Offerings

August 22, 2016 @ 9:26 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, Crowdfunder sat down with CEO of Digitzs, Laura Wagner, to discuss her and her team’s recent crowdfunding success along with key advice for startups. Earlier this year, Digitzs took to the equity funding platform to raise funds with Shark Tank alum, Kevin Harrington. During its funding… Read More

August 20, 2016 @ 11:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Kickstarter announced the launch of its new prototype gallery feature. The crowdfunding platform revealed its design and technology creators are now able to share their earliest sketches and latest prototypes, trace the evolution of their ideas and the iterative process behind bringing their projects… Read More

August 20, 2016 @ 11:15 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Saturday, California startup Andromium Inc. closed Superbook’s epic Kickstarter campaign. The initiative successfully secured nearly $3 million from more than 16,600 backers. Last month, the California startup took to the crowdfunding giant’s platform last month to raise only $50,000 for the device, which is described as a smart laptop… Read More

August 19, 2016 @ 3:57 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Elan Lee, co-creator of the highly addicting card game Exploding Kittens and former chief design officer of Xbox, announced this week that he is currently working on a new kind of crowdfunding project. He decided to start backing various projects just to write about what they do, what kind… Read More

August 19, 2016 @ 3:38 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Modobag‘s self-titled motorized bag is officially happening. With less than twelve hours until its Indiegogo campaign comes to an end, the suitcase has successfully captured nearly $309,000 from over 300 backers. The Chicago startup launched its initiative on the global crowdfunding platform last month to raise… Read More

August 19, 2016 @ 3:19 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Marita Huurinainen, a Finland-based fashion brand, is preparing to launch its equity crowdfunding campaign on Invesdor to raise a minimum of €100,000 (max €400,000) for expansion. The company is known for its ethical fur and leather concept, WILD, and its patented wooden design shoe, WAVE. It currently has customers… Read More

August 19, 2016 @ 1:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, Kickstarter alum, Cinch! returned to the crowdfunding giant to raise a minimum of $38,764. Within a matter of minutes of (16 actually) the pop-up tent’s campaign smashed its initial goal and now just a few days later has successfully surpassed $275,000 thanks… Read More

August 19, 2016 @ 11:36 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, property-innovation accelerator Pi Labs announced it formed a partnership with Bosa Venture to grant PropTech startups in the UK access to £100,000 in funding. The accelerator revealed: “Bosa Properties is one of largest luxury real estate development companies in North America with… Read More

August 19, 2016 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Thursday, crowdfunding platform GoFundMe announced campaigns that participated in its Teacher Appreciation Week competition successfully captured $1.2 million. This news comes just one day after the funding portal declared it was giving a $50 donations to education campaigns on its crowdfunding platform and announced… Read More

August 19, 2016 @ 10:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

BiiSafe, the Finland-based startup behind the wearable tracker Buddy, has launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Invesdor to raise €220,000 to accelerate international growth. The company previously raised $43,012 through Indiegogo two years ago.  BiiSafe notably develops, markets, manufactures, and sells software, accessories and service platforms… Read More

August 19, 2016 @ 8:19 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Co-founded by Joschka Friedag, Malte Klussmann,  Konrad Maruszewski and Frane Bandov, Cringle, celebrating 336% overfunding on Companisto, is a smartphone app used to send money quickly to friends in Europe. By cooperating with the user’s principal bank, the app guarantees one’s bank’s normal high security standards. Cringle counts the Deutsche Kreditbank AG (DKB) as a partner. Over… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 3:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Crowdcube #FundedClub member, Mondo, may have officially picked its new name! Earlier this summer, the company announced plans to rebrand after “an undisclosed company with a similar name” was challenging them. Mondo previously stated: “It can be painful to change the name of a product, but… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 2:21 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seeking to help more campaign reach their funding goals, equity crowdfunding platform StartEngine recently announced the launch of its new Marketing Fund, which advances qualified companies up to $50,000 to put towards the marketing and promotion of their campaigns. The funding portal revealed: “We understand that… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 1:28 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With nearly three weeks until its Everyday Backpack Line’s Kickstarter campaign is set to close, Peak Design has successfully secured over $3 million from more nearly 13,000 backers. The company, which captured $4,869,472 from 17,029 backers through Kickstarter last year for its Everyday Messenger, returned to the crowdfunding giant last… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 12:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following Airlander 10’s first flight on Wednesday (August 17th), Hybrid Air Vehicles revealed more details about its highly-anticipated aircraft’s maiden voyage. Last year, Hybrid Air Vehicles debuted its first campaign on equity crowdfunding platform Crowdcube to raise £2 million for the Airlander 10. During the round, the… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 11:27 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Oakland, CA-based Red Bay Coffee returned to the crowd and has secured a fresh $100K from over 116 investors on its Wefunder equity crowdfunding campaign, aiming to bring its beautiful coffee to more people. The revenue share:  Red Bay Coffee will pay investors 5% of net… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 11:03 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Ready to kick off the 2016-2017 school year, GoFundMe announced it was giving a $50 donations to education campaigns on its crowdfunding platform and announced it is offering a $10,000 grand prize the category’s initiatives. From now until September 16th, campaigns on GoFundMe that are… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 10:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, Spanish startup Wave launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise 500,000 for its location smartphone app. Within just two days of its debut, the initiative scored over £375,000 from more than 100 investors. Wave is described as a free smartphone app… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 9:39 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Thought-Wired announced on Wednesday the launch of its PledgeMe campaign. The New Zealand social enterprise is currently seeking $200,000 through the initiative as it looks to fund the next stage of commercializing its thought sensing software. Launched in 2011, Thought-Wired’s product nous is described as a piece… Read More

August 18, 2016 @ 9:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Kickstarter announced a new feature that allows backers to follow their favorite project creators directly and be the first to know when upcoming projects launch. The crowdfunding platform stated that starting this week, backers will be notified when they’ve backed a project that’s just getting… Read More