Offerings

February 19, 2016 @ 3:27 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, UK-based Red Squirrel Brewing Co. launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with a mission to raise £500,000. During its run on the portal, the company has overfunded and has decided to extend its funding round. Red Squirrel, which was founded in 2010 by Greg… Read More

February 19, 2016 @ 1:03 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this week, California startup Silk Labs launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise $100,000 for its new smart home hub, Sense. According to the company, Sense may detect the user’s presence, recognize their voice and gestures, learn their preferences and choreograph their connected device… Read More

February 19, 2016 @ 10:21 am By JD Alois  |  

As expected, Elio Motors has listed its shares on OTC Markets OTCQX. According to OTCMarkets, OTCQX is their best marketplace designed for companies that meet a high standard of financial disclosure. Elio (OTCQX:ELIO) closed their equity crowdfunding round on StartEngine having raised approximately $17 million… Read More

February 18, 2016 @ 2:06 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

XTI Aircraft Company (XTI) announced on Thursday it plans to establish an over-the-counter secondary market for current and future shareholders. This new market will give shareholders the ability to buy and sell XTI shares on a public market. After garnering $20.6 million in non-binding expressions… Read More

February 18, 2016 @ 12:39 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, the original cast of the hit 1970s series Good Times launched a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter to raise a whopping $1 million so that they can create a full-length reunion movie. The show, which aired from February 1974 to August 1979, was a spin-off… Read More

February 18, 2016 @ 12:00 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, UK  independent brewery BrewDog announced that it plans to launch an equity crowdfunding campaign in the US as it expands operations into the city of Columbus, Ohio. The ongoing Equity for Punks project will now have a Yankee version called Equity for Punks USA…. Read More

February 18, 2016 @ 6:42 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Invesdor officially initiated its operations in Norway with a Norwegian-based equity offering, insurance sector software platform Cloud Insurance. The launch will officially be announced and the crowdfunding round will open at the TechLive! Financial Disruption event in Oslo today. “Until now, Norwegian companies have had no way to raise funds in… Read More

February 17, 2016 @ 2:25 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, The Guardian announced the top 10 craft pubs that are located in South London. Of the various pubs was Crowdcube success and #FundedClub member, UBrew. Back in January 2015, UBrew took to the UK-based equity crowdfunding platform to raise £75,000 so that it may… Read More

February 17, 2016 @ 1:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following Kanye West stating on Twitter that he is $53 million in debt, fans of the hip hop recording artists are hitting crowdfunding platform GoFundMe to help get him “back on his feet.” The campaign, which was organized by Yeezy fan, Jeremy Piatt, reads: “Recently, Kanye… Read More

February 17, 2016 @ 12:01 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Earlier this month, preserve masterminds of The London Jam Factory have launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube to raise £130,000. The award winning jam manufacturer, which was founded two years ago, revealed that it was created when founder Pierre-Louis Phelipot’s mother gave him her copper preserving pan. With… Read More

February 17, 2016 @ 11:49 am By JD Alois  |  

EVELO, an electric bike startup, has closed on its seed funding round with the help of both SeedInvest and Shark Tank star Barbara Corcoran‘s Venture Partners group. Evelo raised $750,000 with the bulk of that being crowdfunded on SeedInvest ($683,500). “We invested in EVELO because… Read More

February 17, 2016 @ 10:43 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

This week, actor Steve Lemme announced to Indiegogo backers Super Troopers 2 has resumed shooting in Massachusetts following bad winter weather.  Last year, production studio Broken Lizard announced the sequel just 14 years after the first film’s release at the 2001 Sundance Festival. The crew revealed that the… Read More

February 17, 2016 @ 9:48 am By Georgia Quinn  |  

Virtuix, a virtual reality motion platform that may transform the gaming industry with a previously unheard of sense of immersive gameplay experience, is preparing to raise capital under Regulation A+ on SeedInvest.  The company has generated over $19 million in indicated interest to date.  The… Read More

February 16, 2016 @ 5:08 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just one week after launching a crowdfunding campaign on Kickstarter, popular webcomic Cyanide & Happiness has successfully secured nearly $1 million for its new card game, Joking Hazard.  Joking Hazard is described as an offensive card game. Each player competes to finish an awful comic strip out… Read More

February 16, 2016 @ 3:14 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Taking some time away from her career and mother duties, former Dresden Dolls songstress, Amanda Palmer sat down to discuss her experience with the crowdfunding method. Back in 2012, Palmer hit Kickstarter for not only her first solo studio album, but also a tour and… Read More

February 16, 2016 @ 2:35 pm By JD Alois  |  

via GIPHY GIPHY, the company that is probably the source of all those cool GIFs you have been posting all over the internet, just closed a Series C funding round in the amount of $55 million.  This places the post-money valuation at a solid $300… Read More

February 16, 2016 @ 12:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Droplet, a fee-free mobile payment app startup, has launched its second equity crowdfunding campaign on Crowdcube with a mission to raise an additional £450,000 for its expansion plans.  Droplet’s app that allows users to pay without having to queue, and collect rewards on their phone each time they spend.  Supposedly, one of the… Read More

February 16, 2016 @ 11:09 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Oppo, a luxury ice cream brand from London, launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs to raise £150,000 so that it may continue expansion. The company has created ice cream with fewer calories than an apple. It contains 60% fewer calories than regular ice cream… Read More

February 16, 2016 @ 7:25 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Every dog may have its day, but not many have an equity crowdfunding venture loan campaign.  Sure, we’ve seen Exploding kittens and BorrowMyDoggy fetch success; the pet sector is booming with interesting ideas and hot products. Now Hundemaxx, Germany’s largest chain of dog supply store, with approximately 35,000 products sold… Read More

February 16, 2016 @ 5:49 am By Erin Hobey  |  

The KU Endowment Association is trying to raise money for smaller projects across campus with a new crowdfunding campaign called Launch KU. The School of Engineering’s first crowdfunding project is seeking $100,000 to recruit and support minority and female engineering students. Because it is by far the… Read More