General News

March 25, 2016 @ 2:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Crowdcube #FundedClub member Bellfield Brewery announced it has launched its very own gluten-free beers. The first two beers were presented at the Allergy & Free From Show in Glasgow this past weekend. Bellfield Brewery launched a crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube last year so… Read More

March 25, 2016 @ 1:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Super Troopers star Erik Stolhanske offered up details about Super Troopers 2 Indiegogo perk, the International Beer Fest competition, which was held in Chicago last month. Stolhanske, who was known as “Rabbit” in the original film and now “Mink,” revealed in the campaign’s latest… Read More

March 25, 2016 @ 12:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Inkshares, a start-up crowdfunded book publisher, announced on Friday that Quincy Carroll’s Up to the Mountains and Down to the Countryside has been recognized as a finalist in the 18th annual Foreword Reviews’ INDIEFAB Book of the Year Awards. The website revealed that in the next three months, a… Read More

March 25, 2016 @ 11:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Friday, crowdfunding platform Indiegogo announced that it has teamed up with Google’s Primer App to present a “short lesson” on why email marketing is important for crowdfunding entrepreneurs. The funding portal declared: “Overall, we find that building momentum early can help set up a… Read More

March 25, 2016 @ 9:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, CEO of Kickstarter success Oculus, Brendan Iribe, announced the company has officially started to ship its Rift virtual reality headsets. Iribe shared in a tweet: The first Oculus Rift has shipped, deliveries begin Monday 3.28.2016. pic.twitter.com/C0MMKmezun — Brendan Iribe (@brendaniribe) March 24, 2016 Earlier… Read More

March 24, 2016 @ 3:23 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, Elio Motors, Inc. (OTCQX: ELIO) announced details about its new ePlus Business Model for mass personalization at New York International Auto Show.  As previously reported, the ePlus process will allow consumers to pick the options they want and have a personalized vehicle delivered within 24 hours after ordering…. Read More

March 24, 2016 @ 2:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a few months after its funding campaign on Crowdcube at £3,433,010, Chilango announced that it will be opening its new Manchester location next month. The company was looking to raise £1 million during the round to continue its expansion throughout the UK. Chilango was found in the UK… Read More

March 24, 2016 @ 1:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last year, Pebble hit Kickstarter for its new watch and surpassed its initial goal within just mere hours. By the end of its funding round, the startup gained $20,338,986 from 78,471 backers, which made its initiative the most funded project on the crowdfunding giant’s platform. The company previously found… Read More

March 24, 2016 @ 9:00 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdfunding platform GoFundMe announced on Thursday that it has named San Jose’s Overfelt High School as winner of its National Chromebooks for Classroom Challenge. Earlier this month, GoFundMe, and its partner and national distributor of school supplies, School Speciality, created a new education-specific portal as… Read More

March 24, 2016 @ 8:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, marketplace investment platform Income& announced that it has been named a finalist of the PitchIt @ LendIt USA 2016, which will take place on April 11th-12th, 2016 in San Francisco. LendIt is considered the largest conference series in the industry and is set to… Read More

March 24, 2016 @ 7:16 am By JD Alois  |  

OTC Markets Group (OTCQX:OTCM) will be hosting a “mini-conference” entitled Capital Raising 2.0 to discuss the process of raising capital and potentially going public under the JOBS Act exemptions. The event held at the OTC Markets office will present an introduction to crowdfunding portals and… Read More

March 23, 2016 @ 3:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

CurrencyFair, a peer-to-peer currency exchange marketplace, announced this week that it has appointed Nils Andén as its new chief marketing officer (CMO).  Prior to joining CurrencyFair, Andén was CMO of Unibet Group PLC, an online European gambling operators. He led the marketing department and was responsible for the… Read More

March 23, 2016 @ 1:32 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, food brand Triscuit announced that it was teaming up with television personality Giada De Laurentiis to flash fund over 50 artisanal food marker campaigns on Indiegogo. A total of $250,000 will be donated. Julia Nathan, brand manager for Triscuit, stated: “Triscuit was started in 1902 by an… Read More

March 23, 2016 @ 11:38 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

HomeUnion, an online real estate investment management platform, announced on Tuesday that it has secured $16 million in Series B funding. The round included various new investors which included Colchis Capital, Northgate Capital, and Tamarisc with participation by Artiman. Akhil Saklecha, a partner with Artiman, stated: “HomeUnion… Read More

March 23, 2016 @ 10:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Kickstarter alum Fove, announced it has scored $11 million during a Series A round led by Colopl VR Fund with participation from Hon Hai Venture Capital Fund, Silicon Valley early-stage VC firm 2020 and Samsung Venture Investment. Last summer, the virtual reality company captured $480,650… Read More

March 23, 2016 @ 8:47 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

A new book called The Fintech Book was announced this week. It has been described as the “first” crowd-sourced book on global fintech that features 167 authors worldwide.  KoreConX president, Oscar A. Jofre, was one of the authors in The Fintech Book. He commented: “The Fintech Book was created to be… Read More

March 23, 2016 @ 8:18 am By JD Alois  |  

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has decided to offer a “Fintech certificate course” labeled “Future Commerce”.  The promotional page notes that venture capital investment into Fintech has jumped to over 600%. Probably more interesting is the fact that Fintech is quickly becoming the norm… Read More

March 22, 2016 @ 3:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Biz2Credit, a small business financial technology platform, announced on Tuesday that it has formed a partnership with transportation finance firm and provider of equipment financing/leasing solutions, Advantage Funding. Biz2Credit revealed that through the partnership, Advantage Funding will utilize the acquisition channels on the small business lending marketplace… Read More

March 22, 2016 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the announcement that it has canceled its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube, Pact Coffee has confirmed it has made 16 redundancies. Pact Coffee, which was founded in 2012 by Stephen Rapoport, revealed that it is on a mission to change the coffee industry for the better… Read More

March 22, 2016 @ 11:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Pull’d, a London-based food-to-go operator launched a second equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £350,000 with an equity offer of 36.42% as it continues to expand in the UK. The company previously secured £102,230 from 107 investors through the funding portal. Now, the Pull’d crew are… Read More