Offerings

November 30, 2016 @ 11:54 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the 2016 #GivingTuesday, YouCaring announced its top 10 crowdfunding campaigns for the annual event, which was held yesterday (November 29th). The top 10 campaigns are listed below. Heat for the Sisters (Peekskill, NY): A group of nuns crowdfund to repair their convent. Yuan’s Dying… Read More

November 30, 2016 @ 11:31 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday evening, Craft brewery Innis & Gunn closed its successful equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with over £2.4 million in funding. The brewery secured its initial £1 million funding target within 72 hours of the initiative’s debut. Innis & Gunn has dubbed itself the second-largest craft brewer in… Read More

November 30, 2016 @ 9:02 am By JD Alois  |  

BrewDog is adding a new twist to its EquityforPunks USA crowdfunding round, and it is a bit of a gamble. The Scotland-based craft brewer will allow investors the opportunity to bet it all on the spin of a roulette wheel. Win, and you double your… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 9:12 pm By Jessica Pham  |  

November is National Entrepreneurship Month and Suffolk University in Boston celebrated by organizing experiential courses on crowdfunding.  During Global Entrepreneurship Week on November 14, students partaking in the programs launched campaigns on Kickstarter and Indiegogo to support their startups.  Seven startups and campaigns have launched… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 3:31 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Prior to this past Thanksgiving holiday, a Michaels Store in Chicago experienced a customer-service fiasco that was recorded by a bystander, named Jessie Grady.  For 30-minutes, Grady watched and recorded a woman who unleashed incredible vitriol on two employees (and everyone else in the store)…. Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 2:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Sound Energy, a UK-based energy company, has raised a total of £26.9 million through PrimaryBid, an online funding platform that enables investors to gain access to placings of AIM-listed companies. PrimaryBid reportedly arranged £24.1 million fully underwritten fundraising for Sound Energy and then made a deal… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 1:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Indiegogo funded startup OhMiBod announced the debut of its new wearable massager, the Club Vibe 3.OH. The company described the device as a vibrator that is designed to enhance couples’ intimacy, passion, and excitement without giving up privacy. Sharing details about the product,  Suki Dunham, founder of… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 12:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Meetzoo, a company that aims to make business meetings more productive by combining business calendars with collaborative note taking and social networking, has successfully secured its initial equity crowdfunding campaign 150,000 funding target on Crowdcube. As previously reported, Meetzoo was launched earlier this year by entrepreneur… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 11:12 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Retailer loyalty App Loyalzoo announced on Tuesday the launch of its new handfree marketing feature. This news comes just as its third equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs nears its £240,000 funding target. Loyalzoo App replaces the old school plastic loyalty cards with a consolidated app. It is targeting independent… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 10:31 am By Erin Hobey  |  

During the last week Spanish fitness center DiR‘s crowdfunding campaign has gained traction. With 18 days remaining on its Crowdcube Spain campaign, the fitness center chain DiR founded in Barcelona by CEO Ramon Canela in 1979 is now 120% overfunding, having raised over 432,475€ of its initial 360,000€ goal. The largest investment to date has… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 9:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Craft brewery Innis & Gunn is set to close its equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with nearly £2.3 million in funding. The UK-based brewer launched the initiative earlier this month, seeking £1 million and smashed the funding target in 72 hours. Innis & Gunn was founded in 2003… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 8:50 am By Jessica Pham  |  

Victor is looking to disrupt the “flying on demand” jet charter market with a similar business model to that of Uber.  The company describes itself as such: “On-Demand Private Jet Charter. The widest choice of jets, times, routes and prices, all at your fingertips, with… Read More

November 29, 2016 @ 8:48 am By Erin Hobey  |  

A team of Finnish Nokia-alumni are tackling the question of how photo editing can become as intuitive and efficient as the act of taking the photos themselves and have lined on a solution:  Loupedeck, a console controller for Adobe Lightroom, which aims to allow for… Read More

November 28, 2016 @ 9:53 pm By JD Alois  |  

Singapore-based FundedHere is listing S$2 million worth short term crowdfunded bonds (ListCo Bonds) for Metech International (SGX:QG1 – MeTech).  This past July, FundedHere announced its intent to help SGX listed companies sell bonds to raise capital. MeTech is now the first company to leverage this funding… Read More

November 28, 2016 @ 6:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, online angel investment platform Propel(x) announced Silverlabs, Inc., a company that is reimagining social interactions and interfaces on mobile devices for Social 3.0, is seeking to raise $520,000 in growth funding for its Urban app. According to the company, Urban by Silverlabs… Read More

November 28, 2016 @ 3:46 pm By JD Alois  |  

This is a perfect opportunity for college towns across America. If you can get 500 people to invest in the equity crowdfunding offer for BrewDog USA, they will open a BrewPub in your town. That’s not a bad deal. The investor minimum is just $95… Read More

November 28, 2016 @ 3:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Offering backers of the epic Super Troopers 2 Indiegogo campaign a sneak peak of the anticipated comedy’s progress, the crew at Broken Lizard film studio unveiled some footage of the upcoming film. Broken Lizard sought to raise $2 million for the highly anticipated sequel of the 2001… Read More

November 28, 2016 @ 2:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than two weeks after launching its Crowdcube campaign, cycling apparel brand Le Col has successfully secured more than £400,000 from over 50 investors. The company launched the initiative with a funding target of £1 million. As previously reported, Le Col was established in 2009 and is manufactured in… Read More

November 28, 2016 @ 1:49 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Helsinki’s Allas Sea Pool Spa has recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Invesdor. The resort is seeking €400,000 (max €800,000) for its upcoming expansion. The Allas Sea Pool Spa opened late summer 2016 and the pool itself is described as a social experience that is combined… Read More

November 28, 2016 @ 1:22 pm By JD Alois  |  

Indiegogo entered into the investment crowdfunding sector with a big splash this month. Partnering with MicroVentures, a FINRA approved Reg CF portal and Broker-Dealer, Indiegogo launched with four diverse investment opportunities: BeatStars, Republic Restoratives, Play Impossible, and ArtCraft Entertainment. Three of these offers have hit… Read More