AgFunder. The Colorado-based agtech company delivers hyperlocal weather data and recommendation to farmers. Its climate information service draws up exclusive data content and proprietary algorithms, and was developed to… Read More

May 27, 2014 @ 10:30 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Opportunities for homebuilders to crowdfund their projects is starting to take hold.    Open Source Capital, based in Florida, asks builders why not engage investors and homebuyers to be part of the project? With crowdfunding, builders can provide an early stage to showcase their projects… Read More