Offerings

February 4, 2016 @ 3:24 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Just a little over seven months after they secured nearly $60,000 on Kickstarter for their Wabash Lights project, Jack C. Newell and Seth Unger announced the lights are set to launch this evening in downtown Chicago. The duo hit the crowdfunding giant this past summer to bring… Read More

February 4, 2016 @ 10:02 am By JD Alois  |  

FitPay has announced the closing of $3.1  million in seed funding led by Giesecke & Devrient (G&D). FitPay was founded by payment industry veterans Michael Orlando, Scott Stevelinck and Chris Orlando. Th co-founders have worked at companies like Visa and CyberSource.  G&D is a supplier of mobile… Read More

February 4, 2016 @ 9:14 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Lobster, a content marketplace for brands to find and license photos from social media users, has launched a crowdfunding campaign on SyndicateRoom to raise £300,000 to help fuel its global expansion. Following its funding round’s debut, Lobster announced its integration with Google Photos (also known as… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 10:08 pm By JD Alois  |  

Invivo Wines raised a respectable $2 million on Kiwi investment crowdfunding platform Snowball Effect last year. Prior to listing shares on the site, Invivo was described as the fastest growing wine brand in New Zealand. The company had set a funding target of $500,000 on… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 4:29 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With less than two weeks until Chew’s crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs comes to an end, co-founder of the DJ live streaming community, Wil Benton, offered up an update about the company. As previously reported, Chew hit Seedrs to raise £150,000 to expand its services. The company,… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 3:26 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Less than a year and a half after securing £121,000 on Crowdcube, CEO and founder of UK startup Blanco Nino, Philip Martin, sat down with the equity crowdfunding platform to share details about the company’s growth and future plans. During the interview, Martin offered up… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 11:21 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Following the release of the highly anticipated Kickstarter, Blue Mountain State: The Rise of Thadland, the film and TV show’s creator, Eric Falconer, announced it was dubbed #1 on iTunes charts in the U.S. and several other countries. Falconer stated in an update this morning: “It didn’t… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 11:02 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, real estate crowdfunding platform, Wealth Migrate, announced it has closed a $13.1 million two-phase deal for the acquisition of two Atlanta medical office buildings  This deal marks the third of the portal’s medical property deals in the city. Wealth Migrate CEO of Global… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 10:24 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

Touchjet, a company that creates interactive Android touch technology on a large and portable scale, announced on Wednesday it was named a winner of the 2016 BIG Innovation Awards presented by the Business Intelligence Group. Touchjet’s first product, the Touchjet Pond Projector, turns any flat… Read More

February 3, 2016 @ 10:10 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Wednesday, Kickstarter alum Petcube, Inc.,  announced it has raised $2.6 million during a recent funding round led by Almaz Capital. It was joined by AVentures Capital and Y Combinator. Petcube is part of the Y Combinator Winter 2016 class. The company will use the funds… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 3:48 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, crowdfunding platform Acquire Real Estate announced it recently closed a funding round for 57 Littlefield Street, a $16.5 million industrial property located in Avon, Massachusetts. The project attracted a dozen investors from across the U.S. that contributed between $3,000 and $100,000 in investments. Acquire Real Estate… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 2:51 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last month, Double Fine closed the crowdfunding campaign on Fig for its highly anticipated video game, Psychonauts 2.  According to the campaign page, the initiative raised over $3.8 million from 24,000 backers. A portion of the funding is part of an equity crowdfunding offer under Regulation A+,… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 12:59 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Last week, California-based food company, Back to the Roots, announced it has completed a seed financing round, totaling $5 million. The company revealed it will be leaving the round open for thirty days through a crowdfunding campaign on CircleUp, which has so far raised $3 million. Back to the Roots… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 10:34 am By JD Alois  |  

Real estate crowdfunding platform  RealtyShares states it has raised $2 million in relation to a preferred equity investment in a Florida single family home fund.  The offer was completed in concert with Sun  Coast Property Management, a privately owned real estate investment company that has… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 10:34 am By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Tuesday, commercial real estate crowdfunding platform, iFunding, announced it has completed preferred equity financing for the construction of an 118-unit multifamily building, Eviva Midtown, in the Midtown District of downtown Sacramento, CA. The total project cost is $41 million. According to the funding portal,… Read More

February 2, 2016 @ 6:13 am By Erin Hobey  |  

Capital Cell is the first European equity crowdfunding platform specializing in biotech and  life sciences startups and companies.  Capital Cell links with entrepreneurs seeking funding with investors who want to invest their money in projects with a high growth potential. To date the Barcelona-based equity crowdfunding platform founded in 2015… Read More

February 1, 2016 @ 6:07 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

On Monday, UK-based studio, Mantic Games, took to crowdfunding giant Kickstarter to raise $50,000 for its new game, The Walking Dead: All Out War. Within hours of the launch, the project smashed through the initial goal and is now nearly $200,000. The game, which is based on… Read More

February 1, 2016 @ 3:35 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Inkshares, a start-up crowdfunded book publisher, announced on Monday it will be expanding its partnership with Nerdist to include sister site, Geek & Sundry, for six fan-driven publishing contests throughout 2016.  According to the website, these contests will seek submissions in genres that speak to… Read More

February 1, 2016 @ 3:30 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

Honesty is the best policy… even when the truth is actually pretty ugly. According to lead programmer of Kickstarter alum Ant Simulator, Eric Tereshinski, the video game and some of his other projects were unfortunately not meant to be – especially since some of his teammates weren’t… Read More

February 1, 2016 @ 1:55 pm By Samantha Hurst  |  

With Blue Mountain State: Rise of Thadland set to be unleashed to the world tomorrow (February 2nd), Alan Ritchson sat down to discuss the highly anticipated film. Eric Falconer, the creator of the popular television series, launched a crowdfunding campaign in early 2014 to help… Read More