May 13, 2014 @ 1:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Despite ever tightening controls on lending from the big five banks, 75 percent of Brits prefer to approach their high street bank for a loan of £10,000 or less. This is the finding of a new survey of more than 600 consumers from peer to… Read More

May 13, 2014 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Turning to others for help, the family of an U.S. Irishman launched a crowdfunding platform GoFundMe, after they had cancelled their medical coverage to pay towards a college fund. Ronan Winter was diagnosed with stage four esophageal cancer just six months ago. The business consultant,… Read More

May 13, 2014 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

A new entrant into the peer-to-peer (P2P) property lending space, Proplend, has had its first tranched P2P loan redeemed. The loan was a short-term commercial bridge loan supported by security over a children’s day nursery in Parson Green, London, which paid lenders a gross interest… Read More

May 13, 2014 @ 9:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

CoAssets, South East Asia’s first real estate crowdfunding platform, would like to welcome Dr. Jeffrey Chin Ph.D. as a mentor and private investor. Dr. Chi is currently the Vice Chairman of Vickers Venture Partners and he is also Chairman of the Singapore Venture Capital Association…. Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 7:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

A&E, RocketHub and Comcast Business have joined forces to launch Project Startup Entrepreneur Forms, a unique series to live events bringing together some of the best and brightest entrepreneurial minds in three U.S. cities; Boston, MA, Detroit, MI, and Provo, UT. These forums will host aspiring… Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 5:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Great news for entrepreneurs in Wisconsin, starting June 1st anyone in America’s Dairyland will be able to buy small amounts of stock in businesses through online portals that register through the state. This will allow business owners to easily turn to their community to raise… Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 3:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

In a little over a week since the launch of its crowdfunding campign on Indiegogo, organic meal-in-a-bag Ambronite has almost reached its $50k goal. Similar to Soylent but pushing their organic base, the Finish company wants to be known as the world’s first “Real Food Drinkable Supermeal”… Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 2:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to bring a whole new meaning to “tinted eyewear,” Tens launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for its new sunglasses. The product is described as “the real life photo filter”.   The lens, which took almost three years to create, features UV400 protection, which will… Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 11:42 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to target a huge potential market in Europe, natural swimming pool market leader Clear Watch Revival Ltd. has dived in head first to raise £160,000 during its crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube. The business has developed a unique filtration technology, which uses natural biological processes… Read More

May 12, 2014 @ 10:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cutting edge vitamin and supplement company Gevitta announced it has launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for its Canna Vitamin Spray. The product is known as the first of its kind and contains legal CBDs (cannabinoid). According to its campaign site, Gevitta’s Canna Vitamin spray… Read More

May 11, 2014 @ 10:08 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to put an end to a devastating disease, Maryland-based biotechnology company Sanaria launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to eliminate the threat of malaria. The company is aiming to raise $250k to develop of SporoBot, a robot that will dissect mosquito salivary glands and… Read More

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

This Mother’s Day, Kangu, the innovative philanthropic crowdfunding platform that enables investors to fund life-saving medical services for pregnant women and newborn babies, is launching its 100 Mamas Fund. On the website, backers can contribute to the cost of critical medical services for 100 Mamas… Read More

May 10, 2014 @ 9:50 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Exciting news for the San Diego Opera! The company announced on Friday that it reached its crowdfunding goal of $1M, just 10 days ahead of the May 19th deadline. The campaign was launched last month with funds raised expected to go towards the 2015 season. According… Read More

May 10, 2014 @ 8:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than a week until it closes, the Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign for the documentary “LADDIE” has surpassed its goal of $67,350. The film follows one of the most influential film moguls that “no one has ever heard of.” As previously reported on Crowdfund Insider,… Read More

May 9, 2014 @ 5:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pitching funding for a full-length version of Bloody Cuts Film‘s “Don’t Move,” a man by the name of “Ron Forbes” started a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo earlier this week to raise funds for the production. Unfortunately, the project along with its apparent “creator” has been proclaimed… Read More

May 9, 2014 @ 1:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

HealthiosXchange, also known as H/X, announced on Friday that the first lead syndicator in its Champion Program, California-based Leonhardt Ventures, will introduce the world’s first and only heart failure pacemaker called Myostim Pacer. It is designed to recruit reparative stem cells to damaged and weakened… Read More

May 9, 2014 @ 11:01 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Co-founder and co-CEO of SmartyPants Inc. Courtney Nichols Gould announced earlier this week that the company, which makes gummy vitamins for kids and adults, has raised $2,490,000 in its new crowdfunding campaign on CircleUp. The listing was for a convertible note with 19 investors participating… Read More

May 8, 2014 @ 8:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Looking to raise equity, the owners of Home Town Farms have announced details about their crowdfunding campaign for $1.575 million on AgFunder. The company is leading the way in bringing retail farming to California. According to its campaign page, Home Town Farms is a vertically integrated food… Read More

May 8, 2014 @ 3:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Kicking off one of its new crowdfunding campaigns, University of Colorado at Boulder announced it is seeking $10k in order to build 1,000 small robots called Droplets. The robots measure the distance and orientation of neighboring robots, allowing for complete pattern formation and self-assembly experiments…. Read More

May 8, 2014 @ 2:17 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sharing some exciting news after the big race in Talladega, Dogecoin announced its new vehicle Dogecar made a special appearance on the track on Sunday. The company became famous during the 2014 Sochi Olympics when it help lead a crowdfunding campaign for the Jamaican bobsled… Read More