Offerings

April 21, 2016 @ 8:53 am By JD Alois  |  

XTI Aircraft, a company that seeks to deliver a vertical take off and landing aircraft to a far wider audience, has now raised $1 million in an equity crowdfunding round on StartEngine. The goal is to raise $3 million in equity and the company is… Read More

April 20, 2016 @ 4:47 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

And the wait continues… at least for Glowforge 3D Laser Printer backers. Just a couple months after announcing the first delay, the company has once again revealed to supporters that it will not be delivering the product a few more months. CEO of Glowforge, Dan… Read More

April 20, 2016 @ 3:36 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, UK-based Steamforged Games launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise £50,000 for Dark Souls – The Board Game. Not even five minutes into the initiative, the game surpassed its initial goal and in 24 hours hit  £1 million. Dark Souls – The Board Game is described as a strategically challenging,… Read More

April 20, 2016 @ 1:09 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

The hilarious, Russian Roulette like Kickstarter, Exploding Kittens is now available on all iPhone and Android! Players of Exploding Kittens take turns drawing cards until someone draws an exploding kitten and loses the game. The deck is made up of cards that let you avoid exploding by peeking at cards… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 10:40 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Guerrilla Development, a Portland, Oregon-based real estate firm, announced earlier this month that it has completed a Regulation A+ Tier I crowdfunding deal for its unique building, the Fair-Haired Dumbbell. The minimum offering goal was $750,000 and the max was $1.5 million (investors were able to… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 4:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than a week until their crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo comes to an end, Stephen and Robbie Amell have successfully secured $1 million for the film, Code 8.  The film’s description reads: “The film takes place in a world where 4% of the population are born… Read More

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

On Tuesday, Kickstarter success BedJet announced that it has appointed its advisory board. This group was created to provide strategic guidance and help drive the company’s continued growth. BedJet claims its sleep-inducing climate control device is the first and only product that can both cool you off within 10… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 2:50 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

While its equity crowdfunding campaign was held on Crowdcube, WITT Energy reportedly received some support from reward-based platform, Crowdfunder UK. Last month, the company launched the initiative to secure £750,000 for its patented fully scalable innovative energy harvesting system. During its first week on the equity crowdfunding platform, the UK tech company… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 2:22 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Haughton Honey, a distributor of English honey, has recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with a mission to raise £80,000 as it prepares to expand its third party distribution and new flavors development. The company is currently offering 18.60% in equity. The business, which has… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 12:37 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, creators of Kickstarter alum Armello, League of Geeks, announced that the game is set to hit Xbox One later this year.  The description of the game reads,“The King, once Armello’s wise and benevolent ruler, has fallen ill to a dark and mysterious force known only as… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 11:22 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Digitzs, a modern and disruptive global payments API, announced on Tuesday that it has teamed up with Shark Tank alum, Kevin Harrington, to launch an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdfunder. The company is now seeking to raise $750,000. As previously reported, Digitzs’ product was “developed by pros from Visa,… Read More

April 19, 2016 @ 10:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the closing of its successful Seedrs initiative, the crew at UK-based Friction Free Shaving discussed the crowdfunding experience with Business Quarters. The company, which was founded by Des McManus and Aidan Burley, offers a monthly subscription service that is  designed exclusively for women. Friction… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 4:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Success! Last week, UK-based craft brewery, Brewgooder, smashed its initial £50,000 Indiegogo goal. The company launched the initiative last month so that it could provide clean water to the masses. Co-founders of the startup, Alan Mahon and Josh Littlejohn, revealed that they created the concept… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 4:33 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Pocket App, a UK-based independent app developer, announced last week that it has been shortlisted as a finalist in the Best Use of Mobile Payment category of 2016’s The Drum Marketing on Mobile Awards (MOMAs). The company launched the campaign on Seedrs last month to raise  £750,000 in funding… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 1:52 pm By JD Alois  |  

If you think equity / debt crowdfunding is just for early stage companies. Think again. The UK has always been a trailblazer in the sector of internet finance. The rest of the world gets to watch and cross our fingers that our own ecosystem evolves… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 12:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

  Last week, creator of Jibo, Cynthia Breazeal, uploaded a video of her testing out the sound location of the Indiegogo project’s prototypes. Breazeal and her team shared: “One of Jibo’s most useful capabilities is that he can listen for a speaker and turn to face them,… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 11:13 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

London-based restaurant, Steakout, recently launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £400,000 as it prepares to open new locations throughout the UK. Steakout, which was founded in 2008, serves celebrity-endorsed steaks from its 8 franchised restaurants around in London, Slough, Woking, Leicester, Southall, and Harrow…. Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 10:51 am By JD Alois  |  

XY Findables (formerly known just as XY Find It) ran a successful rewards-based crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter back in 2014. On a goal of $45,000 over 4000 supporters purchased the Bluetooth tracker tag. Now the company wants to scale and they are heading online once… Read More

April 18, 2016 @ 10:37 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just before the premiere of the Kickstarter-success Leonard Nimoy film, For the Love of Spock, at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival  the Star Trek actor’s son, Adam Nimoy, sat down with the Hollywood Reporter to discuss the film and legacy his father left. Last year, before Leonard’s passing, he and Adam approached… Read More

April 15, 2016 @ 2:52 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

In early March Witt Energy launched a Crowdcube campaign to secure £750,000 for its patented fully scalable innovative energy harvesting system. During its first week on the equity crowdfunding platform, the UK tech company scored £500,000.  Now, in the campaign’s final hours the amount raised for 7.08% equity has surpassed the… Read More