Offerings

April 26, 2017 @ 5:02 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is a cautionary tale not just for backers of ostensible promising hardware presales campaigns but for hardware creators with little to no experience on manufacturing and shipping hardware from Asia. GOKey, a rewards based project posted on Indiegogo in 2014, raised over $1.2 million… Read More

April 26, 2017 @ 4:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Indiegogo announced on Wednesday, EllieGrid, the creator of Smart Pillbox, received $75,000 in flash funding from the crowdfunding platform’s partner, Arrow. The funding portal stated that EllieGrid would get access to design tools, a 10% parts discount, and expert one-on-one support from Arrow’s engineering team… Read More

April 26, 2017 @ 3:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

POD Point announced on Wednesday it has formed an initiative with global real estate service provider, Savills. The company reported that the new partnership will encourage electrical vehicle (EV) charging across Savills’ managed retail parks and shopping centers throughout the UK. The POD Point team revealed:… Read More

April 26, 2017 @ 2:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, crowdfunding giant Kickstarter announced that more than 12.7 million backers have raised $3 billion to go towards independent creators on the funding portal. It was revealed: “Every five seconds someone backs a Kickstarter project. More than 12.7 million people around the world have… Read More

April 26, 2017 @ 9:17 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdcube #FundedClub member and award-winning online marketplace for local food producing, Farmdrop, announced it raised £7 million during its Series A funding round, which was led by a previous investor, Atomico, which was founded by Skype co-founder, Niklas Zennström. This new round of funding comes… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 6:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, NextGen Crowdfunding announced voting is now open for the season finale of its Crowdfunding Video Awards (CVAs). The award show’s season one kicked off on January 25th and had six rounds. The final six of season one are now competing, and the winner… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 4:45 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Snapshot Games, the studio behind Kickstarter alum Chao Reborn, announced on Tuesday it is now seeking $500,000 on crowdfunding platform Fig for its new video game project and XCOM inspired, Phoenix Point.  Phoenix Point is described as a turn-based tactics and world-based strategy scifi game. The game’s story reads:… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 12:10 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

“Before 1970, the United States was in a radically different place.Our environment, our cities, our people: abused, dirty, and sick after years of neglect. President Nixon decided to change that. In 1970, the United States Environmental Protection Agency was enacted to protect the environment and the… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 11:59 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, creators of the hit Kickstarter-funded card game project, Bears vs. Babies, Elan Lee and Matthew Inman, announced shipping confirmation details. The duo revealed that the game copies are almost ready. Bears vs. Babies is described as a card game with one goal: for… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 11:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Moldable glue company, Sugru, announced on Tuesday that due to continuous interest from various investors, it has decided to extend its latest equity crowdfunding round on Crowdcube by another two weeks. In the latest update, Sugru’s Jane Ni Dhulchaointigh, Roger Ashby, and Paraic Begley stated:… Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 9:56 am By Cole Lyons  |  

The GLS crowd, the first crowdfund platform initiated by a bank, has successfully funded their second project since their platform launch on 1 February 2017. Dachsbach UG & Co. KG, a Bavarian wind farm, was able to collect their target of €300,000 in only 14 hours…. Read More

April 25, 2017 @ 9:09 am By JD Alois  |  

  MPIRICA Health Inc., a Bellevue, Washington-based healthcare quality transparency startup, has received $4.6 million in funding led by OurCrowd, a global equity crowdfunding platform, with participation from a private Seattle-based equity fund. The digital health startup was founded in 2014 to “demystify” healthcare quality… Read More

April 24, 2017 @ 3:43 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than one month after launching its new equity crowdfunding round on Invesdor, Finland-based Ägräs Distillery has successfully secured its initial €100,000 funding target. This campaign comes a little over a year after the company secured nearly €200,000 through its first Invesdor campaign. As previously reported, Ägräs Distillery was… Read More

April 24, 2017 @ 1:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two weeks until its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube comes to an end, food and beverage online marketplace, TheFoodMarket has successfully sur passed its initial £200,000 funding target thanks to more than 320 investors. The company reported that through this latest funding round… Read More

April 24, 2017 @ 10:48 am By Amy Wan  |  

Victoria Silchenko called out crowdfunding industry professionals earlier this year for not having invested in crowdfunding companies themselves. So, in that same spirit, I’m opening up my crowdfunding portfolio. Before I disclose, I’m going to say that I am NOT a financial advisor or any… Read More

April 24, 2017 @ 8:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Australia-based social discovery platform Gather Online announced on Friday it has acquired a new secret algorithm. This news comes just as the online portal surpassed £400,000 through its equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs and Equitise. The initiative was launched last month, seeking funding for growth and… Read More

April 22, 2017 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than a week until its latest equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube comes to an end, moldable glue creator Sugru has successfully secured nearly £1.3 million from 1670 investors. The company is currently seeking £1.5 million through the round as it continues its expansion. The launch of… Read More

April 22, 2017 @ 10:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Kickstarter’s design and tech team announced the launch of their new Request for Projects Feature. According to the team’s lead, Julio Terra, this feature was inspired in part by Y Combinator’s request for startups. “As part of our endless quest for projects,… Read More

April 21, 2017 @ 4:15 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Cheers to BrewDog! The UK-based crowdfunded brewery announced on Thursday that its USA location (in Columbus, Ohio) has officially put its first batch of beer into its system. This news comes just a couple weeks after BrewDog announced it received a £100 million investment from San Francisco-based… Read More

April 21, 2017 @ 2:52 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With its Custom Fit Sandal Kickstarter campaign set to close in less than 24 hours, Wiivv has successfully secured nearly $525,000 from more than 4650 backers for the project. The California startup launched the campaign last month and was seeking to raise a minimum of $250,000…. Read More