Offerings

July 29, 2016 @ 4:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, creators of the Kickstarter-funded project, Yooka-Laylee, released the demo for the standalone gameplay experience, The Toybox. Playtonic Games revealed details about The Toybox this past spring and described it as self-contained, spoiler-free sandbox designed to give Yooka-Laylee backers a taste of the platforming to come in the final game. Yooka-Laylee is described as… Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, UK-based fintech startup, WeSwap, announced plans to launch an equity crowdfunding campaign after raising $6.5 million in seed funding from Ascot Capital Partners, EC1 Capital and existing investors IW Capital. WeSwap, which was founded in 2011 and opened to the community in 2013,… Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 2:02 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Crowdcube caught up with Pod Point’s founder, Erik Fairbairn, to discuss why he decided to back the equity platform’s crowdfunding platform, which has so far raised £6.7 million from nearly 3,200 investors. POD Point turned to the crowdfunding method in 2015 and first captured  £1.5m through… Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 11:25 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

  This week, Indiegogo success TrackR announced two new features for its popular device, the TrackR Bravo. The first feature, Family Sharing, allows users to share their items with groups while the second feature, Custom Printing, allows users to print any photo directly on their devices…. Read More

July 29, 2016 @ 9:19 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the release of Ethan Mollick’s study on Kickstarter’s impact on the economy, CEO and co-founder of the popular crowdfunding portal, Yancey Strickler, sat down to discuss the website’s growth and influence of entrepreneurs. Mollick reported in his study: “From inception to May 2015, Kickstarter projects resulted… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 4:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Chicago startup, Modobag, has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo to raise funds for its self-titled luggage. The project has successfully topped its initial $50,000 funding goal and is now nearing $200,000. What has attracted nearly 200 backers to the initiative? The tech company… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 3:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Seedrs success and cloud platform, Poq, announced this week it has secured €3.6 million during a Series A funding round, which was led by Beringea with participation from seed investors Seedcamp and Venrex. The London-based  company, which raised £332,390 through the equity crowdfunding platform in 2014, is a commerce platform for retail apps… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 1:20 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Professor Ethan Mollick of the University of Pennsylvania released its recent study on Kickstarter’s impact on the economy. The study revealed the following: Employed 283,000 part-time collaborators Created 8,800 new companies and nonprofits with 29,600 new full-time jobs Raised more than $5.3 billion for those… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 10:48 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Spark Foundation’s Givealittle announced starting September 1st it is charging a flat 5% fee, inclusive of goods and services tax (GST), on the amount raised by campaigns on its crowdfunding platform. The website declared in an official statement the soul purpose of the fee is to keep… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Regulation CF, or Title III retail crowdfunding, kicked off on May 16, 2016. We just had the first close under the new securities exemption last week. Today we have the first offer that closed at the top of the funding cap – $1 million. Beta… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 9:06 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than twelve hours until its highly successful Kickstarter campaign is set to end, Nightdive Studio’s System Shock remake has captured over $1.3 million from 21,000 backers. The studio took to the funding portal last month to raise funds for the video game and surpassed $450,000 in less than 24… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 8:46 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based healthy meal delivery service, Mindful Chef, successfully overfunded on Seedrs by 250% with over £1 million raised and announced on Thursday it has added celebrity athletes Andy Murray, Olympian gold medallist Victoria Pendleton and rugby champion Will Greenwood to its growing list of high-profile investors. As previously… Read More

July 28, 2016 @ 8:32 am By Erin Hobey  |  

CapitalRise, a new property investing platform enabling everyday investors to sidestep middlemen and invest directly in some of the finest real estate, has not only gone live but has fully funded. According to the platform, CapitalRise differs from other platforms in that it offers higher… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 4:58 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, comedian Mike Ward launched a crowdfunding campaign on GoFundMe to raise $93,000 as he prepares to continue his legal battle against child singer, Jérémy Gabriel.  The Human Rights Tribunal reportedly declared last week that Ward must pay $35,000 to Gabriel for making jokes about his disabilities (he… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 3:41 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, Pozible announced TechSydney has been dubbed its biggest non-profit campaign after it raised over $400,000 within two weeks. TechSydney is notably on a mission to make Sydney a top 10 tech ecosystem. It shared that while it seems as though the city’s tech… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 2:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The Hebridean Food Company, a UK-based fresh soup distributor, has recently launched a Crowdcube initiative with a mission to raise £60,000. The company has its soups and sauces in various stores, including Selfridges, Whole Foods Markets, and Aldi. The company revealed its products are created to be never… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 1:56 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Andrea Moore, a Kiwi fashion brand, has recently launched a crowdfunding campaign on Snowball Effect to raise a minimum of $250,000 (max $750,000). The nationwide retailer offers premium womenswear fashion which includes apparel, knitwear, eyewear, footwear, jewelry, leather bags and accessories. The company, which was launched… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 12:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

This Friday (July 29th), Crowdcube #FundedClub member, Ethos is set to officially launch to the public in London’s Old Spitalfields Market.  The company, which was founded by Cambridge graduates Dr. Theo Koutroukides and Jennifer Hersch, is described as a chain of boutique yoga & fitness hybrid studios… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 11:35 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

China-based tech startup, Mobvoi, launched its Kickstarter campaign on Tuesday to raise only $50,000 for its new interactive watch, Ticwatch 2. Within a matter of 24 hours, the timepiece not only secured its initial funding goal (in 10 minutes), it has managed to secure well over $360,000… Read More

July 27, 2016 @ 10:29 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Amazon Launchpad announced the launch of its Kickstarter Collection, which features over 300 projects that have been funded on the crowdfunding giant’s platform. Startups that are reportedly featured in the Kickstarter Collection include Piper, Zivix, Prynt, and MudWatt, among others. Customers shopping the Kickstarter… Read More